Miss you guys!


Check please.

Jerry, have a good weekend. You got the big move goin' on?

Gute Nacht Jerry

I'm off to bed too I have to get up in under 5 hours (4:30am) to catch my flight to UK (6:30am)

I'm in London on a PC troubleshooting course for a week

Good night All

Jerry....sorry I missed you some today! Hope you have a good weekend and that you're not working too hard with this move?!

Kilroy...safe flights!

Kobi

I'm up and off to the airport byeeeeee!!!

Good trip Roy.

Good morning kids, sleep well?
Just another day at work for me, now how big of a suck is that!!! It's summer in NE again, mid 80's this week, people are flocking to the beach this AM. Very strange to see people swimming in Oct! No packing today, have to squeeze every sale we can, this move is way more costly then I thought.

I think I'll sell everything, move to Bonaire and become a dive bum?

Hi Jerry,
Hang in there buddy, soon the move will be only a memory. Warm here too in the heartland. Fall is coming though. Highs in the 60's next week.

Hey Steve,

Our temp will drop as well.
How you doin buddy?

Thanks for the call Patrick. I'm sorry that your day started off with that big sucking thing. It's got to get better, right?

Jerry, I'm doin fine.
Been going to the Gulag early and usually getting home after you've picked up your check. S**ks. Going to do a little quarry diving\underwater photog next weekend. That should replenish my batteries.

Good for you Steve.
There was a bunch of divers going in for lobsters this AM as I left for work. Big crop this year. Prices are dropping and the meat is sweet as he((.

Hmmmm... I'll need that lobster BLT recipe at some point. (slobbering uncontrollably)

Here you go buddy.

Here it is, BLT to die for.

Serves two, adjust as needed

4 slices of smoked apple bacon.
1 big fat tomato
1/2 lb cleaned, cooked lobster
Tempura
Veg oil

Sauce.
1/2 small clove of garlic (crushed)
pinch of smoked paprika
small pinch of saffron
2 tbl of mayo
pinch crushed red pepper.

Mix sauce ingredients together in a small container, adjust spice to taste, cover and put in fridge.
Cook bacon, put on paper towel to drain . Set aside.
Add some tempura to a plate, (good hand full) Add more if needed.
With sharp knife, slice tomato in half (side to side) we need 4 slices 3/8" thick.

In a large heavy fry pan add the veg oil to a depth of 1", heat oil over med-high.
Put the tomato in the tempura, cover 100%. Repeat for the remaining tomatoes.

When oil is ready (test by sprinkling a pinch of tempura in the oil) add one tomato at a time to the oil, cook until golden, turning once.
Remove and set on paper towels to drain excess oil.

Now you are ready to build the Bacon-Lobster & Tomato.

Use a good size plate here.
Add one slice of fried tomato to plate, put 1/2 the lobster meat on top, add the sauce on top of the lobster, (just a small amount, you can always add more after)
Put two strips of bacon on top of the sauce.
Put the remaining tomato on top, BINGO, you are ready to chow - down!

Any questions, need help? Call me.










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OMG that sounds wonderful.. thanks for sharing Jerry.. I think we should start a BT cook book and everyone can share a recipe for it...Might be a good thing to do instead of Christmas cards....Everyone could write up a recipe on computer and then copy onto regular sized sheet of paper {so it is easy to print it out} decorated might be nice but not necessary } and we could swap recipes and put them in a folder of our own design..

Thank you Jerry!
It makes me hungry visualizing it.


pssst! Hi Freddie, Jerry thinks I'm brown nosing you. LOL

Hey Freddie, long time no see.
How ya doin?

Brown Nose

Now now Stevie, we won't let that bad boy Jerry get in our way.. OOPs HI Jerry...I am in CT waiting to go to a wedding...we are staying at a nice place here in Avon www.avonoldfarmshotel.com

and I am just catching up on some work...

Kini, you lurking?
Long time no chatter.

Kiwi, I'm here How ya doing buddy?

Freddie, I think the BT Recipe exchange is a great idea! I love it! Will you organize the particulars this year, I can do the labels again easily, but if you can do the "how we do it" thing, that would be great!

