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Discussion in 'All Things Boats & Boating' started by kach22i, Mar 30, 2006.

  1. Rurudyne
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    When humble fishing boats were things of beauty.

    Frankly, in her sheer and house I see the base form for an elegant Trumpy-like classic, not as long or as lean but the similar genes, that I'd much prefer over these "Italian/European design" super yachts that suck through gas almost as fast as a Congresscritter through other people's money (okay, within MAYBE a few orders of magnitude, and it's a slow day for the Congresscritter). But then I'm kinda old fashioned (and cynical)...
     
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    William Garden is among my favorite designers and entertaining author.
    58 feet, that is correct I said 56 and those are several good examples, this is a plastic one that I worked on recently ( that it was not me in the photo but I was the photographer ).
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    They Seem to Be Immortal https://www.guernicamag.com/they-seem-to-be-immortal/

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    Mark Twain Tree, image courtesy American Museum of Natural History.
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    Loggers and the giant Mark Twain redwood cut down in California, 1892.
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    I believe Looney Tunes used to reference the stupid uses for which some trees were harvested by showing a whole tree bring ground up to make one toothpick.
     
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    Yes, it makes one sort of ill to think of what the world was like not very long ago.

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    Wow, what a dream! Still half asleep. Like a rock opera: "Jesus has returned! Jesus has returned! He will give you life! You must obey this call! You must obey this call! He will give you life!" This was just where my fingers led me. I can still hear it ending go the downbeat at the end of returned. Upbeat with call. He will give you life staccato ... I think that's the right word. A little more awake now. It was on a cruise of some sort. Me, the iPad and my purring kitty now. Sung like shouting. Strange thing is I don't even like rock operas. Somewhat awake now.

    I know who I was confessing when I first started waking up. Well, I just did an edit so I guess, woozy I may be , but I'm now mostly awake. I do recall something off from earlier in the dream, the sense that I could literally pull myself up off the ground by my own pants. Then that I could fly when some officer threatened to throw me overboard ... BUT when the singing started, when people had to choose to confess Christ or themselves, I wasn't lifting me, I was shouting the lyrics. I saw them execute those who confessed some name besides Christ. Then I went to a poolside near my room and started singing the words to those there. I was doing that when I started waking up.

    I started to go to Zola forums but my fingers hit to here. Oh, wow, still woozy.

    Heh, it just hit me for maybe the third time, I went to proclaim poolside in the dream but I'm shouting proverbially at boat people.

    And now I'm awake. Feel like a baked potato ... that's just something I say when waking up takes a while. Rather than all at once. I'm gonna go get a glass of water.
     
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    Aug 27, 2013 . till . Oct 19, 2016 . so far.

    Interesting discussion, after the opening post 63 comments so far, including Matt Marsh who we haven't seen on the forums here since a long time now.​

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    Nice carport!
     

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