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Graupner Optimist sail boat

Model sat in basement for about 25 years unfinished I built the keel at work from a piece of scrap steel installed keel & went on with other projects finally in early 2025 decided to finish The Sail boat Optimist only to find that there was no parts as Graupner stop selling parts . I have only built one other sail boat the Soling 1 Meter so #2 sailboat was a series endever. And it sailed just great first time.

GARTH

5 months ago

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Vosper

My nephews had this Toys R Us speedboat that was destroyed, so I figured I could convert it and upgrade it. Look into one at our model store in Dundas, and figured it was a little too pricey. I haven't even run it yet, so it's so dusty. I only added it because I saw another member had built one that is way better than mine

GARTH

7 months ago

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Swift Virginia Pilot Boat / 1805

The Swift is 50 centimeter's in length Sails may be added later not to keen on that right now Swift stuck in a snowbank

GARTH

10 months ago

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1 Meter Soling

I forgot about my 1 meter soling haven't sail her for a while & the same with the Mini Soling . Our club did have mini sail boat racing but it got to completive for me .This soling is registered with the Canadian model sail boat association & my Number was #8 or behind the 8 ball .

GARTH

10 months ago

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Mini Soling Sail Boat

No name mini soling sail boat she's 70 mm in length & 120mm from mast to keel.

GARTH

10 months ago

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Static Sail Boat

Built in 2018 was a kit I have forgotten make but it's just hanging about on a shelve now.

GARTH

11 months ago

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Clyde Puffer

I had a major water leak that was either the Rudder shaft below water line or the prop shaft was also below water line both of these have been redesigned & No more leaks

GARTH

1 year ago

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Bounty

This was a Billings kit of the Wasa that I started years ago .I could not finish it as the Wasa as the accessory kit was not available so after another long time I converted it to the Bouny.

GARTH

1 year ago

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Zwarte Zee

Pick it up a few years ago & didn't do a build log or maybe I did But I just remembered to add the model to my Harbor collection Can't put run time or speed on attributes not determined yet P/S I did do a build log on this one & I found some rivets I had from work . I had to put name tags on the guys coveralls at work & I guess when I retired they ended up coming home with me.

GARTH

2 years ago

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Betty Bopp

Was going to be a Balloon Duster but It became another Tug Boat

GARTH

2 years ago

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Kit was called Duna

I have just found out that the really tugs name was Frederic Mistral. Still runs after 100 years. The crew had Chickens in the cage at the bow & sometimes carried pigs in the pen at the stern end was used to make a little extra cash at the ports they went to. This model was a static had to do a lot of modification to interior to make the tug a R/C runner.

GARTH

2 years ago

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Billings model Cutty Sark static

Built 1977 spent 20 years in Brace bridge Ontario 20 years in Town of Amherstburg Ontario & was returned to me in 2017 & how knows where it will end up ?

GARTH

2 years ago

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Andrea Gail

Another project Andrea Gail build I did a blog on it a while back & finally got a chance to run it on open water this week 2023-04-11 .

GARTH

3 years ago

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Pilot 40 project

2021 Covid Project

GARTH

5 years ago

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U.S.S. Melvin

Plastic Revel model that was made into a R/C model and again I haven't run her in a while .USS Melvin was also known as the Blue Devil I think . Original kit had a system to run in circles & figure Eights so a rudder & speed control was needed

GARTH

5 years ago

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Statenjacht

This is a Billing kit that I built a long time ago it was a R/C model at one time but I haven't run her in years from what I have read it was the beginnings of yachts . I also didn't get the accessory kit & just carved all the fancy ornaments.

