I recently bought a 1982 Sunfish with what I'm pretty sure are the original halyard and mainsheet. Both lines are off-white color. The halyard looks like twisted 3-strand and appears to be 3/16" diameter. The mainsheet is some type of double-braid and appears to be 5/16" diameter. I was wondering why the original halyard was not also double-braid. When the time comes for me to replace these lines, I'm thinking of trying to find lines that look like these original lines. Would that be a...
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AMMAN — The Jordan Hashemite Charity Organisation (JHCO) and the Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army (JAF) on Thursday dispatched a 50-truck humanitarian aid convoy to Gaza.
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If he loses to Donald Trump in November, President Joe Biden will see much of his legacy—on green energy, social justice, international leadership—vanquished by an administration determined to move the country sharply rightward. But his onetime boss, Barack Obama, will also see his own right years in office cast in a different light: democracy’s last gasp, as opposed to democracy’s renewal.
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The news follows the exit of Deirdre Stanley as general counsel in April and comes as the company goes through a restructuring plan.
Supertech plans to settle Rs 900 crore dues using an escrow mechanism and seek registry for 2,000 flats in Ecovillage 1, 3, and Czar Suites under NCLT. RK Arora and IRP Hitesh Goel met officer Saumya Srivastava with homebuyers. NCLAT allowed a project-wise resolution; Rs 1,103 crore in dues claimed. Sports City is under scrutiny.
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Rep. Adam Smith, who has called on President Biden to give up the Democratic nomination, talked with Major Garrett on "The Takeout" podcast about the reasons he should step aside.
TWISTERS
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WE all moan about the weather.
But is it interesting enough to be the monster we’re all meant to fear?
AlamyTwisters, the sequel to 1996 Twister, had the issue of making weather scary and shocking enough so that you scream in your seat[/caption]Sharks? Yes. Dinosaurs? Most definitely.
But a badass breeze or terrifying torrential rain could be pushing it.
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In June, Nigeria increased its crude oil output to 1.27 million barrels per day. This enhancement of 1.57% from May’s figures positions it as Africa’s foremost oil producer. It has overtaken Angola’s 906,000 daily barrels. The Congo followed with 259,000 barrels, securing third place. These statistics stem from direct communications with Nigerian authorities, as per […]
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The family of a woman who was mistakenly declared dead and placed in a body bag for two hours is suing a nursing home for the unthinkable flub.
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The body of the 13-year-old boy who disappeared underwater in the Willamette River Sunday night has been found. Gregorio Maximiano-Solano had been presumed drowned after a three-day-long search yielded no clues about his whereabouts — until now. The Independence Police Department confirmed that the boy died and his body was found [...]
Kansas City Chiefs TE Travis Kelce hinted at the jaw-dropping number he paid for Taylor Swift to cheer him on from a suite at Super Bowl LVIII
His lawyers are urging the judge to dismiss the case in the wake of the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on presidential immunity.