Launching the Pram on the Village Wharf ring sometime today. Before I do this, I have to dry fit the sprit sailing rig to the mast and finish the cap on the centerboard. I'm toying with the idea of leaving the mast on the boat when I leave it on the ring. Even if some nutcase stole it, it would be easy enough to replace.
Announcing....
Nanepashemet Peeps of the Week for the 22nd Week of 2010
Bob Wojcik
Mark Ryan
Rafe Hershfield
Bianna Golodryga
Tipper Gore
Emily Engardia
Have to take a run down to West Marine for the final cleats and hardware required. Maybe I'll take Grandson Will for his first of many trips to the marine hardware store with his Grandfather JJ.
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Saturday, June 05, 2010
Friday, June 04, 2010
Peruvian Prisoner
The little Dutch Boy from Aruba, Joran Van der Sloot, who killed Natalie Holloway now has murdered a 21 year old in Peru, Stephanie Flores. Unfortunately, the Aruban judicial system could not convict him, so he was free to ruin more lives.
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The self centered asshole was free to travel internationally and take a gambling holiday in Lima.
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I hope the Peruvians find a nice piece of hell on earth for him for the rest of his selfish, worthless life. May he live for many years in constant agony, then enjoy his eternal damnation.
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It's times like this when I wish I was a Peruvian Prison Guard.
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The self centered asshole was free to travel internationally and take a gambling holiday in Lima.
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I hope the Peruvians find a nice piece of hell on earth for him for the rest of his selfish, worthless life. May he live for many years in constant agony, then enjoy his eternal damnation.
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It's times like this when I wish I was a Peruvian Prison Guard.
Thursday, June 03, 2010
Beat LA
Game 1 of the Celtics - Lakers Championship series doesn't mean much. The momentum can swing widely over a seven game series.~
But I'm going to watch anyway.
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Beat LA.
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If it were anyone other than LA, I wouldn't, but I will.
LA blows. Bunch of wannabes and half assed gangsters, talking big about shooting other half assed gangsters and making movies that go straight to dvd.
Banks shot wins this one. We invented the bank shot, Cousy, Hondo, Jo Jo, etc.
Wednesday, June 02, 2010
Between the Lines
There seems to be quite a bit of scrutiny lately of this Blog. Peeps doing searches to see if I let my guard down and disclosed something. That's possible... but unlikely. I'm just too old and cagey.
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You can draw your own conclusions here. Read between the lines. And if you are an offending party, and you think I'm talking precisely about you.... maybe I am, and maybe I'm not. The fact is that probably I'm not, but I'll never admit anything one way or another. I get some solace from the thought that this probably causes you Narcissists a great deal of extra angst and neurosis.
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The bottom line is that 100 years from now, we will all be dead.... and you and all the drama will be totally forgotten anyway. So it's important to live in the present, and make the best of the cards that you are dealt everyday.
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If you don't do that, you tend to seem like a pathetic loser over this brief period of existence that is your life.
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You can draw your own conclusions here. Read between the lines. And if you are an offending party, and you think I'm talking precisely about you.... maybe I am, and maybe I'm not. The fact is that probably I'm not, but I'll never admit anything one way or another. I get some solace from the thought that this probably causes you Narcissists a great deal of extra angst and neurosis.
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The bottom line is that 100 years from now, we will all be dead.... and you and all the drama will be totally forgotten anyway. So it's important to live in the present, and make the best of the cards that you are dealt everyday.
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If you don't do that, you tend to seem like a pathetic loser over this brief period of existence that is your life.
Tuesday, June 01, 2010
Master at Masts
The mast for the pram sailing rig is almost done.
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Three 3/4" thick, 2 1/4" wide 8' long boards were cut from a single piece of 1x8x14 clear spruce stock that was lying on the lumber rack for a couple of years. The boards were then laminated with thickened West System, fast set epoxy, clamped, and left to dry overnight.
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Then I cut the corners into an octogon with my bandsaw and sanded the corners to a rough curve with a spar sanding jig that I rigged up a while ago to use inverted sanding belts with a tensioning jig that is turned by my 25 year old, 1/2" Milwaukee drill.
