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Bill Dog wrote:
That's just careless.
It is. I'm sure it was associated with human smuggling. Lots of police helicopter activity last night in that area.
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You could have claimed the boat under law. But no, I would not have touched it. We used to see a fair amount of these type of things ranging from wooden rafts to an 80 foot sailboat run up on shore and abandoned. And usually during the warmer months when they could take advantage of the trade winds coming up from the south and east.
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znomit wrote:
Actually what passes for a cigarette these days in our culture?
Akrapovic

Starting a two stroke
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Get yourself to the clinic for a checkup.
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Get yourself to the clinic for a checkup.
Might be too late
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It is. I'm sure it was associated with human smuggling. Lots of police helicopter activity last night in that area.


For a time we were getting abandoned pangas from Mexico on drug smuggling missions close by me. Sometimes the bales were still in them. They had nice Yamaha 4 stroke outboards. Would've been nice to put one one my boat but a little difficult to claim salvage rights on those. Haven't seen any recently.
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Who needs to claim salvage rights just.....go grab it lol.
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On my Facebook newsfeed this morning...
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Nothing to see here.

Perfectly normal.
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JBlacklund,

It would be tough putting the smooch on your sweetie with one of these in your or her nose.

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JBlacklund,

It would be tough putting the smooch on your sweetie with one of these in your or her nose.

Bob Copeland
Looks less ticklish than a bristling moustache though...
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Looks less ticklish than a bristling moustache though...
And much easier to keep clean...(Wink, wink, nudge, nudge).

I wonder if they have one that vibrates?
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On my Facebook newsfeed this morning...
Clearly FB "gets" you. Razz emoticon
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My wife seen this on Tic-Toc or something. A guy at an intersection had a sign that said " tip me -if you think your gf/wife is hot " good psychology used here! Talk about being in a situation!. Lol.
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Man, if I weren't married and it wasn't eighteen bucks this would be sitting on my coffee table right now.
Adam West is THE Batman
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His legs look out of proportion.
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His legs look out of proportion.
People had longer legs in the '60s.
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And fatter wallets.
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And fatter wallets.
Bruce Wayne was quite wealthy. I'm sure those threads didn't come cheap.
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Spent most of his money on cars n boats n shit.
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Spent most of his money on cars n boats n shit.
Being married keeps me from falling into the category of flat broke with lots of cool stuff.
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Not being married I'll have to take your word for it.

It's going to be a dark day when I have to ask someone else can I have something ?

Edit, Actually now I've given that a bit more thought it probably takes longer to justify something to myself rather than to refer that question to someone else.
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Not being married I'll have to take your word for it.

It's going to be a dark day when I have to ask someone else can I have something ?

Edit, Actually now I've given that a bit more thought it probably takes longer to justify something to myself rather than to refer that question to someone else.
You understand how this works better than you think.

Last night I dropped $600 on an amplifier. My wife didn't bat an eye because she knows I'll use it. I don't do things like that often or without a lot of forethought and internal debate. She gets me.
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Bill Dog wrote:
His legs look out of proportion.
They didn't have PhotoShop in 1966.
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jess wrote:
They didn't have PhotoShop in 1966.
but they did have the ability to tilt the lens of the enlarger to get that same effect. you could also curve the paper to get the effect in only a part of the image.

at the start of photoshop, most the tools and techniques mimicked what had been done in the darkroom for years.
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oopsclunkthud wrote:
but they did have the ability to tilt the lens of the enlarger to get that same effect. you could also curve the paper to get the effect in only a part of the image.

at the start of photoshop, most the tools and techniques mimicked what had been done in the darkroom for years.
Absolutely. But Adam West is 6'2", so it hardly seems necessary.

(Also, his feet are pointed down, which increases the apparent length of his legs).
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So glad this thread took a turn to Adam West. We all like to be the cause to an effect.

And now, for your enjoyment ...

The BATUSI!

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I am visiting my son in Australia at the moment.

My wife and I were walking in downtown Melbourne sightseeing near the National Museum.
We saw a 'man' in a dress striding along St Kilda's Rd with a poster that read:

"Being born with a vagina does not make you a woman!"
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Got off the bus and I'm waiting at the corner to cross the street when I realize I'm hearing the distinctive theme music from "Halloween." I look over to see a plain black crossover being driven by none other than Michael Myers himself. The light changed and he creepily surveyed the intersection as he turned.
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Someone has a bit faster connections in ... barn?
Ha, having fiber installed to my barn just last week, I can relate…

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I just noticed - the caption calls it a moped. Facepalm emoticon
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I just noticed - the caption calls it a moped. Facepalm emoticon
If it was a 50cc then it would indeed have been registered as a moped. More than 50cc and it would have been registered as 'Bicycle'. Wonderful UK DVLA nomenclature...
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It sounds like a 300 to me.
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It sounds like a 300 to me.
It probably is.
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