Yeah, but they're mighty tasty. Especially with a little sauce piquante.

Hi Martin,
When I did one of my Sailing Seminars in Munich in late April it was pretty neat sailing in front of the snow-covered Alps. Temps were pretty nice, but the water was VERY, VERY cold. And the lake was extremely deep. And I was recovering from a hernia operation.
So, instead of letting out 150' or more of anchor rode for each mark, I just put the marks in without anchors. Funny, they all drifted relatively at the same speed. That kept me from freezing my hands, tearing up my hernia, etc. while hauling up hundreds and hundreds of line.
But, it was beautiful.
Rick

My Sheba Inu is Japanese and i dont know that language..
You must have an English breed

When it is cold like this, Cody, my 70 lb Golden crawls up on my lap, cuddles up and sleeps while I read the morning paper.
Won't do that if it is warm weather, however.
Pretty funny,
Rick

Our dog used to use the cat box in extreme cold events up north. I do not normally approve of this activity because the dog searches for "kitty box crunchies" while using the box (not to mention the cat gets REALLY miffed at someone using her box)

Thankfully, it never gets that cold down here, although I did have to scrape ice off the windshield of my car this morning (not really ice, probably just heavy frost, but STILL this is SW FL for pete's sake!)

Hey Jay.. TMI !!!!

If you want TMI, I'm stuck in a nieghborhood, city, and county where the ordinance is to clean up after your pet. This little item does not endear me to the concept of dog ownership (especially large dogs who poop the size of a sofa), but it wasn't my choice to begin with (spouse rules).

But, I clean up after kids which at times can be worse than what a pet can lay down....

hahah.. i think you misunderstood me...

I know of a girl who would like to get down there from Charleston. Anyone have room for a mid-twenties blond to make the drive with you? (But she's with me if/when she gets there).

Now I know you're full of s**t. I've met your dog, you don't let him in and he'll chew through the bricks on your house. plus he's bigger than you, you should be glad he lets you back inside:)

[/quote]Now I know you're full of s**t. I've met your dog, you don't let him in and he'll chew through the bricks on your house. plus he's bigger than you, you should be glad he lets you back inside:) [/quote]

+1! Bubba would eat you, spit out the bones, bury them, then dig'm up for a snack later

Gotta load up on the Vitamin E.

Did this Wednesday evening:

wtf? Cabinetry getting the better of you?

omg Karl.. that is gruesome!
I guess no hitch hiking for you in the near future!

Apparently. I made the mistake of posting those pics on my Facebook page and making them public, when all I wanted was a place to upload them and hotlink them here. Anyway, I stuck my thumb in the business end of a tablesaw. Took me 12 years to finally do it, I've been mauled by virtually everysingle piece of equipment there is but the tablesaw. I was being stupid, plain and simple. What I was doing was not really that dangerous, I've done it a million times before, but I've been working alot of hours lately trying to get a big job delivered before I go, to much stuff on my mind and I just wasn't paying attention 100% and I got bit.

This is the worst injury I've ever had in woodworking
1. Tablesaw - Mauled thumb
2. Bandsaw- Mauled the same thumb, kinda pissed cause that scar is gone forever now.
3. Run a chisel all the way through one of my fingers once. (Awesome scar)
4. Got my hand caught in a pnuematic clamp for assembling doors. Tore all of the skin off the side of my right hand. I almost passed out that hurt so bad. Hardly any blood, no trophy.
5. Filleted the back of a finger at the 2nd knuckle once with a coping saw. Bled and hurt like a bastard.
6. Rammed my hand backwards into the backside of a countertop at the shop that was uber sharp. Painful, bled alot, left an okay scar.

I've got alot of badass, well earned scars from motorcycles too.

The very first thing that went throw my mind was: "Oh sweet ****ing christ! I just knocked my ****ing thumb off." After I looked and saw it still attached the second thing that went through my mind was: "Oh kiss me! I'm leaving for Florida Monday! kiss!!"

I'm soooo glad I'm doing this with crew. It wouldn't be possible to single hand a spin boat with a thumb on the disabled list.


Anybody got advice on keeping this thing from getting infected whilst on the boat next weekend? I'm gonna be on the water probably 5 days straight.

There is nothing like a good dose of Keys salt water to help heal a wound like that.(as long as you stay away from coral) As a matter of fact, it might even help with your "feel" on the tiller since you will have to relax your grip. Come on down and get better at Tradewinds!

Ditto what he said Karl. You may want to duct tape a piece of rag over it to keep the raw part from hurting so bad. Don't tell your doctor about it though. You may need a little rum now and then for pain, but the salt water will be good for it.

I will be sure to carry duct tape and bactroban on the Sea Ray if you need to re-apply during the race.

Damn, wish I could join you Eric. I just got too much work on my plate. Headin to the Daytona test tomorrow and just picked up a new ALMS client yesterday.

lacquer thinner. Don't ask. . .