Gearing Up the Gunning Dory

I have the itch to get moving on the Marblehead Gunning dory.  Ryan took a video of one riding out Hurricane Sandy in Marblehead Harbor, and it skipped over the waves without any effort.   The Dory style is reputed to be extremely seaworthy, and the video validated that for me.  
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The below photo was found on the web some time ago and ilustrates the type of fit out that I've been thinking of.  I would fill the space under the decks at the bow and stern with polyurethane expanding foam to make the craft unsinkable.  You could stand at the bow or the stern and cast a fly very nicely.
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And I also plan to install a motor well in the back quarter of the boat where a 10HP Honda Fourstroke would be added.
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Naturally we will fit this out to row, but it would be nice to motor this thing close into the rocks to cast for stripers.  Or get some speed to chase a blitz.
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All of the interior fit out will have to be with marine grade, olkume plywood which is expensive, but both light and water resistant.  Boulter Plywood in Somerville is a good local suppler.
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Unlike traditional Marblehead Gunning Dories which were planked and hard chined, I plan on easing the curves on the frames and planking with 1/4" cedar strips sheathed in fiber glass cloth inside and out, then clear epoxy coated.
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The frames and bottom have been done for a few years now and are stored in the Nanepashemet Telecom warehouse in Peabody.    Maybe I'll start spending a little more time at the warehouse.

Tuna Lips8:58 PM

Speaking' of sheaths, be sure to wrap yer rascal, there's danger at every turn.

Hurricane Sandy Update

Lots of wind and rain, the trees are swaying and Ryan sent us a video of some waves in Marblehead Harbor.  Our lights flickered twice and I had to shut down the main computer system.
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Outside of that, it doesn't feel exactly like a state of emergency.  I guess if windows were being smashed in, doors unfastened, downed electrical wires were whipping around sparking and hissing, and the shingles were being ripped off of the roof, it would seem a bit worse.
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But none of that shit is happening.... at least around my neighborhood.  What really would be an emergency is if my Romney and Scott signs blew off the front lawn... but they're holding up pretty well for now.
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Reporters are standing in puddles in Scituate and Revere, interviewing anyone who wanders close by.... there are 10,000 beds available in security shelters, with a half dozen occupied.
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I pray to God that we make it through this.

Tuna Lips6:19 PM

Stop by TL's for a good seshun between fightin' this gale. Take a rest, "have a blow" as they says on Friday Night Lights.

Bracing for the Storm

Politicians and the news media love hurricanes.  It makes people pay attention to them and they are happy to comply with  extensive exxageration.
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I'm sure that Hurricane Sandy will impact some people.  But, Gov. Deval Patrick, as he has been prone to do in the past, has already declared a state of emergency two days before the first cloud has showed up. 
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Plus, this gives politicians like Patrick and Mayor Mennino, the chance to advise us to do stuff that we never would have thought of by ourself, such as stockpile batteries and take care of our pets.   If  I didn't hear this for real, I wouldn't have included it in this pathetic post.
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I was in the Blizzard of 78,  the Perfect Storm of 1991 and El Nino while I was in California in in 97-98 and saw plenty of damage.  But the disasters that these politicians make proclamations of.... always seem to come up short.  Even those storms seemed to actually impact a very small amount of people.
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Lots of snow, wind or rain, some high tides and flooding, but quite a bit short of Armageddon.
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So we'll batten down the hatches and live though another of Governor Deval's State of Emergency storms.

Window 8 Evolution

Now that Windows 8 is here, we will all be working on IPad style Tablets  within the next two or three years.
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That is .... if the Mayans are wrong about things regarding the world ending before Christmas.
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I'm betting against the Central Americans on this one, and plan to be happily doing my work on a tablet this time in the next two years.
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Before this MOAM retires, I will bet you that we will be computing on 3D Hologram machines... then after that , who knows.

Tuna Lips

1. I aims ta digitize me a fire team of virtual hookers. PayPal laundries my money, no one is the wiser.
2. Hard rain is ginna fall, stop by TL's Place for some per-storm stickin up on what ye needs.