Freddie, that place looks beautiful!

The boat lady is diving this weekend I think? Brown nose!

Nice place Freddie.

Kini, I'm good.
How are things with you? I saw that you went to a tug fest. That must have been a ball. Have you posted pics?

Have you got your trip all planned? I am 133 days out. tick... tick... tick...

We are blessed! The BOAT LADY is here!

Hi Cynde.....

What's the deal with labels, etc., for a recipe exchange?

Kini, is that a Bill Lundberg "That would be great"?

(Message edited by steve3453 on October 6, 2007)

Steve usually we have a list for Christmas/Holiday cards and Cynde /or others create {I think that Kathy did it one year and also Greta} labels for us to print out to make it easier than hand addressing..I hope you will send Cynde your address so you can be included this year.. We actually have a lot of newbies here this year I hope they all want to be included.. So instead of doing cards how about we exchange recipes?? We can put together that BT cookbook that many of us have been wanting to put together for a few years now..

The he!! with recipes, just send me the food."said by the fat man"LOL

Freddie, the recipe can be sent in a card too?

Kiwi..."That would be great"...L...M..A...O..."someone's got a case of the Monday's" How are the "Bob's" treating you??? disasembled your cube yet? No pics up yet, but it's on my "to do list" to update the website this weekend. We've gotten several emails from folks that attended already asking for pics!

Jerry, no, diving was supposed to be last weekend...but by the time we got to Avalon, and I was at the helm most of the time (Michael was sleeping, what the he)) is up with that?) the back was hurting so I decided to play it safe. One wrong move trying to gear up could blow the whole thing. We are going to try again next weekend, so I'm "pampering" the back.

I'm perusing Rachel Ray's website for something to cook up tonight. Do you all have chicken cutlets in your area? she uses them a lot, but I've never seen a chicken cutlet here...can I just take a boneless chicken breast and beat the he)) out of it?

Here's mine.

Boat Lady, yes you can, flower, egg wash, then panco.

ok, what is panco?

I wish you guys lived close to me, I got two aged tender loin roast last night, talk about tender and tasty! Two cases of new wines to try.

DANG JERRY! Me too! We have yet to drink the Caymus yet...I'm thinking tonight

Jerry, what is panco? She (Rachel Ray) has a few breaded cutlets reicepes, one has pine nuts and some other seasonings after you flour, egg, and then do it in that...hmmm...I have a macadamian nut reicepe thingie....

Funny, I got home from work last night, having a glass of wine, trying to talk Michael into going to a local cafe for French Onion Soup...I decided I needed a little snack, so I took some salami, put some cheese on top, and zapped it....I was sitting on the couch watching Rachel Ray...eating my treat, and Dylon comes out and looks at the TV says "it smells good, are you making that?" I'm like uh...no, it's salami and cheese zapped in the microwave. Poor boy look sooooo disapointed...lol!

I'm in on the xmas card\recipe deal. Cynde, YGM. I am not sure how I can help, but if you have some menial task I can perform, let me know.

Is there any choking involved in preparing a chicken cutlet?

What a difference a day makes!!
Yesterday it was white-cap city out in the channel....
this morning it looked perfect for a sail

all the lobster boats were out checking their traps


the wind is starting to pick up again though and it's only in the low 70's --- beautiful fall day!

I made us breakfast and used some of my Curry Ketchup from Bonaire --- yummmmmy! Now Guy is sleeping in the sun on the lounger and I'm determined to work on pictures.

I'm in for recipe exchange.... funny I just got in an email one... perhaps I'll send it out to all of you too

Oh, sssskkkeeeeuuuzzzeee my manners. I'm a heathen...
Good Morning Everyone

Afternoon, Boom. Beautiful pics.

Jerry,
I am afraid that you would never be able to get rid of me after one dinner at your place. Do you need a house boy? I already have have the white dinner jacket.

Panco is a light bread crumb. Very easy to work with. I mix some Parmigiano-Reggiano in the mix as well.