GARTH

5 years ago

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Corona Extra

Just had to do some think since March 2020 so started a scratch built Chris Craft Constellation . Plans came from vintage model plans . I replace motor as on it's first run motor over heated so put a 500 series motor in & I've had 2 runs with new motor & O/K touch wood

GARTH

5 years ago

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Lethal threat two

Original lunch box was a failure so rebuilt the cabin & add extra room for speed control & receiver

GARTH

7 years ago

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Lethal Threat

The model boat club I'm in ( Confederation Marine Modelers ) wanted to have some R/C boats the kids could use at some of our shows & this weekend we do a show at the Hamilton Steam museum called boats in the park . It's basically built around a pool floating noodle & were calling them Bumper Boats

GARTH

7 years ago

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(Other) Baltik

Not sure how long ago model was built . Take it to wood shows in Hamilton area . Just a static model not sure Manufacturer of model . Probably have print somewhere (5/10)

GARTH

7 years ago

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Chris-Craft Style

I think I mentioned this model on another blog.And now it's become a Build Blog. So here we go. This model required a battery box, so I had to make some modifications.So a few cuts were required to find a spot for a 7.2-volt NMH battery so see some photos.

GARTH

1 day ago

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Trawler

Made up a few more things today, mainly the deck hold and tomorrow the hatches. I just wanted to say Spencer's pond is drained, but our stupid Canadian Geese still think there's still water in it. Let's hope they head South to some nice American weather

GARTH

1 month ago

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Trawler

Saw this on my Facebook feed, and I'm a little bored, so I will try to convert one of my model boats to a deep-sea trawler. The first photo is mine. I need to rebuild the bridge layout & hopefully we will have a Trawler. To be continued, maybe.

GARTH

24 days ago

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USS Melvin

This is a repair for the model Melvin. A while back, I put a little story about this particular model that was always sinking when I ran at our club's favourite water hole. So, I cut the hull at the waterline and added about a half-inch. I can tell you now that the bathtub had a real workout to get the model stable & balanced. Painted hull, but it wasn't a very good paint job; but that will not be seen in the water, I hope. I took the last photo off the internet, and you can see that the deck isn't very tight to the hull & I would be a little worried about a leak there.

GARTH

4 months ago

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Graupner Optimist

Haven't put anything on the build blog because I was stumped on the Stay's & Shroud's Kit called for Diamond steel Litz wire steel tinned, what the heck is that? Just used Nylon yarn & bowsie to remove the Mast quickly from the hull for transporting. Hope that works, so tonight I started on the Stanchion's. Soldered up the forward Stanchion done Then Power went off Couldn't see much in the dark.

GARTH

5 months ago

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Graupner Optimist

Had the Graupner Optimist in my basement for about 25 years some one gave the unfinished kit to me at A show club was doing at Canal Days in Port Colborne Ontario . No keel so I made one from a piece of scrap plate at work on afternoon shift took a few weeks at lunch time had to learn how to use a cutting torch & industrial grinder to shape the keel like the plans. Then for some unknown reason I put it in the basement & kind of forgot about it after I finished installing keel & all the framing I think I couldn't find a sail servo back then so I stopped the build. I found all the manuals & sails stashed away in a drawer & the sails have creases in them that may not go flat.

GARTH

7 months ago

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SWIFT 1805

This model was part of the yard sale find .There was a lot of parts missing but kit box had diagrams & missing parts still had cut out's so I could trace & cut parts needed.

GARTH

10 months ago

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Yard Sale Find

I have built to many tug boats & we have a member in our club that has a Clyde Puffer and he hardly ever runs it so I've decided to build one .The bottom isn't flat but no one will know that except me & anyone that reads this. I have a lot of finishing up on the model but that's always the fun part adding doors windows more planking etc. etc.

GARTH

1 year ago

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Yard Sale Find

Because I can't figure out how to download a video on this web site I just pause the video & photographed the image of my Yard Sale Find It was such a lovely Canada Day morning went to the pool & ran the model checked for leaks, balanced model with a little lead test O/K I did have a tiny leak which I think will be fixed up with a little hull paint.

GARTH

1 year ago

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Yard Sale Find

It was a great day to sit out side & do a little cutting & gluing So I decided that my Galion will need a rounded stern if it's going to be a tug boat .Because Ernest Shackleton ship the Quest was found by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society and the wreck was 1,280 feet below the surface of the northwest Atlantic Ocean roughly 15 nautical miles off the coast of Labrador. It’s sitting on its keel, with its broken mast lying on the seafloor nearby. I thought that that could also be made into a R/C ship .Can't make up my mind .

