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    Re: Hand operated concrete mixing options

    If you are using SONO tubes ,Skip all the fuss with mixing and just use the instant concrete for post setting. It costs you about $2-3 more a 80# bag . I used it on a number of deck piers over the...
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    Re: Tell me about Savannah GA

    Aintree actually exists now. http://www.aintreechase.com/Pages/default.aspx
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    Re: Steam Radiator Problem

    Congratulations! I was wondering how that turned out.
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    Re: Tell me about Savannah GA

    When we were searching for a retirement location 10 years ago we looked at Savannah as our first choice, then Charleston SC and Wilmington NC. We both liked Savannah a lot but the big negative for my...
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    Re: Joe Biden's strategy for a gunfight...

    So now the rebuttal to Joe Biden is that women can't handle a shotgun? That is the most lame-azz argument against a shotgun I ever heard.
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    Re: Powder coating question

    Thanks Paul
  7. Thread: photography

    by RichKrough
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    Re: photography

    I'm mostly into B&W film and printing so I usually hang out with those hippies. Overall I like Photo.net, it supports a wide variety of interests and discipline, it's been around about 20 years so...
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    Powder coating question

    I made railings for the lobster skiff back in the fall (SWMBO isn't a fan of low gunwales). I'm sending them out Monday to the powder-coater who is away on vacation this week. I still need to drill...
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    Re: I like bicycles.

    MTB sizes don't correlate all that well to roadbikes. For roadbikes I always start with the old frame builders rule of thumb which is take you your pants inseam and subtract 9" from it( then convert...
  10. Thread: See ya

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    Re: See ya

    Good luck Bob! Will this get you skating again?
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    Re: Significant, or Silly?

    See, you all thought it was going to be black helicopters and the ATF coming after your AR-15's and bibles. Turns out it will be black guys wearing funny shoes and driving golf carts!
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    Re: Found in Charleston, SC

    There is an AW Shucks in Norfolk Va I went to a couple of times. Good oysters, Crab cakes were pretty good too. I wasn't aware they were a chain.
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    Re: Women drivers!

    You will have to get Ricky Stenhouse to fill in the blanks ;)
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    Re: New York State to lose Remington Arms?

    They pull that sheot every few years. They send press releases or rumors out to the media that they will move. Everyone panics, then the State and Local governments give them another 10 million in...
  15. Re: Bill O' Reilly dramatically walked out of his Fresh Air interview

    Long list of right-wing-wackos who have done the same act as Billo. They agree to an interview with Terry Gross or another NPR host and then at some point walk out. Then for the next 3 days they will...
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    Re: Steam Radiator Problem

    I have had to do several reheats to free them. If that fails you might try cold shrinking it. The auto parts stores sell an aerosol product that you spray on seized bolts , I think it is called...
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    Re: Steam Radiator Problem

    Heat the nipple inside with a torch until bright red,let it cool back down (do not pour water on it) this helps break the bond. Then take a slide hammer with a bolt and hook the head under the nipple...
  18. Re: what, nobody's blogging the State of the Union speech here?

    Sure is quiet around here this morning! I guess the GOP talking points machine is running late or trying to reboot after Rubio's flop.
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    Re: for john bertenshaw

    What an ugly car garage!
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    Re: Grammy comments?

    I heard, There are been a few bits of the tribute on Youtube this morning but not the whole performance yet.
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    Re: Grammy comments?

    I didn't watch last night. I was disappointed that "Alabama Shakes" didn't win in their 3 categories.They have a great female lead singer; Brittany Howard. I saw her a few months ago performing on a...
  22. Re: Clean clams and ham. Sam I am.----Or what I did with the clams.

    Margie and Ray's in Va Beach is well known for their Clear Chowder and She crab soup. I always try to stop in on my way to NC. A.W. Shucks in Norfolk is another seafood place that I have seen clear...
  23. Re: China cashs in on horsemeat in burgers scandal ...

    I can't Bear the thought of it
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    Re: Dinner for a snowy weekend. . .

    Frontenac is a hybrid red grape that grows well in cold climates. It makes a semi sweet wine (about 5% residual sugar)
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    Re: Dinner for a snowy weekend. . .

    I'm on a post-op liquid diet until next week. I'm pretty tired of carnation instant breakfast and canned consome'. I sent SWMBO off to the market for beef stew makings. I cut and browned up 2# of...
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    Re: Why defensive weapons?

