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

[Rik Sandberg]

Brad,

We'll probably be down there .... end of March, first part of April for 
at least a couple weeks, probably longer now that we are getting the 
hang of this retirement thing. Our boat stays there full time. When we 
go, we usually just stay on the boat. Yeah that airport is only about a 
mile from the dam/bridge project.

I expect it is possible to get a hamburger in paradise, but I know for 
sure you can get one heck of a pork chop in paradise over at Patti's 
which is basically across the street from our marina. Probably get a 
couple of 'em for your picture of Ben (67 after tax) :-) If you get the 
job .... you're buyin' :-)

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:
> 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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