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Mark Borgerson

In article s.com,
llid says...

"Jessica B" wrote in message
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On Tue, 29 Mar 2011 14:22:35 -0400, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:
SNIP

I spent all afternoon doing a good spring cleaning in the v-berth. My, but
what a disgusting mess in all the nooks and crannies. Mold and mildew and
dust and cat hair. I sure hope you and Jimbo aren't allergic to cats. I had
to go over everything with bleach and water. Even the little nylon cargo
nets that hang along the ceiling (on a boat, ceiling means the walls on the
inside of the hull) were dark with mildew. They are supposed to be white but
they looked black when I removed all the miscellaneous junk and tossed about
half of it into the garbage. I washed them in strong bleach, detergent and
water solution and they turned out nice and white again.

Tomorrow, I'm working my way aft cleaning and getting rid of a lot of stuff
I haven't used in a year or so. I figure if I haven't used it in a year it's
time for it to go. Otherwise the boat just gets too cluttered with junk.

Hey---that happens to houses too----especially after the kids grow up.
There are a lot of things in the attic I haven't seen or touched in
5 years. They should go to Goodwill.

I cleaned out the freezer yesterday----and tossed almost 30 pounds of
freezer-burned junk. The problem with a big freezer is that you tend
to fill it with leftovers, thinking you'll use them in the next week.
Never happens!
I've bagged up all the unused crap and tossed it into the dinghy to take it
ashore for the dumpster and the dinghy is down on its lines. Must be 100
pounds of crap - mostly old books. Now that I bought a Kindle I don't need
to carry a bunch of books. I also have a new digital portable TV you or
Jimbo can have if you want it. It's a little, seven inch flat screen HDTV. I
bought it a few months ago but it turns out we're too far from Miami here
and there's no stations within range without some fancy tall TV antenna. So,
it's useless for me.

Give the books to Goodwill or somebody. You might even find a group
that willcome pick them up. If nothing else, put a box with a "Free
Books" label in the nearest Marina Office.

Mark Borgerson