odd helm configuration
 

http://i29.tinypic.com/2nukjfd.jpg

I know your eye will be drawn to the thing screwed to the side of the boat.
Drag your eyes away from that and concentrate on the helm.
In the photo the wheel is showed laying over almost horizontal. The helm
pedestal seats seem to be positioned too far away from the wheel to allow
steering while seated unless you steer with your feet. I looked at the mfr.
website and all the photos show the helmsman standing in front of a leaning
post, not pedestal seats.
What gives?

odd helm configuration
 

Jim wrote:
http://i29.tinypic.com/2nukjfd.jpg

I know your eye will be drawn to the thing screwed to the side of the boat.
Drag your eyes away from that and concentrate on the helm.
In the photo the wheel is showed laying over almost horizontal. The helm
pedestal seats seem to be positioned too far away from the wheel to allow
steering while seated unless you steer with your feet. I looked at the mfr.
website and all the photos show the helmsman standing in front of a leaning
post, not pedestal seats.
What gives?



What a good-looking boat!

If you knew anything about boats, crap-for-brains, you'd know that:

1. The "thing" is a custom molded fiberglass fuel vent cover, held in
with stainless fasteners, and vented towards the stern. It's almost flat
against the hull. My Parker 2520XL had a similar vent. I've seen similar
vents on dozens of new boats.

2. The destroyer wheel in the photo seems quite a few degrees off
horizontal, so saying it is "almost" horizontal is a bit of a stretch.

3. The helm pedestal seats seem to have "adjusters" underneath them,
one, a lever, to allow the seats to move fore and aft and another, a
knob, that would control seat swivel.

4. I would suspect the manufacturer offers customers the option of
ordering a leaning post or swivel seats.

Thanks for demonstrating that when it comes to boats, you don't know
your ass from a can of shoe polish.

Oh...what do you think of the steel beams holding up the roof of the shed?

odd helm configuration
 

On Jun 3, 12:04*pm, "Jim" wrote:
http://i29.tinypic.com/2nukjfd.jpg

I know your eye will be drawn to the thing screwed to the side of the boat..
Drag your eyes away from that and concentrate on the helm.
In the photo the wheel is showed laying over almost horizontal. The helm
pedestal seats seem to be positioned too far away from the wheel to allow
steering while seated unless you steer with your feet. I looked at the mfr..
website and all the photos show the helmsman standing in front of a leaning
post, not pedestal seats.
What gives?

That vent IS ugly that's for sure, looks like an afterthought. But,
now that you mention it, that boat sure does look uncomfortable for
anything other that flat calm when you can stand up.

odd helm configuration
 

On Jun 3, 12:20*pm, HK wrote:
Jim wrote:
http://i29.tinypic.com/2nukjfd.jpg

I know your eye will be drawn to the thing screwed to the side of the boat.
Drag your eyes away from that and concentrate on the helm.
In the photo the wheel is showed laying over almost horizontal. The helm
pedestal seats seem to be positioned too far away from the wheel to allow
steering while seated unless you steer with your feet. I looked at the mfr.
website and all the photos show the helmsman standing in front of a leaning
post, not pedestal seats.
What gives?

What a good-looking boat!

If you knew anything about boats, crap-for-brains, you'd know that:

1. The "thing" is a custom molded fiberglass fuel vent cover, held in
with stainless fasteners, and vented towards the stern. It's almost flat
against the hull. My Parker 2520XL had a similar vent. I've seen similar
vents on dozens of new boats.

2. The destroyer wheel in the photo seems quite a few degrees off
horizontal, so saying it is "almost" horizontal is a bit of a stretch.

3. The helm pedestal seats seem to have "adjusters" underneath them,
one, a lever, to allow the seats to move fore and aft and another, a
knob, that would control seat swivel.

4. I would suspect the manufacturer offers customers the option of
ordering a leaning post or swivel seats.

Thanks for demonstrating that when it comes to boats, you don't know
your ass from a can of shoe polish.

Oh...what do you think of the steel beams holding up the roof of the shed?

Those are pre-engineered bents, the cheapest building you can get, and
you get what you pay for.

odd helm configuration
 

wrote in message
...
On Jun 3, 12:20 pm, HK wrote:
Jim wrote:
http://i29.tinypic.com/2nukjfd.jpg

I know your eye will be drawn to the thing screwed to the side of the
boat.
Drag your eyes away from that and concentrate on the helm.
In the photo the wheel is showed laying over almost horizontal. The helm
pedestal seats seem to be positioned too far away from the wheel to
allow
steering while seated unless you steer with your feet. I looked at the
mfr.
website and all the photos show the helmsman standing in front of a
leaning
post, not pedestal seats.
What gives?

What a good-looking boat!

If you knew anything about boats, crap-for-brains, you'd know that:

1. The "thing" is a custom molded fiberglass fuel vent cover, held in
with stainless fasteners, and vented towards the stern. It's almost flat
against the hull. My Parker 2520XL had a similar vent. I've seen similar
vents on dozens of new boats.

2. The destroyer wheel in the photo seems quite a few degrees off
horizontal, so saying it is "almost" horizontal is a bit of a stretch.

3. The helm pedestal seats seem to have "adjusters" underneath them,
one, a lever, to allow the seats to move fore and aft and another, a
knob, that would control seat swivel.

4. I would suspect the manufacturer offers customers the option of
ordering a leaning post or swivel seats.

Thanks for demonstrating that when it comes to boats, you don't know
your ass from a can of shoe polish.

Oh...what do you think of the steel beams holding up the roof of the shed?

Those are pre-engineered bents, the cheapest building you can get, and
you get what you pay for.

Perfect shelter for a cheaply built workboat.

Imagine that Hairbrains swivel seats allow him to position them forward
enough to position his shins up against the back of the console and his
knees straddleing the wheel. Now, if he is sitting in the chair, he would
have to bend forward slightly to reach the bottom of the wheel. This doesn't
seem like it would be a comfortable driving position for anyone but a
hunchback or orangutan.

So that ugly block screwed to the side of the boat is a fuel vent cover. I
doubt there are dozens of boats that they can be found on, Parkers excepted.

odd helm configuration
 

On Jun 3, 1:39 pm, "Jim" wrote:
wrote in message

...
On Jun 3, 12:20 pm, HK wrote:



Jim wrote:
http://i29.tinypic.com/2nukjfd.jpg

I know your eye will be drawn to the thing screwed to the side of the
boat.
Drag your eyes away from that and concentrate on the helm.
In the photo the wheel is showed laying over almost horizontal. The helm
pedestal seats seem to be positioned too far away from the wheel to
allow
steering while seated unless you steer with your feet. I looked at the
mfr.
website and all the photos show the helmsman standing in front of a
leaning
post, not pedestal seats.
What gives?

