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Thanks for trying to help me out on this, Jimmy, but I'm still not doing something right :oops:

Here's another try.

OK, so how do you get the quote in the highlighted box?

Nice work!!! After many years in the business of building 28'-44' ocean cruising sailboats, then sportfishermen, I have often thought of building a maximum trailerable size (maybe 23-26') sharpie for cruising the shallow waters of the Keys and the Florida gulf coast. It may be one of those...

As far as I can tell, the luxury tax was just grandstanding by the congress, trying to look like they were sticking it to the rich. The actual result was putting at least 40,000 people and numerous companies out of work. It took about three years, but they finally did come to their senses, at...

Mick, I used my new Trangia 25 last week on the St. Marys trip. Loved it. Stove, frying pan, two pots and a small kettle, all in small package. I opted for the quart sized fuel bottle since one extra pound in the canoe is not as much of an issue as worrying about running out of fuel on an...

The feller in the back just smacks the feller in the front with a rock to the back of the head to get his attention :lol:

I built this 20' stripper back in the early 1990s while the boat business was dead and I had a lot of free time, thanks to the brilliant idea our Congress had to impose a luxury tax on boats. With normal load distribution the transom is not in the water so it paddles as easily as most 16'...

We sure hope Pat will be back on track real soon. She has too many responsibilities to be spending much time with the docs. After all, who else is gonna keep you in line? Sometimes those EKGs tell tales. When my mother was in her early eighties an EKG indicated she had had a heart attack...

We are all relieved, also. Give Karen a hug for us. As far as getting back to normal, you may want to proceed cautiously when it comes to what Chuck calls "normal" :lol: :lol: :shock: Joe

Chuck, we can depend on you to see the bright side of every situation :)

Dang, Jimmie, from all those side effects from your meds it sounds like they think you're going through menopause :lol: :lol: :lol:

All the geezers wish you were coming on the St. Marys trip, too. Also, you need to find time to make an Ocklawaha trip so you can meet our non-native cousins Tarzan brought to us a few decades ago :D It's a great river.

Hope you are back home by now, Yak. Hangin' around those docs can be hazardous to your health :? Joe

Yak, are you a closet terrorist? Sounds like you're trying to cause an explosion of major proportions that would result in a national brown-out :shock:

Yep, Smilin'Jack was one of my favorite cartoon strips, plus it always had a little aviation history included. Zack Mosley lived in Stuart, FL and many of the characters in the strip were caricatures of real folks who flew or worked at our local airport, Witham Field in the late 1940's and 1950's.

Jack, you are supposed to fly coordinated turns :?

I haven't had a flu shot since I was in the service, either. Just in the last few weeks I have been thinking perhaps I should get one, but this thread has given me all the excuses necessary to to say "Hell no!" :lol:

Those Optimus Primus kerosene burners were the standard burners used in most marine stoves for decades, regardless of who built the rest of the stove. Eventually, people started going more to propane for the convenience and a lot of boats exploded as a result. CNG was a safer choice than...