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Tuesday, February 20. 2007

Nice launch

1910. And it's for sale, too. Think about it. What sort of fiberglass bathtub does your boat club use?

 

Posted by Bird Dog in The Culture, "Culture," Pop Culture and Recreation at 14:31 | Comments (18) | Trackbacks (0)

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Beautiful. Though I can't imagine it would be much fun out on a choppy Puget Sound, or when hauling in a halibut.

On the other hand, it looks as if it would fit alongside the house. Though I would probably be required to first buy a straw boater hat and a white Gibson Girl parasol for the Missus. Maybe join a barbershop quartet?
#1 Skookumchuk (Link) on 2007-02-20 16:35 (Reply)
Ahh, "Sweet Adeline" echoing over the shining big sea waters....
#2 buddy larsen on 2007-02-20 17:25 (Reply)
What a beautiful craft...but did an illegal alien or Karl Marx ever.....Habu,Habu, my G*d man get a hold of youself this is the boat section.

"Well yeah but did.."
"No, no dids or Marx or Sandanistas or any of that jazz"

"well did it ever have people on it celebrating Geo. Washington's birthday , like tow days from now?

"That's it calm down, find your happy place...yes In fact (lets humor Habu) this is THE boat he crossed the Delaware in to attack Trenton and rout the nasty Hessions in the Revolutionary War"

"oh kool, I think I'll take a nap now"
"good ok"
"THIS IS MY RIFLE, THERE ARE MANY LIKE IT BUT THIS ONE IS MINE............
#3 Habu on 2007-02-20 17:52 (Reply)
Trenton--wow--what a story. I mean the whole thing--the background, the stakes, the operational problems--and the results. Not one of my kids was taught that battle, in their schoolings--but they got plenty about Geo Washington's warts. "Deconstructionism" dontcha know.
#4 buddy larsen on 2007-02-20 19:35 (Reply)
It is termed "loose associations" and is is a very grave psychiatric symptom.

http://www.webref.org/psychology/l/loose_associations_derailment.htm

If all Maggies readers would only take their daily meds as prescribed, we would not rocket from a pretty little launch to GW's warts.
#5 BD on 2007-02-20 19:58 (Reply)
I know from rockets. I had a Saturn V model as a kid.
#6 Skookumchuk (Link) on 2007-02-20 20:01 (Reply)
I was a kid once, too, it ain't just all about you y'know
#7 buddy larsen on 2007-02-20 20:06 (Reply)
I was thinking more along the lines of...this is my rifle, this is my gun...are where they the same...too long ago. But, nice craft none the less, perfect for an afternoon of lollygagging.
#8 Luther McLeod on 2007-02-20 20:14 (Reply)
OK, I paced off the distance and it fits between the shed and the front fence, making allowances for the trailer tongue and some maneuvering room. I would have to move one of the birdhouses, but that is a small matter.

"Oh that? That's a boat, sweetie."
#9 Skookumchuk (Link) on 2007-02-20 20:27 (Reply)
There's not one voice in my head that is afeerd of "loose association"

Just remember.."Schizophrenia, you're never alone"
#10 Habu on 2007-02-20 20:51 (Reply)
Perfect H. That was a new one for me. I lead a sheltered life you know.
#11 Luther McLeod on 2007-02-20 21:02 (Reply)
"Alzheimer's, you can hide your own Easter eggs."
#12 buddy larsen on 2007-02-20 21:16 (Reply)
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#13 Habu on 2007-02-20 21:25 (Reply)
Ah, the scene from "The Shining" --gone-quietly-insane author works on book for months, has a thousand pages done.

Wife sneaks in to take a look, and every page is filled with "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy".

She's reading through the stack in mounting horror, when hubby suddenly reappears next to her.

"How do you like it?" he asks, grinning.
#14 buddy larsen on 2007-02-20 21:31 (Reply)
Please forgive the are for or. Let's see, what debility should I claim... none, damn, shame.

Easter eggs, I think H. may have laid one :-)
#15 Luther McLeod on 2007-02-20 21:37 (Reply)
BD,
It is termed "loose associations" and is is a very grave psychiatric symptom.

http://www.webref.org/psychology/l/loose_associations_derailment.htm

If all Maggies readers would only take their daily meds as prescribed, we would not rocket from a pretty little launch to GW's warts.

If you'll post the Maggies Farm guidebook to postings I'll look it over and see if it fits my style and is compatable with my psychological problem. If they can be reconciled great, if not,that too will be just as informative.
#16 Habu on 2007-02-20 23:27 (Reply)
I think he was appreciating, not depreciating. At least, that's how i will take it, in this strange land i'm a stranger in. This world where Little Lulu and Machine Gun Kelly stroll hand in hand over the bridge to Somewhere, across the river of life, upon which i float like a leaf.
#17 buddy larsen on 2007-02-21 01:03 (Reply)
The MF Comment Guidebook clearly states, Article Vl, Section 3: "Anything Habu says is OK."
#18 BD on 2007-02-21 07:45 (Reply)

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