The longest thread ever

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Originally Posted by YmoBeThere

Outside in the sun all day working on/learning about Pontiac Tri-power carburetors. Early version('57-'58) with small carbs for those keeping score.

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Spray ether in one for me. It’s how I got to work when it was 35 below zero singed quite a few eyebrows

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Originally Posted by budwom

Spray ether in one for me. It’s how I got to work when it was 35 below zero singed quite a few eyebrows

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A little carb cleaner was used, eyebrows intact.

Watching college bowling. It is an NCAA title on the line.

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Originally Posted by YmoBeThere

Outside in the sun all day working on/learning about Pontiac Tri-power carburetors. Early version('57-'58) with small carbs for those keeping score.

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Hot out there? I should be coming back soon.

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Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil

Hot out there? I should be coming back soon.

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95 today, tomorrow's forecast is for a high of 79.

Let me know!

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Originally Posted by YmoBeThere

Watching college bowling. It is an NCAA title on the line.

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Not looking good for the Commodores.

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Not looking good for the Commodores.

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They battle back from being down 2-0 and 3-1 to win the best of 7 and their third national title.

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Originally Posted by YmoBeThere

They battle back from being down 2-0 and 3-1 to win the best of 7 and their third national title.

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What sport?

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Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil

What sport?

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Are you a big bowling fan? Do you bowl? I haven't in years, but used to all the time.

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Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil

Are you a big bowling fan? Do you bowl? I haven't in years, but used to all the time.

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Bowling is on the list of activities that I have done, but engaged in fewer than 10 times in my young life.

Also on the list:
ice skating
tennis
skateboarding (ouch)
golf (actually 0 unless you count putt putt)
Being too drunk to stand or sit, but still playing (winning) Trivial Pursuit.

Pickleball passed the 10 threshold last fall.

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Originally Posted by camion

Bowling is on the list of activities that I have done, but engaged in fewer than 10 times in my young life.

Also on the list:
ice skating
tennis
skateboarding (ouch)
golf (actually 0 unless you count putt putt)
Being too drunk to stand or sit, but still playing (winning) Trivial Pursuit.

Pickleball passed the 10 threshold last fall.

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you are overdue for some curling. It's entertaining...same for broom ball (on the ice).

I-95 is the pits.

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Originally Posted by bundabergdevil

I-95 is the pits.

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And it used to be worse. The section around Fayetteville was not complete, but instead went through Fayetteville, complete with stoplights. Despite the high accident rates and deaths caused by interstate traffic going through a city street, the Fayetteville merchants fought tooth and nail to prevent the completion of I-95 around it. Because their business was way more important than a few lives a week. Still SMDH about that.

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Originally Posted by TruBlu

And it used to be worse. The section around Fayetteville was not complete, but instead went through Fayetteville, complete with stoplights. Despite the high accident rates and deaths caused by interstate traffic going through a city street, the Fayetteville merchants fought tooth and nail to prevent the completion of I-95 around it. Because their business was way more important than a few lives a week. Still SMDH about that.

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And as crappy as it is (no shoulder whatsoever in many places in NC) it's a lot better than I-95 in NJ, and in the entire Ballmer/Worshington area...I did it from NJ to central Florida for the first time (avoiding a few spots) in many decades in February and I don't see us doing that again. The billboards in SC Ga and FL are testaments to the tenacity of lawyers and the pervasiveness of strident religion (I shall leave it at that). What a weird weird experience.

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Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil

Are you a big bowling fan? Do you bowl? I haven't in years, but used to all the time.

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Nope, but I do recall seeing it back in the day on ABC. I bowl maybe a couple times a year at best. Generally in the 120 range, but lack the skill to get a lot of spin/rotation on the ball.

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Originally Posted by budwom

And as crappy as it is (no shoulder whatsoever in many places in NC) it's a lot better than I-95 in NJ, and in the entire Ballmer/Worshington area...I did it from NJ to central Florida for the first time (avoiding a few spots) in many decades in February and I don't see us doing that again. The billboards in SC Ga and FL are testaments to the tenacity of lawyers and the pervasiveness of strident religion (I shall leave it at that). What a weird weird experience.

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So, it's flyover country?

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Originally Posted by YmoBeThere

So, it's flyover country?

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We spent a month on the NC coast as we often do and drove down, what with a dog and lots of stuff...we thought we'd add on a trip to see friends in FL before our NC stay, but that extra driving was a bit too much, pretty tedious drive from NC to FL (though not as crazy congested as the NYC/DC areas of course). So yeah, we'll continue to drive to NC but FL trips will be by air, which poses its own problems (like being stranded for five days last year).

I got a sunburn on my neck yesterday, so I am indeed a red neck at the moment.

three flights today, one with a tight connection, best of luck...