[Rhodes22-list] Storage on old Rhodes

[Bob Keller]

Ben,

Why don't you just make an omelet?

BK
 
> From: R22RumRunner at aol.com
> Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 14:53:46 -0400
> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Storage on old Rhodes
> 
> Ben,
> I'm afraid that your sailing must be postponed until the ducklings hatch. 
> Moving them is out of the question.
> 
> Rummy
> 
> 
> In a message dated 4/1/2010 11:27:24 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
> benonvelvetelvis at theskinnyonbenny.com writes:
> 
> Here's an issue I haven't seen on the list before.
> 
> Last weekend, I was doing some routine cleaning and maintenance in
> preparation for our annual easter weekend overnight trip. All was going
> fine, until I saw a female mallard hop aboard. While it amused me for a
> second, I figured out what was up as soon as she disappeared. 
> 
> Under the starboard seats, she sat in the middle of my coiled anchor rode 
> on
> somewhere between 6 and 10 eggs. I stuck my face down there, and we sat
> looking at each other, eye to eye, and inches away. She let me take some
> pics. Here's one --
> 
> http://theskinnyonbenny.com/img/duck.jpg
> 
> I'm afraid that if I sail, she'll fly off, and then she won't know where 
> to
> find her nest. I'm thinking of trying to move the nest (and the crumbling
> Rubbermaid that it's in) onto the dock. I've got a giant spatula that I 
> use
> to flip crumbly fish on the grill. Maybe I'll put it in a sideways box or
> something. I figure she's stupid enough not to know the difference, and I
> don't think that it will be found by a neighborhood cat or nutria if I 
> leave
> it pretty close to where the boat is tied.
> 
> Anyone have different suggestions? (Other than making her into a gumbo)
> 
> Ben S.
> Velvet Elvis
> 
> 
> 
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