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That may have been the case, but I remember the ladies from my Grandma's generation (and Heinrich says news reports back this up), that Swogglesburg was quite the "lady's man" on the dance floor, and a photo still hangs on the wall of the St. Cornelius Church and Dance Hall in Humptulips, with an in...

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Heinrich reports that, while he has never seen the billing structure of
T.T.&T., he does have a document showing the schedule was devised and
drawn up by Kalamity Dick and Euland Swogglesburg after the Territorial
Governor's Board did that first audit. Swogglesburg had two left feet.

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Folks on Hannan Street called it a "cyclone". It made a heck of a lot of
work for the linemen of Tri-Burg Telegraph & Telephone !

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"I look at my floor and see that it needs degreasing
While my old car gently leaks"

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Grandpa liked Winston. I guess they grew up and went to school together, and that included Alfred Einstein too. While Einstein went on to great fame and some fortune, Grandpa and Winston watched the trains and kept up on local gossip at the Stinker station. Grandpa made his fortune doing a phenomena...

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Grandpa always made a big deal about how humble and horribly disfigured Winston was world champion and record holder (a title he still holds to this day) and worked nights down at the Stinker station. He always expected such celebrity to live behind gates, throwing lavish parties. Instead, Winston e...

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With all the snow today, Heinrich was out and about on the Snomoto and shared a few photos and a story about Kalamity Dick. As many know, KD's cousin Winston Washington began his professional life alongside Alfred Einstein in the Major Leagues, but after the accident at the mine, both went other dir...

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It's the holiday season. What could be more festive ?!

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Mention of the Abalone Festival brings to mind the Abaloni Festival, that was a big Chugwater event from 1883 to 1939. Held at the Calhoun County Fairgrounds on the Upper Terrace, the whole point of the event was its own undoing. Jasper Abaloni and his sister Putrid were house painters. The event th...

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Those are "English Rules" squamish. The Tri-Burg Leagues shunned all European
influence, except that one thing.

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One of many EOD disposal operations, performed under the direction of Kalamity
DIck, as outlined in a previous post. Remember, it was wartime, and even Calhoun
County saw their share of "action".

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This world is filled with scumbags. It would be nice if the world was all sunshine and lollipops, .... good people, living honest, upstanding lives. But that ain't human nature. It's just a fact. Not sure where I got the outlook I have, but I often hear Inspector Clouseau in my head, saying "I suspe...

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Such a shame about being kept out of the Glee Club. Such prestigious
institutions MUST keep their standards extremely high. But what a terrible
life mistake for the two boys. Nearly a century gone, and I can feel their
pain.

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I see a resemblance to Herman Göering. Another wartime infiltrator ? He WAS distantly
related to the Larkvonnets.

Speaking of resemblances, the fellow in the background at center bears a strong resemblance
to the mole photo above.

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I love that photo ! It so vibrantly shows the warm glow of Happy Sally on KD's face !

It was KD's connection to Napoleon that led to the celebration of Kalamity Dick as a
national hero in Corsica.

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Sounds like a life well lived. Well played, Mr. Genrich, well played.

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How good is he at fabbing/welding and sheetmetal work ?

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The hydraulic jack will allow much more precise control of the work than a binder/
boomer, and can easily be backed off to check movement, and restarted, over and
over again, until the desired results are attained.

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The German infiltrators were none too subtle in their movements. Again, the keen eyes and quick minds of Chugwater area residents took no time in putting a stop to Ernst Schickelgrüber, as he was swimming an ordnance stash ashore from a U-boat, positioned near the estuary of the Stinkwater River. Ha...

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It's an understanding you get with 20hp.

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Wonderful shot of people riding the lunch trolley to Ernie's !

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For those who do not subscribe to the Calhoun Church Supply & Urinary Health Gazette, this month's historical feature is the wartime efforts of local citizens to do their part in all things patriotic. Like many areas in the country, Nazi spies were sent to infiltrate the populace and report back for...

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A dear friend and mentor to me as a kid, said to me when I turned 40, "Don't let 'them' blow smoke up your axx, ... it's all downhill after 40!". Old Bill was 30 years my senior, and full of all sorts of news about the pitfalls of growing old. If I said something about getting old, he'd counter "Oh,...

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Staying cozy in the shop.

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Rich is spot on. Fat "mudder" tires are actually counterproductive to real-life mud mucking. But they are impressive on special event mud set ups, throwing all sorts of terra firma toward the heavens. It is the same with snow. A narrower, taller tire with good tread will get you through the deep stu...

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I have one that I doubt I'll use.

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Drag old, cool stuff home and fix it up to hang on the wall or use ? What kind
of nonsense is that ?