What a good-looking boat!

If you knew anything about boats, crap-for-brains, you'd know that:

1. The "thing" is a custom molded fiberglass fuel vent cover, held in
with stainless fasteners, and vented towards the stern. It's almost flat
against the hull. My Parker 2520XL had a similar vent. I've seen similar
vents on dozens of new boats.

2. The destroyer wheel in the photo seems quite a few degrees off
horizontal, so saying it is "almost" horizontal is a bit of a stretch.

3. The helm pedestal seats seem to have "adjusters" underneath them,
one, a lever, to allow the seats to move fore and aft and another, a
knob, that would control seat swivel.

4. I would suspect the manufacturer offers customers the option of
ordering a leaning post or swivel seats.

Thanks for demonstrating that when it comes to boats, you don't know
your ass from a can of shoe polish.

Oh...what do you think of the steel beams holding up the roof of the shed?

Those are pre-engineered bents, the cheapest building you can get, and
you get what you pay for.

Perfect shelter for a cheaply built workboat.

Imagine that Hairbrains swivel seats allow him to position them forward
enough to position his shins up against the back of the console and his
knees straddleing the wheel. Now, if he is sitting in the chair, he would
have to bend forward slightly to reach the bottom of the wheel. This doesn't
seem like it would be a comfortable driving position for anyone but a
hunchback or orangutan.

So that ugly block screwed to the side of the boat is a fuel vent cover. I
doubt there are dozens of boats that they can be found on, Parkers excepted.

We can clearly now see who wants to improve the tone of this NG and
who the troll are.

Imagine that!

odd helm configuration
 

JimH wrote:
On Jun 3, 1:39 pm, "Jim" wrote:
wrote in message

...
On Jun 3, 12:20 pm, HK wrote:



Jim wrote:
http://i29.tinypic.com/2nukjfd.jpg
I know your eye will be drawn to the thing screwed to the side of the
boat.
Drag your eyes away from that and concentrate on the helm.
In the photo the wheel is showed laying over almost horizontal. The helm
pedestal seats seem to be positioned too far away from the wheel to
allow
steering while seated unless you steer with your feet. I looked at the
mfr.
website and all the photos show the helmsman standing in front of a
leaning
post, not pedestal seats.
What gives?
What a good-looking boat!
If you knew anything about boats, crap-for-brains, you'd know that:
1. The "thing" is a custom molded fiberglass fuel vent cover, held in
with stainless fasteners, and vented towards the stern. It's almost flat
against the hull. My Parker 2520XL had a similar vent. I've seen similar
vents on dozens of new boats.
2. The destroyer wheel in the photo seems quite a few degrees off
horizontal, so saying it is "almost" horizontal is a bit of a stretch.
3. The helm pedestal seats seem to have "adjusters" underneath them,
one, a lever, to allow the seats to move fore and aft and another, a
knob, that would control seat swivel.
4. I would suspect the manufacturer offers customers the option of
ordering a leaning post or swivel seats.
Thanks for demonstrating that when it comes to boats, you don't know
your ass from a can of shoe polish.
Oh...what do you think of the steel beams holding up the roof of the shed?
Those are pre-engineered bents, the cheapest building you can get, and
you get what you pay for.

Perfect shelter for a cheaply built workboat.

Imagine that Hairbrains swivel seats allow him to position them forward
enough to position his shins up against the back of the console and his
knees straddleing the wheel. Now, if he is sitting in the chair, he would
have to bend forward slightly to reach the bottom of the wheel. This doesn't
seem like it would be a comfortable driving position for anyone but a
hunchback or orangutan.

So that ugly block screwed to the side of the boat is a fuel vent cover. I
doubt there are dozens of boats that they can be found on, Parkers excepted.

We can clearly now see who wants to improve the tone of this NG and
who the troll are.

Imagine that!


Florida Jim is an ignorant troll wherever he posts.

odd helm configuration
 

Jim wrote:

wrote in message
...
On Jun 3, 12:20 pm, HK wrote:
Jim wrote:
http://i29.tinypic.com/2nukjfd.jpg

I know your eye will be drawn to the thing screwed to the side of
the boat.
Drag your eyes away from that and concentrate on the helm.
In the photo the wheel is showed laying over almost horizontal. The
helm
pedestal seats seem to be positioned too far away from the wheel to
allow
steering while seated unless you steer with your feet. I looked at
the mfr.
website and all the photos show the helmsman standing in front of a
leaning
post, not pedestal seats.
What gives?

What a good-looking boat!

If you knew anything about boats, crap-for-brains, you'd know that:

1. The "thing" is a custom molded fiberglass fuel vent cover, held in
with stainless fasteners, and vented towards the stern. It's almost flat
against the hull. My Parker 2520XL had a similar vent. I've seen similar
vents on dozens of new boats.

2. The destroyer wheel in the photo seems quite a few degrees off
horizontal, so saying it is "almost" horizontal is a bit of a stretch.

3. The helm pedestal seats seem to have "adjusters" underneath them,
one, a lever, to allow the seats to move fore and aft and another, a
knob, that would control seat swivel.

4. I would suspect the manufacturer offers customers the option of
ordering a leaning post or swivel seats.

Thanks for demonstrating that when it comes to boats, you don't know
your ass from a can of shoe polish.

Oh...what do you think of the steel beams holding up the roof of the
shed?

Those are pre-engineered bents, the cheapest building you can get, and
you get what you pay for.

Perfect shelter for a cheaply built workboat.

Imagine that Hairbrains swivel seats allow him to position them forward
enough to position his shins up against the back of the console and his
knees straddleing the wheel. Now, if he is sitting in the chair, he
would have to bend forward slightly to reach the bottom of the wheel.
This doesn't seem like it would be a comfortable driving position for
anyone but a hunchback or orangutan.

So that ugly block screwed to the side of the boat is a fuel vent cover.
I doubt there are dozens of boats that they can be found on, Parkers
excepted.


You know, crap-for-brains, I don't recall you ever posting a photo of
any boat you claim to own. I'll bet it is a real p.o.s., just like
everything else about you and yours...right?

odd helm configuration
 

Jim wrote:


Perfect shelter for a cheaply built workboat.


