Goethe on being boatless
 

Full lunar light, that you might stare
the last time now, on my despair!
How often I've been waking here
at my old desk, till you appeared.

And over papers, notes, and books,
I've caught, my gloomy friend, your looks.
But oh, that on some vessel's flight
To wake and find your lovely light.

And float with spirits near island beaches,
weave in twilight, race on reaches,
cast dusty knowledge overboard,
and bathe in dew, until restored.

Still this old dungeon, still a mole!
cursed be this moldy walled in hole
where heaven's lovely light must pass
and lose its luster through dirt stained glass

Confined with books, and every tome
is gnawed by worms, covered with dust,
and on the walls, up to the dome,
a smoky paper, spots of rust;

Enclosed by tubes and jars that breed
more dust, by instruments and soot,
ancestral furniture to boot-
that is your world, a world indeed!

And need you ask why in my breast
my cramped heart throbs so anxiously?
Life's every stirring is oppressed
by this unfathomed agony?

Instead of living nature which
God made man for, with holy breath,
must stifles you and every niche
holds skulls and skeletons and death.

You need to get out for awhile, scout....

"Scout" wrote in message
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Full lunar light, that you might stare
the last time now, on my despair!
How often I've been waking here
at my old desk, till you appeared.

And over papers, notes, and books,
I've caught, my gloomy friend, your looks.
But oh, that on some vessel's flight
To wake and find your lovely light.

And float with spirits near island beaches,
weave in twilight, race on reaches,
cast dusty knowledge overboard,
and bathe in dew, until restored.

Still this old dungeon, still a mole!
cursed be this moldy walled in hole
where heaven's lovely light must pass
and lose its luster through dirt stained glass

Confined with books, and every tome
is gnawed by worms, covered with dust,
and on the walls, up to the dome,
a smoky paper, spots of rust;

Enclosed by tubes and jars that breed
more dust, by instruments and soot,
ancestral furniture to boot-
that is your world, a world indeed!

And need you ask why in my breast
my cramped heart throbs so anxiously?
Life's every stirring is oppressed
by this unfathomed agony?

Instead of living nature which
God made man for, with holy breath,
must stifles you and every niche
holds skulls and skeletons and death.

Poor Scout. If it helps any, you can come down and buff my hull.

Scotty

"Scout" wrote in message
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Full lunar light, that you might stare
the last time now, on my despair!
How often I've been waking here
at my old desk, till you appeared.

And over papers, notes, and books,
I've caught, my gloomy friend, your looks.
But oh, that on some vessel's flight
To wake and find your lovely light.

And float with spirits near island beaches,
weave in twilight, race on reaches,
cast dusty knowledge overboard,
and bathe in dew, until restored.

Still this old dungeon, still a mole!
cursed be this moldy walled in hole
where heaven's lovely light must pass
and lose its luster through dirt stained glass

Confined with books, and every tome
is gnawed by worms, covered with dust,
and on the walls, up to the dome,
a smoky paper, spots of rust;

Enclosed by tubes and jars that breed
more dust, by instruments and soot,
ancestral furniture to boot-
that is your world, a world indeed!

And need you ask why in my breast
my cramped heart throbs so anxiously?
Life's every stirring is oppressed
by this unfathomed agony?

Instead of living nature which
God made man for, with holy breath,
must stifles you and every niche
holds skulls and skeletons and death.

"katysails" wrote
news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
You need to get out for awhile, scout....

judge says no chance for parole

good, then you'll have time to re caulk and paint.


"Scout" wrote in message
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my grinder has only one speed, so it won't take long to get it down
to bare
wood.


"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
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Poor Scout. If it helps any, you can come down and buff my hull.

for just a little more I can add on to yr cabin. I've got the tools out
already.

"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
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good, then you'll have time to re caulk and paint.


"Scout" wrote in message
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my grinder has only one speed, so it won't take long to get it down
to bare
wood.


"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
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Poor Scout. If it helps any, you can come down and buff my hull.