Fifty-Fifty

Today I was on Facebook taking a break from the Nanepashemet Telecom salt mines, when this guy that I don't know decided to tell me how bad Scott Brown is......   Not how good Elizabeth Warren is.
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So I told the goober to vote for Warren and it she wins, then people like him deserve her.  
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I have no patience with anyone who supports the phoney Indian for any reason.
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Stupid people have a right to live too.... and this guy was exercising his right.
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Sometimes it's hard to be tolerant, but this country is split right down the middle........ 50-50 for the right or the left.  And it's not going to change, so we have to learn to put up with goofy bastards.

Not My American Dream

 Peeps -
You already know that I've given the Nanepashemet Nod to Mitt Romney for President.
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And I've tried to tell you why.
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But if a picture says a thousand words, then here's 2000 words why I just don't have the stomach for Barack Obama.
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I don't want my President to prostrate himself to anybody else.... for any freaking reason.
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He may feel that the United States has a tainted history.... and he may have some valid points.
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Only that was yesterday, and pandering to other's culture, which is a lot more stained than ours, is demeaning to every American.   There is no culture that has not sinned or is superior to ours, and yet he lowers himself.
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I want my President to stand up straight.  Obama may be the one bowing, but it will be us who get our Asses Kicked.
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Obama's American Dream is not Mine.

MOAM Mastery

Those of you fortunate/hapless Peeps who find yourself in the Inner Circle of the Mountain of a Man know that I faced the greatest zoning challenge to date last night in New Haven County.
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Many have tried and failed, but your MOAM came home with a unanimous vote in the affirmative after a masterful presentation complete with plans mounted on foamboard.
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I know that some of you are tired of the way that I tout my mastery of the zoning permit science, but I actually never get tired of it.  Last night though, even I was amazed.  Didn't expect to blast a four bagger.  I would have been happy with a continuance.  But I must have wowed the hell out of those zoning commissioners with my expert testimony.
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Like Ali said, "If you can do it, it ain't boasting."
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The good part about winning in a tough jurisdiction is that the adrenalin keeps you alert for the three hour drive home.
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And, BTW.... don't even think about getting into the Inner Circle.

Glue Requirement

BenditPVC. 
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Remember when I told you Peeps about how I bought this gadget to help us bend PVC electical conduit for the Hartford job about a year ago?
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Course you do.
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Well I put this baby to good use yesterday creating a frame for a weather shield on the Herreshoff Columbia Tender.
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After about ten minutes of heating, a 7/8" piece of PVC become as pliable as spaghetti in a colander.  It stiffens up soon to a rigid shape in whatever custom orientation you need.
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Now I have to find a good glue to join blue plastic tarp to the PVC which will create the final shield.   I thought that the PVC glue would do the trick, but it didn't work. 

Latest Poll

 

Everyday the news story is who is ahead on the polls.  And these surveys are notoriously wrong.  Scott Brown showed that we he won against Martha Coakley for the "Kennedy Senate Seat".  In no way could the lefty Media allow us to believe that a Republican was in the lead to secure that family heirloom.

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And the news media shamelessly has a different poll result every day.

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Most of you know that I have given the Nanepashemet Nod to Romney and Brown.   That should be enough ignore these flawed polls.

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The outcomes have been determined in the Akashic Records of Time.



Selling Sex

Time to sound in on this Zumba prostitution scandal up in Kennebunk.
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I'm not really sure why prostitution is illegal.  It's not like drug dealing or anything, and seems like a victimless crime.   Especially now, when you can basically eliminate the health issues if you take appropriate precautions.
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Sure families can get screwed up if some members are cheating on spouses, but you don't need Hookers to do that.  If you cheat on your husband or wife, that basically makes you a scumbag, but being a scumbag isn't illegal.
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So I don't see what the big deal is.
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Seems to have some Puritannical overtones that are outmoded, and now exposing the perpetrators seems to be replete with "holier than thou" voyeurism.
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Sex gets sold by lots of people in lots of situations.  But if money passes, they can lock you up.  Doesn't seem right.

I Swear

I was the subject of a irate email yesterday stating that this Blog contains too many swears and cuss words.
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WTF!
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Here's the deal Peeps.   I don't give a shit if any of you ever read this thing, so why the hell should I care if any of you are offended?
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That said, I probably should cut down on the phucking swearing.  Sometimes it's fun to add a little color to a description, but swearing gets bad when you start to use it instead of a well thought out phrase.
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So KMA.