Uh huh. Where, crap-for-brains, did you get the idea that the shed in
question belonged to me?

It's just one of the many rigging sheds on the premises of my boat
dealer. There's room in this particular shed for three boats on trailers
to be rigged simultaneously. There are at least four other large steel
buildings for rigging on the premises, and a double wide concrete fresh
water filled ramp to test engines on their boats.

My "shed" is an old tobacco barn that "conveyed" with my land purchase:

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...me/Oldbarn.jpg

Since this photo was taken, I've had the rotted boards replaced. But
it's still just an old tobacco barn, home for some farm implements and
in the winter, families of woodland critters.

If you were to find yourself homeless, I couldn't let you move in...the
critters would object to your stench.

odd helm configuration
 

On Jun 3, 1:46*pm, JimH wrote:
On Jun 3, 1:39 pm, "Jim" wrote:





wrote in message

...
On Jun 3, 12:20 pm, HK wrote:

Jim wrote:
http://i29.tinypic.com/2nukjfd.jpg

I know your eye will be drawn to the thing screwed to the side of the
boat.
Drag your eyes away from that and concentrate on the helm.
In the photo the wheel is showed laying over almost horizontal. The helm
pedestal seats seem to be positioned too far away from the wheel to
allow
steering while seated unless you steer with your feet. I looked at the
mfr.
website and all the photos show the helmsman standing in front of a
leaning
post, not pedestal seats.
What gives?

What a good-looking boat!

If you knew anything about boats, crap-for-brains, you'd know that:

1. The "thing" is a custom molded fiberglass fuel vent cover, held in
with stainless fasteners, and vented towards the stern. It's almost flat
against the hull. My Parker 2520XL had a similar vent. I've seen similar
vents on dozens of new boats.

2. The destroyer wheel in the photo seems quite a few degrees off
horizontal, so saying it is "almost" horizontal is a bit of a stretch.

3. The helm pedestal seats seem to have "adjusters" underneath them,
one, a lever, to allow the seats to move fore and aft and another, a
knob, that would control seat swivel.

4. I would suspect the manufacturer offers customers the option of
ordering a leaning post or swivel seats.

Thanks for demonstrating that when it comes to boats, you don't know
your ass from a can of shoe polish.

Oh...what do you think of the steel beams holding up the roof of the shed?

Those are pre-engineered bents, the cheapest building you can get, and
you get what you pay for.

Perfect shelter for a cheaply built workboat.

Imagine that Hairbrains swivel seats allow him to position them forward
enough to position his shins up against the back of the console and his
knees straddleing the wheel. Now, if he is sitting in the chair, he would
have to bend forward slightly to reach the bottom of the wheel. This doesn't
seem like it would be a comfortable driving position for anyone but a
hunchback or orangutan.

So that ugly block screwed to the side of the boat is a fuel vent cover. I
doubt there are dozens of boats that they can be found on, Parkers excepted.

We can clearly now see who wants to improve the tone of this NG and
who the troll are.

Imagine that!- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Yep, a boating related post, what a shame!

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"HK" wrote in message
...
Jim wrote:


Perfect shelter for a cheaply built workboat.


Uh huh. Where, crap-for-brains, did you get the idea that the shed in
question belonged to me?

It's just one of the many rigging sheds on the premises of my boat dealer.
There's room in this particular shed for three boats on trailers to be
rigged simultaneously. There are at least four other large steel buildings
for rigging on the premises, and a double wide concrete fresh water filled
ramp to test engines on their boats.

My "shed" is an old tobacco barn that "conveyed" with my land purchase:

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...me/Oldbarn.jpg

Since this photo was taken, I've had the rotted boards replaced. But it's
still just an old tobacco barn, home for some farm implements and in the
winter, families of woodland critters.

If you were to find yourself homeless, I couldn't let you move in...the
critters would object to your stench.

How about a picture with the boards replaced?

odd helm configuration
 

D.Duck wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
...
Jim wrote:

Perfect shelter for a cheaply built workboat.

Uh huh. Where, crap-for-brains, did you get the idea that the shed in
question belonged to me?

It's just one of the many rigging sheds on the premises of my boat dealer.
There's room in this particular shed for three boats on trailers to be
rigged simultaneously. There are at least four other large steel buildings
for rigging on the premises, and a double wide concrete fresh water filled
ramp to test engines on their boats.

My "shed" is an old tobacco barn that "conveyed" with my land purchase:

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...me/Oldbarn.jpg

Since this photo was taken, I've had the rotted boards replaced. But it's
still just an old tobacco barn, home for some farm implements and in the
winter, families of woodland critters.

If you were to find yourself homeless, I couldn't let you move in...the
critters would object to your stench.

How about a picture with the boards replaced?




Yeah, I need to do that. They haven't been painted yet...I'm trying to
hasten their aging and maybe this summer I will have the entire
structure painted Maryland barn red again. I discussed this last summer
with the Amish crew, but we never came to an agreement.

Why do you want the photos? Are you a barn buff?

Oh...boating related...there are two canoes and a kayak stored inside
the barn on occasion...they belong to friends who "launch" at a nearby
Bay park.

odd helm configuration
 

"HK" wrote in message
. ..
D.Duck wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
...
Jim wrote:

Perfect shelter for a cheaply built workboat.

Uh huh. Where, crap-for-brains, did you get the idea that the shed in
question belonged to me?

It's just one of the many rigging sheds on the premises of my boat
dealer. There's room in this particular shed for three boats on trailers
to be rigged simultaneously. There are at least four other large steel
buildings for rigging on the premises, and a double wide concrete fresh
water filled ramp to test engines on their boats.

My "shed" is an old tobacco barn that "conveyed" with my land purchase:

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...me/Oldbarn.jpg

Since this photo was taken, I've had the rotted boards replaced. But
it's still just an old tobacco barn, home for some farm implements and
in the winter, families of woodland critters.

If you were to find yourself homeless, I couldn't let you move in...the
critters would object to your stench.

How about a picture with the boards replaced?


Yeah, I need to do that. They haven't been painted yet...I'm trying to
hasten their aging and maybe this summer I will have the entire structure
painted Maryland barn red again. I discussed this last summer with the
Amish crew, but we never came to an agreement.

Why do you want the photos? Are you a barn buff?

