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Old 03-22-2019, 02:31 PM
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Maybe not too bright, but determined, and he did save the boat from damage.

If he learned the lesson, I'd call it a win.
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Old 03-22-2019, 03:08 PM
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Failure was the person who filmed it instead of helping.
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Failure was the person who filmed it instead of helping.
You are so right. That security system should have 3D printed some arms and legs and jumped right in!
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Funny/scary at the the same time. Sometimes it really can be simple.

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Old 03-22-2019, 03:55 PM
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You are so right. That security system should have 3D printed some arms and legs and jumped right in!
Exactly! I am glad you see my point!
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Old 03-25-2019, 03:53 PM
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For everyone besides Dirk!

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Yet again FUN and the horse you cajoled into bringing you Got to say I have been lost once or twice, landed in someones yard and asked which way to********* or read the sign posts which is why I fly helicopters so I am allowed to fly low enough to read the road signs
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Didn’t they have Waze?
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Old 03-25-2019, 05:42 PM
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Didn’t they have Waze?
I think Dirk back in the day was using the earlier version, Daze.
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Back in the day, Allegheny was said to use parallel navigation. They followed the railroad tracks.
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