I've got my work cut out for me this next week.
 

Yesterday and today I received:

1. Shakespeare 5102 VHF Antenna
2. Shakespeare 4187 Ratchet Mount

3. Horizon Eclipse+ fixed mount VHF Marine Radio w/NOAA Weather Alert

4. Two 8 foot and one 3 foot #2 AWG marine tinned battery cables with
connectors professionally attached and with heat shrink.



So, I now have a fixed mount marine radio and antenna, along with a battery
A/B switch to install on the boat while on vacation (which starts tomorrow
afternoon!) this next week. I also have to repair the lights on my trailer
as we will be hauling the boat with us when we vacation on Put-In-Bay later
in July.



With that................all I will have left to do is repair the fuel gauge
sending unit, but that will wait till next spring (we now fill up on every
other return trip with the boat).



It has been a long road on the repairs and upgrades on this little runabout
but I can now almost see the light at the end of the tunnel. ;-)

I've got my work cut out for me this next week.
 

" JimH" jimhUNDERSCOREosudad@yahooDOTcom wrote in message
. ..
Yesterday and today I received:

1. Shakespeare 5102 VHF Antenna
2. Shakespeare 4187 Ratchet Mount

3. Horizon Eclipse+ fixed mount VHF Marine Radio w/NOAA Weather Alert

4. Two 8 foot and one 3 foot #2 AWG marine tinned battery cables with
connectors professionally attached and with heat shrink.



So, I now have a fixed mount marine radio and antenna, along with a
battery A/B switch to install on the boat while on vacation (which starts
tomorrow afternoon!) this next week. I also have to repair the lights on
my trailer as we will be hauling the boat with us when we vacation on
Put-In-Bay later in July.



With that................all I will have left to do is repair the fuel
gauge sending unit, but that will wait till next spring (we now fill up on
every other return trip with the boat).



It has been a long road on the repairs and upgrades on this little
runabout but I can now almost see the light at the end of the tunnel. ;-)



The tunnel is simply half of a circle.

Eisboch

I've got my work cut out for me this next week.
 

"Eisboch" wrote in message
...

" JimH" jimhUNDERSCOREosudad@yahooDOTcom wrote in message
. ..
Yesterday and today I received:

1. Shakespeare 5102 VHF Antenna
2. Shakespeare 4187 Ratchet Mount
3. Horizon Eclipse+ fixed mount VHF Marine Radio w/NOAA Weather Alert
4. Two 8 foot and one 3 foot #2 AWG marine tinned battery cables with
connectors professionally attached and with heat shrink.

So, I now have a fixed mount marine radio and antenna, along with a
battery A/B switch to install on the boat while on vacation (which starts
tomorrow afternoon!) this next week. I also have to repair the lights on
my trailer as we will be hauling the boat with us when we vacation on
Put-In-Bay later in July.

With that................all I will have left to do is repair the fuel
gauge sending unit, but that will wait till next spring (we now fill up
on every other return trip with the boat).

It has been a long road on the repairs and upgrades on this little
runabout but I can now almost see the light at the end of the tunnel.
;-)



The tunnel is simply half of a circle.

Eisboch


You are correct. Even though our previous boats were pretty loaded I always
found something new (and sometimes expensive) they *needed*.

Maybe Penn and Teller will unveil the secret to that illusion to boaters
someday. ;-)

I've got my work cut out for me this next week.
 

JimH wrote:

but I can now almost see the light at the end of the tunnel. ;-)

you sure that "light" isn't an on coming train?


have fun on your vacation!

I've got my work cut out for me this next week.
 

wrote in message
oups.com...

JimH wrote:

but I can now almost see the light at the end of the tunnel. ;-)

you sure that "light" isn't an on coming train?


have fun on your vacation!


It might very well be! Thanks. I have a morning appointment tomorrow and
then I am calling it quits till 7/10. We are heading out to the north side
of Kelley's Island with friends of ours after that appointment and will be
doing some relaxing, swimming and general chilling near the beach all
afternoon.

After that comes more boating on Saturday, a graduation party on Sunday,
boating on Monday and a blow out 4th of July party at my sisters place on
Tuesday. After that.........who knows......

What are your plans?

I've got my work cut out for me this next week.
 

"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 18:36:44 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

The tunnel is simply half of a circle.

Which half? :)

The one you have not yet entered.