Oh...boating related...there are two canoes and a kayak stored inside the
barn on occasion...they belong to friends who "launch" at a nearby Bay
park.

Just curious as how the Amish restored barn looked. I spent many happy
childhood summers on relatives farms in Southern Michigan. The barns
weren't for tobacco drying but the construction is similiar. Nothing like
jumping from the loft into a pile of straw.

odd helm configuration
 

D.Duck wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
. ..
D.Duck wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
...
Jim wrote:
Perfect shelter for a cheaply built workboat.
Uh huh. Where, crap-for-brains, did you get the idea that the shed in
question belonged to me?

It's just one of the many rigging sheds on the premises of my boat
dealer. There's room in this particular shed for three boats on trailers
to be rigged simultaneously. There are at least four other large steel
buildings for rigging on the premises, and a double wide concrete fresh
water filled ramp to test engines on their boats.

My "shed" is an old tobacco barn that "conveyed" with my land purchase:

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...me/Oldbarn.jpg

Since this photo was taken, I've had the rotted boards replaced. But
it's still just an old tobacco barn, home for some farm implements and
in the winter, families of woodland critters.

If you were to find yourself homeless, I couldn't let you move in...the
critters would object to your stench.
How about a picture with the boards replaced?

Yeah, I need to do that. They haven't been painted yet...I'm trying to
hasten their aging and maybe this summer I will have the entire structure
painted Maryland barn red again. I discussed this last summer with the
Amish crew, but we never came to an agreement.

Why do you want the photos? Are you a barn buff?

Oh...boating related...there are two canoes and a kayak stored inside the
barn on occasion...they belong to friends who "launch" at a nearby Bay
park.

Just curious as how the Amish restored barn looked. I spent many happy
childhood summers on relatives farms in Southern Michigan. The barns
weren't for tobacco drying but the construction is similiar. Nothing like
jumping from the loft into a pile of straw.




Well, it looks about the same, except there are some new "old" boards
that haven't been painted...

odd helm configuration
 

On Jun 3, 4:57*pm, "D.Duck" wrote:
"HK" wrote in message

. ..





D.Duck wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
...
Jim wrote:

Perfect shelter for a cheaply built workboat.

Uh huh. Where, crap-for-brains, did you get the idea that the shed in
question belonged to me?

It's just one of the many rigging sheds on the premises of my boat
dealer. There's room in this particular shed for three boats on trailers
to be rigged simultaneously. There are at least four other large steel
buildings for rigging on the premises, and a double wide concrete fresh
water filled ramp to test engines on their boats.

My "shed" is an old tobacco barn that "conveyed" with my land purchase:

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...me/Oldbarn.jpg

Since this photo was taken, I've had the rotted boards replaced. But
it's still just an old tobacco barn, home for some farm implements and
in the winter, families of woodland critters.

If you were to find yourself homeless, I couldn't let you move in...the
critters would object to your stench.

How about a picture with the boards replaced?

Yeah, I need to do that. They haven't been painted yet...I'm trying to
hasten their aging and maybe this summer I will have the entire structure
painted Maryland barn red again. I discussed this last summer with the
Amish crew, but we never came to an agreement.

Why do you want the photos? Are you a barn buff?

Oh...boating related...there are two canoes and a kayak stored inside the
barn on occasion...they belong to friends who "launch" at a nearby Bay
park.

Just curious as how the Amish restored barn looked. *I spent many happy
childhood summers on relatives farms in Southern Michigan. *The barns
weren't for tobacco drying but the construction is similiar. *Nothing like
jumping from the loft into a pile of straw.
That


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That's because it is not a frekin' tobacco barn. Wrong configuration
for drying tobacco, but don't tell the origional poster that, it will
ruin his fantasy. I grew up in Tobacco town CT... That is not a barn
origionally designed for drying tobacco, even if they dried some in it
once;)... Tobacco barn, honest to pete;)

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wrote:
On Jun 3, 4:57 pm, "D.Duck" wrote:
"HK" wrote in message

. ..





D.Duck wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
...
Jim wrote:
Perfect shelter for a cheaply built workboat.
Uh huh. Where, crap-for-brains, did you get the idea that the shed in
question belonged to me?
It's just one of the many rigging sheds on the premises of my boat
dealer. There's room in this particular shed for three boats on trailers
to be rigged simultaneously. There are at least four other large steel
buildings for rigging on the premises, and a double wide concrete fresh
water filled ramp to test engines on their boats.
My "shed" is an old tobacco barn that "conveyed" with my land purchase:
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...me/Oldbarn.jpg
Since this photo was taken, I've had the rotted boards replaced. But
it's still just an old tobacco barn, home for some farm implements and
in the winter, families of woodland critters.
If you were to find yourself homeless, I couldn't let you move in...the
critters would object to your stench.
How about a picture with the boards replaced?
Yeah, I need to do that. They haven't been painted yet...I'm trying to
hasten their aging and maybe this summer I will have the entire structure
painted Maryland barn red again. I discussed this last summer with the
Amish crew, but we never came to an agreement.
Why do you want the photos? Are you a barn buff?
Oh...boating related...there are two canoes and a kayak stored inside the
barn on occasion...they belong to friends who "launch" at a nearby Bay
park.
Just curious as how the Amish restored barn looked. I spent many happy
childhood summers on relatives farms in Southern Michigan. The barns
weren't for tobacco drying but the construction is similiar. Nothing like
jumping from the loft into a pile of straw.
That


- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

That's because it is not a frekin' tobacco barn. Wrong configuration
for drying tobacco, but don't tell the origional poster that, it will
ruin his fantasy. I grew up in Tobacco town CT... That is not a barn
origionally designed for drying tobacco, even if they dried some in it
once;)... Tobacco barn, honest to pete;)



It's a genuine Maryland tobacco barn. Period. I know when it was built,
and who built it, and the family of the original owner gave me some old
photos with tobacco drying in it, and a number of the side boards open
for airing the crop.

It sits right across the road from my field, which was last used to grow
tobacco about seven years ago. This year, for the first year in many, we
have an actual crop (not tobacco!) growing there. It took years to
replenish the ground there.

Within 15 miles of my house are at least 100 Maryland tobacco barns.
They don't all look alike.

This ain't shade tobacco country.

Stick to what you know...building stitch and glue boats out of plywood
sheets.

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On Jun 3, 5:12*pm, HK wrote:
wrote:
On Jun 3, 4:57 pm, "D.Duck" wrote:
"HK" wrote in message

m...