Brought this one home last weekend for restoration:

This one finally got installed a few weeks ago

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I moved about a cord of wood into the shop and neatly stacked it on the bed of the TT tonight. Supposed to get a freezing rain tomorrow and doing that chore in that weather would not be near so fun ..... :roll: This will ensure it is nice and dry. Been having a fire a lot lately, doing a front end t...

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Since the subject has already been raised, has anyone designed a flasher type set up that has a sensor to detect vehicles approaching ? Having the sparkly/flashing lights in one's eyes isn't very nice, and I would prefer to not do that to drivers behind me. It would seem an improvement to the idea, ...

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At the going rate, a rather unhappy Ollie said to Sven, "We're losing $100 on every
load we haul in to town" !

Always the solution seeker, Sven said to Ollie, "That's OK, ... we can just make two
trips !"

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A lot of coverage was given to moon jumping during the period when the mushroom
stands were so popular. American Glass Plate & Pipe Journal seemed to follow the
fad closer than most.

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Sailboat motor ? Isn't that cheating, or a contradiction in terms ???

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I love the way folks like this just pointed the car into parts unknown and dealt with any problems as they happened, if they happened. My Great Grandfather and a friend rode their 1919 Indians from Seattle to Alaska and back in 1919 or 1920. That's some mighty remote travel today. Back then, I can o...

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Look, Jeff .... it's either you, or a lot of your neighbors that keep electing those morons !

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Is there going to be a dating app ?

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Some people possess a natural genius for business sense.

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Keeping the facts straight is certainly a priority here. Even the solid fabrications can be distorted by rampant hearsay, if we do not remain firm in our diligence. And while I have little to add to the notes on Shoto-Phop or otherwise, it is of similar historical record that the Insitute's own tric...

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While I have no hard evidence to prove this, KD was said to be tinkering around
with a futuristic concept, he called "Shoto-phop" that could insert items into, and
modify photographic images. Would the dates of his work have coincided with this
photo ?

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It is hard to get good asbestos anymore !

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You can't let milk sit out like that. Surely, it has gone bad.

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The shop is 30 x 70, but cut in halves of 30 x 35. The rear half has a 2nd floor over one half, with the roof rafters being the ceiling in the other half. The roof rakes from 16' to 26' in that area (everywhere else, they are 10'). At present, I do not heat the rear half, ground level, or any of the...

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To be honest, I gave up the Red Vines and all that sweet stuff years ago. It just wasn't delivering the taste pleasure it did before. While visiting Aunt Pat this holiday, even the pies were too sweet, and I tossed out the request that if they were being made FOR me, to take them off the menu. I'd r...

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I make it clear from the start, we are a Red Vines family. No Twizzlers in
this house !

Hard to believe how the public could be so apathetic about Black Crows.

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Company literature states the Raven Bran was extracted from carefully heated
nests in the nesting cavern, and that no Ravens were hurt or killed. Is this not
true ? Seems heavy handed to send the Uvula League to bed without supper. Those
were harsh times.

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There are currently a number of sources making porcelain signs, some so well done that even experts cannot discern them from originals, so yes, buyer beware ! In the case of this sign, one has to ask "Why ?". Why on earth would a sign like this be made ? Who would it be designed to appeal to ? What ...

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I was always fascinated by how they made Raven Bran:

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It was said amongst oldtimers that Ersatz Grumwalder never took his hat off, leaving
all to speculate as to whether it was because of tumors or tubers. However, the McAdamy
only had an award category for tumors at that time, so that was the award they gave him.

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The flightline mechanics often sent the new Lances off to find a few gallons of Prop Wash. Hard to get good prop wash these days. Supporting Herb's point in his last post, Heinrich sent over this photo of Ersatz Grumwalder, .... yes, the same Ersatz Grumwalder that raised hootenannies on the bluff, ...

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All of that is true, except the bit about Campbells. It was actually Crampwell's Cream
of Mushroom Soup. Locally grown and locally made. Dinner in the diner, nothing could
be finer.

The Chugwater Co-Ed Pointing Team held the National title for sixteen years.

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I got up this morning with a list of things to do in my head that had been simmering there all week. First up was washing the car. I got up and put on some clothes, then went downstairs to get a bite to eat before starting the day. It was then that I remembered I had left the groceries I bought yest...

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It was Whooptard Kellogg that stole the Raven Bran idea from Fentmore Google. Not that Google minded. In fact, it was his suggestion that others might like it, and that Kellogg should make it and sell it. As for Harvey Fierstein, he was quite the minstrel singer and was often called to play/referee ...

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KDcrows.jpg Fentmore Google was quite famous around the Chugwater for his trained and tamed Mockingjays. A close friend of KD, and his father before him, but strictly on a social basis. Google preferred nature and natural beauties to advancing the progress of modern techology and science, so the tw...

