Bob Calco wrote: > Ricardo: > > I see a Joseph Conrad adventure in your future... I thought of the first > line of Heart of Darkness when you described your boat: > > "The Nellie, a cruising yawl, swung to her anchor without a flutter of the > sails, and was at rest. The flood had made, the weather was nearly calm, and > being bound down the river, the only thing for it was to come to and wait > for the turn of the tide." > > Though I would have guessed, in your case, Nostromo was a more likely story. > ;)
Thanks, I like the character. > > Seriously--congrats on the boat. I have a friend who feels the same way > about planes and over the last couple of years has been slowly building it, > and will soon be testing it for air-worthiness. It's a big deal to build > something complicated over many months and years, and see it through. I > experience it with every big software system I build too, but you never get > to "kick the tires" with anything but a keyboard or a monitor, and usually > not for the physical, tactile pleasure of the act. Exactly, the tactile pleasure. I can already smell the wood and feel the hand plane shaving it. I will enjoy this. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
