Duck Pond Redneckery

[Duck]

Waitin' fer th' show ta begin...

You missed it by eleven years.

There was a wooden structure there before. Big tractor shed. It was dilapidated.

I bashed holes in the siding with a sledge, ten feet apart. Fed a chain in one hole and out the other and hooked itto the tractor thinking I'd pull just a few studs out,but instead it ripped the whole entire 40 foot long east wall off in one piece.

 

[Duck]

Ok so I got kicked out of a boat shop in Kankakee.

I was in the area so I stopped in. Figured I'd check out prices on stuff like carpet, marine plywood, etc.

The guy was following me around asking questions about the boat I'm working on, and trying to sell me crap I don't need.

Then right as I glanced at a display of vinyl lettering he said "are you going to have a name for the boat?"

"No"

He said "It's bad luck to have a boat without a name"

I said "except I'm not a superstitious moron"

"Get out!"




I'm going to name it "Titanic".

 

[ironpony]

I'm going to name it "Titanic".

Good choice! I called it about 700 posts ago...

Boatage Appellation

 

[Electric Chicken]

How about Tintanic?

Yeah it's terrible but so is your boat.

 

[Duck]

How about Tintanic?

Yeah it's terrible but so is your boat.

No that's too stupid.

In fact, the entire concept of naming boats is stupid.

 

[Rigjockey]

You need to build a jib boom then. Maybe a spreader bar, too. I coulda picked that up in under a minute with my loader.

Either a spreader bar and strap or 4 chains running to the jib. Easy

I like the cut of your JIb

 

[ironpony]

No that's too stupid.

In fact, the entire concept of naming boats is stupid.

How about airplanes?

 

[Electric Chicken]

No that's too stupid.

In fact, the entire concept of naming boats is stupid.

Damn right in the feels.

 

[Duck]

How about airplanes?

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That's equally as stupid. But the guys who smashed the Japanese and the Nazis can do what they want. They get a free pass.

They should be allowed to punch congressmen in the face if they want to.

 

[ironpony]

That's equally as stupid. But the guys who smashed the Japanese and the Nazis can do what they want. They get a free pass.

They should be allowed to punch congressmen in the face if they want to.

That one was Korean War. How about them guys?

 

[Duck]

That one was Korean War. How about them guys?

They can name their planes but they can't punch republican congressmen. Only democrats.

 

[Duck]

Got the boat back on the trailer by myself.





I held the trailer tongue 4 feet in the air with one arm, and cranked the rope winch with the other to drag the boat up. Kind of like how a flatbed wrecker picks up a car.

 

[Duck]

The metal fab shop up the street says they don't have a TIG welder. They weld aluminum with a regular MIG machine with an aluminum wire feed.

 

[tommyh]

that avatar has to be a Hogwallop

 

[ironpony]

that avatar has to be a Hogwallop

The one that didn't R-U-N-N O-F-T, eh?

 

[Duck]

Them dumb monkeys up the street....

Freakin' tread plate. That's what they're using for the hull patch.

Oh, and "you might gonna wanna throw some caulk on it cuz I dunno if it'll be water hold, be leak proof".

That exact string of words.... I think his IQ might only be a point or two higher than the inbred creature in my avatar.

Picture this guy with gray hair and normal ears.



Don't really matter though as long as it's stuck on stronger than solder or a braze. That Marine Tex stuff will seal it up.

 

[Duck]

After I wire wheeled it.

 

[Ontario Outlaw]

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After I wire wheeled it.

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That's uglier than the ass end of a baboon.
Jesus that's horrible "welding"

 

[GAnthony]

That's uglier than the ass end of a baboon.
Jesus that's horrible "welding"

that welding may be stronger than the entire dingy.

 

[Duck]

That's uglier than the ass end of a baboon.
Jesus that's horrible "welding"

Yeah I guess that's what happens when you try to MIG weld aluminum.

Good enough though. It's going to be buried under epoxy sealant and then hidden behind plywood and the side panels.