D.Duck wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
...
Jim wrote:
Perfect shelter for a cheaply built workboat.
Uh huh. Where, crap-for-brains, did you get the idea that the shed in
question belonged to me?
It's just one of the many rigging sheds on the premises of my boat
dealer. There's room in this particular shed for three boats on trailers
to be rigged simultaneously. There are at least four other large steel
buildings for rigging on the premises, and a double wide concrete fresh
water filled ramp to test engines on their boats.
My "shed" is an old tobacco barn that "conveyed" with my land purchase:
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...me/Oldbarn.jpg
Since this photo was taken, I've had the rotted boards replaced. But
it's still just an old tobacco barn, home for some farm implements and
in the winter, families of woodland critters.
If you were to find yourself homeless, I couldn't let you move in...the
critters would object to your stench.
How about a picture with the boards replaced?
Yeah, I need to do that. They haven't been painted yet...I'm trying to
hasten their aging and maybe this summer I will have the entire structure
painted Maryland barn red again. I discussed this last summer with the
Amish crew, but we never came to an agreement.
Why do you want the photos? Are you a barn buff?
Oh...boating related...there are two canoes and a kayak stored inside the
barn on occasion...they belong to friends who "launch" at a nearby Bay
park.
Just curious as how the Amish restored barn looked. *I spent many happy
childhood summers on relatives farms in Southern Michigan. *The barns
weren't for tobacco drying but the construction is similiar. *Nothing like
jumping from the loft into a pile of straw.
That

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That's because it is not a frekin' tobacco barn. Wrong configuration
for drying tobacco, but don't tell the origional poster that, it will
ruin his fantasy. I grew up in Tobacco town CT... That is not a barn
origionally designed for drying tobacco, even if they dried some in it
once;)... Tobacco barn, honest to pete;)

It's a genuine Maryland tobacco barn. Period. I know when it was built,
and who built it, and the family of the original owner gave me some old
photos with tobacco drying in it, and a number of the side boards open
for airing the crop.

Let's see them!

It sits right across the road from my field, which was last used to grow
tobacco about seven years ago. This year, for the first year in many, we
have an actual crop (not tobacco!) growing there. It took years to
replenish the ground there.

Within 15 miles of my house are at least 100 Maryland tobacco barns.
They don't all look alike.

This ain't shade tobacco country.

Stick to what you know...building stitch and glue boats out of plywood
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Go back to Chuck's

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On Jun 3, 4:57*pm, "D.Duck" wrote:
"HK" wrote in message

. ..





D.Duck wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
...
Jim wrote:

Perfect shelter for a cheaply built workboat.

Uh huh. Where, crap-for-brains, did you get the idea that the shed in
question belonged to me?

It's just one of the many rigging sheds on the premises of my boat
dealer. There's room in this particular shed for three boats on trailers
to be rigged simultaneously. There are at least four other large steel
buildings for rigging on the premises, and a double wide concrete fresh
water filled ramp to test engines on their boats.

My "shed" is an old tobacco barn that "conveyed" with my land purchase:

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...me/Oldbarn.jpg

Since this photo was taken, I've had the rotted boards replaced. But
it's still just an old tobacco barn, home for some farm implements and
in the winter, families of woodland critters.

If you were to find yourself homeless, I couldn't let you move in...the
critters would object to your stench.

How about a picture with the boards replaced?

Yeah, I need to do that. They haven't been painted yet...I'm trying to
hasten their aging and maybe this summer I will have the entire structure
painted Maryland barn red again. I discussed this last summer with the
Amish crew, but we never came to an agreement.

Why do you want the photos? Are you a barn buff?

Oh...boating related...there are two canoes and a kayak stored inside the
barn on occasion...they belong to friends who "launch" at a nearby Bay
park.

Just curious as how the Amish restored barn looked. *I spent many happy
childhood summers on relatives farms in Southern Michigan. *The barns
weren't for tobacco drying but the construction is similiar. *Nothing like
jumping from the loft into a pile of straw.



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Man, we used to spend hours making hay bale forts, jumping in piles of
hay, and swinging from ropes in our barns!!!
Good memories!

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On Jun 3, 4:52*pm, HK wrote:
D.Duck wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
...
Jim wrote:

Perfect shelter for a cheaply built workboat.

Uh huh. Where, crap-for-brains, did you get the idea that the shed in
question belonged to me?

It's just one of the many rigging sheds on the premises of my boat dealer.
There's room in this particular shed for three boats on trailers to be
rigged simultaneously. There are at least four other large steel buildings
for rigging on the premises, and a double wide concrete fresh water filled
ramp to test engines on their boats.

My "shed" is an old tobacco barn that "conveyed" with my land purchase:

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...me/Oldbarn.jpg

Since this photo was taken, I've had the rotted boards replaced. But it's
still just an old tobacco barn, home for some farm implements and in the
winter, families of woodland critters.

If you were to find yourself homeless, I couldn't let you move in...the
critters would object to your stench.

How about a picture with the boards replaced?

Yeah, I need to do that. They haven't been painted yet...I'm trying to
hasten their aging and maybe this summer I will have the entire
structure painted Maryland barn red again. I discussed this last summer
with the Amish crew, but we never came to an agreement.

Why do you want the photos? Are you a barn buff?

Oh...boating related...there are two canoes and a kayak stored inside
the barn on occasion...they belong to friends who "launch" at a nearby
Bay park.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

"Maryland barn red"? WTF is THAT?

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"HK" wrote in message
...
Jim wrote:


Perfect shelter for a cheaply built workboat.


Uh huh. Where, crap-for-brains, did you get the idea that the shed in
question belonged to me?

Here is a perfect example of your inability to read for comprehension. You
do appear to be a little stressed out. Take a chill pill.

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On Tue, 3 Jun 2008 14:04:07 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

That's because it is not a frekin' tobacco barn. Wrong configuration
for drying tobacco, but don't tell the origional poster that, it will
ruin his fantasy. I grew up in Tobacco town CT... That is not a barn
origionally designed for drying tobacco, even if they dried some in it
once;)... Tobacco barn, honest to pete;)

Um, no?

There are three distinct styles of tobacco barn depending on where you
live in a tobacco growing region. That barn in Harry's photograph is
probably adapted from a tobacco barn and or repurposed for other use,
but it's pretty clear that the main structure is a classic Maryland
tobacco barn.

