Team USA

[Hamartia Antidote]

So Ant, we launched on Wednesday and we're finally splashed for the season. It's always a hectic day getting the boat ready for this operation. De-winterizing it for about two weeks, changing the motor oil, the outdrive oil, the anodes, had to buy 3 new group 31 dual purpose batteries @beaucoup$ lol and a lot of other little nitty gritty prep items including the trailer registration had to be renewed, the boat registration is due in a week, the slip fees will take you to the poor house lmao and all sorts of other headaches. But once out there, it's well worth it. You should bring the Missus sometime and come spend the day with us, bro. We leave Salem early in the am and can either go north to Gloucester down the Annesquam River to Wingearsheek beach and beyond or for you, I'm probably guessing you'd enjoy it better if we went south into Boston Harbor. This time of year and the 4th of July coming up in less than a week, Boston Harbor is rocking smackdown with fireworks and tall ships and even military ships that come in and dock at the East port. One year there were a couple of Norwegian stealth frigates there as well as the USS WASP. That was fun.

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One of the most beautiful seacoast towns in MA, Marblehead.

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This is Misery Island and a place called Cocktail Cove lol. There are moorings you can go up to and attach a line to and hang out and chill for as long as you want. Do some tubing and partying and relaxing. On a weekday like today, there were hardly any boats. Other days, if you're not there by 6am, forget it. Keep cruising.

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And these buggers are all over the garden again this year lol.

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Wow!! Awesome looking boat Gomig!!

Do you park that in your driveway or put it in the backyard?? Trying to think of where I could put a boat that size. I could put it at the end of the driveway but it would be in the way. I guess part of the garden would have to go and i’d put it in the backyard.

Nice pics of the North Shore area too.

Sounds very cool! Now all I have to do is talk the wife into overcoming her bizarre innate fear of drowning. Maybe we’d have to stay within sight of land.

Definitely you are a lucky guy to have time to have a boat. An ex-boss of mine lived in Manchester-by-the-Sea and had a nice boat which she called the biggest unimaginable money pit ever...but she also said it was well worth every penny.

Forget the Boston skyline I’d rather see scenery than tall buildings, the airport, and big oil storage tanks.

Luckily the bunnies seem to not like vegetables. I had a problem a few weeks ago with some new critter figuring out how to get through my fence. I finally found out it was somebody’s dog. I would never have guessed in a million years a dog was interested in raiding a garden...but I spotted him. He could effortlessly leap over the fence. Chased him away and he hasn’t been back.

 

[Gomig-21]

Wow!! Awesome looking boat Gomig!!

Do you park that in your driveway or put it in the backyard?? Trying to think of where I could put a boat that size. I could put it at the end of the driveway but it would be in the way. I guess part of the garden would have to go and i’d put it in the backyard.

Nice pics of the North Shore area too.

Sounds very cool! Now all I have to do is talk the wife into overcoming her bizarre innate fear of drowning. Maybe we’d have to stay within sight of land.

Definitely you are a lucky guy to have time to have a boat. An ex-boss of mine lived in Manchester-by-the-Sea and had a nice boat which she called the biggest unimaginable money pit ever...but she also said it was well worth every penny.

Forget the Boston skyline I’d rather see scenery than tall buildings, the airport, and big oil storage tanks.

Luckily the bunnies seem to not like vegetables. I had a problem a few weeks ago with some new critter figuring out how to get through my fence. I finally found out it was somebody’s dog. I would never have guessed in a million years a dog was interested in raiding a garden...but I spotted him. He could effortlessly leap over the fence. Chased him away and he hasn’t been back.

Awesome, bro. Thanks. Yes, whenever you're ready you're more than welcome, my friend. No pressure, either. If it's tough for the wife to be near water, that's very understandable. FYI, I take the safety of my passengers very seriously and I have life vests on board at all times. I also have 2 radios and I'm insured and subscribed to BoatUS who come right out in case of emergency etc. And your ex-boss is 100%+ right on the money (pun intended) lol. This activity will take you to the poorhouse in no time at all. It's dfinitely a seriously budgetted activity. In otherwords, you have to plan very well.

I have it in my driveway when I'm working on it which is usually a couple of weeks early spring and couple of weeks late fall. Other than that, she's in her slip at Hawthorn Brewer Cove marina in Salem during the season and in a storage tent for the winter that I rent from a friend who owns a big glass company.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Awesome, bro. Thanks. Yes, whenever you're ready you're more than welcome, my friend. No pressure, either. If it's tough for the wife to be near water, that's very understandable. FYI, I take the safety of my passengers very seriously and I have life vests on board at all times. I also have 2 radios and I'm insured and subscribed to BoatUS who come right out in case of emergency etc. And your ex-boss is 100%+ right on the money (pun intended) lol. This activity will take you to the poorhouse in no time at all. It's dfinitely a seriously budgetted activity. In otherwords, you have to plan very well.

I have it in my driveway when I'm working on it which is usually a couple of weeks early spring and couple of weeks late fall. Other than that, she's in her slip at Hawthorn Brewer Cove marina in Salem during the season and in a storage tent for the winter that I rent from a friend who owns a big glass company.

