On Thu, 6 Nov 2003 12:07:29 -0500, "Jim Woodward" jameslwoodward at
attbi dot com wrote:


One of the requirements for the boat that turned out to be Fintry was that
we could get her draft to less than seven feet for trips between here and
Florida -- so, a few years from now, we might just do that.

--
Jim Woodward
www.mvFintry.com

A French Canadian who left his 38' sloop here so they could go home to
see the grandkids for Christmas met some French sailors at the
Maritime Center dock. I'd befriended Yves and Claudette on this
newsgroup a few years ago and invited them to stop by for a visit.

They wanted to eat some South Carolina food and meet the people,
without it being SEAFOOD they were all sick of by then. I piled them
into my old, restored Mercedes and drove them up to Ridgeville, SC,
about 35 miles from the city. Dinner was at Duke's Barbecue, the
finest country restaurant $5 can buy (all-you-can-eat) NOONE goes
away hungry. Dukes own the farm the hogs are raised on!

I don't think anyone in Ridgeville, a tiny town of about 500, had
heard anyone speaking French, before, especially not standing in line
at Dukes! The whole place was unusually "quiet" (meaning you didn't
have to scream to be heard). Ms Dukes was thrilled to have them.

I don't know if they liked it or not, but the men went through THREE
plates piled high with SC Open Pit BBQ cooked very slowly over an open
pit loaded with red oak coals from a nearby fire....yum, yum!



Larry W4CSC

"Very funny, Scotty! Now, BEAM ME MY CLOTHES! KIRK OUT!"