The types of barns you see for CT shade tobacco are technically called
sheds and have different drying characteristics than other types of
tobacco barns.

In NC, for example, the structures are about 12'X12' to a side and are
usually open to allow for air movement. They also have a type of shed
that looks very similar to the CT shed, but operates differently in
terms of air flow.

The last time I looked into this and it was a while ago I'll admit,
there were three types of CT Shade tobacco barns/sheds and overall
about ten different styles of tobacco barns in tobacco country.

odd helm configuration
 

On Wed, 4 Jun 2008 04:56:15 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Jun 3, 4:52*pm, HK wrote:
D.Duck wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
...
Jim wrote:

Perfect shelter for a cheaply built workboat.

Uh huh. Where, crap-for-brains, did you get the idea that the shed in
question belonged to me?

It's just one of the many rigging sheds on the premises of my boat dealer.
There's room in this particular shed for three boats on trailers to be
rigged simultaneously. There are at least four other large steel buildings
for rigging on the premises, and a double wide concrete fresh water filled
ramp to test engines on their boats.

My "shed" is an old tobacco barn that "conveyed" with my land purchase:

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...me/Oldbarn.jpg

Since this photo was taken, I've had the rotted boards replaced. But it's
still just an old tobacco barn, home for some farm implements and in the
winter, families of woodland critters.

If you were to find yourself homeless, I couldn't let you move in...the
critters would object to your stench.

How about a picture with the boards replaced?

Yeah, I need to do that. They haven't been painted yet...I'm trying to
hasten their aging and maybe this summer I will have the entire
structure painted Maryland barn red again. I discussed this last summer
with the Amish crew, but we never came to an agreement.

Why do you want the photos? Are you a barn buff?

Oh...boating related...there are two canoes and a kayak stored inside
the barn on occasion...they belong to friends who "launch" at a nearby
Bay park.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

"Maryland barn red"? WTF is THAT?

I really hate to be defending Harry on things, but yes, there is such
a thing as Maryland Red - just like there is a classic Williamsburg
Blue. Maryland Red is very similar to what they used to call Dutch
Red you saw on PA barns, only it has a lower orange component and is a
slightly lighter shade.

You have to remember that colors used to be associated with regions
because of the difference in ingrediants, dyes, etc.

Now I know you are going to ask how I know all this - well, I had to
wade through a physics dissertation that had some math in it and
unfortunately some of the historical data just soaked into my brain
and sat there. :)

odd helm configuration
 

On Jun 4, 8:38*am, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Tue, 3 Jun 2008 14:04:07 -0700 (PDT),

wrote:
That's because it is not a frekin' tobacco barn. Wrong configuration
for drying tobacco, but don't tell the origional poster that, it will
ruin his fantasy. I grew up in Tobacco town CT... That is not a barn
origionally designed for drying tobacco, even if they dried some in it
once;)... Tobacco barn, honest to pete;)

Um, no?

There are three distinct styles of tobacco barn depending on where you
live in a tobacco growing region. *That barn in Harry's photograph is
probably adapted from a tobacco barn and or repurposed for other use,
but it's pretty clear that the main structure is a classic Maryland
tobacco barn.

The types of barns you see for CT shade tobacco are technically called
sheds and have different drying characteristics than other types of
tobacco barns.

In NC, for example, the structures are about 12'X12' to a side and are
usually open to allow for air movement. *They also have a type of shed
that looks very similar to the CT shed, but operates differently in
terms of air flow.

The last time I looked into this and it was a while ago I'll admit,
there were three types of CT Shade tobacco barns/sheds and overall
about ten different styles of tobacco barns in tobacco country.

Ok, but we still don't give a **** in hell about harry and his barn
pictures.... But I can admit when I am wrong, no big deal...

odd helm configuration
 

On Jun 4, 8:45*am, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Wed, 4 Jun 2008 04:56:15 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
On Jun 3, 4:52*pm, HK wrote:
D.Duck wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
...
Jim wrote:

Perfect shelter for a cheaply built workboat.

Uh huh. Where, crap-for-brains, did you get the idea that the shed in
question belonged to me?

It's just one of the many rigging sheds on the premises of my boat dealer.
There's room in this particular shed for three boats on trailers to be
rigged simultaneously. There are at least four other large steel buildings
for rigging on the premises, and a double wide concrete fresh water filled
ramp to test engines on their boats.

My "shed" is an old tobacco barn that "conveyed" with my land purchase:

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...me/Oldbarn.jpg

Since this photo was taken, I've had the rotted boards replaced. But it's
still just an old tobacco barn, home for some farm implements and in the
winter, families of woodland critters.

If you were to find yourself homeless, I couldn't let you move in...the
critters would object to your stench.

How about a picture with the boards replaced?

Yeah, I need to do that. They haven't been painted yet...I'm trying to
hasten their aging and maybe this summer I will have the entire
structure painted Maryland barn red again. I discussed this last summer
with the Amish crew, but we never came to an agreement.

Why do you want the photos? Are you a barn buff?

Oh...boating related...there are two canoes and a kayak stored inside
the barn on occasion...they belong to friends who "launch" at a nearby
Bay park.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

"Maryland barn red"? WTF is THAT?

I really hate to be defending Harry on things, but yes, there is such
a thing as Maryland Red *- just like there is a classic Williamsburg
Blue. *Maryland Red is very similar to what they used to call Dutch
Red you saw on PA barns, only it has a lower orange component and is a
slightly lighter shade.

You have to remember that colors used to be associated with regions
because of the difference in ingrediants, dyes, etc.

