[Rhodes22-list] January 2009 - Is there still a Rhodes 22 List?

[Brad Haslett]

Rik,

You just gave me the perfect excuse for chasing a $100 cheeseburger.
There's an airport just on the other side of the dam, Kentucky State
Park Airport, that is probably 5 minutes from your docks.  It's
exactly one hour flying time in the Bo.  We're not bidding on a
single, solitary project in this boondoggle, nor is there a need to
re-locate, we'll just sign on as a sub for some specialty work.  We'd
have to hire someone full-time dedicated to nothing but paperwork
compliance with the Feds as the prime on even the smallest of
projects.  That doesn't mean I can't fly to the job site and think
about bidding (makes it a $67burger). Is there a cheeseburger in
paradise near the marina?

Are you going to be there through the Spring?  My home port is the
next dam upstream. I doubt I'll get to make the trip "down the ditch"
to the Gulf this year -  downstream to your place and back could be
done in a week.

Brad

On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 3:49 PM, Rik Sandberg <sanderico1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Brad,
>
> Hmmm .... Bet the bridge up at Kentucky Dam will get finished now. Might
> be the dumbest thing I've ever seen .... speaking of bridges to no
> where, but the project is started and has been on hold lately due to
> lack of funds.
>
> Even though the bridge is stupid in my mind, when it is done it will be
> possible for the project to extend the locks in Kentucky Dam from 600 to
> 1200 feet to begin. I guess it'll be nice to have that done as it'll
> most certainly cut down on barge congestion waiting to lock through to
> the Ohio River. Our marina is about a 1/2-3/4  mile above the dam.
>
> If I were king though, all of this crazy spending would grind to a halt
> until we could start seeing some reasonable deficit numbers. But, (sigh)
> I don't suppose the gubmint will be happy 'til they've inflated all of a
> guys retirement savings away to nothing.
>
> Rik
>
> "There is no such thing as luck. There is only adequate or inadequate preparation to cope with a statistical universe." ... Robert Heinlein
>
>
>
> Brad Haslett wrote:
>> John,
>>
>> There may be some real opportunity for those of us who sail on Corps.
>> of Engineer lakes, even those who sail on coastal waters.  The stuff
>> that gets funded first will be the stuff that's already been
>> engineered and has the environmental impact studies done.  Every local
>> burg and 'gubment' entity has a project or two sitting on the shelf
>> waiting for funding - whether it needs to be built or not.  My boat is
>> moored at a TN State Park - I don't know what they've got on their
>> wish list but I bet they get what they ask for.
>>
>> Here's an example of what was built during the 30's -
>>
>> http://www.timberlinelodge.com/
>>
>> I'm not sure any of this makes sense but then that's not the point.
>>
>> Brad
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 10:31 AM, John Lock <jlock at relevantarts.com> wrote:
>>
>>> At 04:34 AM 1/1/2009 -0800, brad haslett wrote:
>>>
>>>> Happy 2009! Doesn't every family fight around the holidays? This is
>>>> going to be a great year - I can smell it!  Every man, woman, and
>>>> child in the US is about to go in debt several hundred thousand
>>>> dollars whether they want to or not.  And what do they
>>>> get?  Construction projects!  Every little one-horse town in America
>>>> has a Christmas list and the sillier the project the sooner it gets
>>>> funded.  Yehaw! Dust off them backhoes and trackhoes and skid-steers
>>>> and dozers boys.  The manna is about to fall from the heavens!
>>>>
>>> You got that right!  We have a client who is in the erosion control
>>> business and their main customer is the state DOT.  They are looking
>>> forward to a busy 2009.
>>>
>>> Cheers!
>>>
>>> John Lock
>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>> s/v Pandion - '79 Rhodes 22
>>> Lake Sinclair, GA
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