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Well, I SHOULD have gone to camp and got some work done. Instead, I cranked up the old Harley and rode up through Coburn Gore to the border. It's a beautiful ride up through there. Up through Carrabasset Valley along the river, crossing the Appalachian Trail and up through the mountains to Chain of ...

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Well there! I learnt something today.

Around here, it's called "Showing off". It implies you have enough money thay you can afford to throw stuff away. It's usually a rare occurrence, but the ones thay do it like to make sure people see them.

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Walt wrote: ↑Sun Sep 15, 2024 6:29 pm Thanks, Jay. I don't know what it is either but I wasn't going to admit it. Maybe a local shenanigan?

No problem Walt! I'm one of those you can't really embarrass anyway.

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Fly tipping? WTH is that? I've heard of cow tipping, but flies are pretty close to the ground already. How much fun can that be? Don't they take off before they tip?

Myst be some city folk thing, I don't know?

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No, no! I must not have been clear. Work is cutting into my luxury time too much now!
Oh.....and we don't have a bus station. I think the closest one is 50 miles away.

I guess maybe hitch a ride on an Amish wagon. Closest thing we got.

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You keep having to wonder how long it's gonna go on. We must be close to bottomed out now. I know I am. Anyway, it's Sunday. Last one. My buddy ain't going in and only one guy came in on days. Sounds like a recipe for a long night. When I woke up I heard my buddy start his Harley and go for a ride. ...

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Yup. I find when I'm out and around that most people are the same. There's no doubt it's a majority. Yet somehow, things are the way they are. That's how you know it's all corrupt and rigged. There's no way it's gonna get "fixed" playing their game. Yeah, I had to put a battery in the 770 ...

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Haha yeah. I bet a "buffalo coat search" would be entertaining.
We don't have snakes like that here. I'm not sorry. Pretty cool Six!
Founders Day? Well, I don't blame you for sitting that out buddy. Besides, I'm sure it ain't nothing compared to Athens Old Home Days.

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I thought you'd already sold it Walt. Looks like you've done a fair amount to it. Aftermarket tank on it. I've always thought about an XR650L honestly (I had a 92 XR600R). I've kind of changed my mind lately, and am leaning more towards the Suzuki. It's a little lighter, and requires less modding to...

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Haha cool! Yeah, I don't get it. Those are nice rifles.
Wow! That 1860 looks nice. The screw slots are pretty clean. Most of those I see they are all buggered and wallowed out. Frame edges are usually beat and rounded too.

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Good for you Walt! Gotta keep on dirt riding! It's mighty pretty out there. Every time I'm out there all I think is that I'd like to have my Jeep or TW with me. I'm seriously considering selling my old Harley and getting a DRZ. I'll keep my TW of course. I'd keep the Harley too, but I don't want 3 b...

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Oh h3ll GK, we think more of you than most of the people in our own country. The whole world is going in the pooper. We ole hillbillies gotta stick together. Hey Six! Keep yourself outta trouble down there! I ain't got no bail money. I would come down and bust you out though. Our pal GK may have the...

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Sounds like the last bastion of freedom.

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Haha its cause in Athens they can't afford to throw anything away. There IS NO trash haha!
That's why I posted that picture. It's right on the corner on the main drag "downtown". Downtown is about a hundred yards long.

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I musta somehow missed your pics. Sorry bud. Been right out straight this week. Soon as the store opened this morning, I got a new battery for the tractor and rolled it for camp. I had a battery for the kids 4 wheeler too. Got both of em put in and did a bunch of work down back with the tractor and ...

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A lot of guys here put heated grips on their bikes. Snowmobiles have them, as does mine, but I can't bring myself to put them on a bike.

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Woo! Been busy this week! Worked at camp Monday. Put out some cameras and moved a stand. Yesterday was supposed to be nice, so I planed a trail bike ride. I hauled to camp and left from there, planning a ride to Greenville maybe. Holy smokes, I about froze to death! It stayed cloudy, cold, and windy...