Now I know you are going to ask how I know all this - well, I had to
wade through a physics dissertation that had some math in it and
unfortunately some of the historical data just soaked into my brain
and sat there. *:)- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Maryland Red is not a predominate color, and there is no such thing as
"Maryland Barn Red". And actually, barns in central PA and Maryland
were white. The reason for plain old red barns is because ferrous
oxide was cheap. Red color had nothing to do with nor were there
specific colors of red used.

odd helm configuration
 

odd helm configuration
 

wrote:
On Jun 4, 8:45 am, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Wed, 4 Jun 2008 04:56:15 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
On Jun 3, 4:52 pm, HK wrote:
D.Duck wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
...
Jim wrote:
Perfect shelter for a cheaply built workboat.
Uh huh. Where, crap-for-brains, did you get the idea that the shed in
question belonged to me?
It's just one of the many rigging sheds on the premises of my boat dealer.
There's room in this particular shed for three boats on trailers to be
rigged simultaneously. There are at least four other large steel buildings
for rigging on the premises, and a double wide concrete fresh water filled
ramp to test engines on their boats.
My "shed" is an old tobacco barn that "conveyed" with my land purchase:
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...me/Oldbarn.jpg
Since this photo was taken, I've had the rotted boards replaced. But it's
still just an old tobacco barn, home for some farm implements and in the
winter, families of woodland critters.
If you were to find yourself homeless, I couldn't let you move in...the
critters would object to your stench.
How about a picture with the boards replaced?
Yeah, I need to do that. They haven't been painted yet...I'm trying to
hasten their aging and maybe this summer I will have the entire
structure painted Maryland barn red again. I discussed this last summer
with the Amish crew, but we never came to an agreement.
Why do you want the photos? Are you a barn buff?
Oh...boating related...there are two canoes and a kayak stored inside
the barn on occasion...they belong to friends who "launch" at a nearby
Bay park.- Hide quoted text -
- Show quoted text -
"Maryland barn red"? WTF is THAT?
I really hate to be defending Harry on things, but yes, there is such
a thing as Maryland Red - just like there is a classic Williamsburg
Blue. Maryland Red is very similar to what they used to call Dutch
Red you saw on PA barns, only it has a lower orange component and is a
slightly lighter shade.

You have to remember that colors used to be associated with regions
because of the difference in ingrediants, dyes, etc.

Now I know you are going to ask how I know all this - well, I had to
wade through a physics dissertation that had some math in it and
unfortunately some of the historical data just soaked into my brain
and sat there. :)- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Maryland Red is not a predominate color, and there is no such thing as
"Maryland Barn Red". And actually, barns in central PA and Maryland
were white. The reason for plain old red barns is because ferrous
oxide was cheap. Red color had nothing to do with nor were there
specific colors of red used.


snerk

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"HK" wrote in message
. ..
wrote:
On Jun 4, 8:38 am, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Tue, 3 Jun 2008 14:04:07 -0700 (PDT),

wrote:
That's because it is not a frekin' tobacco barn. Wrong configuration
for drying tobacco, but don't tell the origional poster that, it will
ruin his fantasy. I grew up in Tobacco town CT... That is not a barn
origionally designed for drying tobacco, even if they dried some in it
once;)... Tobacco barn, honest to pete;)
Um, no?

There are three distinct styles of tobacco barn depending on where you
live in a tobacco growing region. That barn in Harry's photograph is
probably adapted from a tobacco barn and or repurposed for other use,
but it's pretty clear that the main structure is a classic Maryland
tobacco barn.

The types of barns you see for CT shade tobacco are technically called
sheds and have different drying characteristics than other types of
tobacco barns.

In NC, for example, the structures are about 12'X12' to a side and are
usually open to allow for air movement. They also have a type of shed
that looks very similar to the CT shed, but operates differently in
terms of air flow.

The last time I looked into this and it was a while ago I'll admit,
there were three types of CT Shade tobacco barns/sheds and overall
about ten different styles of tobacco barns in tobacco country.

Ok, but we still don't give a **** in hell about harry and his barn
pictures.... But I can admit when I am wrong, no big deal...


*You* obviously give a damn, since you tried to make an issue out of it.
And your idiot son, Loogy, gives a damn, too, since he questioned the
concept of a "Maryland red tobacco barn" color. Maybe this summer, you,
Loogy, Florida Jim, California Bill, Herring, and the rest of the snarky
retards can get together on a back porch somewhere, determine who has the
most albino skin and reddest eyes, play the banjo and relive your glory
days from "Deliverance."


Ouch!

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"Don White" wrote in message
...

Ouch!

Got something to say? Say it.
Keep your grunts and groans to yourself.

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"Don White" wrote in message
...

Ouch!

Got something to say? Say it.
Keep your grunts and groans to yourself.

odd helm configuration
 

"Don White" wrote in message
...

Ouch!

Got something to say? Say it.
Keep your grunts and groans to yourself.

odd helm configuration
 

"Don White" wrote in message
...

Ouch!

Got something to say? Say it.
Keep your grunts and groans to yourself.

odd helm configuration
 

"Don White" wrote in message
...

Ouch!

Got something to say? Say it.
Keep your grunts and groans to yourself.

odd helm configuration
 

"Don White" wrote in message
...

Ouch!

Got something to say? Say it.
Keep your grunts and groans to yourself.

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"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 4 Jun 2008 04:56:15 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Jun 3, 4:52 pm, HK wrote:
D.Duck wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
...
Jim wrote:

Perfect shelter for a cheaply built workboat.

Uh huh. Where, crap-for-brains, did you get the idea that the shed in
question belonged to me?

It's just one of the many rigging sheds on the premises of my boat
dealer.
There's room in this particular shed for three boats on trailers to
be
rigged simultaneously. There are at least four other large steel
buildings
for rigging on the premises, and a double wide concrete fresh water
filled
ramp to test engines on their boats.

My "shed" is an old tobacco barn that "conveyed" with my land
purchase:

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...me/Oldbarn.jpg

Since this photo was taken, I've had the rotted boards replaced. But
it's
still just an old tobacco barn, home for some farm implements and in
the
winter, families of woodland critters.

If you were to find yourself homeless, I couldn't let you move
in...the
critters would object to your stench.

How about a picture with the boards replaced?

Yeah, I need to do that. They haven't been painted yet...I'm trying to
hasten their aging and maybe this summer I will have the entire
structure painted Maryland barn red again. I discussed this last summer
with the Amish crew, but we never came to an agreement.

Why do you want the photos? Are you a barn buff?

Oh...boating related...there are two canoes and a kayak stored inside
the barn on occasion...they belong to friends who "launch" at a nearby
Bay park.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

"Maryland barn red"? WTF is THAT?

I really hate to be defending Harry on things, but yes, there is such
a thing as Maryland Red - just like there is a classic Williamsburg
Blue. Maryland Red is very similar to what they used to call Dutch
Red you saw on PA barns, only it has a lower orange component and is a
slightly lighter shade.

You have to remember that colors used to be associated with regions
because of the difference in ingrediants, dyes, etc.

