Do you remember the days when we all were not instantaneously connected? No Internet, no cell phones, no email, no PCs...........man those days were barbaric weren't they? this blog has been silent for a coupla weeks now because my laptop had some issues that needed an IT PERSON to analyze and fix......so off to the computer repair guy with my heart and wallet all a flutter. Well, Chris the computer guy called me today and said to me "cmon' by I need to talk to you"...............OHHHHHH!!!....my wallet just about jumped outta my pants..........well, an hour later I'm at at the computer guys shop ready for the hammer to fall.....and he says " I ran all the diagnostics and can't find anything wrong...it runs fine....all I did was clean the heat sink and cooling fan because it was all gunked up with some fuzzy stuff that impeded air flow...and these laptops will shut down if they get too hot." Oh? fuzzy stuff huh?" I comment. Did it look like cat hair? I again ask. "Coulda been" he said. MMmmmmmmmmm..cat hair? Well, its not in my nature to blame these computer woes on Tana's defenseless Tabby named Tawny who loves to cuddle up against the laptop when its sitting on the big glass coffee table in our living room. But she does like to get right next to it and nap. My surmise is that she likes the hum of the fan motor or the little breeze from the exhaust port or maybe she likes the vacuum on the intake side..........don't know but Chris pulled all the fuzzy stuff off the fan motor and heat sink fins and everything seems to be working OK. Cost to fix? you ask....twenty bucks!.........Chris is a good dude.....good karma! So Zoshas Wake is up and running again.
OK OK you lament but this is supposed to be a sailing blog isn't it? I admit to getting a little sidetracked about maybe trying to go out and get a job and earn a 'little more money' to feed the cruising kitty....but you know what?.....forget it....lets get back on track here...forget going back to work..nobody wants to hire me anyways....too old...!
Tana is happy because the sea hood is finally off the dining table and I'm not glassing inside the apartment anymore and dropping little epoxy droplets on the carpet and Tawny is no longer covered in fiberglass fibers from the mat that's been lying around and we are no longer living in an acetone fume enhanced micro environment, our 700 sf apartment. Wonder how many days I've knocked off our lifespans in the last few weeks with this indoor sea hood project. Don't ask.....we can't afford to rent a workshop.
Timeline? ....our plan is to head outta here Feb or March 2012....Florida first...my brother lives in the Keys.....from there....not quite sure yet......keep checking in on us....
............"Dreams are necessary to life." -Anais Nin...........
Be well my friends.............
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