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On Nov 25, 3:37*pm, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote: On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:06:07 -0500, Boater wrote: Tom Francis - SWSports wrote: On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:12:32 -0500, wrote: On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:04:08 -0500, Tom Francis - SWSports wrote: On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 12:36:01 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote: "Boater" wrote in message ... It's just not that big a deal, guys. Really. Go boating, or, in the case of FloridaJim, pretend you have a boat. No, no. *We are all concerned with your prop. *You have a steel prop? *What kind of steel? * Stainless steel? What grade of Stainless steel? This is serious. *If that steel prop is rusting already, you might get stranded 50 yards offshore in the Bay. What else is rusting? Do you carry a spare prop in case of an emergency? It's a Yamaha. Probably carries a spare engine for those circumstances. *:) Which brings up an interesting point - I carry a spare prop, but last summer it occurred to me that I've never tried to change it in the middle of the lake. Guess what - I can't. *It's too far back for me to reach in the fully tilted up position. You can't swim? Tell you what - you go swimming in 50 degree water in the Spring to change a prop - I'll watch. *:) Ever swim at Revere Beach or Nantasket? I did when I was a kid. I doubt I could tolerate it in August these days. Devreaux Beach which might as well be the same - it's about six miles apart. *:) All I know is that I hate being cold - I'm cold when the wood stove is cranking and it's 75 in the house. *Mrs. Wave thinks I'm a freak of nature - which I am. God's honest truth - at night, I've got two down comforters, one thermal blanket, a flannel blanket and I wear socks to keep my feet warm and have been known to wear jersey gloves when my hands get cold. Mrs. Wave has maybe a sheet and the flannel blanket covering her - maybe. Plus the temp is set for 62 overnight and goes up to 75 at 0445 for a 0500 wake up because if I get a chill from a cold room, the rest of my day, and everybody else's, will be ruined. *:) Even when I was a kid, I would wear a thin wet suit over a heavier wet suit when diving. *Later on, I wore dry suits even during the summer. I have no internal temperature regulation at all - I'm always cold. About the only time I'm not cold is when the temp is in the mid-80s - then I'm fairly comfortable. If you can take niacin (vitamin B3)that may help. Of course Tom , you probably knew that. |
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