[Rhodes22-list] More reflections on July 7,2005

[Ellner]

  Phyllis:  One of our daughter's friends happens to be in London right 
now.  We've found out that she is FINE (Thank God!!); primarily because 
today, she and her friend decided to WALK to school rather than take the 
subway!!!!  (like you say-----live each day as if it could be your 
last!)  Know that Carrie's Mom & Dad & Gramma were very happy that she'd 
decided to walk today!!   Mary








>Thanks to all who have offered  help and suggestions...
>
>We did a thorough inspection of our traveler bar and socket...sorry- forgot
>the camera, and found that we have a hole in the socket, no hole in the
>traveler bar.  IT looks like there used to be a pressure type screw used in
>the past because we can see the imprint of a screw on the traveler bar...so
>Bob on the Nokoi, I believe it was, hit it correctly for our traveler bar.
>
>We are either going to try to recreate with set screw ( my husband knows
>what this is- not that I do) the pressure screw to hold the traveler bar in
>place a bit more, or using some suggestions sent to me from Alex Bell,
>of Mariner Canvas Company, we may drill a hole in the traveler bar so we can
>use the pin method.
>
>For now, we have tightened the backstay tension, checked all the shrouds
>tension as advised...
>
>My sister from upstate NY hopes to come for a sail this weekend, so we shall
>see how it goes, if Tropical Storm Cindy clears up enough for us to manage a
>sail.
>
>On the other topic of today, July 7, My sympathies go to all the people of
>Great Britain at this time of tragedy and sorrow...we (our family) were in
>London three weeks ago, had a wonderful time, and I keep thinking about the
>unpredictability of our life experiences, and how these unforeseen,
>unexpected acts shake my and our children's outlook.  I  keep saying I will
>not become a fear-ridden person, and that we will keep on doing things we do
>when we want to do them. Still, I don't know if I would have the guts to
>forge ahead with a trip, after something like this happens...realistically
>it is probably the safest time to travel when security is so heightened...
>except in airports in England I didn't see any tight security on the metro
>or buses while we were there.  And of course, while this emboldens some to
>say our war on terrorism is so justified, I don't believe  this is a
>winnable war going just the course we are going...of course any direction
>feels like a no-win direction today.
>
>Thanks for listening, thanks for sailing support...
>
>Catch a good breeze, enjoy your day, and live life like today could be your
>last...Thanks to all on the list for your help and good stories.
>
>Phyllis
>Whisper
>Keyport, NJ
>
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