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Mikey

John, Harry and I have the same boats and I did exactly what he did. The only thing I haven't done (probably this winter) is to close the aft bulkhead around the shafts and insulate that. I used the glue and pin method on most pieces but the glue and screw on some. On the panels between the engines ...

Mikey

What Tommy said. External strainers are the stuff.

Mikey

John, Glad you are finally in the "finishing mode." it only seems like forever. Although Dreamsicle has been in the water for a year I am still working on her. planning on keeping her in the water this winter and completing the interior. I tell people, who are dumb enough to ask, that I am eighty pe...

Mikey

Farting illegal!!?!?!?? I'll be in the big house soon.

Mikey

Coolair; Sorry I didn't respond when this was originally posted. Missed for some reason. I glassed a piece of plywood and glassed in place. Added some stops to hold the batteries in place and added straps to hold'em down. Works well and they are out of the way and low in the center of gravity depart...

Mikey

Harry, That was sweet little ole me.
Turn it on, shoot'em up.
Turn it off, go fishing.
Life is good.
For those who don't get real prime time in prime time or current stuff, it was the murder at the Homestead.
Sleep well.

Mikey

Joe,
Evan Almighty - Yes
Gain commercial - no.
For the money the Gain job would have been better.

Mikey

Several of you have asked me to let you know when something that I have done will be on the tube. Since I never know, it's tough, but I guest starred in an episode of America's Most Wanted that will air on this Saturday on your Fox affiliate at nine Eastern. This is a murder that occurred right here...

Mikey

Last night at one of this country's most historic and beautiful churches (Christchurch in Lancaster County, Virginia) J. Rawleigh Simmons married Susan Gaskins Faulkner. Following the wedding the reception with sit-down dinner and dancing was held at Celebration, a 19th century manor house overlooki...

Mikey

Harry,
I don't remember the sixties.

Mikey

Bruce, True about the helicopters. I try not to go outside unless disguised as my airedale. The F jets are the best though. They use our creek as some kind of run. They come straight up the creek at treetop height and at our house turn straight up. From the perspective of my next-door neighbor's dec...

Mikey

Harry,
and if you're a plumber, don't bite your fingernails.

Mikey

Harry,
What are the three immutable rules of plumbing?
Hot's on the left.
Cold's on the right.
And . . .
Somethings don't run up hill.

Mikey

Big Brother hasn't gotten to my neighborhood yet. Whew!!

Mikey

Timing is everything. Yesterday's post brought a catalog from Tek Supply, a farm and industrial supply co. This catalog was all shelters. Check their website:
www.teksupply.com

Mikey

This is the s#*t rig I assembled to restore Dreamsicle. 2 X 4's with a shrink wrap cover. Worked very well until (As Drifter31 noted) winds over thirty. Actually I was working on the boat during the hurricane (o.k. so I'm not as bright as cute) when a gust of about fifty hit and started to raise the...

Mikey

I'm crashing so I'll keep you posted. Maybe even pictures, if it ain't too tacky.
Oh what the hell, I'll do it anyway.
By the by, she's a cutey. He chased her like a man obsessed until she caught him.

Mikey

Couple of weeks ago took a few Bertram buddies for a cocktail cruise. Our little creek is perfect for such nonsense. We did our best to eat and drink all we brought. After dark we like to be tied up to prevent catching crab pots in the props. Backed into the boathouse and continued the party until p...

Mikey

Bruce, if a comedian tells a joke in the woods and there is no one there to hear it, is it still funny? Thought of that last night during the Emmys.
My wife named our airedale Emmy saying that I finally got mine. Regardless of location I don't see the humor.

Mikey

You've come to the right place. One of my businesses is in Tortola, BVI and I have been traveling there for over forty years. I have chartered there as well, but only sail. By the way if you can sail a Sunfish you can sail anything. The bigger the boat the more forgiving. On a Sunfish, if you make a...

Mikey

Agree with JP. In addition open everything on th boat before wrapping. Doors, drawers, bilges, lazarettes, nooks crannies, everything. Keep the air moving.

