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Craig LaForce wrote:OK Johnny Carson, I'll play the straight man. "What's a henweigh?"

I don't know about you guys in the states but in Canada we measure our henweigh in metric!
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LOUIS B HOLUB wrote:1. the dog
2. and, the admiral

er...maybe not in that exact order.

Let me see, when ever I want to go sailing my dog is always happy and willing to accompany me!

Hee hee! My peaches are all ready restless...they're ALWAYS good to have on board! Matter of fact, wifey and I have been talking about the "how to" and "where to" when aboard...headroom and tailroom issues, if you know what I mean...

And I didn't think anyone had bothered to mention a henweigh because it was like...DUUUH...you HAVE to have one of those on board! But now that you've brought it up, yes, you really have to have a henweigh too...

Hei Viz;
No worries. We find the cabin of our 26X akin to an adventure playground.


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I thought the joke went... What's a henwiegh? about 5 lbs.
what's a Grecian urn? about 5 bucks an hour.
Johnny Carson made people laugh, but it sure wasn't the material. I think it was just because he was easy to like.

Craig LaForce wrote:What's a henweigh?

About 2 to 6 pounds

Rick

OK Rick, (Groucho),

Let's do this one again, just because you've been waiting so long for someone to bite. Actually, I think that two pounds would be the weight of a pullet.

What's a henway????

Congrats!

I think the anticipation that someone will bite is nearly as fun as when someone does...and to never actually SAY the punch-line, but go about it as though we all just know...just kinda gives it a cheeky British humour** feel...

Sigh...now we'll just have to come up with another one...like "bring me that rope stretcher"...or "get me a 100 feet of flight line"...or "look in the cabinet for a can of prop wash"...




**I just think it would be wrong to write it as "British humor"...

Everything we need and nothing we don't................ but sunscreen, and bug dope are essentials.

Another Rick Story:

When I was a pre-teen, my Father owned a chain of furniture and appliance stores - - - and one night I was watching an appliance repairman fix a refrigerator in a warehouse down the street about a block away from the main store, where my Father was on the floor. A young fellow who worked with us on the delivery trucks (and who was not only not too bright but downright dumb as dirt) was also hanging around watching - -- when the repairman started complaining that he could not reach up high enough into the bottom of the refrigerator - - - and I suggested that we suspend the refrigerator about three feet above the ground with a "sky hook".

The repairman caught on right away and asked me if I thought a righthanded or left handed sky hook would best serve the purpose and I responded "Oh, definately a right handed sky hook"
So we sent "Butch"down to the main store to ask my Father to give us the right handed sky hook, which he did. The followup conversations went something like this:

Leonard (my Father) says he doesn't have a right handed sky hook, but he MIGHT have a left handed one.

Well ask him if he'll find the left handed one and give it to you because we have to suspend this refrigerator.

Leonard says he doesn't have time to look for it now but thinks it's in the storeroom (in back of the main store).

Well ask him if he'll let you look for it because we need it now. (Remember, Butch is walking two blocks - up and back - - to the main store with each response)

I looked for it for about ten minutes but I couldn't find it. Comon Butch MAKE SOME EFFORT HERE - - - WE REALLY NEED THAT SKY HOOK!

(Butch to Leonard) Rick & Stan said I need to make more effort to find the sky hook.

I looked for ten more minutes but I just can't find it.

Our phone rings (it's Leonard for Butch) - - I think I see it - - - it's behind the boxes of tiles (we had about 100 boxes of floor tiles stored there) - - - come on back and move the boxes to the other side of the storeroom and get to the sky hook - - - but be neat about it!

(Butch to Leonard) I moved all the boxes but couldn't find the sky hook - - - I'm sorry; I thought it was there! Go tell the guys I don't know where it is.

We can't find the sky hook. Did you look in the trucks???? No. Well, what are you waiting for?

It's not in the trucks either.

That's OK - - we got it fixed

OK - - see you tomorrow. We NEVER told him there's no such thing as a sky hook - - - but my Father and I laughed about it for years.

Rick

PS Aren't you glad you didn't work with miserable, nasty people like us??

OK, I'm going to turn the question around. I have never done more than day sailing with my , although I have done longer cruising on other boats. I also have extensive experience in wilderness trips, both hiking and horse packing. The point is, after years of packing into wilderness areas, I learned what not to take. In other words, somethings are never used and others have things that can be used to make-do.

Example: Do I need to take a smoke-shifter and a muffler bearing, or will one substitute for the othe in the short term?

~Rich

Hamin' X wrote:Example: Do I need to take a smoke-shifter and a muffler bearing, or will one substitute for the other in the short term?

~Rich

I've found, through considerable research and experience, that you don't need a smoke-shifter (left-handed or right-handed) so long as you have a sky-hook and a framus rod. Muffler bearings are essential, however, if you don't want to cause the flux capacitor to over-snarf due to inadequate meshing with your roundtuit.

I think the left handed smoke shifter is a Boy Scout classic, isnt it??

We sure sent a lot of Tenderfeet in Troop 872 to do ask Mr Buja for one....

Catigale wrote:I think the left handed smoke shifter is a Boy Scout classic, isnt it??

We sure sent a lot of Tenderfeet in Troop 872 to do ask Mr Buja for one....

Yeah, I got stung with that one as a young'un as well. But they don't let Scouts do that anymore - it's considered 'hazing' (grrr - damned PC police!).

Other things you MUST have on your boat:

• -- 50 feet of shoreline (carefully coiled and stowed)
  -- A cannon report (in triplicate)
  -- Keys to the oar locks (should be in an easily accessible place)