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Best of luck to you sir. Taking some time is the best thing you could have done IMO. I have only worked 3 days a week for the last several years, and will continue this schedule till I retire in 3 more. I have watched too many work all the time for their whole life, only to die as soon as they retir...

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Haha nope. We don't have a mayor. We have a town manager and a board of selectmen. Most towns here are like that. Some of em can read and cifer and everything! :D Yeah, those were some tough monkeys down there back in the day. We still got a few here, and so does my kid up in Kodiak. Matter of fact,...

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Probably these will make an appearance. I haven't been using my old original Winchesters as much for hunting the last few years, but anything is possible.

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My wife is claustrophobic. If the zipper sticks on her sweatshirt she feels trapped and panics. I'm sure if you put me in some cave where I couldn't move I wouldn't like it, but generally I'm not twitchy about stuff. Big water kinda freaks me out. Watching those videos of ships in bad storms way out...

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You guys sure have some scary arsed bugs out there.

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So it isn't just here? I've seen more frogs this year than I can remember seeing since I was a kid. If I had a lot to mow, maybe I'd want one of those mowers. Seems like everyone has them. I can see the guys with businesses, cause it's all about speed. They mow my neighbors and it sounds like you're...

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You must mean 6 fingered Clarence. He's right on 150 just before the Athens town line. :D There's definitely some rough spots here, with some pretty rough people. I went to school with a bunch of them. You don't really notice when it's how it's always been and all you know. When you're older, and th...

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Yeah I agree. Those old cars really rattled out pretty fast. Paint wasn't the greatest, and neither was the build quality. But the 60s and up till the early 70s cars were cool as all get out. And I'll freely admit, that a lot if the early "malaise era" cars from the mid to late 70s I reall...

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Yup. I'd like to take a run out there when I retire and get me a 70s K20. My son had a nice 85 K10 SB when he was in in Kodiak the first time. It was a California truck. Now he's got an 85 K30 454, also from California. No rust cause Kodiak don't salt the roads. The 80s K30s are nice, cause they hav...

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Cool truck buddy! Wish they still made em like that. I'd love about a 77 K20 once I ain't driving to work anymore.

This was my "last one" I had it 22 years.

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Yup. They got around the insurance companies to some degree by underrating the HP numbers in the later muscle car era. I think this was especially done with the Chrysler 440 6-pack and the GM LS6 454. I'm sure Ford did the same with the Boss series too, especially the big blocks. I ran to camp and c...

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Cool! My dad had one of those Pontiac 6s too! It was in a 67 LeMans Sprint. It was an awesome car. Swapped it for a 70 LeMans with the big block 350.
Yeah, the post 71 EPA engines were all turds. Good ole
Government strikes again. They control every aspect of your life, whether you think so or not.

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I've never owned a big block. Always small blocks. I dont know why? Just worked out that way I guess. Always liked the Mopar 360 in a truck. Matter of fact, thay the only V8 we have left. There's one in the old 3/4 ton Dodge. That sucks GK. Sorry buddy. Knowing myself, I know I wouldn't do well with...

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That figures. Golf.....

I probably get 6 miles a gallon. I'm definitely not a hybrid. Probably more like a big block with dual 4 barrels.

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Crazy times. I was up to camp today. Out on the road frontage putting up new posters. Beautiful day. 60 degrees, clear air, clear skies. Went back to camp and split up some wood. Then walked down behind camp and scoped out one of my trails. Came back to camp and sat outside for awhile. Think tomorro...

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Yup. Same with us. They give "payouts". Bunch if fkn idiots. There's no hope bro. Keep your poop wired tight. You know what's important, just like I do. I'm just counting my time. I'm not real worried, maybe I should be, but I ain't. I've gotten by on pure meanness and hick logic so far......

