John, Thanks for the info. I'm glad somebody documented that part of our history. That world is mostly dead and gone, and it would be too triggering for me to read about it. So I'm giving the book a p

John, That link is broken, if you aren't set up for the smile thing. I couldn't find anything on amazon about Mac McAdams. Please give us some more info. Sincerely, Roger Quoting John Kohnen <jkohnen@

George, That's the whole point. The generator was past the end of its life cycle, it would be far easier and less expensive to replace a generator than an engine, and they still didn't replace it. It

I'm ignoring most email for the time being, but wondered at the size and subject of this one. Previously I hadn't paid attention to the difference between the 52' and 47' boats. https://en.wikipedia.o

John, For the most part, writers and editors have different personalities, and you have a writer personality. You have interesting knowledge about a wide variety of boating subjects, and have opinions

Mark, You might take a look at this page: https://www.grainger.com/category/material-handling/lifting-pulling-positioning The winches subcategory has a wide range of electric, air, hydraulic, and hand

John, Have you given this link a try? https://maps.nwcg.gov/sa/#/%3F/%3F/44.1547/-120.4189/7 The satellite fire detection works day and night, regardless of weather, and the official boundaries ALWAYS

Case, I had assumed that on the east side there was more awareness of Defensible Space. Its good to know there is a strong focus on it there. I'm glad to hear that its baked into new development. Tryi

Steve, Thanks for the info. I think many people, including myself, developed a habitual attitude of we live on the soggy, wet side of the mountains. All of the finger pointing over the next several mo

Steve, Maybe you (or somebody you know) could answer this question. Whatever happened to Defensible Space? www.fs.fed.us/nwacfire/home/terminology.html Defensible Space: "An area either natural or man

John, I'm sorry to hear about these problems. I've been in Yahoo discussion groups for about 17 years now, and for that whole time periodically the Yahoo low-rent server farm has had big troubles and

I just stumbled across this interesting sailing project: VFP Golden Rule Project www.vfpgoldenruleproject.org The boat is sailing from Humboldt to the NW this summer and is looking for crew: www.vfpgo

Andrew, Here are some ideas I've had about increasing participation at the boathouse. You're already working with kids and their parents. It occurred to me that is pretty much the same as working with

Hey Cal, Back at the beginning of air flight, hot air balloons were considered air ships. A traditionally rigged open boat, gliding over the water, has a lot more in common with a hot air balloon than

Dan, I agree about how interesting and valuable it is to see different regions and meet the people living there. That was a good part about being in the military, and it expanded my firsthand view of

Gene, I think part of it is what you are used to. To me towering waves, giant whirlpools, mildew, bears, hypothermia, frostbite, 24 hour a day thick fog, and going weeks without seeing the sun, all se

Thanks for the suggestions, Cal. After looking around, it does look like putting the belt sander on its side would be an easier and quicker way to set it up. This would be especially true if the sande

Cal, You talked me into taking a look at all of this, and I got carried away with looking at all of the interesting possibilities. I've spent a large amount of my life making and adapting handy tools,

Andrew, Until this thread I'd never thought about owning a bench sander before. I took a quick look at Amazon, and some of them look like they could be handy for sharpening tools. What model does the

Andrew, That's a different kettle of fish. Its really easy for me to imagine being confused about choosing a jig for sharpening tools. LOL I have a drill bit sharpening jig for my grinder, and I'm unh