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Why MPH?	18 Jul 2008 18:03 GMT	38
why are recreational boatspeed in the US measured in MPH when the rest of the world including the US proffesional mariners uses knots??? Just a thought Ulf
Dang! I missed it!	18 Jul 2008 16:54 GMT	5
Oh well.... http://www.discoverychannel.ca/reports/rw/9794/Asteroid-and-its-moon-pass-close- to-Earth.aspx
Scary	18 Jul 2008 15:37 GMT	10
Stolen from another site. Worth watching, but not with kids. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3369102968312745410 or: http://tinyurl.com/2knwku
Rec.boat cruisers?	18 Jul 2008 13:34 GMT	51
I see the Rosie O'Donnell cruise ship arrives in port today. Wonder if any of the Dwarf Army will be prancing & skipping down the gangplank? Oops almost forgot..that army has a 'Don't ask...Don't tell' policy.
That's my boy...	18 Jul 2008 02:08 GMT	38
http://www.thetandd.com/articles/2008/07/14/news/doc487aca97aae54512519627.txt
Let's see	18 Jul 2008 00:11 GMT	2
How the Democratic controlled Congress deals with this opportunity. http://news.sky ...
Ping: SW Tom	17 Jul 2008 23:33 GMT	92
Hey Tom! ======================================================== On 7/13/08 7:41 PM, xxxx wrote: I am thinking about purchasing a Parker 2100.
another dock neighbor	17 Jul 2008 23:02 GMT	33
http://www.eisboch.com/neighbor.jpg Eisboch (not stupid anymore)
Just read an article on the dangers...	17 Jul 2008 19:40 GMT	4
...of high cholesterol and high blood sugar. Scared the crap out of me. That's it. No more reading!
25.7 mph	17 Jul 2008 15:31 GMT	8
Tom.. I towed the Yukon down to Porters Lake (NE of the city) this afternoon and got a chance to open it up. My Garmin GPS says I reached 25.7mph.
New rules for rec.boats posts	17 Jul 2008 12:52 GMT	12
I automatically assume that The God of Posts disapproves - just to save him the time. Swiped shamelessly from a blog I read: 1. Verbs HAS to agree with their subjects.
Ping: JohnH	16 Jul 2008 23:11 GMT	2
The pics of my Mercruiser starter wrench are in the Metalworking Dropbox at: http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/ See wrench.txt and the accociated JPGs.
Outboards: carburetion v. efi (an E-Tec myth?)	16 Jul 2008 20:08 GMT	9
I'm interested in changing the main on my utility boat to something around 70hp, probably an oil-injected 2-stroke although I've not completely ruled out 4-stroke. I've been wresting with using the 60hp E-Tec or the 70hp Yamaha.
They've done it again...	16 Jul 2008 11:59 GMT	1
and this time, it's brilliant... http://sendables.jibjab.com/category/election#/teaser/1191
All Star Game	16 Jul 2008 11:31 GMT	1
Fell asleep on the boat in the 8th inning. TV woke me up at about 1 am and I initially thought FOX was running a re-run of the National League's victory. Then realized the game was tied in the 15th inning. Quite a game, another American League victory and the last game to ...