Sunday, April 30, 2006
Mi espanol no es tan bueno, pero...
Hoy soy secretario financiero de la Rama Monte de Sion. Es muy bueno!
Friday, April 28, 2006
From my friend Mr. T. Thorpe
A West Texas cowboy was herding his herd in a remote pasture when suddenly a Brand new BMW advanced out of a dust cloud towards him. The driver, a young man in a Brioni suit, Gucci shoes, Ray Ban sunglasses and YSL tie, leans out the window and asks the cowboy, "If I tell you exactly how many cows and calves you have in your herd, will you give me a calf?"
The cowboy looks at the man, then looks at his peacefully grazing herd and calmly answers, "Sure, Why not?"
The man parks his car, whips out his Dell notebook computer, connects it to his AT&T cell phone, and surfs to a NASA page on the Internet, where he calls up a GPS satellite navigation system to get an exact fix on his location which he then feeds to another NASA satellite that scans the area in an ultra-high-resolution photo.
The young man then opens the digital photo in Adobe Photoshop and exports it to an image processing facility in Hamburg, Germany. Within seconds, he receives an email on his Palm Pilot that the image has been processed and the data stored. He then accesses a MS-SQL database through an ODBC connected excel spreadsheet with email on his Blackberry and, after a few minutes, receives a response.
Then, he prints out a full color, 150 page report on his Hi-tech, miniaturized HP Laser Jet printer and finally turns to the cowboy and says, "You have exactly 1586 cows and calves."
"That's right. Well, I guess you can take one of my calves," says the cowboy. He watches the young man select one of the animals and looks on amused as the young man stuffs it into the trunk of his car.
Then the cowboy says to the young man, "Hey, if I can tell you exactly what your business is, will you give me back my calf?"
The young man thinks about it for a second and then says, "Okay, why not?"
"You're a consultant for the National Republican Party." says the cowboy.
"Wow! That's correct," says the young man, "but how did you guess that?"
"No guessing required." answered the cowboy. "You showed up here even though nobody called you; you want to get paid for an answer I already knew, to a question I never asked. You tried to show me how much smarter than me you are; and you don't know a damn thing about cows........Now give me back my dog."
The cowboy looks at the man, then looks at his peacefully grazing herd and calmly answers, "Sure, Why not?"
The man parks his car, whips out his Dell notebook computer, connects it to his AT&T cell phone, and surfs to a NASA page on the Internet, where he calls up a GPS satellite navigation system to get an exact fix on his location which he then feeds to another NASA satellite that scans the area in an ultra-high-resolution photo.
The young man then opens the digital photo in Adobe Photoshop and exports it to an image processing facility in Hamburg, Germany. Within seconds, he receives an email on his Palm Pilot that the image has been processed and the data stored. He then accesses a MS-SQL database through an ODBC connected excel spreadsheet with email on his Blackberry and, after a few minutes, receives a response.
Then, he prints out a full color, 150 page report on his Hi-tech, miniaturized HP Laser Jet printer and finally turns to the cowboy and says, "You have exactly 1586 cows and calves."
"That's right. Well, I guess you can take one of my calves," says the cowboy. He watches the young man select one of the animals and looks on amused as the young man stuffs it into the trunk of his car.
Then the cowboy says to the young man, "Hey, if I can tell you exactly what your business is, will you give me back my calf?"
The young man thinks about it for a second and then says, "Okay, why not?"
"You're a consultant for the National Republican Party." says the cowboy.
"Wow! That's correct," says the young man, "but how did you guess that?"
"No guessing required." answered the cowboy. "You showed up here even though nobody called you; you want to get paid for an answer I already knew, to a question I never asked. You tried to show me how much smarter than me you are; and you don't know a damn thing about cows........Now give me back my dog."
Thursday, April 27, 2006
Mary Brown Malouf and her review of the Mandarin...
I sent this in the form of an email to the Living Editor of the
SL Tribine today:
"Regarding the 25th of April review of the Mandarin and
other reviews, I confess I have been annoyed and in general
"flummoxed" by Ms. Malouf's reviews.
