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Veteran's Day


Every Veteran at some point when they enlisted, wrote a blank check to their Country and Government payable for any amount up to and including their life.
A fitting day for my first blog entry in a long, long while since I spent all of last week in the Veteran's Hospital in Richmond. I was admitted for a case of perforated diverticulitis with an abscess. The care I received was great, and I'm extremely thankful for it because like 1 in every 5 Americans I have no health insurance.
We came up here to Deltaville for the summer, arriving a little late, and it seems we've been captured for the winter. Star is working part time at West Marine, and had a brief stint selling boats for Gratitude Yacht Sales. After working the Annapolis Boat Show, she was 'let go' last week when she chose to visit me in the hospital rather than sit in the office/residence of the managing broker for no pay. She was told her 'priorities are wrong'. Some jobs just aren't worth having.
I wish I had some sailing pictures, or tales of the high seas to tell, but Felix has been penned in her stall like a frustrated thoroughbred at the Deltaville Marina for the last few months. Maybe with Rockfish season coming we can get her out for some trolling this winter, but I'll have to get better and scrape the reef off her bottom first. We have plans to haul out this spring and put some fresh bottom paint on as well as a few other minor projects so that we can enjoy the summer season next year.
The Opal project has fallen through, not because of the car but there's no clean title on it. I'll try to start updating this more often, although it's going to become more of a "Star and Andy's Life" blog than a sailing blog, at least for a while.

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  1. SNEAKS LIKE DEERNovember 13, 2009 at 8:29 AM

    GOOD TO SEE A NEW ENTRY. YOUR NEXT ENTRY CAN BE ABOUT THE BIG BUCK THAT YOUR GONNA KILL NEXT WEEK!!! WELL, MAYBE!! LOOKING FORWARD TO TRYING TO HOOK YOU UP WITH ONE. WE HAVE A LOT OF PLACES TO CHECK OUT SO HOPEFULLY WE WILL STUMBLE ACCROSS ONE SOMEWHERE.

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  2. AnonymousNovember 14, 2009 at 7:33 PM

    Hey fella, sorry to hear about your ills, hope things are on the mend and headed in the right direction. Tell Star, their loss, those morons. Give a shout if you feel up to it!

    Herb

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