[Rhodes22-list] For Rummy
Joe Camp
jjcampjr at yahoo.com
Sun Jun 23 13:14:47 EDT 2013
Rummy:
Your wife has the more practical attitude. He who retires to the rocking chair usually doesn't rock too long before being introduced to the nursing home staff, or his family meets the funeral director. your wife is keeping you alive. ALL HAIL THE HONEY-DO LIST.
Joe
>________________________________
> From: "R22RumRunner at aol.com" <R22RumRunner at aol.com>
>To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2013 8:00 AM
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Leaking Window
>
>
>Joe,
>Unfortunately my idea of retirement and my wife's are completely different.
>I envisioned myself sitting in the shade sipping (sweet) iced tea and an
>occasional cigar with a rum and coke. Her idea is making up this forever
>long list of things for me to do. My "honey do" list will never be completed.
>
>Rummy
>
>
>In a message dated 6/22/2013 9:56:47 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>jjcampjr at yahoo.com writes:
>
>Rummy:
>
>
>My advice on that leaking window was dependent on my limited experience as
>a Rhodes sailor. I should have consulted the list (actually, you) before
>trying the quick fix. Now, I have something to do this fall. Your advice,
>I have noted, is founded in a long experience and a tenacity unchallenged
>in its ability to forge the best solution. Thanks (again) for showing me,
>and the rest of this community, the way.
>
>Now, as a expert in the travails of retirement, let me offer some advice
>to YOU: I retired in 2010 after thirty-four years as a cop outside of
>Philly. I don't know from what career you've retired, but based on what I have
>gleaned of your personality on this list, I'll wager that you were very
>focused on that career, and that leaving it creates a hole. It took me about
>a year-- OK, all three years...so far --of denial and many visits top my
>old cop buddies, who feed me free coffee and let me curse like I once did, to
>break free. I know it was time to move on, and that being fifty-six made
>me too old to fight with drunk twenty-somethings. And, I stopped running
>after people about ten years earlier, so... Anyway, here's the advice: The
>friggin' world has not ended, you've just been reassigned, as it were. So,
>relegate your long experience to a folder marked "proud memories" and make
>a new folder marked, "Rummy Rampage." then go to town
>filling it with new crap.
>
>I became an English professor. I am also a writer, but I have not yet
>written about being an ex cop. I have a space reserved in MY new folder (still
>waiting for a name). I know I'll get to it, someday. Till then, I have a
>hot little sailboat and a cyber buddy named Rummy. What else do I need...
>besides my wife... and two daughters, oh yeah, Mom & Dad and some great
>drinking buddies who can still smoke a cigar. Crap! I guess I need lots of
>stuff. Well, you are on my list of assets. Do you like cigars? Plow on!
>
>Joe Camp
>s/v John Dawson
>Bohemia River, Md.
>
>
>
>>________________________________
>> From: "R22RumRunner at aol.com" <R22RumRunner at aol.com>
>>To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>>Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2013 8:02 AM
>>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Leaking Window
>>
>>
>>Another thought: Harbor Freight has a set of nylon tools that they
>>advertise as being used for auto body work, but I have found they work
>well for
>>port repairs. Four pieces for $6.99 and they come in very handy for this
>>project. You will still need several wooden wedges.
>>
>>http://www.harborfreight.com/4-piece-nylon-pry-bar-installer-kit-69668.html
>>
>>Rummy
>>
>>
>>In a message dated 6/22/2013 7:55:14 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>>R22RumRunner at aol.com writes:
>>
>>David,
>>The quick method is to simply seal around the outside edge of the port
>and
>>
>>continue sailing. The slower, longer lasting method, is to remove the
>port
>>using wooden or plastic wedges and putty knives to remove the port.
>Clean
>>all the old caulk off with acetone and then reinstall the port with a
>>good
>>urethane or neoprene caulk. This is a time consuming repair, as you do
>>not
>>want to damage the surrounding fiberglass, but it will last anywhere
>from
>>ten to fifteen years depending on the quality of the materials you use.
>>You can search the archives and I'm sure you will find a more in depth
>>description of the process.
>>The dirty part of the water is coming from the crud that has collected
>>behind the port over the years. Things like spider crap, mold and
>mildew,
>>pollen and even leaves have been found once the port is removed.
>>
>>Rummy
>>
>>
>>In a message dated 6/21/2013 3:32:04 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>>chsyhkr at gmail.com writes:
>>
>>one of the windows above the bench seat in our galley has a very small
>>leak. Maybe a teaspoon after a big rain or extended cleaning.
>>
>>The water is coming in contact with something that darkens it quite a
>bit.
>>I was planning on removing the flange around the wind, seeing what is
>>there, and resealing as needed.
>>
>>Thoughts?
>>
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>David B. Craft
>>Greensboro, NC
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