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  1. nj1639

    3K stumble

    It's resolved but I'll tell you the story, might help somebody down the line. Took her out for a dust off a couple weeks ago after having sat a bit longer than usual this winter. Fired right off. Got down the lane and she bogged down and quit. Got her going again and made it back to the pole...
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    Drunks, babies and idiots

    1977 Being newly married with a pregnant wife and a house payment, living in the poorest county in South Jersey where a lot of locals would work the tourist trade in the summer and then take unemployment through the winter, year round jobs were hard to find. I had a bit of experience doing...
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    Cafe Racer Club 59

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    Random

    Nothing worse than trying to trap a smart coon.
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    4th

    Happy Declaration of Independence Day to my fellow Yanks and observers! To everyone else "Hey."
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    Sold / Found / Inactive - Mains and Pilots

    Looking for a pair of N102.221#140 and a pair of VM22/210#30.... working on a set of '78 BS38's.
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    Evolution of the Earth Lodge

    It started out as a 30' diameter, 3/4 scale Mandan style earth lodge. Providence and varmints decided otherwise. I had used black plastic sheeting to cover the framework prior to the dirt and hay finish. Adding grass seed watered by the rain and nourished by the decomposition of the hay I was...
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    Happy Declaration of Independence Day

    May you have the same amount of fingers on your hands tomorrow as you have today!
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    Cicadas

    The 17 year variety. Everything that eats bugs is fat and happy.
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    Ol' Sol and the big picture

    Science, gotta follow the science, who's science? Heresies to follow built on the concept of the EU, and that's not the European Union...... This is a part of my breakfast along with a thyroid pill and a mason jar of coffee. Links to all mentioned in the above video are in the drop down arrow...
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    Hens teeth

    For laughs I went to eBay and punched in "Yamah Mini cruiser windscreen". Looks like a total of three with hardware were available as of this moment. No guarantee as to the application but they sure look like what I have and what's been seen on Machine's ride......and as he had stated and I...
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    The Comancheros and Shepherds Pie

    Growing up, my mom had a penchant to try new food experiments to be released on the family. One that she apparently was very proud of was her attempt at Shepherds Pie. Now as a child I liked the food on my plate separated from each other and would eat them one item at a time. No mixing of...
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    Holiday Stories

    . There's been a rumor of native blood in our family stretching back to that fellow in my avatar who's mother was supposed to be a full blood. DNA testing has shown its in there but just a smidgeon now, being 8th generation down the line, but it's something we as a family hold dear. To any and...
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    Prescription goggles on a shoestring budget

    About five years ago (above, right) I was gifted with a pair of welding goggles by me Pops while on a visit back east. I had considered looking into getting some prescription lenses built for 'em but that venture just sat on the back burner. In the interim I was using some that fit over the...
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    Odd Places

    downeasters thread on the bee sting reminded me of this, and so as not to hijack here goes.... There's a stretch of Highway 56 along the Ohio River that traverses through some old Mississipian Indian ground which includes a small mound or two. This section starts around the southern end of the...
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    Overheard in the crowd.........

    "I say Ole Chap; Would you happen to know what time the "Royal Rodgering" will take place ???"
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    Carb bench synch

    ipad picture quality sucks but you get the idea. Borrow two straight pins from the missus. Get them with the little do dads on the end as they're easier to find when you drop them. Here we have yellow stars. Open the butterflys and center one pin in the bottom of each opening. Close the...
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    Stashes

    I was just reminiscing..... Back before I bailed from South Jersey in the early 90's, there was an old hippie that I had done some cable work for that lived around Petersburg. Nice enough guy but kind of eccentric. He still kept his hair long, though he was balding. It would remind one of a...
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    Signage

    Was visiting Bernie down at the auto parts store and during the B.S. sessions a story was told. Seems there was a couple in the county that heated their home primarily with wood. The husband took sick before he could get his winter supply in. Not sure what to do and on a limited income the wife...
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    Dear Abbey

    Dear Abbey, I recently bought an old Yamaha TX650 and spent a ton of time and money on it to make it look badass. Problem is that my girlfriend says I look like a chimpanzee hanging from a tree branch, humping a football. Perplexed in Peoria
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