I can’t tell you how excited I was when I stopped by the marina office and was handed a package with a return address of our Black Duck Research and Development Laboratory in Westport Connecticut. I had spoken to Kent, head of research…
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How Do I Put This Delicately?
We’re full of crap. So, you’re thinking to yourself? We’ve all known that for quite awhile.No, not that. Our holding tank is full. The marina can pump out docked boats within a certain distance of the pump-out system and we…
Just Another Day in Paradise
Yesterday was a routine day. There was a wonderful sunrise, as usual. I love sunrises, although I have to admit that now that I don’t have to get up for work, I miss many of them.I spent much of the day touching up the message board I’m cre…
Partying on C Dock
Yesterday was another quiet day on Drift Away. Pam worked on her tan and then went grocery shopping while I toiled away setting up a message board for a town I used to live in, something you wouldn’t be interested in. Around 3 o’clock or so, I to…
Savannah’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Pictures
Savannah boasts the second largest St. Patrick’s Day parade in the world, according to them. Dublin and New York argue over who is the largest, so Savannah is content to be second. Pam and I weren’t going to go, not being all that fond of c…
Happy St. Paddy’s Day!
Nothing happened yesterday.Well, not much. Nothing that you guys would be interested in. I spent the vast majority of the day working on installing message board software for a small town I used to live in, which is certainly not perti…
My Dog Chases Birds
Sorry, couldn’t resist. That pic came from this one…and this one…I guess sitting in one place too long makes one a little batty. And we have another couple of weeks to stay here in Savannah before we leave on the Great Migration north.The dog…
Retired Old Farts
Yesterday started off fine. The workmen fixing the end of C Dock arrived early. The story, as I heard it, was that the captain of an 80′ yacht hit the end of C Dock so hard that he broke the huge metal piling and concrete dock. The ba…
Making "Plans"
Ruby the Vicious Pit Bull went to an orthopedic specialist yesterday. It’s not good news. The knee that was operated on last November has to be done again, as well as the other. The vet recommends shaving down each knee bone…
Pets in the Drink. It’s All Tied Up at Three Apiece Now.
Pam and I spent most of yesterday working on her website, www.Beach-Bum-Bling.com. She wrote narrative for the pages, and I took photos of her sea glass jewelry. Yeah, I know, it was almost like having a job again, except with a nice view o…
