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Saturday, July 27, 2013

Checkbook

     "Wasting away in Brunswick" could be the title of this blog entry.  It's been a long time since I posted but marina life can be very dull and boring for extended periods of time.  Marina life does not provide much fodder for blogs.  The best thing that has happened is we now have neighbors on our dock that are good people. Up until the new arrivals we were the only ones on our dock.  Did my deodorant stop working?   We have never been ones to spend time in a marina and the extended stay we are experiencing right now rivals digging ditches, warm beer and overcooked steak.  There is also the marina politics, read dealing with obnoxious boaters.  While 99.9% of boaters are wonderful people, you always have that .1% - the jerks, the slobs and the world-revolves-around-me idiots.  I know that this also happens when you are a land dweller, you always have at least one SOB in the neighborhood.  Fortunately, some of those undesirables have left the marina, but give it time, they will be replaced by others.  In a marina the .1% are much closer and their actions have a more immediate consequence on a already unbearable situation.  Now, lets throw in high temperatures, off the chart humidity and man-eating bugs, welcome to Brunswick marina life.
      At least when we are on the hook there are things happening all around us.  It may be the birds or the dolphins and manatees that provide the entertainment.  When you're on the hook you also have a better chance of catching a breeze and it always seems cooler out on the water away from land.  Right now, our salvation is our Annie, who can take a terrible situation (marina life) and turn it into some the best laughter we had in a long time.
     On another note, we've had two couples look at the boat earlier this month.   No offers.  The one couple came down from North Carolina.  They already have a 43' sailboat that needs to be sold first.  They will put a "For Sale" sign on the boat when they get home!  The other couple, well, we don't want to get my blood pressure up.  All is not lost, on Sunday we have a 2 o'clock showing.  Monday we have a 12 noon showing and a 4 o'clock showing.  Hopefully, someone will bring their checkbook.

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