I've got my work cut out for me this next week.
 

JimH wrote:
"Eisboch" wrote in message
...

" JimH" jimhUNDERSCOREosudad@yahooDOTcom wrote in message
m...

Yesterday and today I received:

1. Shakespeare 5102 VHF Antenna
2. Shakespeare 4187 Ratchet Mount
3. Horizon Eclipse+ fixed mount VHF Marine Radio w/NOAA Weather Alert
4. Two 8 foot and one 3 foot #2 AWG marine tinned battery cables with
connectors professionally attached and with heat shrink.

So, I now have a fixed mount marine radio and antenna, along with a
battery A/B switch to install on the boat while on vacation (which starts
tomorrow afternoon!) this next week. I also have to repair the lights on
my trailer as we will be hauling the boat with us when we vacation on
Put-In-Bay later in July.

With that................all I will have left to do is repair the fuel
gauge sending unit, but that will wait till next spring (we now fill up
on every other return trip with the boat).

It has been a long road on the repairs and upgrades on this little
runabout but I can now almost see the light at the end of the tunnel.
;-)



The tunnel is simply half of a circle.

Eisboch



You are correct. Even though our previous boats were pretty loaded I always
found something new (and sometimes expensive) they *needed*.

Maybe Penn and Teller will unveil the secret to that illusion to boaters
someday. ;-)


I've watched that 'Penn & Teller' show a couple of times...what a potty
mouth!

I've got my work cut out for me this next week.
 

JimH wrote:
wrote in message
oups.com...

JimH wrote:


but I can now almost see the light at the end of the tunnel. ;-)

you sure that "light" isn't an on coming train?


have fun on your vacation!



It might very well be! Thanks. I have a morning appointment tomorrow and
then I am calling it quits till 7/10. We are heading out to the north side
of Kelley's Island with friends of ours after that appointment and will be
doing some relaxing, swimming and general chilling near the beach all
afternoon.

After that comes more boating on Saturday, a graduation party on Sunday,
boating on Monday and a blow out 4th of July party at my sisters place on
Tuesday. After that.........who knows......

What are your plans?


I'll be celebrating July 1 by finishing up crackfilling/skim coating
walls & ceiling in my bathroom in preparation for sealing & tiling.
Also have a larger exhaust fan to install.

I've got my work cut out for me this next week.
 

"Don White" wrote in message
...
JimH wrote:
wrote in message
oups.com...

JimH wrote:


but I can now almost see the light at the end of the tunnel. ;-)

you sure that "light" isn't an on coming train?


have fun on your vacation!



It might very well be! Thanks. I have a morning appointment tomorrow
and then I am calling it quits till 7/10. We are heading out to the
north side of Kelley's Island with friends of ours after that appointment
and will be doing some relaxing, swimming and general chilling near the
beach all afternoon.

After that comes more boating on Saturday, a graduation party on Sunday,
boating on Monday and a blow out 4th of July party at my sisters place on
Tuesday. After that.........who knows......

What are your plans?
I'll be celebrating July 1 by finishing up crackfilling/skim coating walls
& ceiling in my bathroom in preparation for sealing & tiling.
Also have a larger exhaust fan to install.

The joys of being retired. ;-)

I've got my work cut out for me this next week.
 

JimH wrote:

What are your plans?

not really sure Jim.

no long week end this time around, but Sat we'll be headed for the
lake!. Boat , tube, small grill, cooler full of stuff., some minor
beachfront. ....

looking forward to it!

I've got my work cut out for me this next week.
 

Don White wrote:
JimH wrote:
wrote in message
oups.com...

JimH wrote:


but I can now almost see the light at the end of the tunnel. ;-)

you sure that "light" isn't an on coming train?


have fun on your vacation!



It might very well be! Thanks. I have a morning appointment tomorrow and
then I am calling it quits till 7/10. We are heading out to the north side
of Kelley's Island with friends of ours after that appointment and will be
doing some relaxing, swimming and general chilling near the beach all
afternoon.

After that comes more boating on Saturday, a graduation party on Sunday,
boating on Monday and a blow out 4th of July party at my sisters place on
Tuesday. After that.........who knows......

What are your plans?


I'll be celebrating July 1 by finishing up crackfilling/skim coating
walls & ceiling in my bathroom in preparation for sealing & tiling.
Also have a larger exhaust fan to install.

