just got back. Dont even wanna check in on the ID thread, its gotten to be all nyah nyah .
Ill take a decaf.
Me too FM I will have regular.
Lola wrote:Hi Thomas and Frank........welcome. It's fine relief from the ID business. What'll ya have Thomas?
Lola,
This is my first time at your cafe. Disappointed to hear negative talk about my legendary ID thread. Why is farmerman hanging out here? I thought he was either at his estate in Pennsylvania or his vacation home in Aruba!
Maine, Im in MAine. Aruba is for people with donero. I was boating this last few half week. We chickened out for the high seas going out to Sable Island so we hung around Lunenburg.
I was also impressed by the recent price adjustments in marine diesel.
We met a bunch of people who live on "trawlers" which are a class boat like an "A" RV on water. Big and beamy, they can cross the ocean and arent so huge that you need a crew nor so small . These people live aboard and spend most of the year at these "permanent" houses. They even have PO forwarding services (we have a box in the town so we cann only pick up mail at one spot).
These trawlers are really comfy. I could go for one if I had a few mil to spend on toys. However, they get about 2 miles on 3 gallons of fuel and if you figure that they require mooring , you have about the same cost as a house (except you cant move your house to Aruba).
Im priming up for the big broohaha in Pa , so Im gonna just stay away from evo-devo for a while.
farmerman informed us all at the Cafe -
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I was also impressed by the recent price adjustments in marine diesel.
I don't think I would be able to sleep tonight had I gone to bed not knowing that.
farmerman wrote:Maine, Im in MAine. Aruba is for people with donero. I was boating this last few half week. We chickened out for the high seas going out to Sable Island so we hung around Lunenburg.
I was also impressed by the recent price adjustments in marine diesel.
We met a bunch of people who live on "trawlers" which are a class boat like an "A" RV on water. Big and beamy, they can cross the ocean and arent so huge that you need a crew nor so small . These people live aboard and spend most of the year at these "permanent" houses. They even have PO forwarding services (we have a box in the town so we cann only pick up mail at one spot).
These trawlers are really comfy. I could go for one if I had a few mil to spend on toys. However, they get about 2 miles on 3 gallons of fuel and if you figure that they require mooring , you have about the same cost as a house (except you cant move your house to Aruba).
Im priming up for the big broohaha in Pa , so Im gonna just stay away from evo-devo for a while.
Sable Island is an unusual (and isolated) place. You should have made the trip.
I have seen large trawlers rolling 50 degrees and tossed around like floating corks in rough seas. I have also seen green water breaking over the flight deck of aircraft carriers. On the ocean all ships are small.
In the mid-fourteenth century, Margaret of Denmark sent out an expedition to find what had happened to the inhabitants of Greenland. Imagine those Norge and Goths in their little clinker-built cockleshells cruising those coasts. Stout men they were.
georgeob, Weve done Sable Island before on a trip to the Argentia region of Newfoundlans. In the seas state this past week, many of us decided that discretion... and all that. Merely "messing about" in boats is its own pleasure. The farther out we roam the higher the seas. They were reporting a top of 30ft seas at the mid week, and it takes a few days to calm down. We would have been right in an area where "occasional" waves propogate at high sea states. Old pilot, vs bold pilot.
Set, yeh and they didnt have Dometic microwaves or DVDs worth a damn in those days.
Boats all ready to get er teeth cleaned and get railroaded and freeze wrapped.
farmerman wrote:georgeob, Weve done Sable Island before on a trip to the Argentia region of Newfoundlans. In the seas state this past week, many of us decided that discretion... and all that. Merely "messing about" in boats is its own pleasure. The farther out we roam the higher the seas. They were reporting a top of 30ft seas at the mid week, and it takes a few days to calm down. We would have been right in an area where "occasional" waves propogate at high sea states. Old pilot, vs bold pilot.
Good judgement. Unfortunately there is no book of the disasters avoided by a judicious use of the word "no". I once got in a serious fight with the Pacific Fleet Commander, then a very strong-willed and impulsive man, who wanted me to take a carrier into the inner harbor in Mombassa Kenya (a place which for about ten critical reasons was utterly unsafe and unsuitable.) I won that one, but perhaps for revenge or face-saving, he made me take the ship into the lagoon at Diego Garcia, blasting a very narrow, largely unmarked hole in the coral reef surrounding the island to make it possible for a 50 ft draft ship to pass through. It made for a lousy morning, but once in the lagoon I had my people mark the channel with empty plastic bottles anchored to concrete weights to make the exit a bit less uncertain. No recovery possible from a grounding -- the nearest tug was 2000 miles away in Singapore.
Oh boy, sailors, intellectuals and historians have arrived. This calls for a free round of whatever is wanted. Drinks, that is.
We've been watching the early episodes of Deadwood on HBO on Demand. Wow! Those were real saloons where the drankin was done proper. At one point, Mr. Sweringen looks back over his shoulder as he climbs the stairs to his room and shouts to the whores, "get fukkin." It must be what's know in some parts as the good ole days. I love that series. Brings back memories of home. Too bad they had to kill Wild Bill in the third episode. Keith Carridine is beautiful, especially all dressed up with boots, and a little cape.......and hair that would rival any shampoo commercial gracing his shoulders and streaming down his back and a cool hat on his head.
Sorry, wande, it's not a put down of your thread......my comments were actually for all such threads lately........I read them, feel overwhelmed and think I'd rather have a drink and watch the traffic........sometimes the ring around just gets me down. But I'll bounce back, I know I will.
Yes, Thomas, I suppose we should have some sympathy. I have as much sympathy for the twins as I have for their Dad. It's all a sad story really.........too bad so many people don't know.
Anybody wanna dance?
laughing..........ok, but you have to sit still and look interested.
Wilma.........you gotta a customer over here.
Lola wrote:laughing..........ok, but you have to sit still and look interested.
Wilma.........you gotta a customer over here.
Woulda been funnier if you had said: Bruno...you gotta customer over there!
But enough. I'm off to catch a train. Gonna go party in the city! See yez.
see you tonight, dear Frank.....you perverted ole fart. I'll reserve Bruno for you on your return.
Farmerman I have sized up as just right for Wilma.
I'm putting a little Doctor John on. Let's get down.
who the hells WILMA? I dont want wanna them Gustavian women.
No Wilma? Ok then, how about Tricksy or Darlene, they both went to fine Eastern Ivy League schools.
Lola wrote:Sorry, wande, it's not a put down of your thread......my comments were actually for all such threads lately........I read them, feel overwhelmed and think I'd rather have a drink and watch the traffic........sometimes the ring around just gets me down. But I'll bounce back, I know I will.
It's okay, Lola. I was specifically looking for an apology from farmerman. (Next time, we'll take it outside.)
about what? youve been a real pro over there wandel. I get tired of most of the shots.
never mind, farmerman. have another decaf!
Yup.........I say it's time for a short breather, a truce or something similar.......let's dance and drink and make good conversation for a while. I'm tired of the tit for tat that takes place when some of us try to make sense, appeal to logical thought processes and the like. My engine is slightly stalled and coughing for relief.
How about some dinner? Steak and mashed potatoes with Collard greens and hot pepper sauce on the side.
