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    Dating advice. Older women?

    Sorry to hear.
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    Boat Paint Scratches - Tips Please.

    Keeping paint looking good on aluminium is very problematic as any chips in the paint allows salt water to get in under the paint which will then blister and spread. To prevent this you will need to sand the scratches and surrounding area back to bare aluminium. Then high pressure with fresh...
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    Bad day for fingers

    Only a few years ago (about 1975) my best mate and I were bucking out a yard full of feral donkeys on his fathers farm. Mate had hold of this donkey up short by the halter while I had a handful of mane and was about to swing up. The donkey grabbed hold of my mates finger, reared up, shook him...
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    Mother Nature is a cruel SOB

    That is extremely sad, so sorry for you're loss.
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    No deadliest catch this year

    That was definitely real. Trying to get the nose around in a big sea like that is a huge risk. Getting broadsided like he did is a nightmare situation to find yourself in. All that white water makes it very difficult for the prop to bite in and help push you around before the next one rolls in...
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    Queen Elizabeth II Passes Away

    Australia is a member of the Commonwealth group of countries. Which made the Queen our head of state. However this is very much a symbolic title with the Queen having virtually zero influence on our political landscape. The Queen has been and always will be a much loved figure here in Australia...
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    Is the Labrador breed heading in the wrong direction?

    The American lab is a far superior animal compared to the English type. The dog show crowd have no idea about what a real dog needs to be, at least here in Australia. The once iconic blue heeler is another example of the show dog crowd ruining a breed. Turning them into short legged, block...
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    Top Gun 2

    My wife and I also watched the first Top Gun yet again last week followed by #2 yesterday. We loved it.
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    Going to an actual rodeo. How does it work?

    I'd be interested in those names and wonder if your name is on the list.
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    Wildlife Water Guzzlers

    Both the roof on the ground idea and the plastic trough will need to be secured to the ground properly otherwise they will get lifted up in the first big wind and could disappear. That metal roof is dangerous for that reason imo. Not to mention sharp edges while animals are stomping all over it...
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    Winter Mortality in Interior Alaska

    Thank you for posting that video. Tripod ice, I will pick May 21st 10am 2022. Good luck to all you Alaskans.
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    Winter Mortality in Interior Alaska

    Ok now I get it. Thanks for the explanation much appreciated.

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