Sans Souci and Me - a liveaboard life

[Lorraine]

You can't see it very well in the photos, but right at the back of the boat, on the aft deck, is the Beast, my 1100w generator, aka gennie, which enables my computer, toaster, iron, mixer and power tools to annoy the neighbourhood. The Beast has one problem...it wants to kill me. If I'm sitting at my computer, happily playing, and I suddenly feel a tad funny, I know Souc has turned her butt (official terminology is 'stern') into the wind and the Beast is filling the boat with carbon monoxide. Happened yesterday and much cursing occurred. Today though, it's blowing from the north, the tide is now coming in, and the Beast will not be homicidal. Unless there's an unexpected wind change. You will hear the cussing in the northern hemisphere if that happens!

 

[Pendraia]

My husband and I always wanted to build an earth sheltered house...I can dream!

Lorraine, that sounds quite dangerous...look after yourself.

 

[Lorraine]

Hi Pen Dreaming is free and sometimes, even more than sometimes, dreams come true. I hope your dream comes true for you as mine did for me

I'm so attuned to the gennie now that the slightest whiff of that smell gets me running, growling, to the back of the boat. When I got my first one I really did make myself very ill but that doesn't happen anymore. In this case, familiarity did NOT breed contempt

 

[pommerlis]

And there she is,....Sans Souci......no worries......
She is gorgeous Lorraine.

 

[Lorraine]

Thank you, Pom! Yep, No Worries floats my boat

 

[shadownet]

It seems the road less traveled in your case isn't even a road. Most fascinating.

 

[Lorraine]

It seems the road less traveled in your case isn't even a road. Most fascinating.

Thanks, shadownet, I'm glad you enjoyed the posts. I may steal that line and modify it slightly, in fact, consider it already stolen! 'The road less travelled is not necessarily a road'

 

[Miss B]

I like it Lorraine.

 

[Lorraine]

I love it, Miss B. I think it may become my signature so shadownet

 

[Lorraine]

Or maybe 'the road less travelled need not be a road'

 

[Miss B]

I think I like the first one better Lorraine.

 

[Lorraine]

I shall bow to your like, Miss B, and go with the first one. Now all I have to do is append it

 

[Lorraine]

Done!

 

[Miss B]

 

[frogimus]

Better than "The road less traveled is all wet"

 

[Lorraine]

sometimes, frogimus, sometimes

 

[Miss B]

 

[frogimus]

At first I read that with a "Honeymooners" tone:

"One of these days, Alice ... one of these days!"

 

[Lorraine]

That's a bit like me and my son, I used to keep him in order by saying "you've got to go to sleep...sometime"

 

[Miss B]

Sounds like a plan. We have to change our clocks tonight. So we're going to lose an hour's sleep. Wonderful.

Anyway, night folks, see ya tomorrow some time.