Wouldn't you know it...
I spent the entire day taking the trailer out from under the Halman in
order to do a complete trailer refurb - man that was a job and a half.
I haven't worked that hard in freakin' years.So, wouldn't you know it, but I had two emails on it tonight and one
is coming to see it tomorrow, the other Wendsday. Watch me sell it and the buyer wants it by Thursday. Heh - he/she will just have to wait on that one. It will take me two
weeks to recover. :>) By the way, interesting side effect of removing the boat from the
trailer - it looks like a completely different boat - very stylish
with a certain "attitude" - only way I can explain it. |
Short
May 15
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| Don, do you know what this symbol :-} means in the USA? Or, did
you just miss it? |
JohnH
May 15
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| And be a Squid?!? NEVER!! |
Short
May 15
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| I can tell you what it means in Canada Johnny... so why don't you tell me
what it means south of the border. |
Don
May 15
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|
Ask any sailer if sailing is an upgrade over those stinky, noisy
infernal
combustion monsters that polute our waterways. :-) Around here we call em' New Yorkers. :-) |
justwaitafreki...
May 15
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| It means that whatever was said, was said with a chuckle, i.e., a little
humor. You know, like when you imply Canadians are such gas misers and then show
us that their most popular vehicle is a Ford F-150 pickup. :>} |
John
May 15
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| That really ought to be easy to do. As you know, we stinkpotters are compelled to steer clear of the
ragboaters when they're under sail. That still doesn't present much of
a problem in getting close enough to most sailboats to ask the
suggested question. Unless they're in an organized race or just
putzing aorund the bay for the afternoon, 9 out of 10 sailboats are
most frequently powered by stinky, noise, infernal combustion motors
while all sails remain fully secured. In fact, due to lack of
maintenance a good many of those sailboats seem to produce a greater
quantity of smoke (absolutely on on a per HP basis) than we
stinkpotters do. However, I have heard many of your tribe observe, "Well, we *could*
sail, if we wanted to."
And they are, of course, entirely right. |
Chuck
May 15
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| Quit smiling at me. It makes me nervous! |
Don
May 15
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| Glad to see you finally get it! |
John
May 15
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| I bet he loved to drop his bar of soap when in the Army showers. Maybe that
was the start of his coming out. |
JimH
May 15
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| Probably why they came up with 'soap on a rope' .....to protect the men
under his command. |
Don
May 15
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| That really ought to be easy to do. As you know, we stinkpotters are compelled to steer clear of the
ragboaters when they're under sail. That still doesn't present much of
a problem in getting close enough to most sailboats to ask the
suggested question. Unless they're in an organized race or just
putzing aorund the bay for the afternoon, 9 out of 10 sailboats are
most frequently powered by stinky, noise, infernal combustion motors
while all sails remain fully secured. In fact, due to lack of
maintenance a good many of those sailboats seem to produce a greater
quantity of smoke (absolutely on on a per HP basis) than we
stinkpotters do. However, I have heard many of your tribe observe, "Well, we *could*
sail, if we wanted to."
And they are, of course, entirely right. Things are different on this coast where sailing was the bread & butter of
the area. With roads and rail pretty weak...the ocean acted as our highway. |
Don
May 15
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| Is that homophobia acting up again Jimmie? You're not displaying some
repressed tendencies, are you? It's OK. Your karma is such that you'll have
no problems with it. |
John
May 15
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| You too? First it's about diarrhea, then balls, now soap on a rope. My
gosh, where's your mind, Donnie? |
John
May 15
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| How does one take a trailer out from under a sailboat without using a lift
with belts under the boat? |
JoeSpareBedroom
May 15
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| Very carefully. Jacks, stands and a lot of tugging and pulling. |
Short
May 15
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| Dummy. You should've called. I would've stopped by to help, if you would've
rewrapped my 6000 yr old surf casting rod and gotten it back to me by early
Octember. |
JoeSpareBedroom
May 15
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| Can you mail it? Or is it too long? I'd be glad to do it for you if you can get it here. Take about a month - I'd do it inbetween other projects. |
Short
May 15
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| Told ya! Not too late to keep her and upgrade yourself to a real sailor. |
Don
May 14
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| "upgrade"? :-) |
Chuck
May 14
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| *improve...better.....reform....refineameliorateamend....help..rectify..*
That's it for my cheap thesaurus! |
Don
May 15
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| I'll measure it & compare to USPS or UPS rules. I wrapped it a few years
ago, but it's a travesty. Really ugly. |
JoeSpareBedroom
May 15
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| Holy smokes...I just found my old Horrocks Ibbotson meat pole, given to me
by a friend of my dad's who was convinced I was going to run into some tuna
in Peconic Bay. :-) |
JoeSpareBedroom
May 15
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| Don, it isn't the word itself, it's the concept. How could one
possibly "upgrade" to sailing?
<notice big grin> |
Chuck
May 15
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| Don, it isn't the word itself, it's the concept. How could one
possibly "upgrade" to sailing?
<notice big grin> Ask any sailer if sailing is an upgrade over those stinky, noisy infernal
combustion monsters that polute our waterways. :-) |
Don
May 15
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