A Cracker Built GF18- Finished 6/28/15

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Re: A Cracker Built GF18

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Is that 6oz cloth?
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Re: A Cracker Built GF18

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Lets see what happens after you recover from this one.
Yep. Assuming I recover :lol:
Is that 6oz cloth?
No, 12 ounce biax.
Completed GF12 X 2, GF16, OD18, FS18, GF5, GF18, CL6
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pee wee wrote:.........but it also makes one appreciate (or wonder at) those who take on a huge project like a TW28 type of boat in their spare time. I'm sure you take it on for the love of it, but at some point surely you wonder what you were thinking
I ask myself that very question each and every time I walk out into the boat shed! :lol:

It's easily a two or three person build but a builder with the experience, skills and level of care that Larry takes with his boats would certainly be able to do it. It's just a matter of time, persistence and Oh Yeah, Money! :wink:

Build on Dusty Cracker, we're watching!
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Re: A Cracker Built GF18

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Reminds me of the country song " I know what I was feelin' but what was I thinkin' ? :lol:

Crappy weather again, rain and cold, supposed to be below freezing again tonight. Great :?

Finally broke down and ordered a new computer. Going to miss this old Dell but I reckon 11 years is a good life. I must be one of the last people in the country running Windows XP. My bank tells me they won't support it after next month for on-line banking, hearing the same from Pay-Pal, and MS is dropping all support on April 8, so I guess it's time to move on. Not looking forward to learning a new OS, or moving all of my data.
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Cracker Larry wrote:Finally broke down and ordered a new computer. Going to miss this old Dell but I reckon 11 years is a good life. I must be one of the last people in the country running Windows XP. My bank tells me they won't support it after next month for on-line banking, hearing the same from Pay-Pal, and MS is dropping all support on April 8, so I guess it's time to move on. Not looking forward to learning a new OS, or moving all of my data.
The local library system went back to using Windows XP. They claim it is a more stable platform then newer Windows OS. Good luck with your venture and build on!

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My wife is running a 10 year old Dell as well. I've finally convinced her to order a new dell but she wants to keep her old monitor because it fits. Windows 8 is not too bad but I am a computer geek so ymmv.

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Got a new computer at home last month, after using windows 8 I miss my XP!

8 degree's tonight, breaking another record!

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Re: A Cracker Built GF18

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I couldn't bring myself to go to Windows 8. Decided on 7 pro.
I've finally convinced her to order a new dell but she wants to keep her old monitor because it fits.
That's what I ordered too was another Dell. Had great service from them so far. Getting a 24" monitor with it :D
8 degree's tonight, breaking another record!
That's ugly :help:
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I guess ugly for down there. We should be sprouting tulips and we're still in snow storms with double digit wind factor temperatures in the negative zone....

I am keeping my eye out for my line of work in Central Eastern Australia or U.S. Gulf area. Had enough of using snow shovels....

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Cracker Larry wrote:I couldn't bring myself to go to Windows 8. Decided on 7 pro.
You can't go wrong with Win7. I'm not a fan of Win8. It's too far on the tablet end of the spectrum. My boss is running it on a Surface tablet, and he loves it, but I can't use a 10" tablet as a primary computer.

I think Win7 is very similar to XP. It will be an easy transition.

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