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Lee Stewart 03-28-2020 04:06 AM

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There are more businesses incorporated in Delaware than there are people living in the state. Non-resident businesses don't pay corporate income, property, or sales taxes.

Lee Stewart 03-28-2020 04:07 AM

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Florida Highway Patrol officers lose their annual $500 performance bonuses if they are 15 pounds overweight.

Lee Stewart 03-28-2020 04:09 AM

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It started as a stunt to promote the town, but it's an actual law: In Gainesville, Georgia the Chicken Capital of the World, it is illegal to eat chicken with a fork.

Lee Stewart 03-28-2020 04:10 AM

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The people of Idaho drink more wine per capita than any other state in the country.

Lee Stewart 03-28-2020 04:11 AM

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Iowa -- not Florida -- has more golf courses per capita, than any other state, with a total of 440.

Lee Stewart 03-28-2020 04:13 AM

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More than half of U.S. gold is in Fort Knox, where 147.3 million ounces of the precious metal is held in underground vaults, worth $6 trillion.

Lee Stewart 03-28-2020 04:14 AM

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Most of the country's lobster supply -- 90% or 40 million pounds a year -- comes from Maine.

Lee Stewart 03-28-2020 04:15 AM

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Michigan is the only place in the world with a floating post office -- the J.W. Westcott II. It delivers mail to other boats and ships.

Lee Stewart 03-28-2020 04:19 AM

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In Montana, the word "ditch" is what they say when water is added to an alcoholic drink. If you want a Jack Daniel's ditch, you will get a Jack Daniel's and water.

Lee Stewart 03-28-2020 04:20 AM

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Nevada is the driest state in the country, getting less than 10 inches of rain a year.

Lee Stewart 03-28-2020 04:22 AM

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New Mexico has more PhDs per capita than any other state.

Lee Stewart 03-28-2020 04:23 AM

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Until 1941, the so-called West Side Cowboys rode on horseback ahead of freight trains in New York City to warn people to get out of the way.

Lee Stewart 03-28-2020 04:26 AM

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Oregon's flag is the only state flag in the country that has different designs on each side -- the escutcheon from the state seal on one and a gold figure of a beaver on the other.

Lee Stewart 03-28-2020 04:28 AM

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Elvis Presley's Graceland mansion is the most popular residential home visited by tourists, after the White House.

Lee Stewart 03-28-2020 04:29 AM

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Texas uses its own electric grid -- ERCOT -- separate from the two others used by the rest of the U.S.

Lee Stewart 03-28-2020 04:31 AM

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Virginia has had 3 capital cities: Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Richmond. And Richmond was also the capital of the Confederate States during the Civil War.

Lee Stewart 03-28-2020 04:32 AM

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West Virginia was the first state to have a sales tax. It was 0.4% and went into effect in 1921.

Lee Stewart 03-28-2020 04:34 AM

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The Wyoming territory became first in the nation to grant women over the age of 21 the right to vote in 1869.

R68GTO 03-28-2020 08:54 AM

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IMO one of the most beautiful engines the general built. Something about that fuel unit that just does it for me.

R68GTO 03-28-2020 09:04 AM

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This one brings back some high school memories. My buddy had one of these in Burgundy/black stripes. Air shocks, slots, and Van Halen in the tape deck. Yep, we were cool as hell in the early 1980's:biggthumpup:

Lee Stewart 03-28-2020 10:04 AM

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Lee Stewart 03-28-2020 12:30 PM

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Would love to see the Marti Report - how many 1970 Cougars had the hound's-tooth vinyl roof.

Lee Stewart 03-28-2020 12:33 PM

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Contrary to popular belief, the Sunbeam Tiger was never available with a 4BBL from the factory. Both the 260 and 289 were topped with a 2BBL carb.

Lee Stewart 03-28-2020 12:36 PM

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Lee Stewart 03-28-2020 12:39 PM

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Lee Stewart 03-28-2020 12:46 PM

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Though it looks strange (at least to me) that is the correct way to mount the positive cable to the battery.

Lee Stewart 03-28-2020 12:49 PM

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Lee Stewart 03-28-2020 12:56 PM

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If you're asking what that black patch is on the front fender - I have no idea:

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Lee Stewart 03-28-2020 01:05 PM

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Keith Seymore 03-28-2020 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Lee Stewart (Post 1491190)
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If you're asking what that black patch is on the front fender - I have no idea:

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What black patch?

Lee Stewart 03-28-2020 01:09 PM

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Lee Stewart 03-28-2020 01:12 PM

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What black patch?

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THAT black patch!

Lee Stewart 03-28-2020 01:15 PM

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Lee Stewart 03-28-2020 01:21 PM

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Dave Rifkin 03-28-2020 01:23 PM

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Isn't that just the reflection in the chrome?

Lee Stewart 03-28-2020 01:25 PM

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Lee Stewart 03-28-2020 01:28 PM

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KevinW 03-28-2020 01:50 PM

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Isn't that just the reflection in the chrome?

Reflection of the ceiling that is not draped in white :) that what you get for mounting bumpers upside down :D

Lee Stewart 03-28-2020 04:04 PM

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