Got a call from Skip on my cell asking for a boatyard in Charleston.

Steering problems this time. The wheel turns...the rudder
doesn't....hydraulics.

They're at Ross Marine on the ICW south of Charleston, tonight. No reports
yet on what the yard has found as they got their late after a long tow in
the harbor and down the ICW.

I've never met a man so patient with anything. His fuse is WAY longer than
mine! I'd have jumped overboard by now.

Ross'll fix it. They fix our boat just fine. Then, they'll put back to
sea, again. Just thought you'd like to know.....

I'll go see them on Saturday if they're still in the yard. I have two sick
church organs needing my expert attention tomorrow. When he called, today,
I was eating lunch in a little diner in Greeleyville, SC, with a couple of
local farmers struggling to make a living after handing their profits over
to the oil barons to run the tractors. Lots of farms are just sitting
unused now. Poor little town is all but closed down, people moving away
looking for work like in the 30's. Rosey economy isn't reality in the
countryside at these fuel prices.

Larry
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Drove the V-8 diesel stepvan up on waste fryer oil for free. THAT got
their attention when I mentioned it...(c;
I ran it hard trying to get rid of some of our surplus oil from the
warehouse. Didn't make much of a dent in our 1800 gallon supply...(c;