Re: M_Boats: Adriatic Summer
Bob, One harbor where we tied up for the night had about 10 oar powered fishing boats, and our 29 footer - that was it. The whole harbor wasn't much bigger than a good sized swimming pool. The harbor wall had a sign - hand written - "Welcome we love you".
From the harbor you climbed a long flight of stone stairs to the village square.
From one corner of the square more steps led up to the church and the cistern.
We were looking for dinner, and sat down in what appeared to be a restaurant, my wife, our two teen age children and I. Did they have a menu.......? Pandemonium! Finally one of the local youngsters came to the table and spoke to us in German. No, they didn't have a menu, but they could offer us pork chops................. Fine I said, pork chops and a liter of Plavac (a local red wine) please. Scramble, scurry, intense activity in the house, and after about an hour of waiting, .......... dinner! Meanwhile, the village square was filling with people as it got darker, and the full moon rose over the Adriatic. In one corner were the old men, smoking and playing cards. In another corner sat the elderly women, knitting. The third corner was filled with younger couples and their young children, and in the darkest corner were all the young singles of the village. Someone (three or four people) had guitars, and soon the square was filled with lovely soft Croatian folk songs sung in four part harmony. There were no radios, and no TV since the island had no electricity. You just entertained yourself. So we sat there, eating dinner, drinking wine, and listening and enjoying a most wonderful evening. Naturally, the local boys were interested in our 16 year old daughter, and later when we went back to the boat, they came down to the harbor and sang her a serenade. She, in return, grabbed her guitar, and sat there in the cockpit playing all sorts of Beetles songs, and other popular songs that she knew, with the boys sitting on the harbor wall singing along. Yep, you sure can't beat MAIB! Connie
Connie, Great picture you painted there! I used an Apple Lisa back in the mid 80's and always thought it was easy to use. I bought a Windows machine because most of the software I use, especially AutoCAD LT, MathCAD, and some other engineering software is written specifically for Windows. However, in protest of Window's dominance, I installed a second OS, Xandros (Linux). I've never installed an operating system before, let alone getting two different ones to co-exist on the same computer. I plan to us the Xandros as much as I can, but the core use of the computer, for work, will be in Windows. I've never heard of anyone using AutoCAD on an Apple machine, not to say that it wouldn't work. AutoCAD is a requirement; no choice there since everything I generate there is opened by other AutoCAD users. BTW, AutoCAD is one of the best programs I've ever used, mainly because it is extremely customizable so you can set it up for the way you like to work. Tod
Just a thought in reference to operating systems. The new "Lindows" is linux based but can run many windows apps. You can check it out here: http://www.lindows.com/lindows_sales_intro.php I have the software but don't have enough room on this PC's hard drive to run two OS's. So I haven't been able to try it out myself, but it sure sounds neat. Smitty ----- Original Message ----- From: <htmills@bright.net> To: <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2003 2:42 PM Subject: Re: M_Boats: Adriatic Summer, computer Connie, Great picture you painted there! I used an Apple Lisa back in the mid 80's and always thought it was easy to use. I bought a Windows machine because most of the software I use, especially AutoCAD LT, MathCAD, and some other engineering software is written specifically for Windows. However, in protest of Window's dominance, I installed a second OS, Xandros (Linux). I've never installed an operating system before, let alone getting two different ones to co-exist on the same computer. I plan to us the Xandros as much as I can, but the core use of the computer, for work, will be in Windows. I've never heard of anyone using AutoCAD on an Apple machine, not to say that it wouldn't work. AutoCAD is a requirement; no choice there since everything I generate there is opened by other AutoCAD users. BTW, AutoCAD is one of the best programs I've ever used, mainly because it is extremely customizable so you can set it up for the way you like to work. Tod _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
Great story, thanks! Bob chbenneck@juno.com wrote:
Bob,
One harbor where we tied up for the night had about 10 oar powered fishing boats, and our 29 footer - that was it. The whole harbor wasn't much bigger than a good sized swimming pool.
The harbor wall had a sign - hand written - "Welcome we love you".
From the harbor you climbed a long flight of stone stairs to the village square.
From one corner of the square more steps led up to the church and the cistern.
We were looking for dinner, and sat down in what appeared to be a restaurant, my wife, our two teen age children and I. Did they have a menu.......? Pandemonium! Finally one of the local youngsters came to the table and spoke to us in German. No, they didn't have a menu, but they could offer us pork chops................. Fine I said, pork chops and a liter of Plavac (a local red wine) please.
Scramble, scurry, intense activity in the house, and after about an hour of waiting, .......... dinner!
Meanwhile, the village square was filling with people as it got darker, and the full moon rose over the Adriatic.
In one corner were the old men, smoking and playing cards. In another corner sat the elderly women, knitting. The third corner was filled with younger couples and their young children, and in the darkest corner were all the young singles of the village.
Someone (three or four people) had guitars, and soon the square was filled with lovely soft Croatian folk songs sung in four part harmony.
There were no radios, and no TV since the island had no electricity. You just entertained yourself.
So we sat there, eating dinner, drinking wine, and listening and enjoying a most wonderful evening.
Naturally, the local boys were interested in our 16 year old daughter, and later when we went back to the boat, they came down to the harbor and sang her a serenade.
She, in return, grabbed her guitar, and sat there in the cockpit playing all sorts of Beetles songs, and other popular songs that she knew, with the boys sitting on the harbor wall singing along.
Yep, you sure can't beat MAIB!
Connie
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