Mikey

118!?!?!? Turn sideways, stick out your tongue and you look like a zipper.
EAT!

Mikey

One house and two starting for 6BTA 300's. Hid them under the floor in the cabin. Lighter, cheaper (in the long run) cleaner.

Mikey

Chris, It takes at least a dozen in the South. One to plug in the new one and the rest to stand, drink in hand and offer condolences for the old one. The old one is the forty-year old original to the house and the ice maker still works. It is going to a cabin on the Corrotoman. A just and deserved r...

Mikey

Chris, May get that fridge plugged in today.
Maybe not.
It's coming and so are the pix.

Mikey

Bite your tongue. Thee is no such thing as tooooooo many projects.
Love th new digs too.

Mikey

Vic, Even though that's not your recipe I am going to give it a try this weekend. We're about five days from total completion and then break out the saute pan, garlic and butter. Whew! We have two cook tops, one is a two-burner gas and the other is a two-burner induction. One oven, one fridge a body...

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Zowie! You coonasses be difernt from us Virginia rednecks. Dat be a swell soundin' sauce. The bride and I are coming to the end of a one-year project of designing and building a kitchen overlooking Dreamsicle's house. As soon as the cook top works and the fridge is plugged in I'm on this one. Had to...

Mikey

Picture postcards all.

Mikey

Harry,
Agreed. Thus my reference to "Informed consumer";
kind of like our founding father's reference to "informed electorate."
Sure, that will happen. But . . .

Mikey

Carl,
Many thanks for the stuff. What a hoot.

Mikey

When Rawleigh returns from vacation he should be able to supply some info on all of this (especially price and other original data)as his family bought their 31 new. Bob H. The sketching from a profile is how I got the proportions right on Dreamsicle, especially the hardtop. However, I photographed ...

Mikey

Pat,
After posting this I tried to edit. Followed directions and still ended with two posts. What am I doing wrong. This is what happened a couple of weeks ago.
Thanks

Mikey

Harry, Having been a solver of problems (mostly of my own making) most of my life I have discovered guys like you most of my life. First, I complicate my life with a design that totally confounds, then I take my rudimentary drawings and hand-made (from anything available) pieces and go to a professi...

Mikey

My favorite kind of work on a Bertram.
Excellent!

Mikey

How about a picture without the covers. Is the hardtop original?

Mikey

http://www.toughboats.com/video.cfm?ful ... aCRevLegal

Mikey

The only for-sure hardtop express.

Mikey

Chris,
What a fabulous way to celebrate a birthday. The two of you, Rawleigh and his soon-to-be bride and mine. Swell swill, irreverent friends and a Bertram 31.
Life is good!

Mikey

Happy birthday to all my fellow Leos.
Vic, I am still exactly one year younger than you.
Rawleigh, Chris and our significant others are celebrating tomorrow night with a cocktail cruise and din-din on Dreamsicle.
This is what it's allllll about!

Mikey

Curry gets my vote.
Prop for a few seconds in a flick I would believe as I have seen such tripe. Still like Ed's best.
O.K., let's move on!

Mikey

Before lynching I would like Richard's side. Anyone in the Miami area want to do some detective work?

Mikey

The purpose of this device is obscured by the swarm of white flies. Note where the two parts converge at the front of the operator. Got it now?

Mikey

Jim, Are you talking about glass or frames? The lower frame on my express was useless. I bought a later front and curved frame and had to modify the boat as they are different from early to late models. The upper I had some welding done to repair the fractures and then powder coated the whole bunch....

Mikey

What do they say about drunks and fools?

Mikey

Agree with Randall, From whence cometh da do'?

Mikey

Pat,
not an unusual pose.

Mikey

Welcome, my friends to the show that never ends.
What are the Cats(weight)? Don't think they should always be under, but with some fiberglas and time or a bag of $$$ this too shall pass.

Mikey

Planning to shoot the moon if invited. Remember, at some point we must grovel like we had no egos, but I'm ready.

Mikey

Hair!?!? What's hair?

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