A blast for the past

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I spent a few years (grade twelve and after) working in a stockyard as a labourer and working sales. I came across a video the other day celebrating the career of one of the auctioneers (Ross Annet) and grabbed some screen caps.

Rod on the bobcat that I spent many an hour on cleaning out pens

 

The ring with an auction in progress. I rarely saw this view except during breaks as we spent most of our time outside shivering 12–14 hours at a stretch.

Halloween 2024

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Last night was Halloween and we did the traditional pumpkin and tequila thing. Not so much with the tequila these days…getting older sucks 🙂

I also asked Chat GPT to give me some tequila fairies and this is what they delivered. Appropriately creepy :-0

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Sometimes urban life has its moments…
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New (ish) art! Finally found the best spot for it @iansheldonart
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Always a good day to travel when it starts with a Beaver!#seaair
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Well that’s that. We’ve fixed everything else so now the likely culprit is the head gasket. So it’s home early for us and the mechanics will start tearing her apart. ?
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Going through Dodd Narrows using the dinghy as a side tow was not on our bucket list :-(Engine overheated (again) and the wind died right at the entrance. But we made it. Now it’s off to the dock for some serious mechanical investigations.
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Interesting sight to wake up to. And we used to be nervous maneuvering our teeny boat through a crowded mooring field! These guys had nerves of steel 🙂
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Ever wonder what sailing downwind in 6-8 knots of wind against a 3-4 knot current would look like?The engine overheated for the second time just out side the anchorage with a tricky entrance so we decide to turn back, followed by a couple of hours of very frustrating sailing. We failed to figure out the issue ourselves, so many thanks to the great people at @nanaimoyachtcharters for the tow and mechanical assistance. A combination of a faulty thermostat and what looked like half a shredded impeller (not the current one which was fine) stuck in the heat exchanger seems to have been the issue. Never would have figured that out on my own :-(Made it back to Montague safely and are set to try it all over again.
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And now we’ve got them all out. #downwind
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…over the ocean blue… Downwind @ 5 knots on just the jib. Can it get any better?
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First sourdough of the trip. Yum.
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Dock gravity is real! Finally off the dock and on our way to nowhere special. #saillife
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First boat pizza of the trip. Not perfect yet … gotta get back into the swing of it 🙂
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Home sweet home for the next month. Type to start the big unwind…
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One of the best things about working for a book publisher? The book haul! #lovetoread @orcabook
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Monday.
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Spring is sprung. #yeg
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The proper ratio of strawberries to cream and sugar. I am so my mother’s child…
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Our first Oil Kings game. Were up 3 nil. Woot!

Sunset

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Sometimes living in the city ain’t so bad 🙂

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