On Mon, 02 Apr 2012 05:40:57 -0500, Rick Morel
wrote:

On Sun, 1 Apr 2012 22:09:04 -0400, "Flying Pig"
wrote:

Does anybody (really) know what time it is (or so the lyric goes...)?


First, check the last line in my signature block.


Second, check your calendar,


Third, disengage (the best crafted ones have enough truth to reel them in,
hook, line and sinker) :{))


We'll be floating some time this year...


L8R

Skip

BAZINGA!

Rick

LOL.
My wife reminded me last night of the date, after the local news
weatherman forecast snow, then backed off, citing 4/1.
They should have made the date for foolery 2/29.
Having it at 4/1 makes it too frequent.
And I usually get caught.
But in this case the denouement is pleasing.

--Vic

On 2012-04-02, Flying Pig wrote:
Does anybody (really) know what time it is (or so the lyric goes...)?

You're mean.


Justin.

"Flying Pig" wrote in message
...
Does anybody (really) know what time it is (or so the lyric goes...)?


First, check the last line in my signature block.


Second, check your calendar,


Third, disengage (the best crafted ones have enough truth to reel them
in, hook, line and sinker) :{))


We'll be floating some time this year...


LOL! The reason everybody was deceived was because your soap operatic
tale of woe was so typical, so consistent and, as such, so believable.
Considering your past history of victimhood, it fit the script perfectly.

So, I'm not ashamed at being snookered. I do hope you didn't jinx Lydia's
mother, though.


Wilbur Hubbard

On 2/04/2012 10:00 AM, Vic Smith wrote:
On Mon, 02 Apr 2012 05:40:57 -0500, Rick Morel
wrote:

On Sun, 1 Apr 2012 22:09:04 -0400, "Flying Pig"
wrote:

Does anybody (really) know what time it is (or so the lyric goes...)?


First, check the last line in my signature block.


Second, check your calendar,


Third, disengage (the best crafted ones have enough truth to reel them in,
hook, line and sinker) :{))


We'll be floating some time this year...


L8R

Skip

BAZINGA!

Rick

LOL.
My wife reminded me last night of the date, after the local news
weatherman forecast snow, then backed off, citing 4/1.
They should have made the date for foolery 2/29.
Having it at 4/1 makes it too frequent.
And I usually get caught.
But in this case the denouement is pleasing.

--Vic



Hey Vic!
Leave the 29th out of it. We've got enough to put up with
only getting a birthday every 4 years.
Hoges in WA
(but currently a long way from Western Australia
in the Exuma Park on a ball)

On Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:31:38 -0400, injipoint
wrote:



Hey Vic!
Leave the 29th out of it. We've got enough to put up with
only getting a birthday every 4 years.
Hoges in WA
(but currently a long way from Western Australia
in the Exuma Park on a ball)

Hey Hoges!
You're the first person I've "met" with that birth date.
Maybe I don't around enough.
Looks like you do though.
I recall you were going to meet up with some posters here.
Ever happen?
I looked up Exuma Park.
They say it's hard to leave there.

--Vic

On 10/04/2012 6:34 PM, Vic Smith wrote:
On Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:31:38 -0400,
wrote:



Hey Vic!
Leave the 29th out of it. We've got enough to put up with
only getting a birthday every 4 years.
Hoges in WA
(but currently a long way from Western Australia
in the Exuma Park on a ball)

Hey Hoges!
You're the first person I've "met" with that birth date.
Maybe I don't around enough.
Looks like you do though.
I recall you were going to meet up with some posters here.
Ever happen?
I looked up Exuma Park.
They say it's hard to leave there.

--Vic

Hi Vic.
I was actually at college in the same group as a guy with a common 29th
and didn't know until our third year, which was a Leap Year. He's only
14, though. I turned 15 this year.

Yes I have caught up with a couple. I had a delightful lunch and long
chat with Skip and Lydia when we were in Ft Pierce. I passed Roger
several times through the Dismal Swamp and finally saw him tie up in
front of the restaurant I was having lunch in in Elizabeth City.

