Good morning!!!!

[Buppies]

Drew you are right opinions everyone has one or two. I’ve had decent luck with British cars great luck with German cars except for one brand. Bad luck with chevy good luck Ford and Dodge. However I never say never so who knows I might buy a BMW again or a GM product. Again be safe there’s only one of you

 

[LouNY]

you bet, like in New Bern, next big town South of here, has 10 feet of water coming into the town; have to wonder
if much of the same isn't about to come up the Pamlico River shortly and flood all the downtown streets in Washington.
I'm sure the EMS there is doing water rescues. What really creeps me out is seeing couples out walking around in flooded streets.
Man is that a good way to get electrocuted if some wire happens to fall nearby. Really really bad idea unless you have no choice.
And the picture takers frankly looked a little clueless. Near a marina, probably sailboaters. heh heh heh **
actually a really bad time for anyone with a boat. Easily damaged in the marina and even up on the "hard". People do dumb things with stands
and if the boat next to you falls over likely your boat will be damaged.

I emailed my insurance agent, who because I used to be one, and a company underwriter, get along wonderfully telling him
good luck as he was about to be the most popular man in town. I'm sure he's written a ton of flood insurance, have to have it on a
Fed backed loan. And much of the town is in 100 year flood zone, which we now know isn't something you can depend upon.
With global warming comes more severe weather and more serious floods. Folks near the water better take a tour of Holland
and see how it's done...

** Ford vs Chevy, Red vs Blue, Stinkpotters vs Ragbaggers, there are just some natural opposites in life
that you just have to keep your sense of humor with. Did you know that all sailboaters are so cheap they steal all the toilet
paper out of the marina bathrooms? Did you know that all powerboaters have giant guts loaded with gold chains and guzzle beer?
Ah, always room for some friendly joshing.

a little boat story:
In 1972 I was invited out by a college fraternity mate, on a 90 foot sloop night cruise owned by the original owner of Hilton Head resort. Drove all the way down there from PA and right after dinner went out on this beautiful polished wood trim boat, which just gleamed in the moonlight. And there was a full moon out, of course. Almost intoxicating by itself. In addition to the wine.

I'm exhausted, but the boat was big enough it had real seats, which most smaller sailboats don't. They have perches, often with thinly
padded foam. Not much better than a Quaker bench... But this yacht I was on was simply marvelous, sluicing through the water under sail with just the splash of the water to hear and the creaking of lines when a gust of wind gave you a shove forward. Now that was boating...
So I think sailboats are great, when the fan is finally clogged for good, we will all be back to sailing anyway...
Solar powered boats will be the hot ticket; albeit a slow ride.
Look how so many of you have really great electrical yard tools now.
they already have solar boats, just have to get the cost down.
Which means they will come from you know where..

time to put a rain slicker on and go for a walk.

Heard from my daughter in Jacksonville this morning, power went out about 10 last night, but other then hot and stuffy all doing well.
Best wishes to all in the storms path.

If those hog lagoons over flow, dilution may be beneficial, sure hope so.

 

[ronjhall]

you bet, like in New Bern, next big town South of here, has 10 feet of water coming into the town; have to wonder
if much of the same isn't about to come up the Pamlico River shortly and flood all the downtown streets in Washington.
I'm sure the EMS there is doing water rescues. What really creeps me out is seeing couples out walking around in flooded streets.
Man is that a good way to get electrocuted if some wire happens to fall nearby. Really really bad idea unless you have no choice.
And the picture takers frankly looked a little clueless. Near a marina, probably sailboaters. heh heh heh **
actually a really bad time for anyone with a boat. Easily damaged in the marina and even up on the "hard". People do dumb things with stands
and if the boat next to you falls over likely your boat will be damaged.

I emailed my insurance agent, who because I used to be one, and a company underwriter, get along wonderfully telling him
good luck as he was about to be the most popular man in town. I'm sure he's written a ton of flood insurance, have to have it on a
Fed backed loan. And much of the town is in 100 year flood zone, which we now know isn't something you can depend upon.
With global warming comes more severe weather and more serious floods. Folks near the water better take a tour of Holland
and see how it's done...

