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June 15 1998
Life in a 40 foot motor launch
Sorry for the long delay in continuing on with this tale. (although
those of you who started late, won't notice.) But things have been
real busy here at chez boat. We are all moved in, and have been living
aboard for almost 2 months. It is currently pouring rain, (we are
after all in Seattle) which is almost nice, as I just caulked a
persistent leak on the starboard deck. (a grandious term for a 10 inch
wide strip of wood.)
Life is quite fun here, the animals are all adjusting, after a few
weeks of persistant bad behaviour on the part of the fluffy pink
cat. But it only took on dunking and the continuous threats from the
super soaker. ($7.99 from kaybee toys:) and now he's mostly
harmless.
(Klutzy as ever 'tho, He's fallen in the water once, and down the
stairs into the galley (soon to be office) ah well, all the grace of a
falling piano as my wife said.
The ferrets are having a grand ol' time. New places to explore, and
new things to tear apart. What fun! The other cat, is being very regal
and spends most of his day surveying his demense.
Modifications to the boat are not going as quickly as planned, due in
part to poor weather, a lot of unanticipated expences, and a work
schedule from hell (for me at least, Kat's work schedule is at least
from heck tho') But what has been done is building the engine
compartment, installing the wiring panel (wiring it comes next) and of
course, setting up some of the computers. (So far, only the Powermac
and an old '486/33 which is serving as a file server, (or will as soon
as I get more HD's for it.) A laptop will be added soon, all running
one variant or another of Linux of course. (Defenestrate your computer!)
But there is need for more hardware, a laser printer and scanner would
be nice. :) maybe a DVD drive...
We are finding ways of storing stuff in places that don't immediately
spring to mind if you are used to lots of room, and experiencing the
joys of community bathrooms. But we will get the head functional
before winter. I don't mind camping, but at the moment, it seems too
permanent:)
On the plus side, there's a small tap and grill around the corner
that serves great local and national microbrews, and honest to
goodness crawdads. So if you'll excuse us, the sun is breaking
through, and beer and bugs are calling.
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