Boom, it's nice here today too, no wind! Are all the divers going crazy and the dive shop abuzz now that lobster season is here? by all reports locally, it has started out slow. In fact, there were several sitations in Laguna Beach this week for divers taking too many, and undersize lobsters.

Kiwi, just send me your snail mail address. I put them all on a word doc label sheet, then email that to everyone, then you print the lables out, and wala!

Boom, I've gotten a couple of those emails for recipe exchange, but even that's too hard for me...lol! I can open an envelope and stick it in a binder easy...

Jerry, Kiwi can be the dinner boy, and I'll be the wine chick...I can open the bottles and keep the glasses full....

OK, you quarry divers, what is the water temp and when is the best time to dive a quarry (season). We have some ff miles and I'm thinking a road trip may be fun this fall...it's fresh water, right? so less weight?

Jerry, Rachel Ray LOVES parmigiano reggiano...

Hey wait a minute I can fold napkins into unusual shapes{hee hee} and make the table look nice!! can I came to Jerry's dinner too???

Chicken with a Caymus, BOAT LADY you're killing me! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!


Caymus = Red meat, Duck, grilled lamb, strong cheese.

OK, Jerry, now that I am done perusing the friggin' chicken cutlet recipes...

what kind of red meat? I like it tender, help me out buddy! lol! I guess we could pick up a couple of filets...do you have a SIMPLE mushroom sauce? Can I just take cream of mushroom soup and add some fresh mushrooms and wine?

What should I make for a side, rice? potatoes? pasta? I need HELP!

LOL!!! I'm beting Jerry is on the floor wishing for a defibrillator!!!!!

Hey, I have years of experience in fine dining.... I can be the dinner over-seer, you know the Garson' Heck for dinner at Jerry's I'd pretty much be anything... pole dancer, dog bowl washer, trashgirl

I tell you I haven't done one single picture.... those coral spawning threads are just so amazing!!!

oh and I'm guessing Lobstahs have been sparse here too. The other Captain at guy's station regularly gets his max each year - no problem. He's actually been skunked a couple of tries.

LOL - Jerry the wine Natzi. No Caymus for you!

Cynde,
The quarry I dive here is the Gilboa Quarry in Ohio. The web site has basic temperatures for the calendar year. I do not dive surface temperatures cooler that 60 degrees F., but then again, I don't use a dry suit.
I like August and Sept. the best. Especially Sept. because there are less divers.

The web site below will give an idea of how it works.

http://www.divegilboa.com/index.htm


(Message edited by steve3453 on October 6, 2007)

Well Jerry,
It appears you have all the staff you need to feed the staff.

When's dinner????
Has Jerry gotten up off the floor yet???
I bet he's looking for a flight to Cynde's right now to rescue the Caymus!!!!

Run Cynde Run!!!!

Jerry...are ya there buddy? Are ya up off the floor? Brethe in...breathe out...SOMEONE CALL 911 FOR JERRY NOW!

Kiwi

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quote:

LOL - Jerry the wine Natzi. No Caymus for you!

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Cynde.... that's just darn funny!!! Are you sure there wasn't a Candid Camera anywhere nearby, or Ashton Kutcher and the Punked crew???

Man, this is fun!
What a good group!

Boom, that's what we thought...it was hysterical. And they guys at the register didn't speak english, so they had this really funny look on their faces...

oK, gotta go, the bathroom is flodding (michael's trying to repair the toilet) and I have to get ready to go to the hair dressers, he cut my hair last week, and I swear, he GAVE ME A MULLET! He wanted to cut it shorter, and I am trying to grow it out...so I think he did it on purpose so he would WIN! lol!

Jerry?... Jerry?....

You OK?

Bye, Cynde

(Message edited by steve3453 on October 6, 2007)

I'm worried about Jerry...

Kiwi, back for a second...mopping up the bathroom floor...

and NO, NO PICTURES OF THE MULLET FOR YOU!