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I manually planed down the high spots with my Lie Neilsen Block Plane, which is easily the classiest tool that I own. The final spar sanding was done with the heavy duty flap sander that I bought mail order from Grizzley when I used to be prone to irrational late night Internet tool ordering. It's a damn nice flap sander though, and who knew that I'd be needing it for spar and oar fabrication at the time????
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So with a little epoxy and varnish, the mast will be ready for line cleat hardware, and this Pram will be tested under sail.
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Three 3/4" thick, 2 1/4" wide 8' long boards were cut from a single piece of 1x8x14 clear spruce stock that was lying on the lumber rack for a couple of years. The boards were then laminated with thickened West System, fast set epoxy, clamped, and left to dry overnight.
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Then I cut the corners into an octogon with my bandsaw and sanded the corners to a rough curve with a spar sanding jig that I rigged up a while ago to use inverted sanding belts with a tensioning jig that is turned by my 25 year old, 1/2" Milwaukee drill.
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I manually planed down the high spots with my Lie Neilsen Block Plane, which is easily the classiest tool that I own. The final spar sanding was done with the heavy duty flap sander that I bought mail order from Grizzley when I used to be prone to irrational late night Internet tool ordering. It's a damn nice flap sander though, and who knew that I'd be needing it for spar and oar fabrication at the time????
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So with a little epoxy and varnish, the mast will be ready for line cleat hardware, and this Pram will be tested under sail.
Spilled Oil
I haven't told you how I feel about the BP oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico yet.
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That's because it's so hard to figure out what's going on after the Media rings the "Crisis" Bell.
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And whatever you think of the Obama administration, you have to admit that they are a bit prone to exaggeration
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Witness the recent Swine Flu pandemic, now that the government is dumping unused vaccine.
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So when they say that this is an environmental disaster of epic proportions and that the crisis rivals the carnage of Hurricane Katrina..... I'm just not on board yet..... especially with news film of BO walking the beach and saying " These are the tar balls they are talking about." Tar balls are not Katrina.
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My favorite journalists on ABC News are all over this story.... Speaking with Passion. The Governor's kid, Andrew Cuomo, pointed to some oil on some marsh grass tonight and said dramatically, "And when this is gone.... it's gone forever." Ecologically and scientifically speaking, Andrew is dead wrong. Nature has huge recuperative powers with this type of thing.
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And Congressman Ed Markey, with his finger pointing and name calling..... all the while offering no solutions or alternatives.... well I guess that is Ed Markey for you. He hasn't helped me to make up my mind either. Plus I don't know why we are sitting back and asking British Petroleum to solve this. Just because they have financial liability, it's the American Homeland that is supposedly under siege.
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I'm pretty sure that there will be some ecological and economic damage out of this. And my heart goes out to the people who live and work on that shore and are so frightened by the uncertainty. But, just as we avoided the massive pandemic of the swine flu, maybe this too shall pass.
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That's because it's so hard to figure out what's going on after the Media rings the "Crisis" Bell.
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And whatever you think of the Obama administration, you have to admit that they are a bit prone to exaggeration
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Witness the recent Swine Flu pandemic, now that the government is dumping unused vaccine.
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So when they say that this is an environmental disaster of epic proportions and that the crisis rivals the carnage of Hurricane Katrina..... I'm just not on board yet..... especially with news film of BO walking the beach and saying " These are the tar balls they are talking about." Tar balls are not Katrina.
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My favorite journalists on ABC News are all over this story.... Speaking with Passion. The Governor's kid, Andrew Cuomo, pointed to some oil on some marsh grass tonight and said dramatically, "And when this is gone.... it's gone forever." Ecologically and scientifically speaking, Andrew is dead wrong. Nature has huge recuperative powers with this type of thing.
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And Congressman Ed Markey, with his finger pointing and name calling..... all the while offering no solutions or alternatives.... well I guess that is Ed Markey for you. He hasn't helped me to make up my mind either. Plus I don't know why we are sitting back and asking British Petroleum to solve this. Just because they have financial liability, it's the American Homeland that is supposedly under siege.
