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Old 05-11-2012, 09:53 AM
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I read this on here a few years ago....

Pick two:

Fast
Reliable
Cheap
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Old 05-11-2012, 10:13 AM
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My personal favorite is: "Rides like a floor jack."
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Old 05-11-2012, 10:17 AM
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Originally Posted by blefever
Anybody know what this means......"Make fast the bitter end" Hint, it has nothing to do with women!
That would be tying off the end my wife used to refer to as the "hard to tie end"

She's got it figured out now.
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Come to think of it, "Bayliner" makes me laugh pretty hard too.
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Old 05-11-2012, 10:23 AM
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plus : term added to the end of any mph statement as it refers to a boat
Example:
What does your boat run?
80 plus...
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Old 05-11-2012, 10:24 AM
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I tell my wife to make sure we turn off the water heater,dock water, and close the seacock before we leave the boat. She still loves to ask if I shut off that cock thing..
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Old 05-11-2012, 10:24 AM
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Originally Posted by fastdonzi
The term "Chime" or Chimin/Chime walkin always make me chuckle.......C'Mon people....it's the "Chine"
As long as were go'in there . . . . . . what the fuk is a center counsel? Its CONSOLE people! CONSOLE! . . . . as in that large boxy thing with the steering wheel on it . . . . un less you have your lawyer sitting in the center of your boat. Oh and as long as I'm on a role learn the difference between "do" "doo" and "due". . . . . . and its fiberglass mold . . . . not mould . . . . i dont even know what that is . . . . OH . . OHHHHH!




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Old 05-11-2012, 10:29 AM
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Originally Posted by glassdave
As long as were go'in there . . . . . . what the fuk is a center counsel? Its CONSOLE people! CONSOLE! . . . . as in that large boxy thing with the steering wheel on it . . . . un less you have your lawyer sitting in the center of your boat. Oh and as long as I'm on a role learn the difference between "do" "doo" and "due". . . . . . and its fiberglass mold . . . . not mould . . . .were not in england . . . . OH . . OHHHHH!




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Hey Dave,

I need some Haul repair. Can you help out?

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Old 05-11-2012, 10:30 AM
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Personal favorites:

- Glove box
- Dashboard
- Gunnywall
- Mid Cubby
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Originally Posted by BONDO10
My mother-in-law still calls my Formula a Cigar boat.
Forum rules permit me from letting you all know what I call her!
I get that one all the time on my Sunny, cracks me up.

So many levels off the mark on that one.

The first person to tell me that worked at my old marina. I mean seriously...you work with boats.
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