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Remember the kids in algebra class saying "When am I ever going to use this crap ?"

Yeah, ... me too !

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I got my fill of humorous buffoons, watching the Corvette guys itch and twitch about the most micro-minute details, nitpicking the most absurd stuff with all the self-appointed authority of the Spanish Inquisition. It was quite amusing. Sort of a cross between some high school popularity contest and...

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Gratitude, and the self-awareness to always be focused on things to be grateful for, is the key to being happy. I learned this lesson in a very backwards way from my old man, who was a very unhappy person. Although I do not think he ever intended for me to have such a takeaway, I open the door in th...

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Jeff, have you ever taken on a job, doing it just "half-axxed" ?

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Well said, Don. It's a Ford, not a Duesenburg !

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If at all possible, ship upright. Remove pendulum and weights, if this does not cause tangling issues. Taping, zip ties, and stuffing can be useful to safely controlling the swinging parts from damaging themselves or nearby parts. The kicker is, you want to freeze everything as it would normally han...

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The method of purist thinking that has dominated the old car hobby has many benefits, as far as keeping a record of how things were originally. But it is often exclusive to keeping a different history of the vehicle itself. I mean, the car's story BEGAN at a place of original equipment, but as anyth...

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My box cab has a very unmolested looking top overlay that has burlap as the material laid directly over the wood slats. Whenever rolling a fabric covering, such as the top fabric, always do the install in hot conditions, to make the fabric as expanded and relaxed/pliable as possible. When the vehicl...

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A kid in my woodshop class in Junior High took a 6" patch of scalp off his skull
with a drill press. A lathe will do the same thing. Those spinning parts will win
every time.

One can never be TOO careful with machinery. Some kinds more than others.

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Playswithbrass wrote: ↑
Sat Nov 23, 2019 7:44 am
So Burger, I am not sure if your little catch phrase is supposed to be read as part of your last posting or not?

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Hehehehe ! It does key in pretty well.

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Ruxstel24 wrote: ↑
Fri Nov 22, 2019 1:40 pm

Burger in Spokane wrote: ↑
Fri Nov 22, 2019 12:33 pm
Why should it be that only the kids get to have fun going to the pool ?
Burger, did you pee in the pool again !!

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Everyone knows that there is no better undercarriage degreaser than Tri-Urinol !

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Why should it be that only the kids get to have fun going to the pool ?

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Always thinking the exact opposite way, I have been puzzled my whole life by the contempt that people have for old stuff, and the fascination that they have for new. It is almost a universal human trait. Those young guys beating on the old Tudor probably thought a new 46 Ford was the cat's pajamas, ...

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They break down to more manageable parts pretty easily, and with much
less risk for damage when handling/shipping.

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What a great obit. I never met Brenda, but I can feel the fun and humor from the
words there. Sounds like she was a great lady.

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Heinrich, in an odd twist of research fate, discovered the reason for Kipper's troubled Hudson in a binder labeled "SECRETS", found in the attic of the railroad depot when Grandpa Abe came to visit. It seems his mis-hearing of someone saying Hudson's were lemons as "Hudsons run on lemons" had Kipper...

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Sure is. Kipper was a Hudson man.

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Herb Iffrig wrote: ↑
Sat Nov 16, 2019 8:16 pm
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Years ago, an old wrist watch placed on a large bone in a pile of what had once been a
deer, resulted in getting a lot of police interest and talk on the local news. Ah, the good
old days of innocent fun !

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Kipper-and-Co.-Garage-on-Mashell-later-Van-Cleve-Ford-1024x891.jpg Across the alley and two doors up, was Kipper's Garage. When the stove got too hot, or someone misplaced the checkerboard, patrons from Ernie's were known to come pass the time at Kipper's. If you look closely, you can see the photo...

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The level of historical dalliance borne out of the Kalamity Dick thread is
proof enough of the success of the off-topic section.

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Tools like this open up whole worlds of fabrication to the fancier of old junk !

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You had me for a minute Burger. Hahahaha. Reminds me of the story about the snail and the tortoise who decided to have a race. They agreed to meet at the race track at 8:00 A.M. on Monday. So, on Monday morning the flag went down and they were off! Suddenly, Wednesday morning around 10:00, as they ...

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Ford's special TT Racing Division offers a whole catalogue of performance parts and
accessories for the serious truck racer.

OK, ... maybe not.

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I get so bored with the old spammers. Nice to see some fresh spam action !

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There are CAN'TS and there are WON'TS. You cannot boil it down to a more basic level. Those who CANNOT carry their own weight are deserving of charity support, if you subscribe to Judeo-Christian thinking. The WON'TS are another matter. Separating the two bucks the agenda of one end of our politics ...

