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All my boats got Glidden latex porch paint. I used Kilz latex primer for a couple, and Glidden latex primer for the other. It is not the prettiest paint job I've ever seen, and is not scratch proof by any means, but durability has been reasonable, cost is about $20 per gallon, and application...

An alternative to closet poles might be a tool handle or a broom handle - the long skinny handle that would fit a yard rake or a commercial grade push broom. Home Depot, Lowes. Look both in the garden tool section, and in the cleaning aisle where they have the brooms. Better wood than the...

This should be required reading for you Florida and Louisiana guys. Could save a life. Not sure if the study would apply equally to Australian crocs or not... maybe the Aussies could let us know what they think...

Water line length hasn't been mentioned enough, I think. Generally speaking, if it is a displacement hull (that is, you aren't trying to plane) and it has a decent hull shape, then the longer the boat the faster it is capable of going. There is a phenomenon called "hull speed" that I am not...

I'm starting to itch just reading this post. Chiggers are the spawn of the Devil. GBinGA

I wore out an Ultimate (took a lot of years and a lot of abuse). It was a good hat. I have a Tilley now, that Sherri bought me a few years ago. Great product. It IS expensive, but if you give it decent care, it will last a long long time. GBinGA

Ten previous convictions, and they aren't sending him to jail. Do you wonder why we have problems with law and order in this country? gbinga

Got no argument for that. You have a perfectly good reason there. Been thinking about getting a 1911 .45 lately. With all the guns I have, I can think of lots of better ways to spend the money, and more practical guns to spend it on.... But I want one. George

Man, I'm sorry. That is a hard, hard path to walk. Got three dogs and a cat. Two of them are well up over ten years... It breaks my heart to think about the inevitable day that will come. I don't know what any of us can say that will make it better but Lord knows a pet owner understands...

Why not just carry a normal revolver with a couple of snake loads in the first two chambers and more potent ammo in the last three or four? .38/.357 shot loads work decently on snakes. I would THINK that .44 loads would be ample. (don't know, though, since I don't have a .44) The judge seems...

I think that "oil based" could mean different things in different products these days. Original meaning was that it was made with linseed or similar vegetable based oils, and some products probably still are. Linseed soaks into wood and slowly cures. It can take a long time for the oil to...

Why wouldn't nylon take the epoxy? (not arguing, just curious) I would think that typical nylon strap would epoxy to the hull just fine... does something go wrong? George

Re: I thought that beer tended to keep your plumbing straight for the simple reason that you end up going a lot and thus stay flushed out. Maybe that's an old husband's tale. Why would beer LEAD to urinary disorders?? GBinGA

I have one of those. Bought it at a shop at Yellowstone. Cheap, simple, and it works. Gotta love that. The French do a lot of things well. I have several old Mitchell fishing reels and at least three knives that were made in France. Good stuff. George

Steve, Your pictures are wonderful. It is obvious that you have an eye for what to shoot and how to shoot it. The two that you posted just now are very striking. I don't know how likely it is to make money at that game, but I do know that I like what I see. George

That's a lot of snake. (shiver) We get eastern diamondbacks in North GA that size from time to time, but thank God they aren't at all common. Looked like a great trip. George

I built my UJ pirogue with ribs and interior chines. Instead of notching the ribs, I laid in the chines in pieces, between the ribs. This was a little tricky in two ways; -Cutting the chine sections to length is a trial and error proposition, since they end up curved, and thus have to be a...

The possibility of our idiot government bypassing our constitution is a real potential problem. It COULD happen, and I wouldn't put it past them trying it. Remember that treaties have to be ratified by the Senate, though. That would be a tough hurdle to get over, even with the senate we have...

I'm probably late with this reply, but one of the reasons to thicken epoxy is to keep it from getting squeezed out of the joint that you are gluing. If the joint is very precisely fitted, and you clamp the parts together while the adhesive is curing, there is a danger of "starving" the joint -...

I think someone VERY steady could probably cut chines with a circular saw, but I wouldn't do it. The bevel isn't the problem, it's cutting a piece that long and skinny and keeping it straight. You can get a cheap table saw for a hundred dollars these days, and unless you are doing a lot of...