Egads, I go to another thread for just a minute and come back to a flooded bathroom and a mullet... never a dull moment.
Hey Cyne, I can bring down the Flow-bee on the 20th - give you the best haircut you ever had 10$ no tipping necessary!
ne mess either... gets sucked right up into the vac!!
Hee Heee

This is what's on the menu tonight.


Cheese and olives.............. Champaign.
Starters.... Duck Confit and maple glazed carrots. Duck demi.............Pino

Big plate.. Tender loin on a port sauce reduction,--- Truffle mashed potatoes, steamed mixed veg's. .. Cab.

I definitely need before and after pictures of that!

Boom, you are on! Normally "Dave" does a great job, but I swear, he gave me a mullet this time...so, it may be shorter than I want, but, at least I won't have a mullet anymore.

Jerry, help me please with my menu...seriously!

Bathroom floor is mopped...boom, how are the pictures coming? I was going to sweep the back patio this morning...never got done It's all BTs fault.

LOL Kiwi, I trust Boom

Sorry kids, had to take money from rich people. They love my valve caps.

Boat Lady, no caned crap... to salty!
Mushrooms--- slice, saute some shallots in butter add the mushrooms, a dash of red wine (not the $65.00 kind) keep warm till ready to serve.

Welcome back, Jerry

I must say your menu makes my ham samich and tater tots look a little weak.

Cynde you want to open the Caymus?
Copy my menu for tonight. I'm also opening a Caymus tonight.

If you get nuts call me, I'll walk you through it.
Do you have my home phone?

Cynde, do you have an extra Truffle or two kicking around?

Sliver one med Truffle, mix into some smashed potatoes, with a dash of truffle oil, top with a pinch of flur de sal and fresh ground pepper.

Im sure the place we're going to tonight will have a menu to compare with Jerry's
The Nuggett in Summerland
the menu

a friend is visiting from Palm Dessert so that's our big night Actually, the food is pretty darn good, the atmosphere is fun and the company will be outstanding
Now, if only I'd get some pictures done so I can print them and show off!!

I must say I picked out some great tunes to listen to while hanging out with ya'll on our patio... first Willie & Lobo "Puerto Vallarta" now a Windham Hill compilation of accoustical tunes "Sanctuary" very soothing. Maybe too much so since Guy has now moved from the sun & lounger inside to the couch!!! Lazy day for him but this past week has been brutal getting back in the swing.

That's it for me kids. Time to open the Caymus for diner tonight.

If any of you lucky people have a Caymus tonight, please....please open two or three hours B-4 serving, and try to keep it around 60*, serve in a big glass, smell.. smell ...swirl...smell...sip. OMG!

Boat lady, YGM.

Have a nice weekend Steve.
By Tara.....


Check Please.

Bye Jerry, enjoy your evening... give Louise a BT hug and Caymus a swirl and sip

Okay, now I've really got to start on the pictures......

Nighty-Night,Jerry. Thanks for the recipe and inspiration.

Boom, Let's see those pictures.

Cynde, How about some chinese take-out with that bottle of Caymus? (Sorry, Jerry. Just kidding.)

Kiwi, yes, take-out chinese with Caymus...no airing it out or anything...heck, I think I'll just drink it straight from the bottle, no big glass...I can swirl it in the bottle.

I can hear Jerry it the floor from here...NO CAYMUS FOR YOU!!!!

Back from the salon...he cut about 4 inches off, but it looks better...sigh...

I think I'll skip the dinner and go out tonight my hair looks so good, I hate to waste it...lol!

Well, Kiwi is enjoying his ham sammy and tater tots, Boom, where is boom? Am I all alone?

I have another idea, we have leftover lunch sammies, bbq beef...will that go with the Caymus?

I'm here, Kini. Glad to hear you like your new doo. Show it off!

Boom is doing everything she can to not get her pictures ready. LOL

Whew Kiwi...I thought everyone had gone. I'm downloading the pics from the Rende last weekend

I'm here too!!! Busted, thank you Kiwi, but here!!

I think it's cocktail time

I've been going through the mounds of emails -- gosh dang there were some funny ones!!
I sent off my recipe exchange....
Yup, time for a cocktail
then pictures
lol!!

