grant b ([info]grantb) wrote,
@ 2009-06-11 12:02:00
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moving forward on the "liveaboard" concept
> --- On Thu, 6/11/09, jeannie <xxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
>
> > From: jeannie <xxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx>
> > Subject: boat owner
> > To: "Grant Balfour" <xxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx>
> > Date: Thursday, June 11, 2009, 11:36 AM
> >
> > I would suggest you start paying visits to docks and get
> > the low down. Take one of the kids for some daddy time and
> > check out the scene.
> >
> >
>
> From: grant b, sun reporter <xxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx>
> Subject: Re: boat owner
> To: "jeannie" <xxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx>
> Date: Thursday, June 11, 2009, 12:00 PM
>
> I absolutely love that my wife is
> telling me to make some "daddy time" by taking the kids
> "down to the docks."
>
> Oh, God.
>
> I can teach Sophia how to throw craps and make
> boilermakers!
>

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[info]nancyblue
2009-06-11 04:25 pm UTC (link)
Good skills to know.

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[info]grantb
2009-06-11 05:07 pm UTC (link)
Wife's reply:

"Yeah, it's funny now."

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[info]kerrickadrian
2009-06-11 05:45 pm UTC (link)
IM IN UR DOX
MAKIN UR DOTTER A DOXY

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[info]kerrickadrian
2009-06-11 05:46 pm UTC (link)
sorry.

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[info]grantb
2009-06-11 06:06 pm UTC (link)
Oy.

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[info]kerrickadrian
2009-06-11 06:08 pm UTC (link)
Too little sleep, too many sea chanties. Look over there, a change of subject! Are you really getting a liveaboard?

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[info]von_doom
2009-06-11 06:21 pm UTC (link)
omfg, if you're getting a houseboat I'm moving in with you

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[info]grantb
2009-06-11 08:06 pm UTC (link)
My wife just emailed me this auction:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1937-Custom-Cruiser-42-Sloop-Sailboat-MN_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trkparmsZQ7c301Q3a1Q7c293Q3a1Q7c294Q3a30QQ_trksidZp4634Q2ec0Q2em14Q2el1262QQhashZitem1c0a38c2aaQQitemZ120430576298QQptZSailboats

It's something we're looking at.

Something more mobile than a houseboat....

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[info]grantb
2009-06-11 08:06 pm UTC (link)
Perhaps, perhaps (see below).

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[info]kerrickadrian
2009-06-11 08:16 pm UTC (link)
You know, of course, the official nautical definition of a boat?

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[info]grantb
2009-06-11 09:12 pm UTC (link)
A hole in the water into which one pours money?

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[info]kerrickadrian
2009-06-11 09:16 pm UTC (link)
Yes. That said, good luck!

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Pt. II
[info]grantb
2009-06-11 10:09 pm UTC (link)
> > From: jeannie <xxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx>
> > Subject: you might enjoy this
> > To: "Grant Balfour" <xxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx>
> > Date: Thursday, June 11, 2009, 1:47 PM
> > blog
> > and monthly journal entries are interesting. He has your
> > idea about the chinese junk rig
> > and other things in common with you.
> >
> > http://www.sailboatfamily.com/index.php
> >
> >
> To: "jeannie" <xxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx>
> Date: Thursday, June 11, 2009, 5:11 PM
>
>
> "We will be taking four warrior tools: Crossbow,
> Xiphos, fighting fan, and Escrima stick. These will serve as
> physical training tools (strength, balance, and form),
> entertainment devices, and self preservation aids. "
>
>
> Dude.
>
> NUTS.
>
> Dude.
>
> Awesome.
>
> I have to look up what the fuck a xiphos is now.
>
> Fighting fan? This guy's kooky.
>
> Xiphos is
> a short sword of the ancient Greeks. He's totally
> insane (and one of the books he's bringing is The
> Fountainhead, so a libertarian nut).
>
> But brilliant, obviously.
>
> -------------
>
>
> To: "sun reportergrant b" <xxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx>
> Date: Thursday, June 11, 2009, 5:15 PM
>
> Yep.
>
> Fun folks to meet on the docks. In the dark.
>

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Re: Pt. II
[info]nancyblue
2009-06-11 10:22 pm UTC (link)
Post a report. Sounds like fun for the whole family.

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Re: Pt. II
[info]grantb
2009-06-11 10:43 pm UTC (link)
It's the "other things in common with you" that gets me.

Ah, love.

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Re: Pt. II
[info]suicide_sam_e
2009-06-13 05:11 am UTC (link)
So... Did you meet any magical, crazed new friends down at the dock with the kiddies? Maybe she merely meant the large, fancy public docks they have just finished constructing downtown in the Intracoastal waterway? Man, when I was little I would sometimes seek out the most disturbed-appearing individuals to approach. Mom is right—it is a miracle I was never kidnapped.

(Underline it all you want, LJ. The word is "intracoastal".)

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