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  1. Allen

    Melt - thoughts

    Yes. A slow melt and modest runoff allows the ice to deteriorate in place before it starts to move. A quick melt with a lot of water hitting the streams, can raise the water levels to a point where the ice becomes dislodged from the shore and as water levels rise enough, the surface area of...
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    Anyone grow honeyberries?

    First time = not mad, almost amused Second - fourth times = amusement wanes to fully not amused anymore. 5th-6th times = pissed, caught a couple of them and tied them up. 7th time(?) = super pissed, told owner since you are what you eat, that the titty sprinkling goats would look just like a...
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    Anyone grow honeyberries?

    I have 3 different varieties of honeyberries. They are pretty easy to grow, certainly a lot easier than blueberries or even juneberries. However, they are a real SOB to protect. Rabbits and goats will eat them right down to the roots. Yeah, they'll come back from that if they are even...
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    New GSP Pup/I know I said Lab before

    The sire to these pups is a very gentle dog, and as velcro-like as any dog I've ever known. So your daughter should just get used to having a large lap dog.
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    New GSP Pup/I know I said Lab before

    Heh heh, kids and pups.
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    Frozen in Ice Castle ideas?

    While I understand the difficulty in quick escape from a skidsteer, weight wise I wouldn't be horribly concerned. Once you get to 24" or more of ice you can put an awful lot of weight on it, see iceroad truckers. That being said, I'd want a snowbucket and I'd keep it close to the ice's...
  7. Allen

    Boat Trailer Bearings

    The rubber grommet on the dust cap helps prevent pressure buildup that will blow a seal.
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    Frozen in Ice Castle ideas?

    At a minimum, I would recommend getting the snow removed from the ice surface for 30-50 yards around the sunken shack. Once the weight of all that snow is off the ice the buoyancy of ice should help it rebound upwards to help prevent the ice thickness holding the thing down from getting any worse.
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    Frozen in Ice Castle ideas?

    There's already water coming up from the sounds of it through cracks. The ice won't get any thicker unless the sheet of ice sags even more. Which does bring another suggestion to bear. If a person had the equipment, I would try to remove as much weight from the ice's surface as I could. This...
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    Frozen in Ice Castle ideas?

    Holy buckets! I've never seen one in that far. About the only advice I would have is to use water to free it. Yeah, it sounds counter-intuitive, but wait until there's a relatively warm day (thinking next weekend here) where air temps are in the upper 20s or 30s. Take a generator and a...
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    lowrance hook 5 dsi / humminbird helix 5 di

    I will say this about the Total Scan transducer of Lowrance. 1. It's like hanging a frigging phalus off the back of your boat, so it's really out there for stuff to get caught on. Thinking fishing line, net, etc. And it sure looks easy to break off! 2. The total scan transducer is NOT good...
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    Parents beware

    If anyone has a friend in the group Anonymous, this would be a better use than what they usually do with their hacking skills. Find us the A-holes responsible for going after the most vulnerable in our society, it'd go a long ways in generating some positive public relations for them.
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    Parents beware

    I talked with my kids a few days ago about this. They are 11 and 13, and while they hadn't run across it personally, they have heard of it through friends, etc. While I sure as heck don't need an excuse to talk to my kids about not being stupid, this was another good opportunity for me to...
  14. Allen

    Boat Trailer Bearings

    Interesting, that's a design style I have not run across. When you grease them, where does the grease zerk end up putting the grease in order to get fresh stuff into both the inner and outer bearing?
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    Boat Trailer Bearings

    Guy, I have these on my boat, utility, and toon trailers. So here's the rub with them, because you had to know that nothing's perfect in the world of trailer bearings. That center grease zerk does just as you describe, it shoots grease in behind the inner bearing. If your are going to do more...
  16. Allen

    Hunting & fishing combo day... is North Dakota the best?

    Depends on the bird and fish species. ND is a terrible place to hunt ptarmigan and fish for sockeye.
  17. Allen

    OK here it is

    OFFS, it's a slushburger, my mom told me so. Get over it folks!
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    Round or flat earth

    Sometimes I wonder if our younger members even know that reference?
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    Jumbo's Sloppy Joe Sauce

    Anyone else remember their mom using tomato soup as the base?
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    Jumbo's Sloppy Joe Sauce

    There's a replacement for Manwich? I need some of this magical elixir!

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