Happy Birthday To The Big Wiener !!!!!!!

OMG ..... can you believe?     Brian "Big Wiener" Boelk turns 50 today!         FIFTY!!!!    He still looks great and has the butt of a 20 year old.    A kiss of The Fish and cold St. Pauli Girl to you Brian, our brother!

Could It Be????

Is it really possible that summer is right around the corner?    WELL I'LL BE.......       yep, hot sun and a 4+ hour kayak trip today.    Yours truly is one crispy critter.   Gosh.... good thing I wasnt on the R boat... probably would have been forced to drink beer too!

You Need the Right Tools for the Right Job

Washington (CNN) -- The United States has 5,113 nuclear warheads in its stockpile and many thousands more that have been retired and are awaiting dismantling, according to a senior defense official.

The release of the number of warheads marks only the second time in U.S. history the government has released the once top secret information.
The Pentagon statistics show the nuclear stockpile was reduced by 75 percent between the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and September 30, 2009, and 84 percent since its peak of more than 31,255 in 1967.

**** Wondering if they thought they would ever get around to using ALL 31,255?       Just sayin'

Springtime in New Hampshire

Black flies.     Need I say more?       

On the other hand, at least when they die, you dont need front loaders to dispose of them and your entire town doesnt smell like dead fish.   

So we got that going for us up here.

For Every Season There Is A Reason ......

Hurray, Hurray ... its the first of May.    Outdoor f#@*ing begins today!

Blue Oyster Cult .... get's it right!

Who would have thought that BOC (that's Blue Oyster Cult ... the band)... would be so darn prophetic and have such enlightenment in their lyrics?

"History shows again and again how Nature points out the folly of man".        Yep ... one little volcano and you'd think that modern technology and civilization were crumbling.   HA ... maybe that wouldnt be such a bad thing!     After all .... Ted Kaczynski wasnt all bad ... just a little misunderstood. 

Hmmmmm.... wonder what they mean by "All praise    He's found the awful truth, Balthazar     He's found the saucer news".    

Keep your eyes and ears open!

You Say It's Your Birthday .... !

Happy Birthday to Jamie the Weatherman.   Jamie is a long time friend of Team R.  Much beloved but much ridiculed.... usually over weather forecasts.  Jamie has turned 40!    WOW..... middle age.   Nothing like having a wife, an ex-wife, 3 kids, another on the way, 2 cars, a house mortgage, child support, and a declining economy to add a dose of reality to your life!   Wow... what a buzzkill.

Regardless....  have a very happy, happy birthday.   Capt R was there to represent us .... I owe you a birthday beer.   CHEERS!

AHHHHHHH ...... Spring time ....

YEAH ..... RIGHT!          35 and snowing this morning in Ashland NH.
"Boat drinks ... waitress I need two more boat drinks ....."

Happy Tax Day ....

Yep ... its April 15th.      By now most of you have filed your tax returns ... or gotten your refund.      CHEER UP!      This is Amerika .... the land of opportunity and capitalism.        Just remember this little tidbit of info the next time you take a look at your check stub:

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The joke goes, The economy is so bad Exxon Mobil laid off 25 Congressmen. If only.


Turns out the economy is never really bad for the oil giant, and the last thing they would want to do is cut off support to members of Congress who allow them to pull off the remarkable trick of making $45 billion in profits last year but paying no federal income tax.

Mid-Winters Update

Yeah .,.... I know.     The entirety of Western Civilization has been hanging on .... just waiting for final thoughts on Mid-Winters.     Whatever.      Photos are being acquired.     Lawyers lined up.  Legal options being reviewed.

Actually I just can't stop swooning over the wonderful "trophies" Davis Island YC gave as prizes.    FRIGGIN COOKBOOKS!     Oh boy.... such effort.     They probably had a couple of boxes of books they couldnt sell and decided "let's pawn 'em off on those dingy sailors"!

Their creativity is only surpassed by their planning for parking and docking and their hospitalityshown to visitors.    Remember:  "YOUR people are on the lower deck"