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I'm pretty sure that there will be some ecological and economic damage out of this. And my heart goes out to the people who live and work on that shore and are so frightened by the uncertainty. But, just as we avoided the massive pandemic of the swine flu, maybe this too shall pass.
Monday, May 31, 2010
Memorial Musings
Happy Memorial Day.
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Last night while watching Sixty Minutes , Andy Rooney, who is a WWII vet, pointed out that our forefathers didn't "give" their lives for their country. Their lives were "taken" from them. They were the victims of circumstance, but rose to the occasion, with the result being the preservation of our way of life.
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Without their response and courage, we could be speaking German, and busy purifying the races. We could be in a cultural Dark Age shackled by totalitarian repression. Who knows what our lives would be like.
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In my own case, my grandfather was gassed in the trenches of WWI France, my father spent a year in the hospital after his Coast Guard Ship was sunk in WWII and my father in law survived wounds and prison camp in the Korean War.
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To this day, I always have some guilt for not going to Vietnam, although my father claimed that he would shoot me in the foot to avoid being drafted. Luckily, my draft number was high enough to preclude either alternative.
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I believe that we had a need to intervene in Iraq and Afghanistan, although the inability to reach closure in these conflicts is very disturbing. At this point, it is overbearing to hear of the deaths of young Americans over there.
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Last night while watching Sixty Minutes , Andy Rooney, who is a WWII vet, pointed out that our forefathers didn't "give" their lives for their country. Their lives were "taken" from them. They were the victims of circumstance, but rose to the occasion, with the result being the preservation of our way of life.
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Without their response and courage, we could be speaking German, and busy purifying the races. We could be in a cultural Dark Age shackled by totalitarian repression. Who knows what our lives would be like.
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In my own case, my grandfather was gassed in the trenches of WWI France, my father spent a year in the hospital after his Coast Guard Ship was sunk in WWII and my father in law survived wounds and prison camp in the Korean War.
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To this day, I always have some guilt for not going to Vietnam, although my father claimed that he would shoot me in the foot to avoid being drafted. Luckily, my draft number was high enough to preclude either alternative.
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I believe that we had a need to intervene in Iraq and Afghanistan, although the inability to reach closure in these conflicts is very disturbing. At this point, it is overbearing to hear of the deaths of young Americans over there.
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On the other foot, solgerin" gets all the prine hoors, most often at
a rebate price. Shoo worked that angle, shameless as he were.
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Official State Bird of Maine
A few Peeps mentioned that they were heading to Northern New England this weekend. And I was really tempted to head to North Conway, New Hampshire, but Joanne had an open house for the Sundance School Program.
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It's probably for the best, because this is really the peak of Black Fly Season on our pristine northern states of Maine and New Hampshire.
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These swarming, blood sucking, bastards can really put a damper on your fun in May and June.
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As bad as Black flies are, the worst are the Greenheads on Crane's Beach in Ipswich. They don't just sting or bite, they tear out a chunk of your flesh.
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So I'm going to hang around the driveway and work on the boats.
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Have a nice day.
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It's probably for the best, because this is really the peak of Black Fly Season on our pristine northern states of Maine and New Hampshire.
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These swarming, blood sucking, bastards can really put a damper on your fun in May and June.
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As bad as Black flies are, the worst are the Greenheads on Crane's Beach in Ipswich. They don't just sting or bite, they tear out a chunk of your flesh.
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So I'm going to hang around the driveway and work on the boats.
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Have a nice day.
Saturday, May 29, 2010
POTW Week 21
Last night, Tommy O set us up with some sort of shooters with creme and liquer at the BYC Bar.
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I'm sure that the Sam Adams had a lot to do with it too, but I am really heavy headed today.
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Announcing....
Nanepashemet Peeps of the Week for the 21st week of 2010.
Scott McBurney
Nancy Bruett
Aquinino Orichi
Maria Rowen
Rajon Rondo
Mark Vona
I'm sure that the Sam Adams had a lot to do with it too, but I am really heavy headed today.