Here we are in Avalon Harbor

Kini, How tugs like yours were there at the rende?

Boom, Excellent idea.. cocktail! Clear the head, so to speak.

I'll just pop in to the Stoli Hotel and be right back!


(Message edited by steve3453 on October 6, 2007)

I love your tug, Cynde. How great it must be for you two. (lotsa work, I know)

I posted a pic with a big ol' copyright notice on it, but didn't see it until I had posted it. Oops!!! At least I beat the Mods to a well deserved slap. yuk yuk

Kiwi, we had 16 tugs show up. two had to come without their boats. We had 8 do the Avalon Run the next morning. And, it's a LOT less work than our last boat....1956 wooden owens...all wood...all work...all the time...lol! After 8 years i said, I WANT FIBERGLASS! LOL!

Well, since boom is getting a glass of wine, and you've gone to the stoli bar, I'll get myself a glass too

Boom, kiwi, go here for the cutest story!

http://www.biertijd.com/mediaplayer/?itemid=3379

I went to the bar and looked in...
a little bit of rum
a little bit of vodka
a little bit of whiskey
lots of gin.....
Hello Saphire

btw- we LOVE Tuffy. She's a very comfortable boat!

Do you think Kobi is on the ground? Sounds like quite the party!!

Kini, Get your glass of wine. For God's sake let it breathe first!
I hear ya on the wood boats. I had a 61' Chris-Craft woodie when I lived on the lake. I loved that boat, but yikes! not easy to maintain. I miss the boat (and the sound of it's engine), but not the upkeep. More pics!

I'll have to make sure that Guy reads those last few posts
Someday he'll have his boat but when he has the time! ya know what I mean!!

Ok Kini, the hippo story was cute. I do not want to clean up the mess. Hippo's tails act like propellers when they poo. Talk about **** hitting the fan!

What kind of boat does Guy want, Boom? (The Stoli is beginning to have some affect. I almost called you Boo) I think he should have a fire tug, but it should pumps adult beverages out the hoses instead of water.

(Message edited by steve3453 on October 6, 2007)

Boom, I bought BOAT SHEETS! lol, and a twin down feather bed cover...omg, made all the difference in the world the last trip...it was soooo soft and compfy!

Boo...I agree with Kiwi...fire boat.

Kiwi, I grew up with boats, in High School, we had a 32 foot Chris Craft...the summer my dad bought it we spent all our time at the boat yard scraping barnacles, sanding, varnishing, sanding, sanding, painting...lol! but my friends and I sure had some good times on it! It had twin engines....was pretty sweet. Jim Croce blasting on the 8 track cruising around the San Diego Harbor in our bikinis going by all the swabbie boats...lol!

notice I didn't even make a comment about Kiwi's woody comment?

Kiwi, do you have msn instant messaging?

Steve

Cynde - your Tuffy beats all the other boats without a doubt!

Boom - I think Kiwi's on to something (or is that into something)? (only kidding)

I love the Jessica story - she is just too cute

Hi Judy

Here's what the puppies are doing


Judy, I missed the Jessica thing...hmmm guess I better go back up and read more!

DOH Judy...Jessica...HIPPPOOOO...lol! Annie sent that too me...I can only imagine the poo Kiwi...and the let her in the house...and that she gets to play with other hippos but always comes home...I guess if you have the room for a hippo, why not?

Hey! I got 2 pictures done
I totally missed the Hippo vid -too busy worrying over booze!

When we met, Guy wanted a sailboat but now he looks at cabin cruisers. Something to do with a lazy wife/first mate; I dunno. Me, if I'm on a boat, I expect boat drinks! (I'm really sounding like a lush here, aren't I?)
Anywho, you can call me Boo
Cyn, you obviously haven't broken in to that glass of wine or you would never have let the woody comment slip by!

I'm determined to print at least a few pictures - our friends just went to Aruba and I can just hear it now... "Aruba was this, Aruba was that" and never believing that Bonaire is nothing like Aruba.
Wait till they see.....

