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[Nicholas Carey]

I read that the other day. Most of the surface ships are in the Sea of Azov, pretty much circling around....

[Nicholas Carey]

Yes. The CDN is the 1st line of defense. They have algorithms that detect likely bot traffic, and statistical profiles of what bot and spam traffic looks...

[Nicholas Carey]

That's Cloudflare, the CDN (content distribution network) that fronts the WB network, doing that. I bet it's because you're coming from North African...

[Nicholas Carey]

From Susie Dent,

https://x.com/susie_dent/status/1705...6QDJpHXBy5t09Q

"Word of the day...

[Nicholas Carey]

You might try

Grapeview Point Boat Works

http://www.grapeviewpointboatworks.com/oars.html

or Gig Harbour Boat Works...

[Nicholas Carey]

The problem is that yes, trucks pay fuel taxes, like everyone else, on the fuel they buy. The Federal tax is $0.184 per gallon, unchanged since 1993,...

[Nicholas Carey]

I recommend Jon Winokur's compendium of curmudgeonliness, The Portable Curmudgeon.

Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his

...

[Nicholas Carey]

Next door to Trump & Company? And the mob?...

[Nicholas Carey]

They found $480,000 USD in $100 bills, stashed all over his house — envelopes, clothes hanging in his closet, etc. Several 1 kg gold bars — his search...

[Nicholas Carey]

Here you go. The 911 dispatcher sounds a little confused. But I guess you don't get a military pilot on your line after punching out of a fighter plane....

[Nicholas Carey]

"50 cc" here actually means "less than 50cc". It's rev-limited to 35 miles per hour — if it's 50cc or larger, or is "designed...

[Nicholas Carey]

50cc Honda Ruckus, found on Pinterest.

The max weight limit (rider+cargo) on a a Honda Ruckus/Zoomer/NPS-50 is 100 kg / 220 pounds. Suspension...

[Nicholas Carey]

As does prior experience with being under the claw of the Russian Bear....

[Nicholas Carey]

Hmmm....

If you're going to record something, it doesn't get much better than having the Wrecking Crew as backing musicians.

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[Nicholas Carey]

Right now, if I'm logged into the WBF, I see the Ukraine thread as having 14,900 posts; logged out or browsing anonymously, I see that thread as having...

[Nicholas Carey]

There it is. Found it — filtered by the last week, sorted by thread title.

Wonder what about that got the Powers That Be to kill that off....

[Nicholas Carey]

Well, he's always been a queer one 🤣...

[Nicholas Carey]

It used to be (in the old vBulletin software) that closed threads and deleted posts still showed, and displayed the reason (if was was supplied when the...

[Nicholas Carey]

I missed that — It does seem to have vanished completely, though. How did you see the reason?

[I'm thinking things got a little testy over...

[Nicholas Carey]

Not in the WoodenBoat forum. Here:

https://www.woodenboat.com/boats-for-sale

There's also places like Boat Trader:
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