My friend Bob is cleaning up his property, so I went by to see about picking up this cute little 1957 14 foot UNIFLITE runabout boat.  If you hurry, you can bid on it on Ebay!
Now, just what I DON'T need is a BOAT which is defined as a hole in the water into which one pours money. I am thinking I can either clean it up and EBAY it, as this brand of fiberglas boat was known as a heck of a good boat, or give it away to some other sucker. As it turns out, this is not the trailer for it. I found the old trailer back in the weeds and got the wheels off it. They are in my shed now waiting to see if I think they will hold air long enough to get the thing home.

So then, I had to sit and have a beer with Bob, which is enjoyable enough, but I also had to watch him show me how to massage a chicken into napping on one's lap. Not MY lap, mind you...

NEW ROBOT - SURGE-YO'S SISTER:

You may remember SURGE-YO from a few weeks ago. Today I present to you SURGE-YO'S LITTLE SISTER. She stands about 9 inches tall, just short of Surge-Yo's towering 10 1/2 inches. She dosen't have a name yet, so if you have any ideas, speak. For more pictures of this little honey click here.
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Found this cute hand-made poster/advertisement at the Astoria (Oregon) Food Co-op (organic hippie food) today and thought I'd share it with you. Not only is it preserving a way of life, a small business, but also providing nutritious, sustainable food AND preserving a beautiful old fishing boat. Cool, huh?
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AMAZING PILOT - DELETED - TOTALLY FAKE - SORRY 'BOUT THAT

So...today, we took the old motorhome over to Les Schwab's in Warrenton, near Astoria to get the front end aligned. After that we ran down to the outlet mall in Seaside then back to Costco for gas and then on home. Getting it ready for a run to Camas for my 45th year high school reunion. I always get in a rocking good mood when out in our great old 65 Chev truck house-car. With that in mind, I leave you to enjoy some rockabilly music and some great pix of excellent rat-rods. I love this shit.

2 of my vintage machines

Here are my vintage RV's: 1965 Chevrolet C-30 Caveman motorhome (my baby truck), and 1951 35' Spartan. I just took the Caveman out of the shed to clean it up for a trip out to my 45th class reunion. It has been inside in storage for so long that the new master cylinder (from the NEW front disk brake conversion I did 4 years ago) got condensation in it and rusted on the inside. SO I had to put a NEW new master cylinder in it (being down to our bones, I bought a rebuilt). The trailer is a beauty, and houses my gallery and Ellen and Me's art studios. (click the picture to biggify)

If you are curious about either of these old machines, or this great place at the beach for sale, leave a note (-'