Kini,
Me too on a smaller scale of boat. I spent my summers at the lake from 5 years old on. Just the best times you could imagine. The bikinis, the late night boat rides, the cold, cold beer and the laughter. I couldn't have asked for more. It was so sweet. Flying across the lake listening to 'Satisfaction', come on, it doesn't get any better.

I appreciate the restraint on any woodie comments.

(Message edited by steve3453 on October 6, 2007)

Boo, I'm into the wine now...I'm with you on cabin cruisers...I want to relax, drink, relax, drink...er...that sounds bad. I love sailing but it's a lot of work.

give us a little taste of a pic...come on boo...please?

Kiwi, where are you? Probably slipped on his ham sammie or tater tots after the stoli and needs someone to call 911 for him...

Kiwi, there you are...whew...we did a lot of water skiing, did you guys ski? I want to get a slalom (sp) for my sea doo, since I can pull a wake boarder, he)), I can do a slalom behind it!

I'm here. Was enjoying being 17 on the lake again. I'm back now. I'll have MSN IM in a minute.

Kiwi...lol...no kidding, being 17 again on the lake...I wanna go back! I'll email you my msn name.

Oh, sure leave the Gin-lady here alllll alone....
here's the first one I did

Guy took it on our first dive out at Klein.

ooops hit the button twice

We won't leave you, Boom. I can't wait to see your pictures.

Bring it on Boom! More! I love a parrotfish's smile. They still smile even when they're sleeping.

Boom, awesome pic Love the little trunk fish by him...was he at a cleaning station?

OMG!! I totally missed Judy popping in... how RUDE of me.
I've started organizing the pics... completely OCD but otherwise it just will be a big .... you know what.

Ok, trying to get Michael motivated to go out...good lord, you'd think the man was 100...lol!

I have a $50 gift certificate for this, and it's burning a hole in my pocket.

http://www.purplefeetwines.com/

Thanks guys
I don't know about the cleaning station... truthfully the first dive was a bit... ummmmm... unnerving for me but I'll save that for the trip report what a tease I am after gin!
I can't believe that Wish I Had Gills uses the same camera setup as we do.... I see it as hope for future pics, Guy wants to cry!!!

Kini, MSN says you are off line.

Here's another

Okay, now I gotta get in the shower and get ready for dinner.... back later

Come on Boom, just a few more pics! Pretty please? With gin on top!

I thinks she wants me to beg...

Kiwi, we are out the door, tomorrow

Nighty-night ladies. Have fun.

Sorry Kiwi.... I need to save something for the trip report!!!!
It is strange wearing jeans and shoes - no flip flops and shorts...

I'll probably check back in later, if not see you tomorrow

Hi All looks like you've all got busy weekends

I've just arrived at the hotel which will be my home till friday, after visiting some Amdram friends yesterday and watched their production of Mid-Summer Nights Dream. I'm now in the West End taking advantage of being in London I've decided to see a couple of Shows, The first one being Avenue Q tomorrow night, then I'll try and see if I can get some last minute tickets for Wicked on Wednesday evening

Watch out London - Roy has come to town
Sounds like a fun week and you're on business... you sly dog you!
Have a great time!

Hey ROY!!! Are you windsurfing? Like in a fountain or puddle or something? C'mon, just do it!!

Cynde, that is too cool you had an Owens. I had a 28ft. Owens before I got the Egg Harbor (Fiberglass) The Owens was a great boat, although it was beaucoup work. Those boys down in the Chesapeake sure know their craft. It's funny you guys call them tugs. Back here, on the right coast, we call them trawlers.

Jim, you had an owens to? I'll have to look for some pics...it was sweet, but work!

tuffy is a "trawler" but since the maker is "nordic tug" everyone calls them "tugs"...you would not believe some of the comments we hear when people walk along the boardwalk and see Tuffy...."gee, that's an old working tug they have fixed up"..."i thought it was a 20s boat"..."how did you get that tug refit"? lol...it was made this way! lol!

I got about half the pics loaded on the site yesterday, hopefully I will finish today...

http://www.tuffythetug.com/rende2007.html

boom, call me sometime today for a quick chat...I want to know what happened on that first dive!

