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    Grips you like and don’t like..

    I didn't know all the names of the grips either, and in my research there was a guy talking about how tennis elbow could be averted with big handed folks (I am one of those too) by having larger grips (on tennis rackets) to fit. Makes me wonder if my chronic tennis elbow could have been...
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    Jon Boat Oar Lock Sockets

    I had a 12 foot ted Williams Jon boat when I was a kid. It was amazingly light. Wish I still had it. A machinist might be able to fabricate something pretty cheap. I like the idea of delrin bushings that you can replace. That would cure the squeaky oarlock syndrome.
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    Jon Boat Oar Lock Sockets

    Ah sorry for the misunderstanding. Maybe something like these- https://a.co/d/0bvxhBoo
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    Jon Boat Oar Lock Sockets

    You could also get oarlocks that stay on the oars, so when you put them away the oarlocks aren’t in contact with the boat. The corrosion that happens when you are actually using the boat would probably take a lifetime to be noticeable.
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    Jon Boat Oar Lock Sockets

    Maybe just lubricate with dielectric grease? If electrons can't flow there won't be galvanic corrosion.
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    Float Tube Flippers

    I like them to float, in case they come off. I like them easy to put on and secure so they don’t come off. The best for propulsion I have used were made for diving, these can be had floating but none of them are very easy to put on, and you can’t wear wading boots in them. Some say the force...
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    Parabolic Trough Collectors

    In 1977 they had one of these on display at the OSU quad. It was hooked up to a water supply and about 8 feet long. Cold water in extremely hot water out the other end. I stood right next to it, did not feel dangerous at all. The light is focused on the pipe. You wouldn't want to put your...
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    Longview Pulp Plant

    Nippon has only owned the place since 2016, when Weyerhaeuser got rid of it, I suspect to put some distance between themselves and this type of thing. I worked in there taking care of fire systems, and I worked in the other mills on the lower Columbia. They (weyco) did not compare well to...
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    Edge Rods Sale

    I've been waiting 11/2 years for a tube.
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    Starlink User Opinions

    I had it at our previous home. When we bought this house, we were going back and forth and I left it working until it inexplicably quit connecting to the router. The poor customer service then came into view. I was asked to restart it repeatedly, and do other things that would require the...
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    Best Fly Threader And Knot Tying Tool For Visually Impaired?

    Simms has some ridiculously expensive nippers with a magnetic thingy to help with threading. Then you have to be able to see to tie a knot. I have a fly box that I'm not sure if it is made anymore that has a bunch of wire threaders in it that you can pre load in good light at home. It works...
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    wolves...

    A lot of whining about not getting the government to subsidize their business the way they want. Take out all the fences and reestablish the bison and antelope herds. We can all go get our protein without the middleman. We raised cattle on our own land, providing feed and protection ourselves...
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    What would you like to see restored before you die?

    The forest ecosystems that filtered and cooled the waters, and my twenty year old knees so I can walk about in them.
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    wolves...

    I think six maybe five years ago I saw tracks of an adult wolf and a pup near three creeks lake south of Sisters. They are definitely there.
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    wolves...

    West of Interstate 5 the elk herds have been struggling with a bacterial foot disease. Anecdotally I lived where (southwest Washington) there was a herd in the high twenties that cycled through where I lived and I watched them dwindle down to presently a group of three, sometimes four, with...
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    Solo fishing

    Graham Greene quote-"I'm gonna debark yer leg"
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    2026 Swap & Shop Official Thread

    No, we found for the contractor. If it would have been left up to us we would have stuck the vagrant with the max interest the state allows, but the Judge told us to leave that up to him. The contractor brought the suit, the vagrant countersued because apparently excavators are not a leave no...
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    2026 Swap & Shop Official Thread

    I just did my part, a guy sued a contractor basically because he didn't want to pay. Three days of our time, but it could've been legit, it's how our system works and I'm glad to do it. They rescheduled mine because of a vacation we had planned. Yesterday my wife got her invitation to serve.
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    SFR onX mapping

    I had a survey done fifteen years ago, and the surveyor found a mistake made (40 years ago)half a mile up the road that shifted everyone's lines fifty feet. I paid 300 bucks to the county to split the difference with my neighbor and record it as such. Rest of the folks on the road will find...
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    A juxtaposition

    I might like to hear snowboards hurtling at me. Perhaps I could avoid the collision. Everyone I know has been hit except me.
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