This is all good advice, thank you I didn't know you were a harbour-master. That is seriously cool. A friend of a friend has just gone off to be harbour-master in Port Stanley! Prior to that she skippered ferries. I don't think my new vessel is in any danger of meeting any ocean liners or making it round the Portland race to get to Axmouth (although if you have a slipway I could probably launch down there and stooge around to Lyme Regis. Probably via hitting your harbour wall. Actually last time I went down that way (Yarmouth to Dartmouth) it was like a mill-pond; you could have sailed it on a coracle! We were on a Nic 35 which will take a lot of punishment. Apart from anything, the new boat is called Tiggy Winks which is not the sort of name that inspires vast ocean crossings...
Strictly i'm a beach safety officer, but i get to be harbour master for our little port as a bolt on to my job. this is the port exit to the sea, admittedly at low water- you can see why people tend to hit the wall (our slip way is private, but I could probably arrange access if you're ever down this way, let me know)
I'd love to go sailing sometime. It seems like the perfect form of recreation. You'd have to make sure you bring along enough sandwiches, though.
The larger the craft, the easier I've found it to be. I did some small boat sailing as a teenager and man was that the most exhausting thing. Fun, but oof. I like the breeze and sea air.
My dad has a 14ft Sunfish. The park district has a nice little sailing lake, and we used to go up to Door County in Wisconsin and sail it on Loch Mich (Lake Michigan). Three adults or two adults and two kids capacity.
I’ve holidayed on the Norfolk Broads with the family on a few occasions. The chalets at these resorts all have a back garden that looks out over the waterways and for a little bit extra you can have a rowing boat moored for your use. I always take myself out for a row. Those back waters are deathly quiet and to slowly row along with the sound of the birds, and cormorants perched in the treetops... water lapping up against the side of the boat, is one of the most relaxing and de-stressing things you could do.
New Brother laser printer to replace the one I bought in 2006 that stopped working yesterday as I was trying to print my Bracket (Baylor for the win).
A haircut. My first since February of 2020. I had them keep it long but neaten it up a bit. Kind of professional bearded longhair, not "standing on the streetcorner raving about the end times."
I need one of those. My head hair went from an inch and a half to three inches and I'm not liking it. I couldn't do the long hair. Edit: I bought a bunch of home repair stuff while 'working' today. Clamps, sheet rock anchors, screws, a new door lock. Now that I think of it, I forgot wire sleeves and channels. Damn it.
I spent four years in and didn't get a haircut for four years (and three months) afterwards, so I've been down this road before. Was seriously thinking about going back to short hair and donating my growth to Locks of Love (they make real human hair wigs for cancer patients) but the current cut has left me a bit under the minimum of a foot long. Still, just a few months wait if I change my mind.
This might be me, as far as my hair goes. I should probably look into a mirror one of these days. I don't have a beard at least.
A new space heater to go under my writing desk. My "studio" is in the basement, and cold air settles there of course.
I wish. No, just that I don’t own a multitool and it would be a handy thing to have in my job. The carabiner and paracord are just so I can attach it to my napsack. Although now I have it I wish I’d gone for a thicker cord.
Nicholas gets my vote. Hopefully you don't suffer a fate similar to either of them. Can't be the 'stache's fault, right?
It seems like I've bought God damn everything lately. Credit card payoffs through the roof... Today's pain was a clothes washing machine because my old one broke down to the point that repair costs and time simply weren't worth it. There's $700 down the drain. Best though was the delivery. Woke up extra early to hit my customers before the arrival. Made it through and all was well until the actual delivery. I had previously skipped out on the forty dollar water lines because I had some already there. Thinking I was smart I got everything all cleaned up for the swap. Then, naturally, the delivery/installation guys told me they can't install without the brand new style water lines... Cheers to me spending the afternoon installing both a washer and a dryer in a new location. And having to MacGuyver an extended drain tube. Pisses me off. I saved forty bucks to instead spend my whole afternoon on appliance installation when I was supposed to visit other clients. I'll pay for that with extra work tomorrow. Should have known.
