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    Oil wood

    don't know if the wood would last any longer but for sure the stuff should slide out a lot easier.
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    Bear spray recommendations

    saw a show on bear attacks a few years back and the bear guides carry a Glock Mod. 20 in 10mm caliber. great big gun will kick too hard to keep on target of a charging bear.
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    Anyone thinking of getting a new knee?

    reading about all the pain involved that you guy's have been going through with the knee surgery, have any of you-all tried the ice water pump therapy units they make for knees? here is a pic of my rotor cuff surgery and I used one of the units supplied by my surgeon and I needed absolutely no...
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    How Many Cars Have you Owned?

    since 1965 I've had 27 cars and 4 trucks and 5 motorcycles nothing exotic but back in 1980 I did buy my uncle's unique 58 ford f-100 six that one of his buddies installed 2 hydraulic cylinders and made a dump bed truck.
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    Emergency escape window

    my biggest fear was in case of a fire, I would have to let my wife go first and by the time she got out the window I would be a cinder.
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    Trains, Difference Between Europe and The US

    my first experience riding a train was back in 1958. brother and I walked down to the rr tracks and there was a train stopped and we climbed up the ladders to see what was inside the coal hopper. got to the top and the train took off. luckily it only went about a mile before it stopped again...
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    solar eclipse

    just looking for any edge, I need all the luck I can muster.
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    solar eclipse

    there is the golden fishing period the hour before sunset. was wondering if the fish would think it's hungry time during the total eclipse come Monday. with any luck I will be able to find out if nothing else goes wrong.
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    Post a joke

    Three women escape from prison....one is a redhead, one a brunette, and one a blonde. They run for miles until they come upon an old barn. They decide to hide in the hayloft and rest. When they climb up, they find three gunnysacks and decide to put them over their heads for camouflage...
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    Balance Beads in Action

    i used the dyna beads on two of our Harley's and on my buddies Road King. never experienced anything but success with those. never had any clumping and on my antique bike i drilled a 3/4in hole in the middle of the tread and dumped out the beads to use over again but accidentally stepped on the...
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    Quit smoking

    i quit 6/20/83 11am. i almost died from alcoholic brain seizures then and when i got my brain back i decided to quit everything.
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    Past My Prime

    back in 1957 we lived north of Bristol Pa and you could see the NJ factories across the Delaware river and they all had big 12inch pipes dumping liquid every color of the rainbow into the river. didn't kill us as we ate a lot of fish i caught on the Pa side. don't know if the tide coming in and...
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    Post a joke

    yeah, back in the early 50's our outside faucet piping was lead. parents said to be on the safe side drinking from it, to run the water for a few seconds to flush out any insects.
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    Steve Lawrence RIP

    man i was i love with Eydie Gorme a when i was a kid.
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    Past My Prime

    we have some nice lakes that are inundated with flocks of geese here. i don't have a clue how many it takes to contaminate the water with whatever bacteria and such they poop before the fish are unfit to eat. one small lake we used to catch a lot of bluegill had a hundred geese in it last year...
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