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Sketchy Science Quarterly carried a story about how it took the entire Uvula League, standing on each other's shoulders, to get the errant hand back up and mounted on the clock. Before they did, an attempt was made using the mid-size fling attachment to the derelict kaphistulator KD stored behind th...

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If you mean the meeting this past Thursday, I was totally unable to make it, as the wax ring replacement work order at 7410 turned out to actually be both bolts snapped off at the floor. I ran for a bolt kit, only to discover the flange height was so low when I set the toilet, it required TWO wax ri...

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I believe that the short lad at the front of the car was Tom Foolery's younger brother Freddy. ============================================= There has always seemed to be a cloud of confusion surrounding the Foolery clan, ever since they moved from the Upper Terrace to the alley behind the Vestibul...

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A bit off-topic for actual subject matter, but I have seen a fair lot of 19th century military leather goods that are remarkalbly preserved. Just for argument's sake, if this plate were issued in 1914, how long would it have remained valid, .... or more directly asked, could it have been on a car a ...

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There is only ONE Ford to own ... a Model T. And don't be fooled, the Improved cars
are just Model A's too. I'd dump that "modern iron" and get a 25-earlier T ! There is
just something about early cars that the A lost.

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What a surpise they got, when they realized that they had lifted the wrong manhole cover !

DOH !

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Moved the TT into "winter position" for some work on it later, when the weather forces me indoors. It's been a rapid-fire succession of big projects since July, and the old dog hardly got out at all this year. Roofed the east wing of the house and sided/trimmed the north gable, then jumped on the sh...

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We all wake up every morning and make choices. It's as simple as that.

Getting fat ? Move more, eat less. Pretty amazing how the human brain
can make this complicated, to avoid just doing the work to fix the problem.

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The key to aging and memory loss is to never forget to tell the grandkids to pull
your finger. The rest is just details.

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Stay where you are, Rich. Doc Thorax is on his way to administer a biome. Several have reported that you may be hitting the silly beans again. In the meantime, on this date in 1922, the Lipid Sisters announced to a gathering of the Uvula League that they were, in fact, paranormal, and henceforth wer...

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Thanks, Jeff.

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https://foreignpolicy.com/2015/05/29/the-new-unknown-soldiers-of-afghanistan-and-iraq/ Thanks for that, Scott. Pretty good read that lays it out as I saw it. Mr. Hicks understanding of US military contractors clearly follows what is laid out in this article. What baffles me is his perptetual targeti...

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I find your trolling all over this site to be disgusting, Mister Hicks. There is nothing in my posts that is "bragging". I am proud to have went and done something. Something YOU never did at all, yet you feel compelled that every time I post ANYTHING about what I did, to somehow crap all over it. Y...

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Ooh-rah, Lt. Col., SIR ! Semper Fi ! DOD contactor, originally assigned to 1/3 in Helmand 2010-2013. Best thing I ever did in my life. Post deployment: Mentor/trainer involved with Vets on the Farm 2015-present. Currently working with post-active USMC personnel to develop a broader post- transition ...

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The Pispacattiquattimauken River provided plenty of bridge opportunities for snackers,
both in practice/rehearsal and competition. At Bridge No.8, a crowd has assembled to
see the 1924 Uvula League team break out the corndogs.

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It is funny now Denmark had a different location that way. Seems they always did. A sign on the Chugwater Chicken Church read "Non-believing hens lay deviled eggs" over the summer. The new Pastor really pushes the congregation to tow the line. However, scratching about, even under the bridges, is al...

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One of the best entries in the Lewis & Clark Journals:

"The men have stopped shooting the bears, as it only seems to make them angry".

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Overcharging is annoying, but is easily fixed with a regulator adjustment. The fact that mgmt. prohibits patrons from bringing their own is the basis of all modern injustice, in a microcosm. Underbridge snacking is currently being considered as a competitive Olympic sport, just like it was originall...

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Am I correct in thinking that inflammation also involves/means "swelling" ?
Because my junk heap seems to show no signs of size reduction. Just more
swelling.

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Scrambling overflow protection devices are available at the snack bar.

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Farm gears, 15-25, with the poor thing shaking itself apart over 20. With Express gears, .... and this is with a serious effort to balance everything in the powertrain/ driveline, I max out at 48 on flat ground. The truck runs out of power, rather than get the shakes, like before. It cruises smoothl...

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That's neat ! Tow trucks and dump trucks seem to be very popular amongst the few that go for the TT trucks, so there are a lot of survivors. Chances are that there are a few to be found. Now, just to align the "24" with the right body ! 24-27's could be nearly identical from outward appearance, with...

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