Whatcha doing today?

[j.w]

@addy1 that new boat is gorgeous and I see you spending a lot of time in it! It's like a home away from home w/all it has to offer! No more fix up work either. Just go and enjoy it.
All that you did to your old one to make it so nice should make it very sell-able.

 

[Dimelius]

Pond shopping
2 wansiva, 2 elizabeth princess, 1 perry magnificent, 1 pontederia, 2 blue iris, a pach of elodea, 2 lysimachia, 3 typha variegata and 2 typha minima + juncus for free...ah forgot 6 lotos seeds.
And 20 medakas

 

[addy1]

Our boat was a Carver with a flybridge.

How neat this is a 2001 396 motor yacht, 40 feet, which will fit our slip just fine. Thanks for the info on steering it, it will be a learning curve. I have driven a canoe and a 21 foot stingray. We never took our SeaRay out, covid the first summer, not allowed, the second summer was working on it and just never did take it out. Busy river and marina, a bit intimidated. And the chesapeak bay is crazy busy in the summer. The carver has 211 hours on the engines, a baby.

We use the 21 foot stingray as our run around and have fun boat, easy small and fast.

 

[addy1]

@addy1 that new boat is gorgeous and I see you spending a lot of time in it! It's like a home away from home w/all it has to offer! No more fix up work either. Just go and enjoy it.
All that you did to your old one to make it so nice should make it very sell-able.

We spend a lot of time on the boat, it is our now floating condo. The couch is like butter soft leather. We were getting ready to replace the cushions on the SeaRay at the cost of 5k to make them softer. Canceled that order.

There is a bit of cosmetic work to do. Not much, on the outside, inside nothing.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

Watched the Blue Origin launch a few minutes ago. You might have heard about it since William Shatner was on board.

I saw the same rocket in person back in 2017 at EAA Airventure.

 

[GBBUDD]

I have been very busy as i have absolutely no faith what so ever in the world or our country today. Taking Care of my own.
Cats are like geckos, but a bowl of noodles are twice as long as chickens

 

[addy1]

Rented a off season house for a week down on the outer banks in NC. My family used to camp here for 4-6 weeks when I was a kid. Pop up coleman tent trailer. Love it here. Can see the ocean on one side, the sound on the other. Heading up to 78 today

 

[j.w]

@GBBUDD is losing his mind and @addy1 is out there enjoying what goodness is left in the world!

I'm sitting here drinking my green tea and then I will get a nice long walk in today. Might be a wet one but nothing better than the great outdoors to lift you up.

 

[mrsclem]

Playing trying out my new yard toy. Got an electric wood chipper to help get rid of all the branches that fall as well as all the yard waste. Hopefully will help with having to buy a lot of mulch every year.

 

[GBBUDD]

Talk to your local tree service they will give you all the mulch you want so long as it's white /not dyed

 

[mrsclem]

Problem is I have no way to haul it! Plenty of trees and brush here.

 

[combatwombat]

Been digging up overgrown gravel beds in the front yard for more river rock to add to the bog. Kind of a nightmare task, but killing two birds with one stone. Or 2 chickens and bowl of noodles or whatever the heck it is that @GBBUDD likes to say.

@mrsclem: Check out Chip Drop. Arborists often have to pay to dump their chips. Chip drop connects them with homeowners near their job sites where they can dump for free. Where I am, it's a little bit competitive, so you can actually offer a fee so that you'll be chosen faster. I paid $20 last summer and ended up with 20 yards of chips. Dummies buried my mailbox, though, and the mailman was a bit annoyed until I dug it out.

 

[brokensword]

Been digging up overgrown gravel beds in the front yard for more river rock to add to the bog. Kind of a nightmare task, but killing two birds with one stone. Or 2 chickens and bowl of noodles or whatever the heck it is that @GBBUDD likes to say.

@mrsclem: Check out Chip Drop. Arborists often have to pay to dump their chips. Chip drop connects them with homeowners near their job sites where they can dump for free. Where I am, it's a little bit competitive, so you can actually offer a fee so that you'll be chosen faster. I paid $20 last summer and ended up with 20 yards of chips. Dummies buried my mailbox, though, and the mailman was a bit annoyed until I dug it out.

Reminds me of a story, CW: back when I was building my house, I had a delivery of gravel slated for a brick sidewalk from the driveway to the front door. At the time, my driveway was just crushed concrete (paving came a couple years after). Now, this was a day I wasn't heading to work for some reason and I didn't know I'd need to actually be monitoring the situation. Well, this delivery guy dropped 10 yds about 3' from my garage door. No problem you think? Well, since my truck and equiptment were STILL inside, it meant I now couldn't get out.

I was furious; called the main office and told them to send someone out to move the pile so I could get my truck out. They refused. I told them then; well, I refuse to pay you then. I figure I charge $$ when I work and since I now had to move all that gravel myself by hand, their charge is what I charged to do it.

Lesson learned; now, I NEVER am absent with any delivery, no matter what it is, if it involves a dump truck or fork lift. Just couldn't believe anyone would unload right in front of a garage door.

 

[GBBUDD]

Or 2 chickens and bowl of noodles or whatever the heck it is that @GBBUDD likes to say.

It had nothing to do with that, but I like your rationalizing It made me chuckle aloud.

I always have someone or myself onsite for any bulk delivery UNLESS I know them well. I have had concrete drivers show up to high security sites with Hawain shirts shorts and flip flops. As we are all walking around in long pants and shirts boots high vis vests glasses and hard hats. I ask them if they think we are members of a cult to dress this way. The professional truck driver is a very loose term. As some are very responsible while others ahhhhh no.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

My original plan to hike this week didn't work out, but I did visit the root river today to see how the salmon run was going. There weren't many. Saw one live salmon and maybe 20 dead. Not really any fall colors in the area, either.