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Hey Capt. Patrick,

Not sure of the location of all the storms, but just want to be sure everything is A-OK with you, the shop, and the frog pond!

Tommy,

Was a drop dead georgious day here today... The weather cells were up in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.

Br,

Patrick

the news showed tractor trailers flying thru the air, dam

One of the most frightening things I ever saw was the video on the news last night. Reminded of those really bad Japanese Mothra versus Godzilla movies -- seeing full size tractor trailers flying 100s of feet up in the air, wow.

Looks more spectacular than it is...

Actually, those are just the trailers alone, no tractor, pretty sure they are empty, (about 8-10k lbs), and since they aren't anchored down, have about 4' of clearance below them, and around 400 sq ft of flat surface area on the underside, it really doesn't take much of a tarnado to kite them up.

But it does make for sensational footage.

Sane stuff hit here about 3 am this morning, sounded like an artillery barrage for 3 hours. No tornados, thank goodness.

Patrick - now that wood fence is slick as owl doo-doo......I assume the wire fence is to keep Bambi from eating your nice grass?

UV

Vic,

The wood fence is made from 5/4" PT decking planks and is window dressing from the street side. All other fencing is to keep the dogs at home and have as little visual impact as possible. The image was taken while the far 8' wooden gate was open. With the side mirrows folded in, I can easily bring my F250 through it.

Shot 20 min ago...

A couple of Port Eads goats might fit in too......

Nice. Very peaceful. Far cry from WPB's shooting gallery? Amazing what a little rain will do, huh?

UV

A couple of Port Eads goats might fit in too......

does that include timmy

Vicroy wrote:A couple of Port Eads goats might fit in too......

Nice. Very peaceful. Far cry from WPB's shooting gallery? Amazing what a little rain will do, huh?

UV

Man I worked to hard to get that grass seeded in solid to turn goats loose on it. Besides the bone head dogs think, (and arguably true), that goats are dinner on the hoof

Only about 15 other full time residents within a 1/2 mile radius and except for the neighbor to the south, I have the highed ground for a 1 mile radius. 270 degree almost unbroken view of the ground for up to 300 yards. I add the turret and M60 to the roof next year...

Big difference from being behind enemy lines in WPB.

Glad to hear, Pat. Nice stand of turf; looks like you have recovered from the past few years of drought conditions (or you have mastered the art of irrigation).

like you have recovered from the past few years of drought conditions (or you have mastered the art of irrigation).

Both! We've had about normal rain fall since October AND all of the front area, pond area, and planters are all on irrigation systems.

Even your irrigation system looks like it belongs on a Bertram...need a shootn tower just to knock over the deer that will be feasting on your green patch...BH

Bob,

My second level deck will easily convert to a nice, comfortable elevated deer blind. Just drape some camo over the railing...

Bob, he's always one step ahead of us, isn't he!

I bet he doesn't have a B31 shaped wind vane.......

yet...

That irrigation box is laid up better than 95% of today's production boats - I'm not surprised given who constructed it -- however, I can't believe it isn't painted in a camo Awlgrip!

Tom, Couldn't afford it! Had to settle for the rattle can stuff...

Mike,

You're right! But I do have, (almost from when I first moved in, thanks to Charlie Johnson), a street sign marking the enrtance to my drive...

Capt. Patrick -- I'm sure the Awlgrip would be overkill! Besides, camo shouldn't be shiny, should it?

Your plumbing inside the box is something boat builders should aspire to -- hell, I will the plumber that did my house was as neat and precise -- crap going everywhere - but at least the output does go downhill!

First class job!

Tom,

Here's the pump house that I built, (the irrigation valves are outside and adjacent to the left), along with my plumbing installation... Oh, and yes, it doubles as a deer blind for hand gun application only. Their run is only 25 feet away.

Don't you need a tap on the top of that back flow preventor for the inspectors test gauge?

Has 4 taps for inspection comming off the front horizontal. The inspection and certification of the BFP was the only item that was done by a professional plumber.

I just had to jump in, here, and add a story that I recently herd from a landowner, here in Texas. I work in the Oil and Gas business, and heard this story from a landowner in Cotulla, Texas.

His name is Ralph Guttman, and he owned a B33 for several years. He used to take his boat to Venice and Port Eads, every year for the Tuna bite, and became good friends with Buzzy, in Port Eads. He told me the whole story of how he loaded the goats in his van, in Cotulla, and drove them to Venice, in dog crates. He then loaded them on the Bertram and drove down the river to deliver them to Buzzy as a gift, and probably some much needed company. I had always wondered where they came from, and I thought this was a great story.

Brian