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Norm MacDonald had a great routine about xenophobia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXdtafGdIVM

She's in favor of carrying in the halls of Congress. Who would she threatened by enough to shoot, when, under what circumstances and who else might she hit? The mind boggles.

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Do you mean 'tides' as in rise and fall of them, or currents about fast water moving in and out of areas you'd want to sail in? A big rise and fall of tides may limit launching times and places...

Bring on the TB 12 ads!

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/feb/01/tom-brady-retires-video-nfl-football-tampa-bay-buccaneers

I'm not sure that 'coming together' to 'win' either in the public mind or in politics is the end-all and be-all of a good society. Yet it seems to have become so.

Charging for people who live/work in cities and have to find a different place to park on the street each day or night is going to be major issue.

A local boatyard bought a used Travellift and it arrived in an ungodly number of pieces. They guys there say it's like trying to figure out a giant 3-D jigsaw puzzle.

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That's nothing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKnBURvKW4I

Question for wife or SO: "Did you know that rubbing toilet paper across your chest makes your boobs bigger?"

Her answer:: "No it doesn't... does it?"

Response: "It certainly worked for your...

I'd think classified documents would be returned (by someone assigned to do it) to whatever secure sources they came from at the end of each working day. It sounds like classification was not taken...

Didn't Jaime have a wood Hinckley in the Chesapeake before Airlie?

Boat US or SeaTow?

"Judy Blue Eyes" by C,S&N (written about Judy Collins) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWvw_uZPGDA

A local 2nd Amendment enthusiast petitioned the town fathers several years ago to mount US flags on telephone poles all around town (on about fifty of them). The effort passed and the town paid for...

Thank you all. Two of my grandchildren gave me faceplants in the snow for my birthday. We were all howling with laughter: https://www.facebook.com/606516163/videos/1169563110416726/

https://www.nextavenue.org/think-you-are-too-old-to-start-over/

"I think the warning labels on alcoholic beverages are too bland. They should be more vivid. Here are a few I would suggest: "Alcohol will turn you into the same asshole your father was.";...

Fifteen 'essential' Crosby songs-

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/20/arts/music/david-crosby-songs.html

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1300 DEGREES!!!! Jeezus...

MY problem with current cars whether EV or ICE is that rear visibility is shockingly bad/restricted even with rear view cameras.

There have been two whale strandings here in the past five years. The first was 46' fin whale driven way up during a winter storm on a privately owned island (one house) a hundred yards from a...

Not necessarily. Some time ago at members' request, Scot enabled two different ways to see recent posts: 'New Posts' show only non-Bilge threads while under 'Quick Links' you can see all posts.

Scot sez: "I have been the sole admin since I first set-up the WB Forum 28 years ago in 1995, with Hypermedia, our ISP in the then new world of internet."

Not too far but next month to Cape Cod and the Herreshoff Museum for some research.

Without going into detail we essentially won a lottery of a kind in the late eighties. We paid off the house, set aside enough to pay for our three children's college educations and invested the...

I recall the Skimmar skiffs were flat bottom boats, not slightly vee'd forward like the Cocktail Class.127501

or was too cowardly to do it himself, getting others to do it for him: https://www.abqjournal.com/2565117/solomon-pena-arrested-in-shootings-targeting-new-mexico-democratic-politicians-homes.html
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Right. I see that the Ottowa River (where Hull is) isn't tidal.

The Hilary Mantel trilogy about Thomas Cromwell. Fabulous writing.

is that mentioned as a comparison to the size of the lottery winnings?

Meanwhile, the winnings aren't paid out of the state budget if that's the implication. The Mega Millions tickets are sold...

SF's running back/receiver Christian McCaffrey is something to watch. A steamrolling SOB from a hugely athletic family... and with a knockout SO to boot:

From his Wiki: "McCaffrey's father, Ed...

Interesting that the winner can remain anonymous and has a year to claim the choice of payout: Immediate lump sum or payout over 29 years. Which would you choose? I wonder if the winner cold set up a...

Some possible details of proposed Soc Sec privatization: advantages vs disadvantages
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As soon as the forum was announced in WB I signed up. I was #88 originally but can't recall what year it was. Anyone know when it first came online?

Another question is who has posted most? Is...

Byron Donalds (R) two term member of Congress and brief nominee for the speakership gives the game away by focussing on the S&P's rise as a better performing vehicle for Social Security... although...

https://www.theonion.com/concessions-kevin-mccarthy-made-to-become-house-speaker-1849976929

Thanks everyone for all the suggestions. I look forward to working my way through them.

Meanwhile, if I thought I had problems, I just read that Prince Harry described this one in his new...

My understanding is that the blast deflectors on US carriers (which are needed for catapult launches when the planes run up to max thrust) were originally advanced enough to not deform and melt from...

Every few weeks turning the ignition key results in nothing, not a sound. Wait ten minutes and it starts right up. Summer, winter, wet, dry, it's random. Not a battery problem. Maybe some kind of...

In calm conditions things are fine but with both the Bowler and Gartside vee bottom boats they will slap from time to time when waves heel the boat enough to raise the chine. Sometimes it booms...

for us foiling freaks: https://www.koobit.com/singapore-sail-grand-prix-e8938

https://www.yachtworld.com/yacht/1963-vic-franck-custom-8617052/

"Since early this year, a deadly avian flu has been reducing poultry flocks — specifically turkeys and egg-laying hens. That's one reason for the unrelenting increase in prices. But the situation...

Just a thought. The Bowler design weighs in at 3700 ls. The Gartside comes in around 4800-5000 lbs. Boats cost by the pound.

From a video and review of one of Hylan's Bowlers on offcenterharbor.com:

Bagatelle is one of Doug Hylan's “Hat” series of designs that he named Bowler. She’s 26’6” long, 8’2” wide, and with the...

My understanding is that there's a move to pass legislation that allows defunding of government programs, etc., to $1 budgets.

My m-i-l had dementia and was in a good facility in Savannah GA where my wife is originally from. My s-i-l lives nearby and went frequently to see that she was treated well. Her mom was quite cheery...