Historic Evening

It was another night for the history books at Nanepashemet Telecom tonight as the Mountain of a Man was issued seven zoning approvals at a well attended, Essex County municipal public board of appeals hearing.
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That's Right.... You heard it correctly... SEVEN. 
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Each one issued individually with five unanimous approval votes.
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There's good... and then there's Mountain of a Man, Holy Shit, Phucking A... Good.
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Sometimes I think I'd do this for nothing.   But it's nicer to get paid doing it.
And tonight was a payday.

Stepping Out

Peeps...
As some of you know, I am on a Mission from God to lose weight for Katelyn's wedding eleven months from now.
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So Far, I've been hitting the machines at the YMCA with some regularity, and my pants definitely feel a little looser.
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But I've kept away from getting on the scale and weighing myself until this morning.
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When I finally got around to stepping on the digital scale, the weight reading was..... OM Freaking G!!!!
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Let's just say that I can't imagine peeling off all those lbs.  We'll have to reduce every body part.
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As Lao Tzu said, "A Journey of Ten Thousand Miles begins with a Single Step."
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This will take quite a few steps.
A fitting challenge for a Mountain of a Man.

Nanepashemet Fact Checking

Mike Rockett posted this photo on Facebook yesterday and it is a bit troublesome.
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Someone back in the 1930's obviously missed the mark by calling Sachem Nanepashemet a Nipmuc.
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He was the Sachem of the Naumkeag Band of the Massachusetts tribe that actually lived  in Marblehead where this sign is set.   Or to be more accurate, this was a primary village location.  The Indians would seasonally migrate to other locations within their region and Nanepashemet died in a fortress that he built in Medford.
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He ruled the region from the Charles River in Boston to the Piscataqua River in Portsmouth and north to Indians in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.
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The Nipmucs were allies of Nanepashemet and resided in Central Mass around Worcester and Grafton.  Nanepashemet sent his wife and children to live with the Nipmucs when he was under attack by the Tarratines/Micmac of the upper Maine Coast and Nova Scotia.   The Tarratines were bent on revenge to Nanepashemet because he had aided the Penobscots in Southern Maine who were at war with the Tarratines.  All the while his people were being ravaged by smallpox that they had been exposed to by European fisherman who were plying these shores before the Pilgrims landed in 1620.
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Nanepashemet's family escaped the disease because he had relocated them to live with the Nipmuc's and he was not affected because he was isolated in his war fortress in Medford (located behind the present site of Medford High School).
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The fort was eventually breached by the Tarratines in 1619 and the great Sachem, Nanepashemet, known as New Moon to his people because of his proclivity to take walks at night,  was killed.
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Sucks to be the Chief, I guess.
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But his wife, known only as Squaw Sachem ruled the remants of his territory along with his three sons until 1669 when she was felled by a stroke.  She remarried a chief from the Musketaquids of Concord, but was the uncontested ruler of her people until her death.  There is a mural depicting her in the Winchester Town Hall and she is reported to be buried somewhere in present day Winchester.
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Wouldn't you think that the Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary Commission would have checked the facts before they cast this metal commemorative sign?  I wonder if Liz Warren was on that Commission?

Deck Gaze Demand

Apparently, Tommy O, former POTY, was seen up at the Gerry 5 Club last Friday night flashing photos of his new Nanepashemet Deck.
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As long as that was all he was flashing, then no harm, no foul.
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Can't blame Tommy though.  We went over to Home Depot yesterday to get the Lattice stock which will trim out the below deck area and are ready to call for a final code inspection to close this project out.  The deck looks the Balls.
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Plus the good part is that the rate of trespassers entering his property to gaze at this exhibit of Nanepashemet deck perfection has gotten down to acceptable levels.  You can't really stop people from trying.... it's like telling Muslims to stay out of Mecca.

Creepy Reality

Not for nothing, but if you represent a big Insurance Company like Travelers in a Lawsuit, you are not working for the people that are suing the Travelers Insurance Company.  D'uh  Really?
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Then Professor Pow Wow Warren herds up some people who are stupid enough to believe that she went to the Supreme Court to represent them, and gets them to say condemning things about Senator Scott Brown.
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Some of us are stupid, and some of us are "BAAA BAAA shear off my wool" really freaking sheep-style stupid.
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Peeps....
When the Nanepashemet Revolution comes, and you rise up to proclaim me as  Emperor of the United States and its Allies, and Territories, I will make such sheep herding efforts as illegal and subject to the supreme punishment of making perps like Liz continuously watch reruns of Joe Biden debates until they either puke or plead for mercy.
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Plus, I will make the charges retroactive to comdemn Liz.  That's how much I abhore this dishonesty.
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Direct from the MOAM to Liz....

