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    High Gas Prices Spell Opportunity for Some

    the details are not exact as it was a while back i read this article but a couple blocks over from the world trade centre lot is a (oil market exchange?) ... the US imports 54 million barrels a day and the exchange trades about 213 million barrels a day they don't really own anything its all on...
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    Tips on starting the kicker

    when i have left a engine sitting over winter after about three pulls on small motors i pull the plug squirt gas in replace plug, on larger motors (truck) i pour a little gas in the carb.. works every time (long as you have ignition) with me it save's the frustration and battery if you slip up...
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    Would You Ever Repower a 22' With a 60 Horse Outboard ?

    a different comparison, years back a friend pulled a 351 Ford out and installed a 460 GMC (also larger prop) his gas dropped from just under 15 gals to under 10 gals per hour with the 460 (now a dinasour) .... depends on your travels but under powered usualy cost more in fuel ... wc
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    PNW C-Brats beware!!!

    a couple of years back the one young whale that disappeared from a pod the last sighting by a Seattle biologist the thing looked like it was starving ... the salmon farms are destroying the wild fish !!! .. a news release a few weeks back has the B.C. government going out and catching the...
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    Washington state proposes new vehicle fees

    our provincial government just added a carbon tax on our gasoline .. i wonder if your state proposal isn't better if it goes on engine size .. ours starts in July of this year ... where they spend it is the other thing .. wc
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    C-Brat Brigner Under the Knife

    been following the post lovely outcome Jeff all the best ..wc
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    Medical Myths?

    Myth : We use only 10 percent of our brains sure disappointed to see that one .. who i am is what i am .. lol .. not even a pill will help ??
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    SEA LICE, SALMON - CANADA (BRITISH COLUMBIA)

    the sea lice issue has been going on for years ... the ones doing the research are not some radical tree huggers ... the university of Calgary found a 95% kill rate on the juvenile in their study this was a few years back so i forget most of it but their method was to net the juvenile's on their...
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    Alcohol vs Wallas for heating & cooking

    the newer models may do better but the alcohol stove I have is the worst thing I have seen cooking is next to impossible .. stainless steel looks pretty but no heat .. wc
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    1986

    when you get it home ... change the name .. lol
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    C-Dog

    we find our Jack Russel (short hair) a bit of a hair bag but she doesn't take up the whole boat ... a real surprise was a little Dachshund dropped off by a family member a in your face watch dog, great personality no hair, prior to this would never have looked at one ... may need your wife walk...
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    HAPPY EASTER

    great picture ... that mutt has that "bite this" look ... so much for the easter bunny .. :lol:
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    The Broughtons, Salmon, Whales and a C-Dory

    i'm happy to see this one back on the radar so to speak ....this is one that i would like to see Greenpeace or one of them step it up make it more international ... but it just don't seem to catch on ... a year back the university of Calgary did a research the kill rate of passing smelt was...
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    C-Voyager's 24" hull extension

    "roping a buffalo" ... what the hell are you doing their supposed to be one of the most cantankerous animals out their ... joking aside i hope he has a speedy recovery .. take care . wc
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    about waves

    well i use to toot around on a small tug for a few years and the short choppy waves at the mouth of the river or harbors that at times empty the cupboards out are the good ones (yeah right) now out in the deep blue sea (never been their) or out of the text book the longer spaced waves are the...
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    about waves

    in the dark of night DaNag and Mike have backed the Tyboo up to the Brew misters brewery loaded up, come day light their now well off shore in the deep blue sea, they still got 3/4 of their cargo on board the sea's are calm almost glassy but their is a wave, no tide, slight sea current, steaming...
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    C-Voyager's 24" hull extension

    well it just amazes me how you have flipped her and the cabin and railling is still their .. really impressive .... with the pic's the ring on the bow post is takeing most of the weight ??? the project is really a eye opener ... wc
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    magnetic compass

    to darn many teachers on this site ... Joe hit it right on ... trying to snag some one in Kansas they all drive tractors and they don't come with a magetic compass .... the pointy end was my answer .. lol ..
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    magnetic compass

    on a magnetic compass which end of the needle is pointing north ... other than the pointy end . wc
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    A new C-Ranger

    "I hope we get a click going for us c-ranger guys to compare notes." Please keep it on this site when you do ??, its interesting to hear about the quirks and solutions and performance of all the C-Dory boats .. wc
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