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Well, Jennykatz, had you headed up that great parking lot called I-75 to the sparkling waters of the Great Lakes you would have been treated these past 2 weeks with 97 degrees and 90% humidity... Seem familiar? Anyway, it is 51 this morning and crisp... Sun is sparkling off dew on the grass...

Start dragging bait in front of these guys and you may become the one on the hook... Hit <delete> and move on with your life...

Well, mine was last October when God, finally annoyed with my inability to stop working 12 hours a day and smell the roses (maybe next year), snorted, leaned over and dropped me to the ground with a a 16" cement block still in my grasp.... Spending the next 3 days with a left hemi paraplegia...

Yup, it took out almost all GPS units up to 2000 feet above ground... Being that the reports poured in from users who were not aware of the testing it is a real eye opener for the FCC and FAA and DOT... I expect the FAA/DOT to now fight this to the death... My personal bet, is that despite the...

When I was 11 I was attacked by a pit bull that belonged to a distant cousin of my dad who was spending the summer parked in our apple orchard in their travel trailer... It went for my throat with no warning whatever... I must have instinctively snapped my arm across my throat because it got my...

And to those who paid the taxes that makes the military possible...

Hey Jim, I come from the 1950's - not just reading about it - and besides having a clean apron on when she walks in (hide the one with the spilled gravy on it in the wash), with dinner timed for 30 minutes from now, you need to have a cold martini ready and put it in her hand, have the foot...

If you do not cover the boat it will be dirty every time you go to use it... Consider a full canvas bimini/enclosure over the cockpit and a removable cover from there forward... A kicker is the best solution for 'get home'... Get used to humping a spare can of gas around - why should you enjoy...

The rule of thumb is, that if the people walking by on the dock do not stop, point at your anchor and laugh - it's not big enough!

Is perhaps the issue with the DSM an aging problem/repair that could have appeared on the C80? Or is it an incompatibility with the new C90? If it is aging, then it is your expense... I would consider a newer DSM before a repair... If it is incompatibility with the C90 I would consider it to...

I'm not sure that the weekend of federal taxes is the best for convincing folks to plunge for a new boat, but good luck anyway.

Just got the big white truck (bwt) back from the body shop this past week... I was parked in the post office lot so Char could mail some packages... I'm dozing in the drivers seat and "blammo" the rear end of the truck lurches to the left... Long story short, Grandma Leadfoot and her Killer...

Yeah, I notice there is no load line to be seen... Wonder if the CG just looks the other way during big dollar events like Spring Break?

You are the tip of the spear in what is going to be a sea change in the USA living standards... Lots of folks are going to have to become creative with rising fuel prices making our lifestyle of jumping in the car for any little whim now too expensive to do... I have patients who drive 60-80...

This is the perfect time for the USA to declare an emergency and martial law... 1. Stop all importation of oil... Limit use of all vehicles on the roads to every other day, even and odd numbered days, based on the license plate (forcing pooling of rides to work, etc.) Multiple-car families...

We are way inland from the ocean... We are not that high above the Great Lakes but geologically there is no evidence of the lakes catastrophically rising up and flooding across the countryside... Being near the middle area of a tectonic plate has it's advantages... Michigan faces mostly...

We are all the same in that we are C-Dory / Ranger Tug owners with a common interest in a cruising type of boating as opposed to the go-fasts with a topless bimbo on the foredeck (not that that is necessarily all bad), or yacht club lifestyle, etc... We are all different in that we came to be...

April would work for us....

In the 20-25 foot range running at hull speed it appears that roughly 6mpg is what you will get - regardless of engine type... My R25 with a 150hp Cummins diesel, at 6mph burns exactly 1 gallon an hour - and I am heavier than a C-Dory of comparable length...

The heavy taxation in Canada, and in Europe, goes 90% to pay for social services - as opposed to road repair... As our lifetime elected politicians continue to promise (and give) entitlements to favored voting blocks to remain elected, our fuel taxes will continue to rise in the foreseeable...