"Professor, if you want to be a US Senator, go for it, but don't go creating some phoney Indian, middle class fighter personality and claiming that you are it.  Be yourself, Pro.....  A carpet bagger Cantabridgian wannabee, who lied to Harvard by saying you are a non-white minority, and makes a household income of 3/4 of a Million Bucks from that institute of Uppity Moonbats then complains about the cost of higher education.... who represents major corporations as a lawyer without a license, and  is in lockstep with our Indonesian POTUS."
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Peeps... here is the creepy reality.   There are a host of people in Massachusetts who eat a heaping helpful of Warren Bullshit and support her dishing out more.
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That is freaking Hallowneen season creepy.

Political Overeating

I'm getting sick of politics.
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Grown adults twisting the facts, or making outright misrepresentations and lies, in an effort to garner votes from an electorate that they are trying to herd and manipulate.
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Some are worse than others.  Some are downright dispicable the way they seem to talk down to us and treat us like imbeciles who can't see through the Bullshit they send our way.
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That said, I'm still going to watch the Vice Presidential debate tonight.
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It's kind of like continuing to eat when you are not hungry anymore.
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Not Good.

Pulling Out the Card

With less than a month to go in the Presidential Election, Romney is on the offensive, gaining ground, and the Lefties are screaming foul.   If what he says makes sense, he must be lying according to these pundits of leftest propaganda.
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The gloves will be coming off as Romney gets depicted as a despicable human being, incapable of the truth......   a Lying, Racist, Low Life Mormon.  You watch how this plays out.
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The Dems have to endure a performance by the Vice President, Joe Biden, who could douse their cause with gasoline and light it up with one of his classic, facts be damned gaffes.
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What's your favorite Biden Gaffe?
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Mine is the classic below...
"When the stock market crashed, Franklin D. Roosevelt got on the television and didn't just talk about the, you know, the princes of greed. He said, 'Look, here's what happened." –Joe Biden, apparently unaware that FDR wasn't president when the stock market crashed in 1929 and that only experimental TV sets were in use at that time, interview with Katie Couric, Sept. 22, 2008 (Watch video clip)
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I love the way Biden just reaches reaches deep and pulls shit right out of his ass to use as facts.  This is the Vice President of the United States, a heartbeat away from the most powerful position in the world.  But then again, we have a community organizer who currently has that job, so how bad could Biden be.
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It will be quite remarkable if our unstable second in command doesn't plunge the Dems a little further down in the polls before BO has to face another debate without teleprompter soon.
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I almost feel bad for those unbiased folks over at MSNBC.  They are so close to popping  a vein.  And Peeps ..... they will be rolling out the race card big time pretty soon.  This is coming or I'm not a Rough, Tough, Hard to Bluff, and Damn Good Lookin' Mountain of a Man.
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You heard it here first on the Nanepashemet Blog.

POTW Week 40

For the 4th day in a row, I've hit the gym for a rigorous workout on the aerobic  and weight machines.  Peeps, you may think the Mountain of a Man is a pinnacle of fitness, but you would be wrong.  Even I have to tone up from time to time in order to maintain peak MOAM condition.
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ANNOUNCING....
Nanepashemet Peeps of the Week for the 40th Week of 2012

Kerry D'Orio
Peter Lojko
Fletcher Boyle
Will Murray
Harvey Rowe
Mitt Romney
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Plus now I can chow down with impunity and watch the Patriots take on Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos.

New Menu Item

Peeps....
I know that many of you think that my culinary skill is limited to Buffalo Wings, Macaroni and Cheese, and White Trash Balls.
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Fair enough.
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I do prepare these delicacies at a professional grade level... but today I will be broadening my horizons for the Patriots Game Dinner with Chicken Marsala over Penne.
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Sometimes, being a Mountain of a Man means that you have to expand the menu.
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Man cannot live on White Trash Balls alone.