[Rhodes22-list] sailing, launch, college football stream of conciousness post

[Hank]

I bet he's sitting out a game or two.

Hank

On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 11:56 AM, Lowe, Rob <rlowe at vt.edu> wrote:

> Ben,
> Ah, isn't that how rigging a boat goes.
>
> Speaking of LSU, did you see this video of the referee in the LSU vs.
> USC game?  I smell something fishy! - rob
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqfOCB21qwA&NR=1
>
>
>
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> conciousness post
>
> Well, I started early Saturday morning, hoping to be sailing by noon.
>
>
>
> The boat's been dry since Gustav, so I slapped up a quick coat of bottom
> paint.  I had to run get some wd-40 to loosen up the part of the trailer
> that closes over the ball (whatever that's called), and then, once I got
> the
> trailer on the Jeep, it turns out that a tire was hopelessly flat.
>
>
>
> Waiting for a new tire wouldn't have been too bad if I could go ahead
> and
> rig, but the storage yard was separated from the access road by power
> lines.
>
>
>
> Once I got the new tire on the trailer, launched the boat, and went to
> hoist
> the mast.  Of course, I couldn't find half of the pins that connect the
> stays to the chainplates.  Back to the hardware store.
>
>
>
> Ended up being a 6-hour ordeal to actually start sailing.
>
>
>
> But from then on, the day was perfect.  Steady winds at 10-12, light
> chop,
> temperatures in the low 70s, and cooling as the sun went down.  I didn't
> bother turning on the gps or instruments, but we were at hull speed on a
> beam reach (or darned close to it) for an hour straight.  We had a quick
> swim-by from a couple of dolphins toward the end of the sail.  We went
> in
> just in time for cold beer and LSU's kickoff.  They made it harrowing in
> the
> first half, but in the second half, the Tiger defense that I know and
> love
> showed up out of the blue.  It was good to see them back.
>
>
>
> I was correct in my prediction that I didn't consider politics at all.
> I
> did watch Sarah Palin's SNL appearance at the beginning of the show.
> Pretty
> funny, I thought.  Whether you think she's fit for office or not, you
> have
> to admit that she's a charming personality.  I did consider some poll
> numbers - the first BCS poll came out on Sunday.  Tigers are getting the
> shaft a bit from the computers, but that win over Auburn turns out to be
> not
> so impressive after all.  If we can beat Georgia at home, that will give
> us
> a big push, and we can count the days until Bama returns to Tiger
> stadium.
>
>
>
> Ben
>
> R22 Velvet Elvis
>
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