Skippies and Kiwis

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My beautiful lake. Just a pity it is not 200 meters longer...

[RandyatBBY]

Take a ladder to the sight it will help you use more of the lake and not hit the shore. Looks nice and flat!

[drwayne]

My beautiful lake. Just a pity it is not 200 meters longer...

Lovely spot, Paddy.
I like the open spaces where we can watch fieldtripping scientists chase Tasmanian Devils around, sampling spoor and dna.

W

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Cows & Politics Explained

A CHRISTIAN DEMOCRAT: You have two cows. You keep one and give one to your neighbor.

A SOCIALIST: You have two cows. The government takes one and gives it to your neighbor.

AN AMERICAN REPUBLICAN: You have two cows. Your neighbor has none. So what?

AN AMERICAN DEMOCRAT: You have two cows. Your neighbor has none. You feel guilty for being successful. You vote people into office who tax your cows, forcing you to sell one to raise money to pay the tax. The people you voted for then take the tax money and buy a cow and give it to your neighbor. You feel righteous.

A COMMUNIST: You have two cows. The government seizes both and provides you with milk.

A FASCIST: You have two cows. The government seizes both and sells you the milk. You join the underground and start a campaign of sabotage.

DEMOCRACY, AMERICAN STYLE: You have two cows. The government taxes you to the point you have to sell both to support a man in a foreign country who has only one cow, which was a gift from your government.

CAPITALISM, AMERICAN STYLE: You have two cows. You sell one, buy a bull, and build a herd of cows.

BUREAUCRACY, AMERICAN STYLE: You have two cows. The government takes them both, shoots one, milks the other, pays you for the milk, then pours the milk down the drain.

AN AMERICAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You sell one, and force the other to produce the milk of four cows. You are surprised when the cow drops dead.

A FRENCH CORPORATION: You have two cows. You go on strike because you want three cows.

A JAPANESE CORPORATION: You have two cows. You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk. You then create clever cow cartoon images called Cowkimon and market them World-Wide.

A GERMAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You re engineer them so they live for 100 years, eat once a month, and milk themselves.

A BRITISH CORPORATION: You have two cows. They are mad. They die. Pass the shepherd's pie, please.

AN ITALIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows, but you don't know where they are. You break for lunch.

A RUSSIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You count them and learn you have five cows. You count them again and learn you have 42 cows. You count them again and learn you have 12 cows. You stop counting cows and open another bottle of vodka.

A SWISS CORPORATION: You have 5000 cows, none of which belong to you. You charge others for storing them.

A BRAZILIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You enter into a partnership with an American corporation. Soon you have 1000 cows and the American corporation declares bankruptcy.

AN INDIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You worship both of them.

A CHINESE CORPORATION: You have two cows. You have 300 people milking them. You claim full employment, high bovine productivity, and arrest the newsman who reported on them.

AN ISRAELI CORPORATION: There are these two Jewish cows, right? They open a milk factory, an ice cream store, and then sell the movie rights. They send their calves to Harvard to become doctors. So, who needs people?

AN AUSTRALIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. Business seems pretty good. You close the office and go to the pub for a few beers to celebrate.

A NEW ZEALAND CORPORATION: You have two cows. That one on the left is kinda cute.

[Flying Scotsman]

LOL....Paddy you are the salt of the earth.....a pity you live in Tasmania, as I would love to help you steer a boat. I did note that Scottish corporations were not noted as we have sheep I surmise?

Douggie

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LOL....Paddy you are the salt of the earth.....a pity you live in Tasmania, as I would love to help you steer a boat. I did note that Scottish corporations were not noted as we have sheep I surmise?

Douggie

Be careful Douggie, you might just get what you wished for. I retire in about 2 more years and some of my nest egg is going to be spent on a trip to meet you. I have a few I want to meet before I fall off my perch. I would like to go and meet Chuck in WV and get to see a SAW event at Legg Lake in CA. The Doc and Andy and a couple of those Banana Benders up in Queensland are on my hit list as well. That old goat molesterer Simon deserves a visit too. I also want to see my beloved Saints and Packers play too.

[egneg]

Be careful Douggie, you might just get what you wished for. I retire in about 2 more years and some of my nest egg is going to be spent on a trip to meet you. I have a few I want to meet before I fall off my perch. I would like to go and meet Chuck in WV and get to see a SAW event at Legg Lake in CA. The Doc and Andy and a couple of those Banana Benders up in Queensland are on my hit list as well. That old goat molesterer Simon deserves a visit too. I also want to see my beloved Saints and Packers play too.

Paddy I am not allowed to live in WV as I have all my teeth and bathe once in a while.

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Paddy I am not allowed to live in WV as I have all my teeth and bathe once in a while.

Well hush my mouth. My bad as the young ones say. OK lets try Va but you might wish we had met in WV after I have left and no one will talk to you.
Does this mean I should get my teeth fixed before I visit?

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Went to the lake again this morning and ran my Drambuie On Rice. Ran it on 11s this time but only managed a 2 kph improvement before the flex/hex started to undo itself and the shaft began to slip. I am wondering if any of you have ever had this problem. It literally is loosening itself and has to be tightened up again with 2 x 9/16 spanners. I don't want to have to use thread lock and IMO I should not have to as I have never had this problem with any other Octura flex/hex coupler.
FYI 112 kph = 69.59 mph



The problem coupler

[RandyatBBY]

The Flex shaft needs to be soldered on the end. It either can be crushed or it can un-wind. Soft Lead solder will stop the un-winding but not the crushing. I silver solder with 1125 degree solder to take care of both problems. A acetylene gas is needed to get this hot.

I find it hard to clean and solder a pre-greased flex shaft.

OH your cow thing cracked me up.

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The Flex shaft needs to be soldered on the end. It either can be crushed or it can un-wind. Soft Lead solder will stop the un-winding but not the crushing. I silver solder with 1125 degree solder to take care of both problems. A acetylene gas is needed to get this hot.

I find it hard to clean and solder a pre-greased flex shaft.

OH your cow thing cracked me up.

Thanks for that Randy. I have read about people silver soldering the end but this is the first time I have ever had need to do it. Sounds like I would be better off ordering a new flex shaft as mine has been greased several times. I guess with the big motor and reasonably large prop something had to give. Oh well that puts that boat on the shelf for a while.
Time to try 6s in my BBY oval rigger and see what that does. I will get some video of that for you.

[Flying Scotsman]

Well, I am sure that your flex shaft has been greased a few times.....June would you agree?...Randy makes a good point though, I have always soldered my flex shafts with a gas flame.

Douggie

[RandyatBBY]

You are welcome Glad I could help. Use Brazing solder 56% silver.

And Douggie it is January!

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Holy sheets...

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Nifty launch vehicle...