Hi All

Just checkin' to see if Photo-Point has done their dirty work yet and froze up all the free accounts. So Far, so Good. They have changed their comments at least 3 times in the past month. As now stated, they are going to charge $29.95 a year for full service, and $19.95 for limited service, and they give a description of what all that includes on the site. But, they now say that you ( I ) can have up to 10 photos free on your account. If so, that means that we ( I ) can have a few pics. and when I get up to 10, I have to delete old ones to put up new. At least that's how I read it. But, I didn't go to their additional comments section to read the fine print. So, I'll keep a few on hand to see what happens from now on. It's still free until the end of May, which was originally the middle of May. Maybe they're getting some negative feedback from customers. ??? Anyway, I'll give it a try for a while and see what they do.

Oh, the picture??????? Well, that's my Walrus 18 1/3'er. No, I didn't typo, that's 18 and 1/3. I set my forms to make an 18'er and forgot about the 2" x 4" end blocks sticking out on the bench, a couple of inches on each side. That's what happens when you improvize as you go. Heck, what's a couple of extra inches among friends!!

I had just finished my floors and was wanting to see what it looked like right-side-up. I hot melt glued a few false deck beams on it to keep the shape and turned it over. NO damage to the forms guys. Worked slicker than snot on a glass door knob. I removed all the screws, one at a time, and redrilled the holes and filled with 3/8" birch dowels. As she sits there in the yard, she weighs in at 22 lbs. Now, she rests back on the forms, for lack of room more than any other reason. I will be putting the actual deck beams in and sanding it off this weekend and preparing for skinning.

Mike Hanks, Bill Price, Roger Nuffer or....or... Uh, well, anyone who was into the conversations a while back.... Oh yeh, Shawn Baker... do any of you guys remember where you found the fabric, glue and stems for the float bags a few weeks ago. Gotta get that underway as well. I want to make them myself so they fit into the bow and stern areas and the filler tubes and valves extend up into the cockpit area for ease of filling. Appreciate whatever you can remember of that.

Back to Photopoint for a minute.. I would encourage those of you who are trying to get photos on the board to try it out on photopoint. At least for now, they are still offering freebies, even if it is only 10 pics at a time.

I'm going to have to kick Paul's ( my neighbor ) behind and get it in gear to finish my web-site and get it up. I finished his saw table and he's been making sawdust for a couple of days now. Shucks!! More later.....

Rehd

P.S. ( Sorry, no plush greenery here folks. I've been too busy to water. )