Number Nine


Number Nine

Bonnie Raitt-Storm Warning:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAGXPKNPK_M

Feels like a heavy rain...
Winds on the coast tonight...

The 33rd Oar Race, a distance race to Oriental in honor of the Evacuation of Dunkirk, to Oriental will not be boring. Or dry.

http://towndock.net/news/2010-michelob-cup-and-oar-race

Comments

  1. Timothy StreetAugust 31, 2016 at 8:38 AM

    Drew McCarthy  we were thinking along parallel courses this morning - but I believe I nipped you at the line by a minute ! : )

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  2. Cee ThornAugust 31, 2016 at 10:20 AM

    Well things aren't looking good already down here in Venice, FL. I just went down the the jetties, the park is closed and along with high tide and the direction of the seas its all under water already. The waves are about 6-8 footers and good ole #9 isn't even near us yet. In the harbors the water is over the docks and almost into the streets. Glad I'm high and dry where I live, looks like lots of folks will be flooded out eventually. :((

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  3. Timothy StreetAugust 31, 2016 at 11:20 AM

    Connie Thornley  - after the storm passes might be a good time to visit Venice Beach and search for shark teeth.

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  4. Bruce SharkAugust 31, 2016 at 12:00 PM

    LEAVE MY TEEF OUTTA THIS!

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  5. Cee ThornAugust 31, 2016 at 1:22 PM

    Haha. I have a lot of Bruce Shark s' teefs already!

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  6. Bruce SharkAugust 31, 2016 at 1:45 PM

    O_O

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  7. Drew McCarthyAugust 31, 2016 at 2:03 PM

    Bruce Shark's teefusses are like Doritos...
    He'll just make more...

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  8. Bruce SharkAugust 31, 2016 at 2:13 PM

    /...counts teef....

    o.k. I'm gud.

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  9. Timothy StreetSeptember 1, 2016 at 9:00 AM

    An excellent thread of mental floss . . . .thanks Bruce Shark Connie Thornley Drew McCarthy

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