Intending to start my spring work, I went up to Marinette WI were I keep
Essie, about a 40 minute drive up the western shore of Green Bay. Had lunch,
went to the marina, found that during the past few weeks in which we
actually had winter snow, someone has been shoveling the snow and piling it
up in several places -- most inconveniently, under the port buttocks of
Escapade. Did my best to clear through the remaining snow and ice so that I
could place my ladder for boarding, but couldn't get through the four inches
or so located just exactly where I needed to put the ladder legs to get
through the door in my winter shrink-wrap cover.

Bugger it all.

On the bright side, it appears that I'm the only one who thinks that it's
time to be getting the boat ready for spring. Not another living soul at the
marina.

Karin

On Sun, 25 Mar 2007 13:55:16 -0600, "KLC Lewis"
wrote:

Intending to start my spring work, I went up to Marinette WI were I keep
Essie, about a 40 minute drive up the western shore of Green Bay. Had lunch,
went to the marina, found that during the past few weeks in which we
actually had winter snow, someone has been shoveling the snow and piling it
up in several places -- most inconveniently, under the port buttocks of
Escapade. Did my best to clear through the remaining snow and ice so that I
could place my ladder for boarding, but couldn't get through the four inches
or so located just exactly where I needed to put the ladder legs to get
through the door in my winter shrink-wrap cover.

Bugger it all.

On the bright side, it appears that I'm the only one who thinks that it's
time to be getting the boat ready for spring. Not another living soul at the
marina.

Karin

Hi Karin,
I'm afraid that I can't feel sorry for you. Down here in Trinidad it
is quite the opposite. Undertaking any physical effort at all means
that perspiration literally pours off. Trying to hand sand something
for example means that you have to move your head to one side of the
piece of work so that sweat does not drip and cause the sandpaper to
clog. Shorts offer no protection from the sun and trousers are too hot
so I wear a sarong all day - fine at home in Malaysia where everyone
wears them, but here.. the comments have died down now about my
"dress".

It gets so hot during the early afternoon that sitting down for a
break and a cup of coffee usually results in falling asleep.

I would just love to be able to stand in your wonderful invigorating
cold for just a few minutes now and then during the working day.

If everything is frozen, how long is your boating season?

cheers
Peter

On Sun, 25 Mar 2007 16:18:11 +1000, Peter Hendra
wrote:

If everything is frozen, how long is your boating season?

Heh.

It was on Wednesday last year.

"Peter Hendra" wrote in message
...
Hi Karin,
I'm afraid that I can't feel sorry for you. Down here in Trinidad it
is quite the opposite. Undertaking any physical effort at all means
that perspiration literally pours off. Trying to hand sand something
for example means that you have to move your head to one side of the
piece of work so that sweat does not drip and cause the sandpaper to
clog. Shorts offer no protection from the sun and trousers are too hot
so I wear a sarong all day - fine at home in Malaysia where everyone
wears them, but here.. the comments have died down now about my
"dress".

It gets so hot during the early afternoon that sitting down for a
break and a cup of coffee usually results in falling asleep.

I would just love to be able to stand in your wonderful invigorating
cold for just a few minutes now and then during the working day.

If everything is frozen, how long is your boating season?

cheers
Peter

I can empathize, Peter. In mid August, we can have spells of near 100
degrees (on a real thermometer, not those fake European ones with the funny
scale) and humidity around 80%. I tend to "rain" when I get even a little
warm anyway, so when it's like that I'm one miserable puppy. Today it's
beautiful, around 60 degrees and maybe 40% humidity. My idea of Heaven.

Rivers are mostly clearing of ice now where there's any flow, but the bay
still has major ice sheets. Should clear in another week or two, I'm
scheduled for launch the week of April 22nd, so I have just about a month
now to get my "on the hard" work done.

Karin

Peter Hendra wrote in
:

If everything is frozen, how long is your boating season?

cheers
Peter


Peter, the correct question to ask people from the North and Canadians is:

"What day was Summer last year?"