Ha! That's nothing. I'm buying a washer/dryer pair, the new high
efficiency kind. They are amazing, all electronic controls. The dryer
is done drying the same time that the washer is done with it's load.
Uses less than 1/3 the water of the old washer, and the dryer saves
about 1/3 on electricity. The cost on the outset is kinda steep, but
pays for itself in 5 or 7 years. I'm installing them myself, but
there's more. When I put hardwood floors in the entire first floor, I
didn't do the laundry room. Now that I'll have the old washer/dryer
out, I figure I may as well do that, since I have the material. So, get
the old washer dryer out tonight, start the floor, figure I'll finish
the floor in the morning, off to pick up the new stuff, and install.

I've got my work cut out for me this next week.
 

On 30 Jun 2006 12:06:55 -0700, "basskisser" wrote:


Ha! That's nothing. I'm buying a washer/dryer pair, the new high
efficiency kind. They are amazing, all electronic controls. The dryer
is done drying the same time that the washer is done with it's load.
Uses less than 1/3 the water of the old washer, and the dryer saves
about 1/3 on electricity. The cost on the outset is kinda steep, but
pays for itself in 5 or 7 years. I'm installing them myself, but
there's more. When I put hardwood floors in the entire first floor, I
didn't do the laundry room. Now that I'll have the old washer/dryer
out, I figure I may as well do that, since I have the material. So, get
the old washer dryer out tonight, start the floor, figure I'll finish
the floor in the morning, off to pick up the new stuff, and install.

Be sure and invest in some stainless steel lines for the washer. You
wouldn't want to damage that floor.

Be sure to train your wife to shut off the water every time she's finished
washing also. That took me a little time, but now mine's got it down pat!

Of course, all this knowledge didn't come cheap, but we won't go there!
--
John H

******************************************
***** Have a Spectacular Day! *****
******************************************

I've got my work cut out for me this next week.
 

JohnH wrote:
On 30 Jun 2006 12:06:55 -0700, "basskisser" wrote:



Ha! That's nothing. I'm buying a washer/dryer pair, the new high
efficiency kind. They are amazing, all electronic controls. The dryer
is done drying the same time that the washer is done with it's load.
Uses less than 1/3 the water of the old washer, and the dryer saves
about 1/3 on electricity. The cost on the outset is kinda steep, but
pays for itself in 5 or 7 years. I'm installing them myself, but
there's more. When I put hardwood floors in the entire first floor, I
didn't do the laundry room. Now that I'll have the old washer/dryer
out, I figure I may as well do that, since I have the material. So, get
the old washer dryer out tonight, start the floor, figure I'll finish
the floor in the morning, off to pick up the new stuff, and install.


Be sure and invest in some stainless steel lines for the washer. You
wouldn't want to damage that floor.

Be sure to train your wife to shut off the water every time she's finished
washing also. That took me a little time, but now mine's got it down pat!

Of course, all this knowledge didn't come cheap, but we won't go there!
--
John H


Yup! Insurance people will tell you that a common claim is for flooding
caused by clothes washer supply lines letting go.
I think I'm way beyond time to replace mine. (At least 10 years old)

I've got my work cut out for me this next week.
 

On Fri, 30 Jun 2006 20:54:24 GMT, Don White wrote:

JohnH wrote:
On 30 Jun 2006 12:06:55 -0700, "basskisser" wrote:



Ha! That's nothing. I'm buying a washer/dryer pair, the new high
efficiency kind. They are amazing, all electronic controls. The dryer
is done drying the same time that the washer is done with it's load.
Uses less than 1/3 the water of the old washer, and the dryer saves
about 1/3 on electricity. The cost on the outset is kinda steep, but
pays for itself in 5 or 7 years. I'm installing them myself, but
there's more. When I put hardwood floors in the entire first floor, I
didn't do the laundry room. Now that I'll have the old washer/dryer
out, I figure I may as well do that, since I have the material. So, get
the old washer dryer out tonight, start the floor, figure I'll finish
the floor in the morning, off to pick up the new stuff, and install.


Be sure and invest in some stainless steel lines for the washer. You
wouldn't want to damage that floor.

Be sure to train your wife to shut off the water every time she's finished
washing also. That took me a little time, but now mine's got it down pat!