GARTH

1 year ago

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Another Tug

Hasn't taking me a lot of time to make up my mind with the yard sale stuff . I do not like building static classic sailing ships but they do have real nice hulls so out came the saw & tug boat hull created I found a tug on google images so I will use that as a template. P/S the sail boat hull is the Graupner Optimist That I need to finish some day maybe

GARTH

2 years ago

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Speed Boat

I haven't posted for a while so just a little update .My brother gave me a Toys Are Us r/c boat that his boys had I've had it hidden away for a long time his boys completely destroyed the boat .Rudder broken off Speed control melted Motor mounts smashed . Boys will be Boys I guess My fellow model boat club members will say I've gone to the dark side with a speed boat. Replace rudder, speed control, Transmitter , receiver , battery & motor mount , I also needed to get into the hull & find a away to keep it together & water resistant . I know The photo of King Charles isn't model boat related but Canada has changed portrait on our change got a quarter a few day's ago for 2024

GARTH

2 years ago

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HMS Victory

I thought I had done a good job with the Rigging & dead eyes on the Santa Maria that I would finish up the rigging & dead eyes on another orphan model .This time it's a cut away of the HMS Victory which has been awaiting my time for a while. I do have have a little room left for storage in the room my wife calls the BOAT ROOM.

GARTH

2 years ago

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Billings Santa Maria

I need to stop making model boats. this kit was given to me just at the beginning of the lock downs for the virus 2020 . He had the kit for about 20 years & I had it for another 4 years 'So the Billings Santa Maria must be 24 years old. It had paper sails & real small dead eyes I didn't want to do the rigging but it need completing so she's done.

GARTH

2 years ago

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Billings Santa Maria

I haven't been able to down load a video on my build log so here is a few photos of me doing the rat lines on the Santa Maria. My method isn't traditional but it service it's purpose. the glue is just Carpenter style white glue non toxic.

GARTH

2 years ago

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Billings Santa Maria

Yesterday started the Dead Eyes And rigging. It's a very time consuming chore. I wonder how models of yester years where made with out all the fancy super glues & carpenter glues that we have now. P/S I cheated And had to use piano wire to keep dead eyes in line . I tried to do that job the way the diagram said but I failed so I did it my way.

GARTH

2 years ago

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Billings Santa Maria

You all will probably think I'm crazy but I'm going to finish another orphan model that was given to me about 3 years ago just before lock downs due to pandemic. The model must be about 40 years old plus another 3 years. Here in Hamilton area we have had 1 snow fall that melted the next day because of rain. I've been working on the Billings Santa Maria off & on & gave up . Dead eyes & Lanyards are my nemesis. But I'm going to try. Found a write up in the Blue Nose instruction that may help me complete the model ship. Wish me luck & I may go blind .

GARTH

2 years ago

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Bluenose-4

In 2023, the winter solstice is happening on Thursday, Dec. 21 at 10:27 p.m. EST in the Northern Hemisphere. So we need to keep busy with another orphan model , My 4th Bluenose model boat. Here in Canada I would think that any model boat builder would have built at leased 1 Bluenose it's on all our dimes Plus hope we all have a Merry Christmas & get all the model boat supplies we need. I also would like to wish all model boaters a Happy New year with pleasant sailing. This kit has been collecting bust for about 4 years & needs a little TLC. and when the snow finally arrives here in southern Ontario I'll have something to do rather than snow shoveling.

GARTH

2 years ago

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Canceled fishing boat style

Built a small model that was static so I will copy that small one & make my balloon buster a copy of photo & R/C model it also .

GARTH

3 years ago

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Balloon Buster

Balloon Buster is no more will make a 21 inch fishing boat Ran model Thursday at Leander used clear Hockey tape to hold deck on it ran well but got a little water in hull .To make a fish trawler found a diagram of one .First thing need to make the hull sides taller to match diagram .

