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Summer Digs

Well, my summer season has officially begun, and I’m now swinging on a mooring out at Block Island. We had some fog yesterday morning, and here was the view from the back deck of Water Torture while I had my coffee. Not a bad gig…

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June 25, 2008 Read the full article →

Just a Few Tacos Shy…

…of a full combo platter. Thats an old saying to suggest that someone isn’t playing with a full deck, or in this case, a few gallons shy of a full ocean crossing. It seems our mariner here left Bermuda on Saturday, and headed up to New England, in part to set a record, and in [...]

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June 17, 2008 Read the full article →

No Place to Hide From This Threat

As if the slowing economy and high gas prices weren’t enough… In 1980, only 86 near-Earth asteroids and comets were known to exist. By 1990, the figure had risen to 170; by 2000, it was 921; as of this writing, it is 5,388. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, part of NASA, keeps a running tally at [...]

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May 31, 2008 Read the full article →

Float Trailer

Look! Its a Boat! Its a Trailer!….its a…a…what the heck is that?? http://www.admiraldrive.com If I still owned my company, I would be looking into buying one of these. I’m not sure exactly how I would use it, but I know it would come in handy some day….

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January 21, 2008 Read the full article →

Two Ends of the Spectrum

Two items today show how far evolved some communities can be, and how far some communities have to go. First off we have this announcement from the pacific northwest: [see article in Whidbey News Times]. At Tuesday evening’s North Whidbey Fire and Rescue board of commissioners meeting, after several months of negotiations, a cooperative agreement [...]

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January 14, 2008 Read the full article →

KY City to charge for vehicle accident response

The first two paragraphs in this story in kypost.com sure got my attention… The Erlanger City Council voted Tuesday to bill non-residents for the cost of crashes within the city limits. \\ The new municipal order will allow the city to bill insurance companies $154 for every Erlanger police car that responds to an accident [...]

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January 10, 2008 Read the full article →

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