Now I know you are going to ask how I know all this - well, I had to
wade through a physics dissertation that had some math in it and
unfortunately some of the historical data just soaked into my brain
and sat there. :)

Here's some interesting barn color information.

odd helm configuration
 

On Wed, 4 Jun 2008 06:12:07 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Jun 4, 8:45*am, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Wed, 4 Jun 2008 04:56:15 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
On Jun 3, 4:52*pm, HK wrote:
D.Duck wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
...
Jim wrote:

Perfect shelter for a cheaply built workboat.

Uh huh. Where, crap-for-brains, did you get the idea that the shed in
question belonged to me?

It's just one of the many rigging sheds on the premises of my boat dealer.
There's room in this particular shed for three boats on trailers to be
rigged simultaneously. There are at least four other large steel buildings
for rigging on the premises, and a double wide concrete fresh water filled
ramp to test engines on their boats.

My "shed" is an old tobacco barn that "conveyed" with my land purchase:

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...me/Oldbarn.jpg

Since this photo was taken, I've had the rotted boards replaced. But it's
still just an old tobacco barn, home for some farm implements and in the
winter, families of woodland critters.

If you were to find yourself homeless, I couldn't let you move in...the
critters would object to your stench.

How about a picture with the boards replaced?

Yeah, I need to do that. They haven't been painted yet...I'm trying to
hasten their aging and maybe this summer I will have the entire
structure painted Maryland barn red again. I discussed this last summer
with the Amish crew, but we never came to an agreement.

Why do you want the photos? Are you a barn buff?

Oh...boating related...there are two canoes and a kayak stored inside
the barn on occasion...they belong to friends who "launch" at a nearby
Bay park.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

"Maryland barn red"? WTF is THAT?

I really hate to be defending Harry on things, but yes, there is such
a thing as Maryland Red *- just like there is a classic Williamsburg
Blue. *Maryland Red is very similar to what they used to call Dutch
Red you saw on PA barns, only it has a lower orange component and is a
slightly lighter shade.

You have to remember that colors used to be associated with regions
because of the difference in ingrediants, dyes, etc.

Now I know you are going to ask how I know all this - well, I had to
wade through a physics dissertation that had some math in it and
unfortunately some of the historical data just soaked into my brain
and sat there. *:)- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Maryland Red is not a predominate color, and there is no such thing as
"Maryland Barn Red". And actually, barns in central PA and Maryland
were white. The reason for plain old red barns is because ferrous
oxide was cheap. Red color had nothing to do with nor were there
specific colors of red used.

You are correct about PA barns - most were white. There were,
however, red barns painted in the color Dutch Red. You see them
mostly in Eastern PA and in the rest of New England. There is even a
reference to some types of scallop dory's painted in what was called
Dutch Red. The historical reference to Dutch Red is a particular
species of tulip of all things - go figure.

I will be glad to send you a copy of the dissertation if you wish - it
has all the references, data points, graphs and chemical compositions
of the various regional colors.

Free of charge. :)

odd helm configuration
 

On Wed, 4 Jun 2008 10:04:53 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:

Here's some interesting barn color information.

Extremely interseting.

Where ever did you find that? :)

odd helm configuration
 

On Wed, 4 Jun 2008 10:36:28 -0300, "Don White"
wrote:

determine who has the most albino skin and reddest eyes...

That would be me after my chemo treatments. :)

odd helm configuration
 

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 4 Jun 2008 10:04:53 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:

Here's some interesting barn color information.

Extremely interseting.

Where ever did you find that? :)


Uh.....Google?

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"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 4 Jun 2008 10:04:53 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:

Here's some interesting barn color information.

Extremely interseting.

Where ever did you find that? :)

This old age stuff really stinks. This time for sure.

http://www.thebarnjournal.org/storie...006/index.html

odd helm configuration
 

On Jun 4, 10:32*am, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Wed, 4 Jun 2008 06:12:07 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
On Jun 4, 8:45*am, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Wed, 4 Jun 2008 04:56:15 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
On Jun 3, 4:52*pm, HK wrote:
D.Duck wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
...
Jim wrote:

Perfect shelter for a cheaply built workboat.

Uh huh. Where, crap-for-brains, did you get the idea that the shed in
question belonged to me?

It's just one of the many rigging sheds on the premises of my boat dealer.
There's room in this particular shed for three boats on trailers to be
rigged simultaneously. There are at least four other large steel buildings
for rigging on the premises, and a double wide concrete fresh water filled
ramp to test engines on their boats.

My "shed" is an old tobacco barn that "conveyed" with my land purchase:

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...me/Oldbarn.jpg

Since this photo was taken, I've had the rotted boards replaced. But it's
still just an old tobacco barn, home for some farm implements and in the
winter, families of woodland critters.

If you were to find yourself homeless, I couldn't let you move in....the
critters would object to your stench.

How about a picture with the boards replaced?

Yeah, I need to do that. They haven't been painted yet...I'm trying to
hasten their aging and maybe this summer I will have the entire
structure painted Maryland barn red again. I discussed this last summer
with the Amish crew, but we never came to an agreement.

Why do you want the photos? Are you a barn buff?

Oh...boating related...there are two canoes and a kayak stored inside
the barn on occasion...they belong to friends who "launch" at a nearby
Bay park.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

"Maryland barn red"? WTF is THAT?

I really hate to be defending Harry on things, but yes, there is such
a thing as Maryland Red *- just like there is a classic Williamsburg
Blue. *Maryland Red is very similar to what they used to call Dutch
Red you saw on PA barns, only it has a lower orange component and is a
slightly lighter shade.

You have to remember that colors used to be associated with regions
because of the difference in ingrediants, dyes, etc.

Now I know you are going to ask how I know all this - well, I had to
wade through a physics dissertation that had some math in it and
unfortunately some of the historical data just soaked into my brain
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Maryland Red is not a predominate color, and there is no such thing as
"Maryland Barn Red". And actually, barns in central PA and Maryland
were white. The reason for plain old red barns is because ferrous
oxide was cheap. Red color had nothing to do with nor were there
specific colors of red used.

You are correct about PA barns - most were white. *There were,
however, red barns painted in the color Dutch Red. *You see them
mostly in Eastern PA and in the rest of New England. *There is even a
reference to some types of scallop dory's painted in what was called
Dutch Red. *The historical reference to Dutch Red is a particular
species of tulip of all things - go figure.

I will be glad to send you a copy of the dissertation if you wish - it
has all the references, data points, graphs and chemical compositions
of the various regional colors.

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The geographically available ingredients are what makes the color
variations. In western NY, all barns are red, but you never hear of
them being called western NY red. Same with "maryland red". Try it!