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3 years ago

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Well I was wrong,. First off windows never set up with the silicon glue so I'm not endorsing this glue I used but it worked. It's a very thin glue but it cleans up & doesn't smudge the clear plastic windows I also forgot the model came with a steering wheel Name plate and a mirror plus a few miscellany parts so I'll be busy for another few days's

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While I was doing the modification, I broke the windshield plastic windows and I can tell everyone that it was a real pain to replace them, as several attempts were made to glue new plastic and I kept getting glue fingerprints on the replacement windows. Finally, use a tiny dab of clear silicone to hold the windows in place. Build blog now finished.Need to get back to the Deep-Sea Trawler build blog.

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Put a new floor in & glued seats to it, and the battery is now hidden. Installed a speed control switch, mounted the speed controller with some of that amazing velcro, changed the transmitter & receiver to a Turnigy 2.4Ghz style, adjusted the rudder servo to give the rudder more movement. Bath tud test and O/K for the summer run.I had a 2.4 GHz transmitter that had a broken antenna, so I found an old 78 transmitter, took out its antenna out and soldered it to the broken antenna. Seems to work O/K hid the soldered antenna inside the case

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First off Canada changes time in the fall. The slogan is that time falls back one hour on Nov.2, daylight saving time, so after all the thinking about what time to answer the Question was 8.00 PM. Now it's 7.00 PM I guess England doesn't do Daylight saving time . I had to use AI to find the Question of the day Answer which was B & that was wrong. So how can Eddystone Lighthouse be right AI gave this reason Eddystone Lighthouse (C): John Smeaton’s 1759 tower was the first to use interlocking stone blocks, but it was replaced in 1882. While revolutionary, it predates the 19th-century standard-setting Bell Rock.P/S I would never know this unless I to lived in England Which I don't sorry.My score will probably go down 10% I guess.

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Nov.11 2025 Remembrance Day and club meeting attended Legion ceremony Our club took some models for the attendees to view.After service at the Cenotaph.Legion lunch.In the evening Club meeting, where I picked up a model sports two seater that needs some TLC & should be ready for the 2026 season Snowstorm on the way home so took some time to get home and had a Rum & Coke a Cola AND forgot to do Question!!

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I was stumped for a while because of the placement of the speed controller and the Fly-Sky receiver. The 2.4 GHz receiver needs to be above the water line, so I mount those things on the deck under the main wheelhouse. Nothing like a little masking tape to hold down the antenna

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Haven't done a lot but I did manage to make the open area on the wheelhouse not perfect but I'm happy that's done . No time to busy raking leaves so progress is a little slow The weatherman is calling for snow tomorrow which might slow me down again.

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Gee, I got one too, just haven't got around to R/C the tank & do the Tramontana ship

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With every R/C model I build, I always have to find a way to access the inside of the hull because once the deck is glued down, one needs to install batteries or a motor may need replacing, or even a rudder servo.So, I use fancy nuts to hold the cabin down before I glue the deck in place. Once I do that, I can now cut holes in the deck for all of the above stuff.I was asked if I'll scribe the deck, and I'm not sure about that.

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On the 20th of October, the Spencer pool will be drained for the winter skating season. I think it's a bit early, but no one listens to me.A couple of us set sail till next spring.The Gumbot Clogaroo ran real nice.

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I sure like that line from Monty Python's Flying Circus

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Today I wanted to start on the deck, but I decided that the old original deck was too messed up, so off to my friendly lumber store, I found a 1/8'' x21'' X 25'' sheet in the scrap bin and got it for $5.00plus tax. Canadian traced old deck cut, and now I'm happy.

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Today, I decided to make up some wood patterns for the wheelhouse for the trawler. I had some 2X4 pine,so I used that to make the patterns, then cut out the patterns, leaving about a 1/4 inch all around the patterns. I glued them all together. I had to get some plastic styrene from the hobby store to put on the wood patterns, which will make the wheelhouse lighter. I went to the dollar store for some wooden boxes which I use the wood for miscellaneous parts. tomorrow I'll apply the the Styrene plastic to the cabin.

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I started my Trawler. I have made several different versions with this hull, it's been a cargo ship,a whaleing boat, & It was originally a lighthouse ship and now a deep-sea Trawler. Right off the bat,I needed to pop the deck so the ship has a lower deck profile. I also tested out my funnel smoke machine using a dehumidifier.