** Ford vs Chevy, Red vs Blue, Stinkpotters vs Ragbaggers, there are just some natural opposites in life
that you just have to keep your sense of humor with. Did you know that all sailboaters are so cheap they steal all the toilet
paper out of the marina bathrooms? Did you know that all powerboaters have giant guts loaded with gold chains and guzzle beer?
Ah, always room for some friendly joshing.

a little boat story:
In 1972 I was invited out by a college fraternity mate, on a 90 foot sloop night cruise owned by the original owner of Hilton Head resort. Drove all the way down there from PA and right after dinner went out on this beautiful polished wood trim boat, which just gleamed in the moonlight. And there was a full moon out, of course. Almost intoxicating by itself. In addition to the wine.

I'm exhausted, but the boat was big enough it had real seats, which most smaller sailboats don't. They have perches, often with thinly
padded foam. Not much better than a Quaker bench... But this yacht I was on was simply marvelous, sluicing through the water under sail with just the splash of the water to hear and the creaking of lines when a gust of wind gave you a shove forward. Now that was boating...
So I think sailboats are great, when the fan is finally clogged for good, we will all be back to sailing anyway...
Solar powered boats will be the hot ticket; albeit a slow ride.
Look how so many of you have really great electrical yard tools now.
they already have solar boats, just have to get the cost down.
Which means they will come from you know where..

time to put a rain slicker on and go for a walk.

Being a powerboater all my life. I still have liked a few evening sails. No noise other than the ripple of water passing along the hull.
That being said. A local radio personality for years. JP McCarthy was giving a report on the tugboat races that are run on Detroit River every year around July 4th. A Rag Bagger called in making a statement about the amount fuel wasted during the race. JP's response was that " Sailboaters think the wind is free and everything else should be free". JP had a Hatteras or similar yacht. :thumbsup:

 

[toppop52]

Drew, we all know blo-boaters never bathe and the women have armpit hamsters larger than the cats they keep on board!
Don’t get me started on Cortina drivers! LOL

You know I’m kidding!

 

[Bird]

Maybe we were just lucky but we have owned over the years seven British cars no real problems. So Eric should be happy

I've only owned one British car; a 1962 Austin Healy Sprite, and I had lots of problems with it. It kept getting run into by other drivers who didn't see it.:laughing: Several times when I got off work, I found it bashed again where it was legally parked. And it got severely damaged twice when I was in it, sitting still.

 

[daugen]

fun little walk around the property, got some very wet feet, let up enough a few times I could take a pic,
usual junk everywhere, picked up a lot of broken pine limbs on driveway.
This is just round one, going to be windy today and the more rain, the more likely the trees will go over.

had to do a little ditch maintenance, get those logs out, ditch flowing a lot of water

going out in a little while to shut down generator and check oil. It's been on 12 hours and I try to check that often.
Never have to add oil but always check. Lawn starting to get covered in lakes, dumped 5.25 inches out of rain gauge.

the blurry picture is what it looks like when caught in a downpour
warm out, felt good actually

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

fun little walk around the property, got some very wet feet, let up enough a few times I could take a pic,
usual junk everywhere, picked up a lot of broken pine limbs on driveway.
This is just round one, going to be windy today and the more rain, the more likely the trees will go over.

had to do a little ditch maintenance, get those logs out, ditch flowing a lot of water

going out in a little while to shut down generator and check oil. It's been on 12 hours and I try to check that often.
Never have to add oil but always check. Lawn starting to get covered in lakes, dumped 5.25 inches out of rain gauge.

the blurry picture is what it looks like when caught in a downpour
warm out, felt good actually

Thanks for the update. Looks like you avoided the worst of the wind. Just be prepared for tons of rain.

 

[riptides]

71 outside this AM. Heading to upper 70's with rain. Power is out. Trees down due to ground saturation up the road.

And this is not anywhere near the hurricane, nor do we have windy conditions. It has been just that wet here.

Mower is suppose to come back today. Irony in there, somewhere.

Hope all have a safe day and better weekend. Hope all fare the hurricane as well as can be expected.

 

[CWB Wyo]

It cooled off again this morning 34°. Yesterday turned out to bad, a lot of smoke and ash from fires in Utah. Visibility was down to about a mile. Today is supposed to be in the 80's with 20-30 mph winds and sunny.

Don't have any real plans for today. May go up and help a neighbor work on his place.

Hope everyone in the path of the hurricane gets though it without any major problems. And the rest of you get a good start to the weekend.
CWB.

 

[PJSprog]

68°F and clear skies this morning, going up to 89° today.

Be careful going out, Drew. Flying debris is indiscriminately unfriendly. Hope everyone else over there is safe as well.

Never owned a British car. However, if I ever have the discretionary funds and space, I'd love to have an MG Midget. I've always liked tiny cars.