MacGregor is at it again!

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kmclemore wrote:
Catigale wrote:ALOHA airlines invented the poptop on the airplane in 1988....
I thought they invented this?

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What the heck is this? A sardine can?
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zoneboy wrote:
kmclemore wrote:
Catigale wrote:ALOHA airlines invented the poptop on the airplane in 1988....
I thought they invented this?

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What the heck is this? A sardine can?
Sorry... Catigale and I just having a (admittedly very sick) joke about Aloha Airlines flight 243, wherein the top of the aircraft peeled back like a sardine can whilst in flight.
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Sorry... Catigale and I just having a (admittedly very sick) joke about Aloha Airlines flight 243, wherein the top of the aircraft peeled back like a sardine can whilst in flight.
No need to apologize, I didn't even recall flight 243. I was just trying to figure out what the patent was :D
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I was beginning to bite on that 24 ft boat story until I came to the anti fungal carpet part. My M def. does not have that. There are black stains that need cleaning monthly. Darned if I know how the fungus is getting there. It does not seem damp in that area.
I did like the wood trim package idea. I would have paid a bit more for that on my boat. Mahogany ply instead of regular ply and Formica finish.
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Okay, I bit. I was unable to figure out how the open transom would work with the large rudder.

Has re-ignited all my schemes to mod an M though. I wonder if the factory would sell me a bare hull, no trailer, and how much they'd charge?
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The government will only allow Roger to build one boat a day, and all the other boat builders moved out of California to beat that rule but Roger does not want to leave Newport Beach. (I don't blame him, I would not leave either). I can't see how to make any more money than to increase the price of the boat, or decrease the cost of building it (ie; make a smaller boat). The Moderators story had me going and I never figured it out, but now that I know about the carpet I won't be fooled again!!! :!: :!: (Now that I recall we never did have any carpet in ANY of the old boats! Now it makes sense!)
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Well when the carpet didn’t match the curtains in the pink boats it smelled a bit fishy! :cry: :D :wink:
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seahouse wrote:Well when the carpet didn’t match the curtains in the pink boats it smelled a bit fishy! :cry: :D :wink:
Now, now... Let's keep the clean side up, boys.
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Are you a turtle? :wink:
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:D Are you a turtle?


you be your sweet a** I am! :D :D :D
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Hey 3sheets :D
Are you a turtle?
you bet your sweet a** I am!
Now, now... Let's keep the clean side up, boys.

Either that, or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Order_of_Turtles

- B. :wink:!

( :D :D :D )
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Hmm... Not sure what the equine doseage of Avandia is...
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