As the monkey said when he backed in to the lawnmower...

[NormMessinger]

...it won't be long now.

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[ken mcclure]

Like the airplane mechanic who backed into a propeller and got a little behind in her work.....

[Rich VanValkenburg]

Haven't heard much about Humble Bee lately...?

[NormMessinger]

Humble Bee is almost complete except for oar lock sockets and awaits painting. When Lynn was here last week we built a Sweet Dream canoe so HB is on hold for the moment while I use it as a testbed for Kirby paint on System Three. Trouble is the hot shot PC Phyllis has been building up is miss behaving. The latest problem is the USB ports no longer work so I can't upload pictures. Linux looks better all the time.

--Norm

[Wild Dingo]

Norm mate I got a thought here... now Im gonna suggest that everytime you post a pic you make sure your missus is right there in the thick of it okay??? She has the most awesome smile!! Tells the whole story of the sail with that simple smile... look at her!... joy, exhileration and sheer pleasure all in the one package!... :cool:

Now if I can just figure out how I get Jo to do the same thing prior to building Id be one happy little dingo I can tell ya! then again maybe it only occurs with the wimmin critters after the boats built and in the drink? :eek:

Now get back to work mate!! And... Im allowed to say that bein as Im restricted for awhile and I wanna see that Humble bee floating :D tongue.gif

Take it easy
Shane

[John B]

Nice to see you, Dingo me boy. Ready for the marathon in no time eh?

We just got back from a week away Norm.Slid home last night just ahead of the next front. Great time despite some pretty serious weather. I'll put her away now, and sit back and listen to what you get up to.

[John R Smith]

Always hang on to your mainsheet, Norm? Or was it just a squally sort of a day . . .

John

[NormMessinger]

That's Ed, Crystal's husband hanging on to the main sheet. But, yes, pretty much. There is no such thing as a steady wind in these parts. It comes swerling down around and over the hills. Besides, 1) ya gotta tack every quarter mile or so on these little lakes (the tide's not out, there's a drought) and 2) I haven't figured out a place for the cleets should I ever want to tie it off. I'd let Phyllis hold it but she'd let go to grab on if the deck got out of horizontal.

--Norm

[John R Smith]

You know, it's true that the guy on the tiller doesn't look much like you, but that extra beer I had last night must have done something to my eyesight this morning . . .

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[NormMessinger]

Man oh man, if we could combine his wood working skills and my good looks we'd make, well, we'd make one heck of a good wood worker. Ed builds consols for a pipe organ maker and his Concordia Yawl shows it.
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--Norm

[Rob H]

Nebraska,let's see... does Ed work with Gene Bedient?
(I'm in the same line of work.)

[ken mcclure]

I think he works with O.

[Ed Harrow]

Rob, do you ever go to the Eastern Mass Theater Organ events? Now there's an instrument worth a :D A silent movie, a good pipe organ, and someone who knows how to make it toot, it doesn't get tooooo much better than that.

[NormMessinger]

I don't know the company Ed works for though I'm sure he said. I was surpised there was such a company in Linclon.

--Norm

[Rob H]

The only theater organ events I've been to were in Tonawanda, NY, about 12 years ago. Sure was fun, though!
Our shop is full of church organ and classical music types. Myself, I'm mostly just a banjo player. Old-timey fiddle tunes etc.
We have one guy in the shop who worked with Bedient in Lincoln before he came east.

[NormMessinger]

I just heard, on the radio, a wonderful rendition of Bach on cello and banjo. Sheesh! And I thought all banjo music sounded the same.

--N smile.gif R M

[Andrew]

Norm, was that Bela Fleck on banjo?

[NormMessinger]

Bela Fleck, yes that sounds right. I'm really bad with names.

--Norm

[LaMess]

Well there was this one time he tied off the sheet on Devlin's Egret.... Ended up bailing A LOT with our shoes. Hee Hee.

Lynn

[NormMessinger]

Yeah, that was an interesting day. That was, what the third time we took K.T. out? Wes and Lynn came home for a visit. On the First Saturday we started build Devlin's Egret. On the Second Saturday we went sailing just before dashing to the airport to send Wes and Granddaughter Kait home. Next trip, we got grandma aboard and headed out. Soon she was wanting to be taken back to the dock. Who said, "Um, Mom, I don't think we can." Of course that solved the problem of having to take her back. She jumped ship as soon as the wind blew us up against the bank. Somehow we got off and embarked on what might be called the Third Trip. We learned three things: 1) never tie off the sheet. 2) It is absoulutly amazing how fast the kid can get on the top rail when water is pouring over the bottom rail and 3) never go out without a bailing bucket.

--No(notmuch)Mess

[Rob H]

Nobody will EVER confuse my banjo playing with Bela Fleck's!