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Bruce in Bangkok[_7_]

On Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:52:17 -0400, wrote:

On Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:56:13 -0000, Justin C wrote:

In article , Bruce in Bangkok wrote:

On a less frivolous note, there is a boat down the dock from me that
has real car tires for fenders - carefully covered by custom sewed
covers made from Sunbrella fabric.......And tied to the lifelines with
sparkling white double-braid.

That's another way of recycling. The tyres will probably last longer
than regular fenders too. I guess that without the fabric covers the
tyre rubber will mark the boat, so they're not just to improve
appearances.

Justin.

BTW: Tyres are those air-filled rubber things on the wheels of an
automobile, tires is what one does when one works hard ;-)

Yes, and the water that collects in each one makes a dandy little mosquito
factory. In many locales, that spells "West Nile Virus".

Nope, the modern trend is to bore a hole in the bottom to let the
water out....don;t got no West Nile Fever over here. Here we got
Dinghy Fever.... Nautical all then way :-)

Bruce-in-Bangkok
(correct Address is bpaige125atgmaildotcom)