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So on a 90 degree day I thought I'd catch up on some gardening stuff.
I put a thermometer in my basement and it read 68. Fun running in for a cool down. That's lower than upstairs.

 

[Gomig-21]

So on a 90 degree day I thought I'd catch up on some gardening stuff.
I put a thermometer in my basement and it read 68. Fun running in for a cool down. That's lower than upstairs.

Yep, same here. It is absolutely BRUTAL lol. But I'll take it any day of the year over that white crap.

BTW, speaking of gardening, I thought of you when this happened and took the pic just to show you!
Look what my mighty, little tiger brought in again for the 2nd time. Thank God he didn't kill it this time.
It was pretty funny as I'm sitting in the kitchenette area and I hear him at the sliding screen door, I knew exactly what he had because he comes to the screen door and meows to come in, except this time I could easily tell his mouth was full LOL!

He was in a bit of a chock poor little bugger, but I tried to calm him down, checked him for any injuries and I'm pleased with Olie that he didn't dig into him very hard there was no blood. Took him out to where I know their nest is and put him down gently. He stood up in my hand and just slowly jumped off and trickled off.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Yep, same here. It is absolutely BRUTAL lol. But I'll take it any day of the year over that white crap.

BTW, speaking of gardening, I thought of you when this happened and took the pic just to show you!
Look what my mighty, little tiger brought in again for the 2nd time. Thank God he didn't kill it this time.
It was pretty funny as I'm sitting in the kitchenette area and I hear him at the sliding screen door, I knew exactly what he had because he comes to the screen door and meows to come in, except this time I could easily tell his mouth was full LOL!

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He was in a bit of a chock poor little bugger, but I tried to calm him down, checked him for any injuries and I'm pleased with Olie that he didn't dig into him very hard there was no blood. Took him out to where I know their nest is and put him down gently. He stood up in my hand and just slowly jumped off and trickled off.

did this too. Yes, I do buy organic stuff..I have my limits.

 

[Gomig-21]

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did this too. Yes, I do buy organic stuff..I have my limits.

I use the same exact one, the Ortho Home Defense. Stuff works great! And that battery powered sprayer is terrific.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

I use the same exact one, the Ortho Home Defense. Stuff works great! And that battery powered sprayer is terrific.

At the local Whole Foods...Amazon starting to make changes..

Why do I have to scan anything???

 

[Gomig-21]

At the local Whole Foods...Amazon starting to make changes..

Why do I have to scan anything???

This was the website's front page when it was first launched in 1995.

My how times have changed!

Happy belated 4th of July to you, my friend, and all other American members on this forum.

Taken yesterday off Salem Sound, and what a day it was!

 

[Abu Sulayman]

Nice boat brother! It's good to see you again.

 

[Gomig-21]

Nice boat brother! It's good to see you again.

Is this the great Abu Sulayman that I've known for so many years and we had all those amazing discussions on the other forum? Hamdella 3al Salaama ya Sheikh! Great to see you again too, my bro.

Are you still building and testing those amazing helicopters?

 

[Abu Sulayman]

Are you still building and testing those amazing helicopters?

Place I worked got sold and downsized. Working for a small family run outfit looking after their equipment. Still having fun.

 

[Gomig-21]

Place I worked got sold and downsized. Working for a small family run outfit looking after their equipment. Still having fun.

That might be better. Smaller outfits have much more enticing working conditions.

BTW, Dave (Gramps) sent me a news link a few years ago, something about a snake in a car grill and your handsomeness on the local news? Does that ring a bell?

BTW Ant, sad news to report on this little fella. Apparently Ollie found him again and this time he wasn't kind to him. Poor guy is laying in a pool of blood on the deck as we speak.
Of course I was angry with him at first but you quickly realize that it's their instinct to be hunters, so...

 

[Gomig-21]

lol.

 

[Abu Sulayman]

About 3 years ago. Bought a used car from a dealership. Discovered there was a ball python living in the dashboard, courtesy of the previous owner. As this was a week before Halloween, it made the news, and I was interviewed multiple times.
Invited the news crew into the hangar as it was raining outside. Multiple aircraft behind me on the news. The president of the company was home watching the news that evening. Wondered who gave permission for media in the shop. Some of our projects and customers were secret. My manager took the rap. We all laughed after.
I stay in touch with Dave on Facebook.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

@Gomig-21

So I was reading up on this
https://www.cityofboston.gov/images_documents/town_freeze_reg_tcm3-12843.pdf

In 1978 Boston declared a new parking space freeze to comply with the Clean Air Act. So with electric cars on the way to becoming mainstream I wonder how long it will take for “Electric Only” garages to start springing up causing an uproar by the current parking garage monopoly owners who will argue they should be shutdown. A court case will be lodged with the new garage owners claiming the restriction was ONLY due to the Clean Air Act and since electric cars don’t pollute they should be excluded from this law restricting parking. I can see this mess happening.