mechanic's yoga and other updates.....

[spareparts]

I'll have to check out the Deerfield pier. We've got a cool camera at frying Pan Shoals that has some good activity. It right off Cape Fear, right at the NCSC line. Charlie, Im 55, 5'9" 250, on my second back surgery. Every day I bend and stretch in places no one in their right mind would try to go. Last week I spent the better part of 4 hours upside down, installing a pair of bilge pumps in a 31 Sea Ray, both pumps were under the generator. After laying on the exhaust system for most of the day, I determined the wiring to the pumps was in too bad of shape, ended up pulling the mufflers out of the boat and was able to stand, crouched over fixing the wiring. I've been stuck, like stuck real bad twice. Once between the top of a 6 cylinder Volvo diesel and the floor of the stateroom. When I got out of that one, i had the scars across my chest to show off. The other time, I got stuck between the engines on a 34 Searay, on the very bottom of the bilge. Like I was sitting on the floor of the bilge the boat was taking, I had slowed teh water down, but now I couldn't get out. My belt was hung up on something, quick work with teh benchmade and I was free. I've actually joked about doing a boat yoga utube channel, it would probably be funny. Reach for the bilge, stretch and reach for the starter.

[charlie_the_tuna]

Hey Spare, before I got the corona, I was a young mid 50 something. I’m now suffering from what they call long Covid. I’ve gotten very old in the last two years. I spent most of my life building cars and hunching under the hood or rolling under with or without a creeper and never had an issue. That fauci koksukker and his Chinese friends really got us good. I watch friends and coworkers drop dead weekly. I watch myself and many others aging at a rapid pace. The virus was bad, but the long term effects of this disease are more than I bargained for. I thank god for my 20 year old. He’s good with his hands, he loves to learn and he’s getting pretty good at this stuff. All that stuff you speak of, I can’t take that on anymore. Now I just impart wisdom and point to what needs doing.

[charlie_the_tuna]

and i've seen the feed from frying pan rock. pretty cool, but the amount of life at deerfield is 50 times more. great variety of fish as well.

[Blue_Runner]

Subscribed!

I'm closing in on 50 in a few months. My back acts up here and there likely from football in high school, not to mention all the pounding I've taken on the water over the years.

I guess more of the same (and worse) is what I've got to look forward to.

I've always imagined fishing boats are kinda like swimming pools and dogs. Yeah, you can own it but it is much, much better and easier to have a friend or neighbor that has one. I haven't had much luck with that.

[phatdaddy]

Ha, you guys ain t seen nothing yet. No matter how bad u feel today, a year from now you will wish you felt as good as you did a year ago.

I will be looking at 70 in a couple of months

[Blue_Runner]

insert bow-down emoji here. You tha man Phat !

[Destroyer]

Originally Posted by phatdaddy

Ha, you guys ain t seen nothing yet. No matter how bad u feel today, a year from now you will wish you felt as good as you did a year ago.

I will be looking at 70 in a couple of months

You young whippersnapper....

[Pipe_Dream]

You guys reminded me how stiff I'm feeling in the morning (no, not the good kind of morning stiff!). I remember working on cars and all the positions I'd get into, and one of the most frequent was working on under dash wiring and stereo installations where I would lay on the seat with my legs up in the air and my head and shoulders on the floorboard looking up under the dash. I haven't done that in years and that's probably for the best. Big 60 here.