MARCH 17
Happy Green Beer Day, and to you serious Irishmen, Happy St.
Patrick's Day! We missed the Ides of March but as far as I know no-one noticed,
except maybe Marco Rubio, who lost again to Trump. Property values in Canada
are going to skyrocket when all those Americans come up claiming refugee
status!!! Yeehaw!! Maybe that will make our Canadian dollar worth something
again!!!
ON St. Paddy's Day, I know that there is great Bluegrass
band called FLIPPER FLANAGAN'S FLAT-FOOTED FOUR playing somewhere in Thunder
Bay and if you can find them, you should go!
In around 1970-1972 we spent every Friday night [yeah, so long ago I
can't even be sure of the dates!!!] at the Neebing Hotel listening to the best
and funniest songs ever. And they are
still great! Sure miss those days, and you guys!!
Yesterday being the 16th, we went over to town to mail
Natasha's bday envelop and some postcards. Then we came back here to get the
oil changed and the drive checked...not good. It was so full that it started to
overflow, but it has water in it again. So we are not leaking, but somehow we
are sucking water into it. I guess this is a once-a -year rebuild
*&^%$#@#$!!!
On a good note, the engine oil is fine-- not black sludge
like it used to be in the old engine -- and the transmission oil is as clean as
when it went in. I hope that is what is supposed to happen.
While he was doing that I washed some clothes the old
fashioned way... in a bucket. But really, if I wash three things for each of us
every day, that should take care of the laundry! And it dries in about an hour
in the sun. So I will probably do some more today and catch up. The hard things
are towels and sheets. For those I can
go to the laundromat...but it's expensive and for the cost I may as well let
someone else do it. I have a shirt that is supposed to be cream-coloured and it
has a big stain on he front and the sleeve...absolutely no idea what it's from
but I am going to try an experiment. I have nothing to lose so I am going to
try dying it with coffee. If it doesn't
work I will get a package of commercial dye and try it some other colour but...
And FYI, the next time you pick a fresh coconut and hack it
open so you can drink the milk...don't get it on your cotton shirt. The stain
won't come out of cotton, but it comes out of synthetic material...so wear
polyester when drinking coconut milk!
We went snorkelling at the Blue Hole with Singing Frog yesterday.
It's a nice deep hole with lots of fish. The water temperature has shot up 3
degrees in the last two day but I still can't stay warm in the water. I'm only
good for about a half hour and then I start to shiver. I'm going to try Rick's
old wetsuit if I can get it on!
We are going to try to fly the spinnaker this afternoon.
Rick still has to splice the eyes into the ends of the lines but I am quite
looking forward to trying it out. There
is no wind here for the next few days, so it will be a good test.
I don't know what I will do with 2 weeks off school. I guess
I will just nag Quentin so he can get his finished. With no extra-curricular
activities and no demands on his "helper' time, he can get a good 3 hours
in every morning. None of his friends are available until after lunch anyway.
So time to get on him! Ttyl.
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