Oh boy, I got half the sizes wrong...lol! That's what I get for drinking wine, iming Kiwi, and trying to update the website at the same time...lol!

Boat Lady, what did you cook Sat night?

Jerry, if what her kids say is true, Cynde probably served chicken tenders and tater tots.

p.s.: I hear she makes a mean Kraft Mac & Cheeze too SNORT!!!

She has one of the top rated wines in the world, I'm dieing to see what she does with it??

I'll bet she's afraid of it now!

Jerry, I was tired, so I opened it up, let it breathe for about 10 minutes (I was tired and thirsty). Michael went to pick up sticks...got some take out chineese chicken...and I just drank it from the bottle while I ate the cheese won tons and chicken with black beans.

Kiwi was supposed to call you to break the news, but I bet he chickened out...

I think I'm going to be sick!

PSYCH!!!!! Didn't drink it yet, and yes, you do have me ascared...lol! If we get to Catalina this week, I may take it with me to have with our grilled filet mingon's....

Pop-corn and Ring-Dings, that a way Boat Lady!

Ah, that's my kinda gal...right out of the bottle! Why dirty up some nice clean glass...you GO, Cynde! LOL. Carole

PS I am feeling very well, thank you. Weight is coming off slowly. Go see the surgeon and the GP this week to talk about meds, etc. Thanks for asking! cb

Carole, one less glass to wash...lol!

Glad you are feeling good, and the weight is coming off. We are gonna want before and after pics like Mara you know :-) Hugs my friend

Carole, it's good to see that you are doing well, keep it up.

Like Cynde said, we watched Mara along the way, it was a wonderful to watch.

Cynde, how far out is Santa Catalina? Is it about 26 miles? I was trying to think of the lyrics to the song, and it somehow told me 26. Am I correct? What kind of range does Tuffy have? Is she single or double screwed? Diesels or gas? She is really beautiful.

Jim...26 miles across the sea...Santa Catalina is awaitin' for me...Santa Catalina, the island of Romance, romance, romance, romance...! Love that song! cb

OMG Carole, I forgot about that song! lol! Hopefully I will have the rest of the pics posted in the next couple of days.

It's 26 miles from Long Beach to Avalon...it was funny, because that is short for us, it was cool going from Long Beach to Avalon cause we could see the island almost immediately. From Dana Point, it's a while before we see it (there's usually that "haze" in the air), and it's about 41 from Dana Point to Avalon, so it takes a tad longer when we go from Dana Point.

Jim, Tuffy has about a 500 mile range we figure (I think that's what Michael told me...lol) She holds 60 gallons of desil, and SIPS SIP SIPS gas cause she is a S-L-O-W trawler...lol! it costs us about 30 bucks of desil to get to Catalina and back! slow is good sometimes...lol! I was talking to one of the harbor patrol guys last weekend when he came by to say "hi" and we were talking about gas vs desil. A guy that owns a Sea Ray told him that it takes him 60 gallons of gas to get there, he has to refuel in Avalon (at $5.00/gallon) to get back, so we figured it was around $600.00 in gas to get over and back....OUCH...we will take slow for now!

oh, single screw...our old boat was double...MUCH easier manuvering with a double screw...lol!

I prefer a double screw as well!!!!

You could see that one coming, Jerry...no pun intended! LOL. cb

The Guards must be playing Bingo?

Let's do a test.

For sale by owner.

are you crying wolf again Jerry??

Hey Freddie / George / Freddie.

Feeling today?

what are you talking about Jerry??? don't you believe me do I have to get George on the phone with you for you to believe it??? why doesn;t anyone EVER believe me?? where are my meds??

Holy sh$t!
Slow down girl, someone get Freddie a paper bag, she's hyperventilating again!!!

Freddie, you ok?

CRIME FOR SALE.

yes Jerry thanks for asking.. the paper bag helped...and the HOT shower kind of jolted me back to reality.. how have you been.. when is the BIG move??

Glad you are ok.
Been good, thanks.
Big move starts next week.