No thanks, I really don't need a cabin boy.

Scotty

"Scout" wrote in message
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for just a little more I can add on to yr cabin. I've got the tools
out
already.

"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
...
good, then you'll have time to re caulk and paint.


"Scout" wrote in message

...
my grinder has only one speed, so it won't take long to get it
down
to bare
wood.


"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
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Poor Scout. If it helps any, you can come down and buff my
hull.

I was thinking more like a captain, possibly navigator.
Scout

"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
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No thanks, I really don't need a cabin boy.

Scotty

"Scout" wrote in message
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for just a little more I can add on to yr cabin. I've got the tools
out
already.

"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
...
good, then you'll have time to re caulk and paint.


"Scout" wrote in message

...
my grinder has only one speed, so it won't take long to get it
down
to bare
wood.


"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
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Poor Scout. If it helps any, you can come down and buff my
hull.

Scout wrote:
for just a little more I can add on to yr cabin. I've got the tools out
already.

Remember that discussion of sawing a boat in half and lengthening it?

I think it would be a nice Christmas gift to Scotty to turn his S30 into
a 35 or 36. I've got some spare fiberglass in the garage...

DSK

funny you mention that, Today I saw a small 13 foot sailboat that had 4
foot cut off the stern, bullwarks put in... and the boat latched back
together. The guy said he did it because it was to long to hang on the
davits of his Choy Lee. Pretty good ideal.

Joe

Is Choy Lee tastier than Chung King?

Amen!

Bob Crantz

"Joe" wrote in message
ps.com...
funny you mention that, Today I saw a small 13 foot sailboat that had 4
foot cut off the stern, bullwarks put in... and the boat latched back
together. The guy said he did it because it was to long to hang on the
davits of his Choy Lee. Pretty good ideal.

Joe

"DSK" wrote in message
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Scout wrote:
for just a little more I can add on to yr cabin. I've got the tools out
already.

Remember that discussion of sawing a boat in half and lengthening it?

I think it would be a nice Christmas gift to Scotty to turn his S30 into a
35 or 36. I've got some spare fiberglass in the garage...

I'm gonna need a lot of nails, 2x4's, elmer's glue, caulking, and coffee.
Scout

Remember that discussion of sawing a boat in half and lengthening it?

I think it would be a nice Christmas gift to Scotty to turn his S30 into a
35 or 36. I've got some spare fiberglass in the garage...


Scout wrote:
I'm gonna need a lot of nails, 2x4's, elmer's glue, caulking, and coffee.
Scout


2x4s are expensive. How about lumber from scavenged shipping pallets?

Coffee, check. We get it in those 10# Navy cannisters.

DSK

"DSK" wrote in message
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Remember that discussion of sawing a boat in half and lengthening
it?

I think it would be a nice Christmas gift to Scotty to turn his
S30 into a
35 or 36. I've got some spare fiberglass in the garage...


Scout wrote:
I'm gonna need a lot of nails, 2x4's, elmer's glue, caulking, and
coffee.
Scout


2x4s are expensive. How about lumber from scavenged shipping
pallets?

They work great. That's what I built my barn out of. I've still got
a bunch scattered around the backyard.

SV

"Scout" wrote

Remember that discussion of sawing a boat in half and lengthening
it?

I think it would be a nice Christmas gift to Scotty to turn his
S30 into a
35 or 36. I've got some spare fiberglass in the garage...

I'm gonna need a lot of nails, 2x4's, elmer's glue, caulking, and
coffee.

Galvanized nails, right?

Scotty

2x4s are expensive. How about lumber from scavenged shipping
pallets?

Scott Vernon wrote:
They work great. That's what I built my barn out of. I've still got
a bunch scattered around the backyard.


I'll bring some tarpaper too.

Your boat is gonna be so big & so fine, Bubbles will **** a H500 Enduro
and beg to go sailing with you!

DSK

Bob Crantz wrote:
Is Choy Lee tastier than Chung King?