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Ready to Defer Maintenance
I was thinking that it would be a great weekend to head up to North Conway, but Joanne has an open house at Sundance Pre-School on Saturday.
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So this long Memorial Day weekend will be a big push to get all of the rowing boat stuff done for the season including construction of the sail mast for the Pram, and the Tender epoxy and varnishing.
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In the meantime, there is some trim paint and random shingling that still has to be done.
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Because.... after this weekend.... all maintenance will be deferred until October.
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So this long Memorial Day weekend will be a big push to get all of the rowing boat stuff done for the season including construction of the sail mast for the Pram, and the Tender epoxy and varnishing.
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In the meantime, there is some trim paint and random shingling that still has to be done.
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Because.... after this weekend.... all maintenance will be deferred until October.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Thick Skin
We'll be conducting a Balloon Test in Sturbridge this evening in order to ascertain the visual impact of a cell tower that we proposing. The weather will be warm and summery and there is a lot of interest from residents of a condominium complex that is relatively close by.~
Should be controversial, and I'll have to put my thick skin on.
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Then again.... I've had it on anyway for the last couple of days.... and have decided to keep it on for as long as it takes.
Key of G
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A lot of bluegrass is played in G, but since I'm going to be a serious shitkicking musician, I'm going to learn all of the keys.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Allow to Retract
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Patrick, a close friend and ally of Obama’s, said at a Suffolk University Law School event that he’s taken his share of criticism over the years, though not to the extent of what Obama is going through at the hands of Republicans.
“It seems like child’s play compared to what’s going on in Washington, where it’s almost at the level of sedition,” Patrick said.
- Boston Herald
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To disagree is UnAmerican? To disagree is Sedition? This type of remark transcends mere liberalism. It is a bit toward the Facist extreme.
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I'll give the Governor room to maneuver on this one. Allow him to back out if he chooses. Even if this is his true feelings, he should be allowed to retract from such a despicable remark. Because this attack on our freedom of speech is the slippery slope to totalitarianism, and I can't believe that he would stoop to that.
Monday, May 24, 2010
More Fees
Every slight, every insult, every manipulation, every fabrication and everyone of your outright lies comes with a price.
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Can you afford to run up that tab?
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Keep your wallet handy.
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Can you afford to run up that tab?
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Keep your wallet handy.
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Keeper Weekend
Mike and Mark Vona got into some mackeral and then some stripped bass yesterday. Mike said that they caught around eleven at the power plant in Salem. He harvested a 37" keeper which we grilled for an early dinner tonight.
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Mike hung around to play with the grandkids after we brought them back from some FreshAyer with Ryan.
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A most enjoyable day on many levels.
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Next week, I'm going to start to hound Mark Ryan to get the WhaleEye in by Memorial Day. There are some lobsters crawling around Salem Sound that will be out of the water and on the table is a couple of weeks.
Pisc said...
Sweet. I swam a plug last night off of worlds end, nothin', but Dan B pulled a keeper off of Poponneset last night.
Mike Nestor said....
The Boat caught about 8 I would say and I didnt catch the 37"'r...I think Vona did. Where is your work cited page??
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Mike hung around to play with the grandkids after we brought them back from some FreshAyer with Ryan.
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A most enjoyable day on many levels.
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Next week, I'm going to start to hound Mark Ryan to get the WhaleEye in by Memorial Day. There are some lobsters crawling around Salem Sound that will be out of the water and on the table is a couple of weeks.
Pisc said...
Sweet. I swam a plug last night off of worlds end, nothin', but Dan B pulled a keeper off of Poponneset last night.
Mike Nestor said....
The Boat caught about 8 I would say and I didnt catch the 37"'r...I think Vona did. Where is your work cited page??
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Official Marblehead Restaurant
Last night, we had a great meal at Ataraxis in downtown Marblehead with Lou Panakio, Harvey and Lisa Rowe. I had the pulled pork burrito.
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There are a lot of restaurants that I like in Marblehead, including Cafe Italia, the Landing, the Barnicle and Maddies to name some of my favorites, so I haven't named an official restaurant of Nanepashemet.... outside of pizza (Vesuvius) and Chinese Take Out (Feng Wah). But Ataraxis, which is the former Flynnies, came close to getting the nod last night.