I had deliberately sought, (but no longer), new eating
establishments based on her reviews. I have to add my voice
to others who would question her ability as a food critic.
Maybe Page, AZ, or Ticaboo, Utah, needs such a food
critic. Could be some really good seasonal hamburger/truck
stops there, simpler menus, simpler sauces to critique,
i.e. Heinz vs. Hunt's catsup. Perhaps we could look forward
to an article on the origins, flavors and differences between
'ketchup' and 'catsup'.
In thinking about this wholly inaccurate and unjustified
review I think I have discovered a means to use her reviews
in a positive way. I am recommending this to my friends
as well. That is, just use the inverse of her four star rating.
A rating of 1 or 1 and 1/2 stars means the very best, four
stars being the lowest. I can now look forward once again
to her recommendations and know where the best food
is found in Utah."
SL Tribine today:
"Regarding the 25th of April review of the Mandarin and
other reviews, I confess I have been annoyed and in general
"flummoxed" by Ms. Malouf's reviews.
I had deliberately sought, (but no longer), new eating
establishments based on her reviews. I have to add my voice
to others who would question her ability as a food critic.
Maybe Page, AZ, or Ticaboo, Utah, needs such a food
critic. Could be some really good seasonal hamburger/truck
stops there, simpler menus, simpler sauces to critique,
i.e. Heinz vs. Hunt's catsup. Perhaps we could look forward
to an article on the origins, flavors and differences between
'ketchup' and 'catsup'.
In thinking about this wholly inaccurate and unjustified
review I think I have discovered a means to use her reviews
in a positive way. I am recommending this to my friends
as well. That is, just use the inverse of her four star rating.
A rating of 1 or 1 and 1/2 stars means the very best, four
stars being the lowest. I can now look forward once again
to her recommendations and know where the best food
is found in Utah."
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
Another interior image
These are from the Devlin 25' plans. The wood is beautiful. Some of the captains with Volvo Penta IO diesel drives have used hot water from the cooling manifold to provide heat to bring warm heated air into the cabin for those cool mornings when we are making our way north to fish off Westport or to whale watch.
Of course we will need complete built in IPod and JBL features too.
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
A change in plans
Well, a change in plans for the Noyo King. It seems the boat was not what it was advertised as. Photos were sent to the Radon Boat Works in Goleta CA and they disavow the boat and recommend staying away from it. Some hours were then spent in searching for "project" boats such as Hurricane Katrina damaged craft. Some possibilities exist, but at this point we are leaning toward construction of a 25' to 28' offshore skiff or cruiser. I have spoken with a designer on the east coast, Dave Gerr, N.A., and also looked at other web sites for wood and epoxy construction. Devlinboat.com have something very appealing called a Surfscoter 25. Wood and epoxy offer some advantages in esthetics, strength and weight and offer a shorter time to the launch date. Water trials likely would include a cruise on Lake Powell, perhaps to the mouth of Dark Canyon for camping and hiking.
Anyone wishing to volunteer to assist in construction is welcome. Attached is one rendition of this design.
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
Sky of blue and sea of green...
This site is dedicated to the monitoring of the refit and overhaul of the good ship ‘Noyo King’. The project starts in April 2006 when an ad was placed in the Ft. Bragg Advocate announcing a “free boat to a good home”. Delivery is expected during the week of 24th of April. The Noyo King is a 24’ solid fiberglass coastal boat utilized in its life as a commercial fishing craft in the waters off Northern CA.
As progress is made this site will be updated and as pictures become available. The attached image is of another similar boat from the Radon, (rhymes with ‘cabin’), Boat Company. We are still waiting for the current owner to send photos to us.
Get your reservations in early as we expect to have full bookings for bottom fishing, salmon and albacore. In addition we will be taking cruises for whale watching and also making abalone diving trips in the waters off Ft. Bragg and Westport CA.
“And our friends are all aboard…As we live our life of ease, everyone one of us has all we need, sky of blue, and sea of green, in our Noyo King…”
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