HopeSheFloats
Lieutenant Commander
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.....Title warned ya... Ive been watching this starcraft ad, that sadly kept repeating itself, softly calling out my name. Week after week after week. It began infiltrating my dreams as I tried to sleep off the temptation. I mean here I am with a current boat project not even half finished, do I really want or need to be looking at others. Yes I'm well aware of flashing warning lights going off when something for sale lingers this long...but hey, com'on it's a Starcraft for petes sake!
Alcohol was of no use in escaping the constant soul ripping wails that torrmented me night and day. It was the little things that bothered me the most though. Things like.. total strangers telling me the twinkle in my eye reminded them of a 'Star', or how almost every night my wife quietly sat doing her beading 'craft'. Re-runs of Gilligans Island, The piece of glass fiber that finally festered to the surface of my palm...Ohhh to be a 'tin-man' once again.
I couldn't take it any longer! I had to at least make it look as though I cared about this poor gals whimpers...So I made the call { 3 times in fact}...no answer, no voice mail, sent an e-mail reply via CList...nothing. Hmmm..... Ahhh... I'm off the hook! { LOL you can see where this leading right?....Thought so, Well... you/me, we made it this far, might as well continue
}So anyways...another week goes by, and being a sort of neat freak, I decide to clean my pc of useless files, folders and such, and wouldn't you know it...there was my 'favorites' list dying for some organization. All of a sudden..WHACK, right across the face, there it was... That lone link to
something I saved but not quite remembering what or why for, and yes {smarty pants your right} being foolheaded I clicked on it to refresh the old brain waves. I swear at that moment in time, I felt a cold draft swoop down across the back of my neck, swirl itself twice about my head and proceed to
succulently whisper in my ear..."don't you care at all that I need you, I want you?". Well, being the kinda good guy that I am, I half-heartedly, half jokingly thought, why not go look up the current listings, as I'm sure by now she has found her savior.
Low and behold, there it was. Still in it's {and mine} sickening state of 'undeleted by author' listing. Lord give me strength I believe was my first inner thought. Now 'cool and collective' has never been one of my characteristic traits, but I hadn't even finished debating with myself, whether to open the page for one last look at the ol gal, when my index finger jumped the gun...Ohhhh... how the beauty hidden beneath years of neglect and mistreatment came bursting off the page. It was surreal to say the least.
I felt the blood heat as it flowed within me, coursing thru my veins on it's path from my eyes straight to the ol ticker. Whew.... I needed a cigarette to try and regain what little composure I had left as I once again picked up the phone. "You know durn well better than this" { I said to no-one else around}. "Think about this dude, you've got a wonderful wife, a cool project underway, and a bank account the size of your brain. Do you wanna blow it all away over a couple of hazy, distant photos of someone elses past problems ?" Well, if your still reading this, theres a 99% chance that you
have no qualms about a little added work to get what you desire, you've heard about great divorce lawyers and such, and what else is money made for? The brain size helps in this matter immensely{at least in my case}.
Call goes through, 1 ringy dingy 2 ringy dingy...5 th ring and as I'm about to write this ad off, I hear a grumpy sounding male voice say.."Yeah". Well I durn near swallowed my cigarette, and whilest trying to smother the hot ashes now smoldering upon my mustache...I blurted out "Hey that old
boat still available'? which in turn got a "Yeahhh" from my recievers end speaker. "Any more info you can share over the phone"? I ask. "Yeahhh" came the reply with a slight hint of 'ya want it or not?' in the voice...silence...more silence..."well lets hear it if you wouldn't mind" sez I. "Welllll, it's not mine it's my buddies and he kinda lost interest in it". "oh I see" sez me again, "big project gone south?" I inquire...'Yeah, sumpin like that". Geez I thought to myself...no wonder it's still available what with this guys great salesmanship an all. By now curiosity has been taking over my common sense{what little there is to begin with...really, you can ask my wife} so I blurt back... "where's it at, and what's a convenient time to give her a once over?"
So there I am this morning, getting the mrs off to work like any good homeworker would
, calling my friend to see if he still needs a ride to his boat at the marina to drop off the bench seat he brought home to clean { I always did like having someone along to listen to me talk to myself}. Call friend back and tell him I'll be a few more minutes...got some giftcards burning a hole in my wallet, and best by is on the right coming up fast. I walked into the store, no hurries no worries as the boat seller said take a look and call back if interested. Yep definitely get ya smiling dealing with some
types. Luck seems with me so far, b-buy has the cheapy camera I decided on, in stock and on sale. Nothing special mind you, a Fuji-Film J38 but I needed something/anything better that what I had, as I'm a member at this great forum where the folks there just can't get their proper fix unless theres
'proof in the pudding' so to say, lol.
Moving forward an hour or so, got the friend and his seat loaded in the truck, and away the new adventure began.
Troubling thoughts crept in as we near the supposed veiwing location { which googleyed earth showed as in the middle of the main drag } and the used car lot mentioned was not to be seen. After giving the situation a chance to redeem itself, I told said friend " I'll flip around up here and we'll try looking from a new perspective". Well little lady luck was still holding my hand as when I eased into the turn lane for the about face....there she was!!!...sitting patiently on the back lot of {what is still undetermined} said given location...Cool, at least something to gander.
Well...I'm not sure yet, whether to blame you guys or buy the next round. But somehow between here, there, iboats.com and C's-list, I was bitten by the bug.... and am now a proud owner of a 1961 Starcraft...the model is currently called "project", but I'm thinking it's a Jupiter. I'll wait for those
'lake hogging in june of 2010' fanatical guys help to determine her style. Oops, 'fanatical guys' should of read 'fantastic' guys as like it or not I crashed the club scene and am now one myself{ if allowed to stay....please please please}.
Well what finally pushed the right button { I truly believe
} was the ever growing masses of others who have openly admitted to succumbing to the appeal of a sleek almost sexy-like 'carriage of the waterways' called Starcraft.Sorry to tease ya's after all this, but no photo's till tomorrow, as the new camera is not charged yet, and I'm having a hard time convincing myself that you all won't laugh too hard when you see the mess this new mistress of mine is in. She is a sight for sure...sad sight that is, wrong windshield
haphazardly attached, hodgepodge of seating options, what looks like house paint thrown on with a push broom, wrong sized trailer..etc..etc.. I'll be quick to get the 'here I go, starting from' pitcures up as soon as possible. Right now I'm off to find some outside winter work clothes....man, life can be so good at times!!!!
1961 Starcraft {model to be determined}
Registration show's 18' 3" if thats any clue. No motor, but that will be a gift from the 'other' restore{79 Johnson 115}. Has what looks to be merc crusier controls. needs every bit of patience I can only imagine. Couple of free cheapy orange life preservers, cheapy{i assume} ship to shore radio, old 10# anchor, new plastic six gallon gas can and a gas gage on the dash which I hope means some kind of good news under the deck, one aluminum boat paddle, 2 'you gotta see' lights mounted up front{fog/driving lights I believe lol } and who knows what else remains to be discovered. Haven't given the wood a good going over as it will all be replaced for the self satisfaction of knowing. Anyways if you made it thru this, think how much shorter in time your restore feels...your welcome....Thanks folks, and THANKS alot folks!!!
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