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Course, we don't eat out that much because Joanne is such a good cook. Not to mention that I am a Tour de Force on the Grill and at the Turkey Frier.
Pisc said...
Time to catch some fish. Hope you have registered with the Federales.
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There are a lot of restaurants that I like in Marblehead, including Cafe Italia, the Landing, the Barnicle and Maddies to name some of my favorites, so I haven't named an official restaurant of Nanepashemet.... outside of pizza (Vesuvius) and Chinese Take Out (Feng Wah). But Ataraxis, which is the former Flynnies, came close to getting the nod last night.
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Course, we don't eat out that much because Joanne is such a good cook. Not to mention that I am a Tour de Force on the Grill and at the Turkey Frier.
Pisc said...
Time to catch some fish. Hope you have registered with the Federales.
Sail On
With most of the painting except for some touch up in place, the Pram has some final details before I bring it down to the Ring at Village Wharf.
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If there is any downtime, the tender needs some sanding, epoxy and marine varnish touch up too.
TommyO said...
What a most excellent job you did, the patio looks incredible. Mrs. TommyO is very happy.
Thanks J
- Install Tie up Hardware
- Install bumpers
- Screw in Seat Plate
- Install Rudder Plate
- Fabricate Center Board
- Glue up Mast
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If there is any downtime, the tender needs some sanding, epoxy and marine varnish touch up too.
TommyO said...
What a most excellent job you did, the patio looks incredible. Mrs. TommyO is very happy.
Thanks J
Friday, May 21, 2010
POTW Week 20
Today I have three quick permit stops - all close by - in Saugus, Billerica and Methuen.
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Then I can spray the fourth and final coat of Interior Top Coat on the Pram and I'll touch up paint the rails.
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Then it's the weekend. We'll be taking the Grandkids for some FreshAyer and I'll be working on the sail rig for the Pram around that.
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Announcing....
Nanepashemet Peeps of the Week for the 20th Week of 2010
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Then I can spray the fourth and final coat of Interior Top Coat on the Pram and I'll touch up paint the rails.
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Then it's the weekend. We'll be taking the Grandkids for some FreshAyer and I'll be working on the sail rig for the Pram around that.
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Announcing....
Nanepashemet Peeps of the Week for the 20th Week of 2010
- Katy O'Shea
- The Counter Clerk at the Providence KFC that made me the Double Down
- Greg Bruett
- Mike Nestor
- Rand Paul
- Robin Roberts
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Double Down
It was so nice today, I was tempted to call in sick. But I work for myself and the Boss would see right through it. He is really sharp.
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I did take an hour in the morning to spray the second coat of InterLux Top Coat on the interior of the Pram, then headed out to Rhode Island for another day of Permit chasing. Fairly successful and I rewarded myself by stopping at a Kentucky Fried Chicken in North Providence and ordering a Double Down.
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When I was a sophomore in high school, I worked a summer at a Kentucky Fried Chicken in Lynn and it is a very clean operation. But I really haven't eaten there much since.
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Maybe I'll go back a little more now.
Jim L. said...
I never liked that place because it bumped Johnny Joyce's out of Joyce St. I miss those 10 cent chopped ham sandwiches!
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Everybody remembers Johnny Joyces. Chopped ham, Easterns and Westerns on white bread. Now that was eating!
Bob Hill worked in the Dairy Swirl that went into the Johnny Joyce space for awhile. I used to sneak out some leftover cold chicken breasts from Kentucky Fried Chicken and trade with him for a large cup of chocolate soft serve. Good Times
Rafe Said...
So read the blog this morning, as I do every morning. Here was the exchange between Tom McMahon and I about todays entry;
Me: "Jay Nestor ate the double down from KFC, I shit you not.
Tom's reply: "There are a few guys at my work that are all about that thing. I don't see myself ever trying one. J is a "mountain of a man". He can do just about anything."