Of course, all this knowledge didn't come cheap, but we won't go there!
--
John H


Yup! Insurance people will tell you that a common claim is for flooding
caused by clothes washer supply lines letting go.
I think I'm way beyond time to replace mine. (At least 10 years old)

A *super* idea!
--
John H

******************************************
***** Have a Spectacular Day! *****
******************************************

I've got my work cut out for me this next week.
 

Don White wrote:
JohnH wrote:
On 30 Jun 2006 12:06:55 -0700, "basskisser" wrote:



Ha! That's nothing. I'm buying a washer/dryer pair, the new high
efficiency kind. They are amazing, all electronic controls. The dryer
is done drying the same time that the washer is done with it's load.
Uses less than 1/3 the water of the old washer, and the dryer saves
about 1/3 on electricity. The cost on the outset is kinda steep, but
pays for itself in 5 or 7 years. I'm installing them myself, but
there's more. When I put hardwood floors in the entire first floor, I
didn't do the laundry room. Now that I'll have the old washer/dryer
out, I figure I may as well do that, since I have the material. So, get
the old washer dryer out tonight, start the floor, figure I'll finish
the floor in the morning, off to pick up the new stuff, and install.


Be sure and invest in some stainless steel lines for the washer. You
wouldn't want to damage that floor.

Be sure to train your wife to shut off the water every time she's finished
washing also. That took me a little time, but now mine's got it down pat!

Of course, all this knowledge didn't come cheap, but we won't go there!
--
John H


Yup! Insurance people will tell you that a common claim is for flooding
caused by clothes washer supply lines letting go.
I think I'm way beyond time to replace mine. (At least 10 years old)

The hoses should be braided stainless steel but are still no guarantee
against bursting.

Rather than manually shutting off the water after each load the better
advice is to install an automatic shutoff valve:

http://www.plumbingsupply.com/washin...toffvalve.html

These things are cheap and easy to install.

BTW: I find it funny that some folks still assign clothes washing to
their "woman".

Woman chores for some.........cleanin', cookin', scrubbin', washin',
bakin', baby makin'............

I thought we left those days in the 1960's. ;-)

I've got my work cut out for me this next week.
 

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
. ..
JimH wrote:


Woman chores for some.........cleanin', cookin', scrubbin', washin',
bakin', baby makin'............

I thought we left those days in the 1960's. ;-)


You call me when you've got a baby baking in your own personal oven down
under your belly button, and I'll book you on Jay Leno. :-}


Oops, I guess I should have left the last point out. ;-)

I've got my work cut out for me this next week.
 

On Fri, 30 Jun 2006 23:08:09 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote:

JimH wrote:


Woman chores for some.........cleanin', cookin', scrubbin', washin',
bakin', baby makin'............

I thought we left those days in the 1960's. ;-)


You call me when you've got a baby baking in your own personal oven down
under your belly button, and I'll book you on Jay Leno. :-}

LOL!
--
John H

******************************************
***** Have a Spectacular Day! *****
******************************************

I've got my work cut out for me this next week.
 

JohnH wrote:
On 30 Jun 2006 12:06:55 -0700, "basskisser" wrote:


Ha! That's nothing. I'm buying a washer/dryer pair, the new high
efficiency kind. They are amazing, all electronic controls. The dryer
is done drying the same time that the washer is done with it's load.
Uses less than 1/3 the water of the old washer, and the dryer saves
about 1/3 on electricity. The cost on the outset is kinda steep, but
pays for itself in 5 or 7 years. I'm installing them myself, but
there's more. When I put hardwood floors in the entire first floor, I
didn't do the laundry room. Now that I'll have the old washer/dryer
out, I figure I may as well do that, since I have the material. So, get
the old washer dryer out tonight, start the floor, figure I'll finish
the floor in the morning, off to pick up the new stuff, and install.

Be sure and invest in some stainless steel lines for the washer. You
wouldn't want to damage that floor.

Be sure to train your wife to shut off the water every time she's finished
washing also. That took me a little time, but now mine's got it down pat!

Of course, all this knowledge didn't come cheap, but we won't go there!
--
John H

I bought an electric controlled device to put on the lines. You plug
the washer into the device, then plug the device into the wall. If the
washer isn't running, the device won't let water flow, so if and when a
hose bursts, no loss! I just happened to see it when I was buying the
hoses.

http://www.accentshopping.com/produc...&strReturnUrl=