Only with LeChoy Soya Sauce

Amen!

Bob Crantz

"Joe" wrote in message
ps.com...
funny you mention that, Today I saw a small 13 foot sailboat that had
4 foot cut off the stern, bullwarks put in... and the boat latched
back together. The guy said he did it because it was to long to hang
on the davits of his Choy Lee. Pretty good ideal.

Joe

"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
...

"Scout" wrote

Remember that discussion of sawing a boat in half and lengthening
it?

I think it would be a nice Christmas gift to Scotty to turn his
S30 into a
35 or 36. I've got some spare fiberglass in the garage...

I'm gonna need a lot of nails, 2x4's, elmer's glue, caulking, and
coffee.

Galvanized nails, right?

ok, but that's considered an upgrade.

"DSK" wrote in message
...
Remember that discussion of sawing a boat in half and lengthening it?

I think it would be a nice Christmas gift to Scotty to turn his S30 into
a 35 or 36. I've got some spare fiberglass in the garage...


Scout wrote:
I'm gonna need a lot of nails, 2x4's, elmer's glue, caulking, and coffee.
Scout

2x4s are expensive. How about lumber from scavenged shipping pallets?

absolutely but we'll have to soak 'em in water so's they don't split when
nailed.

Coffee, check. We get it in those 10# Navy cannisters.
cool, I can't drink the cheap stuff though - I'm class, all the way.

Scout

Coffee, check. We get it in those 10# Navy cannisters.

Scout wrote:
cool, I can't drink the cheap stuff though - I'm class, all the way.

Understood. But this ain't the cheap stuff. Cost me 8 years of my life ;)

DSK

I love Navy coffee. When I toured the Harry S. a few years back, they served
up some fine java.
btw - man, what an awesome boat that was!
Scout

"DSK" wrote in message
.. .
Coffee, check. We get it in those 10# Navy cannisters.

Scout wrote:
cool, I can't drink the cheap stuff though - I'm class, all the way.

Understood. But this ain't the cheap stuff. Cost me 8 years of my life ;)

DSK

Coffee?! You got coffee? When we toured the USS EISENHOWER all we
got was water.
--
Merry Christmas......
Scotty


"Scout" wrote in message
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I love Navy coffee. When I toured the Harry S. a few years back,
they served
up some fine java.
btw - man, what an awesome boat that was!
Scout

"DSK" wrote in message
.. .
Coffee, check. We get it in those 10# Navy cannisters.

Scout wrote:
cool, I can't drink the cheap stuff though - I'm class, all the
way.

Understood. But this ain't the cheap stuff. Cost me 8 years of my
life ;)

DSK

Scott Vernon wrote:
Coffee?! You got coffee? When we toured the USS EISENHOWER all we
got was water.

Yeah, but you were just touring. Scout was fixing the reactors. Of
course he gets a free cup of coffee, do you think Uncle Sam is some kind
of cheapskate?

DSK

"DSK" wrote in message
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Scott Vernon wrote:
Coffee?! You got coffee? When we toured the USS EISENHOWER all
we
got was water.

Yeah, but you were just touring. Scout was fixing the reactors. Of
course he gets a free cup of coffee, do you think Uncle Sam is some
kind
of cheapskate?

No. The Navy housed and fed us for the weekend.

--
Merry Christmas......
Scotty

Actually I was in Norfolk on business - not quite fixing the reactor though,
I was starting up a DDC system. Met up with my sailor-cousin though, who had
some pull, and my wife and I got a personal midnight tour (pre 911). They
graciously offered us a ride the following weekend but I was due back in
Philadelphia and had to decline.
Scout

"DSK" wrote in message
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Scott Vernon wrote:
Coffee?! You got coffee? When we toured the USS EISENHOWER all we
got was water.

Yeah, but you were just touring. Scout was fixing the reactors. Of course
he gets a free cup of coffee, do you think Uncle Sam is some kind of
cheapskate?

DSK