Friends Everywhere

Oriental NC
No LL

The other night we were pleased to have Richard and Penny from Viking Rose for dinner. The four of us had a great time. Richard and Penny are also close friends with David and Hilde on Raven, other favorites of ours.

Yesterday, we had a visit from Ken C. Ken is a college buddy of Dean C, and Dean is an ex work colleague from NYISO. Dean is a blog fan and he turned Ken on to our blog. We have been trying to get together with Ken since last spring. Yesterday it worked out. On his way to Beaufort, Ken stopped in Oriental and had lunch with us. Libby made her famous chili so we all ate good and had a good time.

This morning I heard a familiar voice behind me. I turned around and it was Les P. Les is another blog fan who invited us to come to Blackbeard Sailing Club in New Bern last spring. It was good to see Les again. He was also hunting for a 3/8 inch fine-threaded nut for a repair he was working on. I was able to find one for him in my junk parts collection. No matter whether you own a house or a boat, one of the most valuable possessions a man can have is a box full of old nuts and bolts and
miscellaneous metal parts.

*p.s. It is my practice to not use the first and last names of my subjects in my public blogs. I'm not trying to conceal their identities, but if they egogoogle (i.e. to search for one's own name on Google), they should not be surprised to see my blog post unexpectedly at the top of the list.