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[Murf'n'surf]

Out at the boat tonight for another sunset and dinner.

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Pretty sure that you need a deck hand/mate that'll get her ready while you work. Problem is that I am some 1300 miles South of your location

 

[zipper]

Pretty sure that you need a deck hand/mate that'll get her ready while you work. Problem is that I am some 1300 miles South of your location

I will pencil you in, always need good help...will see what happens in the next couple of years. We may be closer to your location. Another picture from the sunset cruise on Monday night. We ate well.



In the meantime, plan a Northern vacation to the NE next Summer.

 

[Scottintexas]

My electric window/door lock switch broke off my ford truck door panel, after 4 years it was time to fix, luckily there's an after market bracket to relace the broken supports (and that's not even the daughter who drives it!)

 

[Babin Farms]

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My electric window/door lock switch broke off my ford truck door panel, after 4 years it was time to fix, luckily there's an after market bracket to relace the broken supports (and that's not even the daughter who drives it!)

Glad to see you get them involved.

 

[RobbieO]

I will pencil you in, always need good help...will see what happens in the next couple of years. We may be closer to your location. Another picture from the sunset cruise on Monday night. We ate well.

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In the meantime, plan a Northern vacation to the NE next Summer.

That's what I call living...

 

[haknslash]

Some cruisin footage around Lake Martin during our vacation. Miss it already and work has been brutal lol!

 

[Seadeals]

@Seadeals
It has been reported here in the past that they open up those motors on the brand new boats. Can you confirm that?

The FSH took off following after I passed. I was pulling a tube at about 25 and he was closing. Here is a clip from a trip before. They get after it just fine on the test; though I can't confirm WOT.

 

[Ronnie]

On the way to ride electric bikes on the beach near Cabo San Lucas, mexico I saw these two signs on the bus. I thought the Spanish sign would mirror the English sign, it doesn’t.

The literal translation of the Spanish sign is, “Those who leave tips go to heaven.” Talk about pressure. Service providers here take tipping to a new level. Many of the places we have eaten at now charge a mandatory tip of 18% whether it’s a party of 1 or 10. I’ve had two waiters ask me directly while waiting for me to sign the check to also complete a written survey on them. As expected most service sucks, no reason to work hard for a guaranteed tip. The Spanish word for tip is propina. I call it pro pain a.

 

[Ronnie]

I saw a newer 242 at the port of Cabo San Lucas, it looks really small here. I also saw / see this Everyday. The big yacht has two matching master craft boats on its bow. The other day they lowered one off the side with a crane, slings, Davits and around 5 deck hands. It looked like a PITA. The problems of the 1%.

 

[RobbieO]

I saw a newer 242 at the port of Cabo San Lucas, it looks really small here. I also saw / see this Everyday. The big yacht has two matching master craft boats on its bow. The other day they lowered one off the side with a crane, slings, Davits and around 5 deck hands. It looked like a PITA. The problems of the 1%.

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Cartel, obviously.

 

[Rammrodd]

A new way to load waverunners or freshly stolen?

 

[Babin Farms]

Today our summer help college kids outdid themselves.

 

[Murf'n'surf]

Today our summer help college kids outdid themselves.
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That’ll buff right out! Yikes!

 

[Babin Farms]

That’ll buff right out! Yikes!

It was all over the outside of the bed & tailgate as well. We did manage to get 99% of it off the truck but there’s a trail through town where they drove. Job security.

 

[zipper]

Today our summer help college kids outdid themselves.
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Had Summer college help for years in the fields, dairy and cheese making...been there, but not quite THERE! An old saying of mine comes to mind. No crying over spilled milk, unless it's sheep milk.

 

[zipper]

We decided to replace the needy Jabsco toilet in the head with a Raritan PH Superflush, recommended by many as a better throne for my Queen. Fedex just delivered this am. Just unboxed it.





I just replaced the joker valve on the Jabsco a year ago, they don't last.

 

[Ronnie]

A new way to load waverunners or freshly stolen?
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When I sold a Waverunner a few months ago the guy came over with an empty trailer in tow and nobody to help us move the Waverunner from my trailer to his. We ended up backing our trailers against each other and pushing the Waverunner off of my trailer and onto his. The result was that the Waverunner ended up backwards on his trailer. If we had at least two more guys, I would have preferred at least four, we could have carried the Waverunner from trailer to trailer but at over 800 lbs. lifting with two people wasn’t an option.

 

[Ronnie]

My bother has four females at home with him (his wife and three daughters). After boating with them last weekend I had to leave a deposit in their main restroom. I forgot until the deposit was made (“money” was on the tellers counter/in the atm machine) that there is no toilet paper in that restroom because they installed an aftermarket bidet in there), So I used a bidet for the first time ever. It had a wireless remote but no instructions posted so I just hit the “A”utomatic button and let the bidet do its thing. The opening is smaller than those on standard toilet seats as well. The first few seconds of use were shocking too me and I wish i would have known that standing up turns it off, I was being blown dry for way too long. My SIL says it’s thorough, my brother says it’s not. Had I thought about it sooner I would have Installed one in our main restroom and put the toilet paper out of sight or removed it entirely to screw with my son and his friends.

 

[I_squared_r]

On the way to ride electric bikes on the beach near Cabo San Lucas, mexico I saw these two signs on the bus. I thought the Spanish sign would mirror the English sign, it doesn’t.

The literal translation of the Spanish sign is, “Those who leave tips go to heaven.” Talk about pressure. Service providers here take tipping to a new level. Many of the places we have eaten at now charge a mandatory tip of 18% whether it’s a party of 1 or 10. I’ve had two waiters ask me directly while waiting for me to sign the check to also complete a written survey on them. As expected most service sucks, no reason to work hard for a guaranteed tip. The Spanish word for tip is propina. I call it pro pain a.

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My girlfriend and I went to vacation in Cancun and Tulum in june. I stayed for 5 days and she was there for 20 days so she has a good feel for the area. We stayed in 3/4-star hotels and her some time in hostels. The food and service was generally terrible. They expect a tip, but don't provide any service. This sums up my experience: We went to the restaurant at the hotel and ordered an appetizer at 8:20PM. The waiter said in spanish "Sorry but we close at 9PM, do you want to take it to go?", confused, I replied "We still have 40 minutes. Yes, we will take the food". We ordered a mixed platter with simple things, tacos, quesadillas, pescadillas, etc. all things with 5 ingredients that should take no longer than 10 minutes to prepare. At 9:00PM they quickly close everything and give everyone their food. They obviously held our food so we can't eat at the table. We return to the hotel room and I found that the quesadillas was just a tortilla with nacho cheese inside, not cooked, and put on our plate. They simply don't care to provide a good meal or service. Another thing is, they are very cheap about food and don't like to give beans, cheese ,or meat (anything with protein) we were always hungry there. I definitely will never visit a touristy area of mexico again..

EDIT: Funny thing is, my one of my best experience was in the cheapest hotel in tulum. It was in the middle of the forest, in a hut with no air conditioning. The place is run by an italian who also does the cooking. It was a beautiful and quiet place.. Except for the mule running around and the owner and workers trying to catch it. That was funny.

 

[zipper]

A new big boat made it down from Montreal. She will be here for the rest of the season. The 68' Sunseeker Predator casts a long shadow and dwarfs the 21' Doral. That is what $1.75 million will buy you.