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I hear you bro. When I went there in 88, I made 10.33 an hour with a 10% night shift bonus. It was 3x what minimum wage was. I make a lot more now, but it ain't 3x minimum wage.
Luckily, I live small. I own my stuff. I don't need a lot to be happy. I'll be set. Secret of life buddy.

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Haha yeah.... but to me, I've worked there for almost 37 years and don't earn as good a living as I did when I went there in 88.

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Oh I'll check it out when I'm home. I can't hear it here. Takes quite a bit to turn my stomach, but that's pretty messed up haha.

Just 3 hours left. I got a pile of stuff to do this week but the weather is supposed to be good.

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Nope. I've never been in that place. Or in the dooryard. :D It sits up and overlooks the island, bridges, and both dams. There are other historic places on that hill, but not like that one. I guess it just burned mostly the attic. Glad they saved it. Way back, the Southside of the river was a differ...

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Hellllooooo! Where'd everybody go? I had to sleep all day. Don't tell me you guys did too? :D Big fire in town yesterday. Kind of a shame as it was the mansion of a former governor. Abner Coburn was the governor during the Civil War. He was from town and built this big home that looked like an old s...

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Yeah. We had one here down on the border. Some scumbag shot his wife. Then loaded his kid in the car and drove out onto the Kittery bridge (between Me. and N.H.) and banged it out with the cops. They smoked him and when they went up to the car, they saw he'd killed the little kid too. They're ruinin...

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Yeah. In the last few years, we have added lights and cameras too. When something trips it, it sends an alert to Kristy's phone, and she can monitor the cameras from her phone. If she is at work, she can be home in about 1 minute. Nobody better make the mistake of thinking cause I ain't there it's e...

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Have fun bro! Back to work for me, but it's only a 2 day week. They are jacking with my and my buddies time now. They hate us cause we've spent 36 years earning this time while they were home pizzing in their pants. They forget the other thing we've learned o er the last 36 years is how to play the ...

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She's said even worse since. Some really heartless things, but at this point why bother arguing. jb 8) It’s amazing how much words can cut a man. But when you decide to let go, they become empty sounds upon the wind. I’m not sure how this works, but I know it does. This is very true. When it hits, ...

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Oh yeah! Pungie patties! That's what my dad and uncle called em. When they were young, they worked for Blue Rock. It's a road construction and aggregate company. They were on strike and my dad and uncle would make mud cakes filled with nails through a shingle and scatter them in the access road. The...

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Yeah I get it bro. That "pay em off" mentality is the cause of it. It just promotes the problem. If that douche bag thought he was gonna get his ash handed to him, he wouldn't have tried it. Same as that piece of garbage that spit on my Harley. He'll think it over next time. He's lucky I w...

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There's no question of the Marlins simplicity. I like the Marlin 89 and 94. I still prefer the Winchester 92 to shoot and carry, but could certainly be happy with a the 94 Marlin. With the 1893/1936/336 vs. 1894 Winchester, there's no contest, I'll take the 94 every time. Nothing against the Marlin,...

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I run into this too, especially with carbines. Whether they did this on purpose by filing the front blade or its just wore, I don't know. I usually end up making a new blade from an old Master lock key and swapping it. My 73 carbine has the one piece post and blade, so I just deal with it. I don't h...

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Haha well I'd of paid to see that. Probably needed money for lunch.

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Haha yeah. I use the "somewhat disgusted stare" sometimes too. That has gotten results for me, but usually when there's some kind of direct confrontation. A good solid business is hard to find. If I have a long and successful relationship with them, they will get the benefit of the doubt, ...

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Yeah! That's how my cheapie Homelight weed whacker is! It's so simple it took me a while to figure it out. The first time I loaded it I took the head out and wound it around and fed it out through the holes. Like in the old days haha.
Next time I figured it out. Wow! Works slick man.

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All these old rifle designs are "jig and fixture" guns. They were all manufactured by jig and fixture, along with specialized machines and cutting tools. There was a long span of time from when the 1892 was dropped till the adoption of NC machining centers. Until that time, it was much ea...

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