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Loved lauded And Emulated (No, Not Me)

8/3/2019

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Everyone loves those other boat building sites. The public wants to be just like them.  Great accomplishments are praised and copied. What do I get? You two guys. I check the comments and there are none. I spend all this time writing terrible prose and decrying the benefits of building your own boat. What do you do? You listen to me. I bet more starry eyed fools (like we were) have been turned off the whole process (like we were).  Hmmmm, maybe I only want to tell people that it' really hard to do this. 

Hey, it's really hard to do this! 

So the lethargy is dissipating.  The temperatures are still elevating. My enthusiasm is escalating. maybe sailing awaits.
I installed the swing arm table. It can move out of the way or in the way. I am typing on it right now so you can feel the smooth movement.

My anchor rope was all twisty. I had it sitting in a couple milk crates until I figured out what to do. I have two ropes for two anchors. I still have to do something with the third anchor, which is the "Oh crap, we a' headin' inta danger, throw everything overboard to stop us" anchor. I didn't wish to inflate the Rubber Puppy, my blowupable dinghy, so I recruited people to haul out the line. I tied a round fender to the line hand had them drag out the line to it's full length so I could crank it back in and let it untwist in the process. I don't have a picture because I have a video of it over there on the video channel. It has my usual production quality (None!). You two haven't seen a video for a while, If you have a weak stomach for badly done videos, take a pill.

​Cat T. Cat caught a pigeon. He lies, satiated, next to me as I type.

The Music: Eteel Blossoms "You Ain't Sleeping Over"

Commitment phobia is a terrible thing. People spend less time deciding to get a tattoo.
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Olivier
8/6/2019 02:22:30 am

Salut
Juste pour le moral. Tu as encore un adepte.
Je me réjouis de lire la suite de l'aventure sous voiles.
Salut de Genève où il fait beau.
Olivier

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Sergey
8/6/2019 10:47:38 am

Man, it's hard for sure. But you've done a great job, enjoy it now.

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Sue
8/13/2019 05:37:12 pm

Have been following your whole build. Just want you to know there are others out here who have enjoyed your prose the last few years but just haven't written anything! Beautiful job - especially the color scheme!

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