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Just the facts thread hijack

> Look at the national debt in just the last two terms of the President! > Out of control in spending. What do you mean...
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posted by Imnot
2 comments posted 10yrs posted by Imnot

Looting Sweeps Venezuela as Hunger Takes Over

http://panampost.com/sabrina-martin/2015/08/06/looting-sweeps-venezuela-as-hunger-takes-over/ Looting Sweeps Venezuela...
18 comments posted 10yrs
posted by whiney_will_have_his_nose_in_my_ass_in_3_2_1
18 comments posted 10yrs posted by whiney_will_have_his_nose_in_my_ass_in_3_2_1

Enco Free Shipping Code

This month, Enco is offering free shipping on orders of $29 or more. AUGUPS is the code. I guess this is a slow month fo...
0 comments posted 10yrs
posted by ljaques
0 comments posted 10yrs posted by ljaques

Old Smith Drum Sliding Bed metal lathe help

Smith Drum sliding bed HK 808. I took this lathe as payment, don't know a lot about it but want to learn. The tail stoc...
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posted by Randy
3 comments posted 10yrs posted by Randy

communication problem

windows XP single serial port 9 pin 2nd gen controller cable straight thru pin for pin loopback checked cable all good...
12 comments posted 10yrs
posted by Dcap
12 comments posted 10yrs posted by Dcap

soldering stainless - silver vs 50/50

I botched up the edge of a stainless steel darkroom sink with a saw. Whoops. The cut into the edge is cosmetic, but rea...
12 comments posted 11yrs
posted by presence
12 comments posted 11yrs posted by presence

For sale deep hole borer Ryazan

drilled diameter -80 - 300 mm; boring diameter -250 mm; workpiece length - 2500 - 5300 mm; Max boring diameter - 250 mm;...
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posted by stankoukraine2011
0 comments posted 11yrs posted by stankoukraine2011

LOVE my blue box

Regulars here may remember my Lincoln Idealarc 300 stick TIG laid over and died about June 1. I've had it on Craig's li...
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posted by karltownsend.NOT
1 comments posted 11yrs posted by karltownsend.NOT

Y axis powerfeed

I hit the back of the column hard and lost the Y axis powerfeed on my Supermax last spring. really miss it. Today, I st...
1 comments posted 11yrs
posted by karltownsend.NOT
1 comments posted 11yrs posted by karltownsend.NOT

Chainsaws !

I have exactly one chainsaw that I actually paid money for , and it's the one that gives me the most trouble ... most r...
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posted by snag_one
2 comments posted 11yrs posted by snag_one

Taking down a bridge crane

A while ago, I was asking how to take bridge cranes down. Got some flack from some newsgroup members. Finally, in the l...
3 comments posted 11yrs
posted by ignoramus8903
3 comments posted 11yrs posted by ignoramus8903

Under 65 and expecting SS ?

I'm 60 yrs old and just now started to think I will not receive the full Social Security benefit until death. This arti...
33 comments posted 11yrs
posted by nojunk
33 comments posted 11yrs posted by nojunk