That always gets a better "rise" out of them....hee hee.

Larry
--

"Larry" wrote in message
...
Peter Hendra wrote in
:

If everything is frozen, how long is your boating season?

cheers
Peter


Peter, the correct question to ask people from the North and Canadians is:

"What day was Summer last year?"

That always gets a better "rise" out of them....hee hee.

Larry
--

I'll have you know we have a lovely six week summer up here... July & 1st
half of August (if it doesn't rain too much)
After that, it's a very pleasant autumn.

Don White wrote:
"Larry" wrote in message
...
Peter Hendra wrote in
:

If everything is frozen, how long is your boating season?

cheers
Peter

Peter, the correct question to ask people from the North and Canadians is:

"What day was Summer last year?"

That always gets a better "rise" out of them....hee hee.

Larry
--

I'll have you know we have a lovely six week summer up here... July & 1st
half of August (if it doesn't rain too much)
After that, it's a very pleasant autumn.



And if you're in the Pacific North West, the rainy season only lasts
from Jan 1 to December 31. Course, you could come up for the slug
festival. The banana slugs are especially quick if you into racing them!
G
G

Peter Hendra wrote:
On Sun, 25 Mar 2007 13:55:16 -0600, "KLC Lewis"
wrote:

Intending to start my spring work, I went up to Marinette WI were I
keep Essie, about a 40 minute drive up the western shore of Green
Bay. Had lunch, went to the marina, found that during the past few
weeks in which we actually had winter snow, someone has been
shoveling the snow and piling it up in several places -- most
inconveniently, under the port buttocks of Escapade. Did my best to
clear through the remaining snow and ice so that I could place my
ladder for boarding, but couldn't get through the four inches or so
located just exactly where I needed to put the ladder legs to get
through the door in my winter shrink-wrap cover.

Bugger it all.

On the bright side, it appears that I'm the only one who thinks that
it's time to be getting the boat ready for spring. Not another
living soul at the marina.

Karin

Hi Karin,
I'm afraid that I can't feel sorry for you. Down here in Trinidad it
is quite the opposite. Undertaking any physical effort at all means
that perspiration literally pours off. Trying to hand sand something
for example means that you have to move your head to one side of the
piece of work so that sweat does not drip and cause the sandpaper to
clog. Shorts offer no protection from the sun and trousers are too hot
so I wear a sarong all day - fine at home in Malaysia where everyone
wears them, but here.. the comments have died down now about my
"dress".

It gets so hot during the early afternoon that sitting down for a
break and a cup of coffee usually results in falling asleep.

I would just love to be able to stand in your wonderful invigorating
cold for just a few minutes now and then during the working day.

If everything is frozen, how long is your boating season?

cheers
Peter

It's called "global warming" and I am told we should all be doing something
about it, such as giving up our gas-guzzling cars and buying tiny electric
ones.

Maybe you should frog-march one of these idiots to your boat and force him
to clear the snow.

He will take a sample and tell you it's from the Greenland ice cap.

Poor sods, should we get them all certified?

Dennis.

"Dennis Pogson" wrote in
:

It's called "global warming" and I am told we should all be doing
something about it, such as giving up our gas-guzzling cars and buying
tiny electric ones.



Way too much Al Gore. The earth is in one of the coldest eras of its
history (unless you're a Christian that believes the Universe is only 6000
years old).

As to the CO2 causing "global warming", you need to put the graphs together
for the last several thousand years.

Larry
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http://tinyurl.com/3ayl9c
Unlimited Service my ass.....(d^

Larry wrote:

Way too much Al Gore. The earth is in one of the coldest eras of its
history (unless you're a Christian that believes the Universe is only 6000
years old).

coldest? This is a bad joke yes? Perhaps you work for the Republican Party, Exxon?

As to the CO2 causing "global warming", you need to put the graphs together
for the last several thousand years.

psst...while you were out, this has been done. Try doing some research before posting such foolishness.