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I could not answer the question until today, as I was sailing my Jimwilder Tug in Spencer's pool last night and forgot about the question of the day that was yesterday

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I did not use AI today to answer the question. If I stop, I'll get a ship load of emails to tell me to answer, so I sometimes like to cheat. Plus AI teaches me things I never knew.AI gives an in-depth answer to the question, also. I suppose the moderator will have to demote me to 25%.now that I've confessed to my crime of cheating

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📝 Light up the Night on the September 25th 2025 including safety cautions

3 months ago by 🇨🇦 GARTH (

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Our club will be sailing at Spencer's in the evening with our model boats lit up. I have upgraded my Jimwilder Tug with an LED light from our Dollar Store ( $ 4.50 ) now. Did a few modifications to get it in the tug.Looks pretty good & should be visible.

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📝 Canadian Coast guard 44 Lifeboat

3 months ago by 🇨🇦 GARTH (

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I'm not sure if I posted a little run at Spencer's pool of my 44 lifeboat . Our lifeboats had to have a closed cabin, and therefore ours were not like the American open cockpit style due to our inclement weather or maybe we were smarter than the Americans and kept our crews warm year-round.😀

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📝 War ship regatta

3 months ago by 🇨🇦 GARTH (

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On the weekend Confederation Marine Modellers held a warship regatta at the Burlington pool at Spencer's.I use my IPhone to video & it's a technique I can't seem to master.

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📝 Club Event

3 months ago by 🇨🇦 GARTH (

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I'm a little late posting this photo but on Aug.21 the Confederation Marine Modelers had a event at 9AM at Spencer's pool for working boats so my Fireboat Edward M. Cotter had a sail for the first time in 2025 It's the red Fire boat. Just thought I'd add a real photo of the Buffalo N.Y. fireboat that visits Port Colborne, Ontario Every Aug. first weekend. There was more working boats but to take a photo with a I Phone 8 and sail a model is kind of difficult.

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📝 Question of the Day?

3 months ago by 🇨🇦 GARTH (

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So sorry I was late with the answer, I was watching SpaceX #10 launch that was scrubbed at 40 seconds. They may try to blow it up tomorrow.

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💬 Re: SSMBC update: Dock upgraded

3 months ago by 🇨🇦 GARTH (

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Your very lucky because up here in Hamilton Ontario Canada we have lots of city parks that have ponds for run off water but the city blocks them off post signs not for public use and warn about ticks in area becuse the weeds arn't cut down and there's no way to launch a model boat . So happy sailing P/S I never learned to spell properly sorry.

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📝 Question of the Day?

4 months ago by 🇨🇦 GARTH (

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I'm about 50 minutes late answering the question of the day and I get an email telling me I need to answer the question.I don't want members reminding me about answering it. I like doing the question and getting points, but please stop telling me to answer it. Or I will have to go to my Profile page and fill in the box that stops emails. P.S. I enjoy most of the mail, but not the one that orders me to do the question. Thank you. Have a great evening, as you all know, Canadians need to do the question at 8 PM. I know that I now will be overwhelmed with them tomorrow .

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📝 USS Melvin

4 months ago by 🇨🇦 GARTH (

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📝 Question of the day

4 months ago by 🇨🇦 GARTH (

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We might as well get us's to it. With AI, when Terminator Skynet becomes self-aware and launches an attack on us.

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📝 Question of the day

4 months ago by 🇨🇦 GARTH (

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Why are some members always mentioning things about the question of the day, USE AI's Apple has one, Google has Gemini, Microsoft Edge, and Meta have one, if it's a hard question, use them. It may be cheating, but at least you may get the right answer

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📝 Boats in the park Hamilton steam museum

5 months ago by 🇨🇦 GARTH (

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Back in May, we put on a show at the Hamilton Steam Museum. I forgot that I had recorded the Balloon Buster, so here's that video. It sure was cold in May, and the Pool leaked like a sieve due to all the holes those boats put in the liner.

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