[Rhodes22-list] Storage on old Rhodes

[Arthur H. Czerwonky]

Ben,

It is so gratifying to see your care and caution in handling your new family.  You'll get to like them, especially after you master the difficult language skills.  Once they have established their home I understand that they will always come back to you.  

Do not fail to register them under the provisions of the new health care regulations, this must be mandated, excuse me, duckdated.  Your new family will be as easy to manage as duck soup...

Art


-----Original Message-----
>From: Ben Schultz <benonvelvetelvis at theskinnyonbenny.coou
>Sent: Apr 1, 2010 5:51 PM
>To: 'The Rhodes 22 Email List' <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Storage on old Rhodes
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>Man, the ducks have some serious pull on this list!  Were did we send all of
>those opinionated Republicans?  They'll take boat over nature :)
>
>Mary Lou -- thanks for reposting your story.  I do remember seeing it now --
>quite funny.
>
>Rick -- no chance I'm moving the anchor rode to the locker.  It's easier to
>deploy from the cockpit, easier to retrieve, and easier to wash out all of
>the mud that comes up with the anchor.  
>
>It's supposed to rain Saturday night, so maybe I'll get lucky and get some
>hatchlings by Sunday morning.  There's definitely got to be a process to
>handle them, because they aren't going to be able to climb up from the
>cockpit floor without some help.  (See?  I told you ducks are stupid).
>
>I'll definitely have to do something so that she finds a new place to lay
>eggs next spring.  There are two others (that I know of) in the bushes right
>up from our pier.  Good nesting ground might be hard for them to come by.
>Screen + tape is probably the easy way to do it.
>
>I'll keep you posted.
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
>[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Rick
>Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 2:10 PM
>To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Storage on old Rhodes
>
>Ben,
>
>Store your anchor rode in the rode locker where it ought to be.
>
>Rick
>
>On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 11:26 AM, Ben Schultz <
>benonvelvetelvis at theskinnyonbenny.com> wrote:
>
>> Here's an issue I haven't seen on the list before.
>>
>> Last weekend, I was doing some routine cleaning and maintenance in
>> preparation for our annual easter weekend overnight trip.  All was going
>> fine, until I saw a female mallard hop aboard.  While it amused me for a
>> second, I figured out what was up as soon as she disappeared.
>>
>> Under the starboard seats, she sat in the middle of my coiled anchor rode
>> on
>> somewhere between 6 and 10 eggs.  I stuck my face down there, and we sat
>> looking at each other, eye to eye, and inches away.  She let me take some
>> pics.  Here's one --
>>
>> http://theskinnyonbenny.com/img/duck.jpg
>>
>> I'm afraid that if I sail, she'll fly off, and then she won't know where
>to
>> find her nest.  I'm thinking of trying to move the nest (and the crumbling
>> Rubbermaid that it's in) onto the dock.  I've got a giant spatula that I
>> use
>> to flip crumbly fish on the grill.  Maybe I'll put it in a sideways box or
>> something.  I figure she's stupid enough not to know the difference, and I
>> don't think that it will be found by a neighborhood cat or nutria if I
>> leave
>> it pretty close to where the boat is tied.
>>
>> Anyone have different suggestions?  (Other than making her into a gumbo)
>>
>> Ben S.
>> Velvet Elvis
>>
>>
>>
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