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All my extra funds go to keeping up the two boats, 38 is for luxury offshore and the 25 is a rocket sled for quick trips to the edge. Mostly for Mr Blue Stripes, Whitey and bluefin/yellowfin tuna. Once you catch one you never go back to flounder and porgies.

I do have a 25' Sea Ox htat we trailer as well as the 38 Ocean. When I get to the ramp the bozos are lined up luckily I usually have someone with me to either back up or run the boat. We get a straight shot between the others and launch in about 2 minutes as we park the truck. Loading is the same power onto the trailer at about 3800 rpms on the yamahas and hook the bow hook and away we go in about the same amount of time. The weekend warriors are screaming their lungs out because we did not use the end ramps but launched and retrieved where there was no bulkheads. It is the same reason we leave the dock at 3AM and do not return until 7-8PM when fishing the canyons. We see straps left on the boats as they back down and water over the transom when the boat should be floating. Garrett plugs left out, telling the wife to hold the like while hubby parks the truck. Oops forgot to put in neutral, wife takes a bath and there goes the new boat downstream. Used to operate a towing agency, was called one night that a truck was stuck on the ramp after launching the boat. Went out to the ramp saw nothing and left. Get a call on the radio that the truck is still there. I tell radio operator I was just there and no truck. Went back a this guy runs over to the tow truck. My truck is on the ramp. It was a F250 with just the4 top marker lights showing. Told him he would have to hook the chains as I did not want to get into 50 degree water. He hooked it up and out came a new F25 complete with a 30' sea lion trailer.

Ever been in a chicken house? RUN!!!

We just go to the nearest boat ramp in the summer and watch the weekend warriors launch and load their boats on trailers. Bring a beach chair and be prepared to laugh at the wheel jockeys. Have seen boaters forget to put in park when launching, truck ends up under water, have seen ones forget to install the plug, sinks at the dock. Have seen trailers break axles when retrieving, have seen boaters winch boats of 7000+ lbs back on with winch made for a kiddie pool boat. Seen cables break and go through the rear window and out the front.

Brian, Was it near South Philly, saw on news that there was some smell in the air may have been some type of discharge for the refineries. Also check for fires or accidents in the area.

Brian, Wednesday and next weekend look like some snow also. Temps on Monday and Tuesday may cooperate.

Just out of curiosity why would anyone allow a tree to grow so close to the house?

Ozone generator, lost electric at boat with a freezer full of bait, electric was off for 2-3 days, smell was not pleasant when I opened the salon door. In fact i could only walk in for about 2 minutes to bring out buckets of bait to dispose of. Removed freezer, washed area with bleach, placed baking soda around cabin and let large ozone generator run for a week. Kilz all surfaces and now I can watch football games in salon.

My grandson got loose with a magic marker. Did he sign his name?

Temps are low 60's but water is 69 degrees, but due to a barge spill in the inlet below Atlantic City NJ all I smell is diesel oil. No fishing or beach this weekend wind from NE blowing the oil up on our dunes.

Be careful remember bamboo is individula strands of fibers and not like wood you usually encounter. That is why I used maple at my shore house for hardwood flooring as sand causes the individual fibers of bamboo to delaminate.

Remind me not to eat blue claws after you clean

Have a '92 Chev P/U bought a 2000 F150 to replace it eventually but when the ford needed an entire front end and gas tank brackets I traded for a new Chev P/U. Entire under carriage was rusted on the Ford in 8 years.

Have one every five years per my license and am enrolled in random drug testing for USCG, have to report within 48 hrs of notice for drug testing.

Worked for 1 year with torn rotator cuff, kept arm and shoulder tucked in and used other arm to swing wand cleaning trucks. Did same on decks but a little easier as did not have to reach as high. Colds and flu work through them.

Feel that advertising is chasing dollars right now, would be better spent going after past clients. Will not go into mass mailings but will send targeted postcards.

Run out of Josh's pork rind use it as bait on a hook.

Do you have any hobbies you can turn into cash? I make offshore fishing lures and leaders that can be sold at local fishing flea markets. Good for a few hundred each trip.

Going with R/S and fall back to Cabots for any solids that are requested.

I think they mount the wiz roller on a remote car to travel with you.

Keep my plastic windows from leaking when the zippers wear out.

Thank you it has been bugging me for months to remember, senior moment.

Anyone remember the group of Roy Orbison, Bob Dylan, George Harrison and Tom Petty? Think they made one album.

Beth, Don't forget Eric Burton

They are MY GENERATION