    This woman shares some responsibility for her fate. According to the story she was told to stay at her mother's home where she was being monitored by police. Previously she was offered a new...
  27. Re: The forecast for New England: a big one may be coming on Friday

    Looks like about the same here, maybe 8" max.
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    Poll: Re: Do you use Facebook, Twitter etc ?

    I have been on Facebook a few months. It has it's annoyances but for me it is a great way to keep up with friends and family. Big surprise for me was that within 2 days of creating an account I was...
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    Re: Did my tread go "poof"?

    I imagine Scot doesn't want a flood of requests to change forum member names. After you posted he changed yours I was considering asking him to change my last name to it's proper spelling.
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    Looks like about a foot for us so far. I just had stomach surgery on Monday so I can't do anything for a couple of weeks. For the first time in my life I'm paying someone else to do the snow removal.
  31. Re: Bureaucratic Nightmare for Law Abiding People

    The scary thing is, this loon is going to be the cause of even stricter gun controls. You can't listen to LaPierre 5 mins without concluding he is a nut.
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    Re: flaunting mega wealth

    I have owned both of those Volvos, A red 1963 544 was my first car. A blue 1970 144 was my third car and the best of the 5 Volvos I owned.
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    Re: Another Shooting

    Wow tough rules! When I was a courting girls their daddy usually didn't break out the firearms until I was trying to slide into home!
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    Re: don't she purty

    When I restored the old fiberglass lobster skiff I bought last year, there was actually worse chipping of the gelcoat and glass in the turn of the bilge. I can see how a skirt would make the pots...
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    Re: flaunting mega wealth

    Got rid of our 2 Volvos (99 & 06) this past year and bought 2 Toyota's to replace them, Great cars once. Not so great now.

    As for being rich and flaunting it. Met a bunch of them over the years...
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    Re: old working cats

    Modern Working Cats

    http://www.themarysue.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/CatsWorking.jpg
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    Re: Gun Sales Soar on News of Armed Obama

    We already had the shotguns. Now it's a mad dash to Barnes & Noble to find a good cookbook for skeet.
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    Re: We could do this...

    We could work on our snap!


    http://youtu.be/bX9reaHLwhk
  39. Thread: Skipjack

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    Re: Skipjack

    Better idea, go to bank and withdraw $50,000 in cash. Take the money home and burn it in the fireplace. You will be ahead monetarily and won't be stuck with a rotten boat in your yard.
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    Re: The prez is a southpaw?

    Very cool!, BTW There are a handful of colleges that offer scholarships.

    Even lefty elitist Harvard Law has trap,skeet and SSC. But no scholarship that I have heard of .

    Armed and Liberal!
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    Re: Tell me again why this is good for us?

    Obviously it would have to meet the minimum coverage set by the AHCA. The savings the speakers were talking about for larger employers was for comparable coverage.
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    That does seem to be the problem.
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    Re: Tell me again why this is good for us?

    If you have 5- 25 employees you will be able to buy through the exchange or you take a 15% tax credit if you buy on the private market. IIRC it is a 10% tax credit up to 26-35 employees. Based on...
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    Re: The prez is a southpaw?

    Looks like he is shooting a Browning Citori XS ? One of my friends' trap gun looks exactly the same. Any better guesses?

    BTW: Chris Cox of the NRA said “Skeet shooting, whether you’ve done it or...
  45. Re: Don't let the screen door hit you, on your way out

    Ok , You have ten Texans , Two are a$$holes and the other eight are presumably normal. The eight normal ones don't matter?
  46. Re: The great automakers are eating their last meals.

    If all the other vehicles were similarly sized I would be all over a pickup like this. I saw a pretty horrific accident once involving an early 80's Toyota Van that hit a Buick.
  47. Re: The great automakers are eating their last meals.

    If you have a wreck you got front row seat to watch it happen! There ain't an airbag in existence that will save your arse if you swap paint with anything larger than a Toyota Corolla
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  48. Thread: Ed Koch RIP

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    Re: Ed Koch RIP

    That was the good old days when it was only about 3000 riders not the mess it is now.
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    Re: I pad questions

    For work the only thing my tablet was good for was easily taking a picture with the built in camera and emailing it. Everything else I needed it for ,it either couldn't do or was a pain in the ass to...
  50. Thread: Ed Koch RIP

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    Re: Ed Koch RIP

    My wife and I met Ed Koch in 1988 at the 5 Boroughs Bike tour. We brought our tandem and were near the front of the start. He was greeting some of the riders and cracking jokes. He came over greet us...
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