Needless to say we are both impressed that you even purchased the DD, yet alone eat it. You are the first person I know to order it, eat, and talk about it. Truly a mountain man.
Rafe Hershfield
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That's two slabs of chicken with cheese and bacon on the inside. No bread.
That's two slabs of chicken with cheese and bacon on the inside. No bread.
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It was freaking sinful.~
When I was a sophomore in high school, I worked a summer at a Kentucky Fried Chicken in Lynn and it is a very clean operation. But I really haven't eaten there much since.
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Maybe I'll go back a little more now.
Jim L. said...
I never liked that place because it bumped Johnny Joyce's out of Joyce St. I miss those 10 cent chopped ham sandwiches!
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Everybody remembers Johnny Joyces. Chopped ham, Easterns and Westerns on white bread. Now that was eating!
Bob Hill worked in the Dairy Swirl that went into the Johnny Joyce space for awhile. I used to sneak out some leftover cold chicken breasts from Kentucky Fried Chicken and trade with him for a large cup of chocolate soft serve. Good Times
Rafe Said...
So read the blog this morning, as I do every morning. Here was the exchange between Tom McMahon and I about todays entry;
Me: "Jay Nestor ate the double down from KFC, I shit you not.
Tom's reply: "There are a few guys at my work that are all about that thing. I don't see myself ever trying one. J is a "mountain of a man". He can do just about anything."
Needless to say we are both impressed that you even purchased the DD, yet alone eat it. You are the first person I know to order it, eat, and talk about it. Truly a mountain man.
Rafe Hershfield
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Official Stuff of Nanepashemet
The other day, a truck drives by me on the highway claiming that what was inside was the "Official Window of the Boston Red Sox".
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That got me thinking of what was the "Official Stuff" of Nanepashemet.
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Such as.....
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That got me thinking of what was the "Official Stuff" of Nanepashemet.
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Such as.....
- Official Scotch of Nanepashemet - Lagavulin 16 Year Single Malt
- Official NCAA Football Team of Nanepashemet - Merrimack College Football Team
- Official Pizza of Nanepashemet - Vesuvius of Marblehead - Garlic, Pepperoni and Extra Cheese
- Official Summer Beverage of Nanepashemet - Dark and Stormy (Black Seal Rum and Stephan's Ginger Beer)
- Official Autumn Beverage of Nanepashemet - Seagrams and Cider
- Official Winter Beverage of Nanepashemet - Classic Winter Cocktail (Seagrams and Cranberry)
- Official Summer Dinner of Nanepashemet - Lobsters and Stripped Bass from Salem Sound
- Official Autumn Dinner of Nanepashemet - Deep Fried Buffalo Wings while watching the Patriots
- Official Winter Dinner of Nanepashemet - Macaroni and Cheese
- Official Hand Plane of Nanepashemet - Lie-Neilsen Adjustable Mouth Block Plane
- Official Chinese Restaurant of Nanepashemet - Feng Wah of Marblehead
- Official Domestic Beer of Nanepashemet - Sam Adams in their patented Lager Glass
- Official Imported Beer of Nanepashemet - Guinness
- Official Has-Been Hockey Team of Nanepashemet - MooseKnuckles
- Official Tablesaw of Nanepashemet - Jet 708480K JPS-30: 10" ProShop 1-1/2HP 30" SW
- Official Clam Shack of Nanepashemet - Essex Seafood of Essex, MA
- Official Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream Flavor of Nanepashemet - Cherry Garcia
- Official Jig Saw of Nanepashemet - Bosch 1591EVSK 6.4 Amp Barrel Grip Jigsaw
- Official Feeder Bird of Nanepashemet - Chickadee
- Official Epoxy Resin of Nanepashemet - West System Clear Coat 206
- Official Vegetable of Nanepashemet - 8 oz bag of Lay's Potato Chips.
- Official Five String Banjo of Nanepashemet - Gold Star Model GF-100FE
- Official Sander of Nanepashemet - Porter-Cable 371K Compact Belt Sander
- Official Charity of Nanepashement - My Brothers Table in Lynn and anything else that Harvey Rowe Supports.
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