On Fri, 19 Jan 2007 14:24:52 +0000, Ian Malcolm
wrote:

JohnH wrote:

Ian Malcolm wrote:

JohnH wrote:

Gene Kearns wrote:

Chuck Gould wrote:

Now.... can we get back to water related stuff?


Sounds good to me. Now, who's got the recipe for the chowdah mentioned in
Harry's thread?

Well if you want the Scottish variety, google for: cullen skink recipe
I'm afraid that unless my mother is making it from scratch, I get it

from the supermarket.

On the boat related side of things, I just got a letter from the marina.
Annual lock maintenance closure extended due to adverse weather . . .
:-(


Speaking of weather, you guys seem to be catching some real crap according
to our local news. Hope all is well with you and yours.

Thank you for asking, John.

All seems to be well, though a relative was working in a health centre
near where the child was crushed by the falling wall in north London.
As the staff know the family well, eveyone was rather upset. I am not
going to say any more out of respect for their confidentiality other
than to say they are in our thoughts.

On a lighter note, I haven't recived any nastygrams from the Marina and
this webcam loking out over the Thames estuary in the general area looks
fairly calm at the moment:

http://www.iossc.org.uk/weather/

so all should be OK with the yacht. I am down there tomorrow to do
maintenance. I'm mighty glad I picked up the permanent shore lines from
our previous marina just after Christmas and put them on a fortnight
back. They are extremely heavy three strand with spliced eyes and well
covered with reinforced plastic hoze to prevent chafe. We were
thinking about hauling out for the winter but I think in view of the
number of yachts which have been toppled this year, even though we've
moved to a less exposed marina, we'll stay in apart from a brief haulout
for essentials like antifouling and anodes.

Got a work party on down my local sailing club on Sunday, I wonder what
chaos We'll find in the dinghy park. :-(

Looks nice and calm now. Glad to hear all is well. I just talked to a
friend in the Netherlands. They lost a couple trees in their garden, but no
damage to property.
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***** Have a super day! *****

John H