I also spent a fantastic couple of days with Larry in Charleston,
eating, telling stories, listening to stories, fixing stuff.
We went for a drive around Charleston in his infamous Air Force
Step van, with Carol sitting on an office chair secured with a bungee
cord to the side and me sitting on some speakers. What a truck!
Well, we wouldn't fit in his Smart Car. We even took him to
the Charleston Museum, as he'd never been! I guess you don't
"tour" your own town, eh.
I went down to Key West by car and had a look for others of interest
on the way but I think that's all. We missed Wayne as he travelled
down the Bay - damn trawlers move too quick for us.

We met quite a few people from various forums or publications as
we came down the ICW.

We had a whale of a time in the US and now will have to wait
about 5 or 6 years to get the boat home so that we can fly
back.
Hoges in WA

On Tue, 10 Apr 2012 19:34:35 -0400, injipoint
wrote:



We had a whale of a time in the US and now will have to wait
about 5 or 6 years to get the boat home so that we can fly
back.

That all sounds great.
Good to hear it worked out well meeting the faces behind the words.
I don't understand the "5 or 6 years" comment.
Can you explain?

--Vic

On 10/04/2012 7:56 PM, Vic Smith wrote:
On Tue, 10 Apr 2012 19:34:35 -0400,
wrote:



We had a whale of a time in the US and now will have to wait
about 5 or 6 years to get the boat home so that we can fly
back.

That all sounds great.
Good to hear it worked out well meeting the faces behind the words.
I don't understand the "5 or 6 years" comment.
Can you explain?

--Vic


Sure.
We go from here to Bermuda and then the Azores/Portugal.
(we'll probably go home for medical checks etc from Lagos)

From there around the Med and the Black Sea / Danube
for a couple of years and spit out at the end again and go
north to Uk/Ireland. If we don't mind the cold, we might
go to the Baltic but to me that's more of a quick train
trip with woolly jumpers and Ugg boots on.

Somehow we have to work out whether we want to go through France by
canal boat or just park somewhere and cycle around a bit. Unknown.
Same for Northern Spain, although there's good surf there so that'll
hook me for some time.

Then down to Cape Verde and back across to the Caribbean
Through the canal and into the big wide Pacific and
wander across to the far side of Australia.
Unless we don't go down and leave the boat up in Indo
or similar.
Might take 5? Not sure. As long as our health holds
up we'll keep wandering.

Open to change, as even the first year has been. We've not
done things that we were sure we'd do (go to Dollyville!) and done
other things we never thought we'd do (spend Christmas in Daytona)

Our year in the US was magnificent - what a country!!

On Tue, 10 Apr 2012 21:03:39 -0400, injipoint
wrote:


Sure.
We go from here to Bermuda and then the Azores/Portugal.
(we'll probably go home for medical checks etc from Lagos)

From there around the Med and the Black Sea / Danube
for a couple of years and spit out at the end again and go
north to Uk/Ireland. If we don't mind the cold, we might
go to the Baltic but to me that's more of a quick train
trip with woolly jumpers and Ugg boots on.

Somehow we have to work out whether we want to go through France by
canal boat or just park somewhere and cycle around a bit. Unknown.
Same for Northern Spain, although there's good surf there so that'll
hook me for some time.

Then down to Cape Verde and back across to the Caribbean
Through the canal and into the big wide Pacific and
wander across to the far side of Australia.
Unless we don't go down and leave the boat up in Indo
or similar.
Might take 5? Not sure. As long as our health holds
up we'll keep wandering.

Open to change, as even the first year has been. We've not
done things that we were sure we'd do (go to Dollyville!) and done
other things we never thought we'd do (spend Christmas in Daytona)

Our year in the US was magnificent - what a country!!

Thanks. Sounds like an "exciting" itinerary.
You're in for some good chow, among other things.
Good luck and fair winds!

--Vic

ps. I haven't even seen mention of your boat here, but maybe I missed
it. Do you post any place where we can stay in touch with your
travels?

On Wed, 11 Apr 2012 16:11:20 -0400, injipoint
wrote:

Some days, 5 0'clock seems to take forever to arrive.

===

It's always 5 o'clock somewhere... :-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wdOqAxYGis