trouville
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Arrested as a terrosit!
I woke up to find myself in the bilge again,.Haveing rolled off the boards..I felt dreadful!
Id added soda to the brandy i use to light the stove or Tilly!!And drink occasionaly but at over 70% needs a dash of soda.
I made a note not to buy cheap soda again..
The boards were hard i couldent get back to sleep . Outside another warm dry day was dawning.I got up, then walked along to the cafè which was already busy,i sat down & was serverd freash Boudin, raw onions & half a meter of fresh crisp bread with a jug of local wine.Life seemed far better.I felt on good terms with myself & the world in general.
I went along to a secondhand market, several people were selling army issue cloths i bought 2 hats a green tee shirt & an army bag the all for 6 euros!Then passed the food market where i picked up a cabage some potatoes carrots ripe tomatoes not to squashed and 4 broken eggs.
At the yard my boats was ready to launch,they put her in i pluged in a battery charger to keep the bilge pump running,the yard put in a large pump and float switch while i looked on, after an hour they took her out of the slings, the weeks of rain had help her take up.
Clair came along to ask if id slept well???She didnt smile.She brought me a packet, which was a wi-fi bridge.
Id gaven the last half of the floor & ores a last coat of varnish.Id copper bottemed her, as antifouling isent allowed on the lakes and she looked great!She(Clair) asked me if i would stay and come with her for the inspection on thursday?I said i would as she dosent like towing the trailor.We stood there, i gave her the key back,it was back aboard for me.I thought of the comfort lost.
Friday had been a bad 13th today was to turn out to be worse!What a weekend.
The people at the yard would look after my boat & would be there untill 20.00 Oclock.Other than putting the mattrasses out to dry again there was no need for me to stay.I went back to the cafè for lunch;the menu had included “prunes au vinaigre”then id ordered “Le cabillaud en fleur” thats cod cooked in white wine with some leak carrots oinions,& very fresh tomatoes the cod is on top & the tomatoes around the edge fresh herbs at the center!When severd the cod resenbles the petals on a flower with red edges!9 euros was a lot for lunch but it was worth it!!I drank “cotes du rhone” blanc.
Haveing bought a replacement IBM x40 i had become a “2 Laptop owner”!!!I had begun to leave my Compaq at the cafè as they have a fast conection and Clair dosent!Id rented a locker used in the past for bouls which is just big enough to put the small N410c in diagonaly with the power block.
Friday night about midnight id ground to a stop!The waiter had noticed i was sitting in front of my laptop,he thought id fallen asleep!He noticed the battery critical & had stut it down & put it away without me moveing!!He told me as he served lunch..He gave me the key & i put my Compaq on charge.
After lunch i sat outside to put my wi-fi extender together to see how & if it would work.Id brought an old brown cardboard box well taped with cheep brown tape a little bigger than a shoe box.Why all wi-fi gadgets dont run on 12v i dont know this one dident,never mind my “power brick” a 7ah battery 15x15x6cms would provide the power the trial which wouldent last long & i can find a way to power it later
The power brick plug dident fit!I cut off 10cms of wire from the 220v adapter then taped the wires to those from the battery,I put this into the box then the wi-fi bridge speading its anntenas to close the top.Later i thought id use a square flower pot??Id used the box so that no one would see the battery & bridge and perhaps take them!!For today the box would look like waste paper & shouldent be safe for an hour or so!!!!
I left the cafè & walked down to the river passing a couple of small shops then dense hedges of gardens about 200m from the cafè the hedges stopped there there were wild bushes about 4 feet high & behind them a tall wire fence.I put my “box” against the fence about a foot off the ground held by the branches of the bush.
I walked down to the river where a bridge crosses beside that is a small “green” area with a cement bench & table about 150m from the “box”& 350/400m from the cafè.I took out my “new” x40 a pair of binoculars to keep an eye on my “box”a home made yaggi and another experimental antena & my new “alfa network” 500mw usb wi-fi connector.
First i tried to accsses the cafè wi-fi with the inbuilt ibm wi-fi. It listed a lot of connections but not the cafè I disabled the wi-fi and put in the usb wi-fi connector then attached a cable to the yaggi; it was a pleasent day , a car tyers squealing came out of a road crashed over the curb and stopped in front of the picnic table,the doors flew open and 4 police jumping out told me to move away from the table.
My legs wouldent work!I managed to move they moved me further away & asked what i was doing while another looked at the laptop & equipment.Id found the cafè wi-fi!!I tried to explain i told them what to do as they wouldent let me near my laptop.
They told me to get in the car one drove while two others sat either side of me,we stopped where id placed the box they told me to get it then i had to very slowly open it,they told me to disconect the battery;We got back in the car and drove to the police station where i was sat down & asked my name address etc;
When i told them i hadent got any papers with me and lived aboard a boat with no fixed address that seemed to make things worse!About half an hour later someone not in uniform came in he asked me my name address then looked at my wi-fi bridge & battery he asked what it was;i told him i asked for a drink as my mouth was very dry
They then put me in another room where i sat for the next couple of hours.Finaly the cafè owner & Clair came in & identified me told them who i was that i did live aboard a boat and had just bought something to help connect to the internet;
The person in plain cloths looked again through my files,it seems i was very lucky i hadnt added any music files there was only an empty file called “beethovens synphony” that i couldent deleat!!They were really angry!!
I told them i had know idea that the fence id put my parcel by was the back of the police station!!!They told me they had evacuated the flats where the police families live!!They thought id planted a bomb!! Id been seen conecting wires to something in a brown box which id left against the police compound fence and dressed as i was in a green army tee shirt and camaflage cap the woman that had seen me reported me as a terroist!!
Another bad day!! I needed a lagre drink!I went to the cafè where everyone thought it was really funny!!It seems i was the only one that hadent known the police station flats are there .I wondered what would have happened if id use the Compaq?That has music files???They gave me a large brandy!
I went back to the yard put the now dry things aboard,fitted the boards to Clairs boat put her ores in and closed it up before moveing mine to pontoon where from tomorrow i would have to pay.I sat in the cockpit worn out with shock!!Life on the canals had begun
I woke up to find myself in the bilge again,.Haveing rolled off the boards..I felt dreadful!
Id added soda to the brandy i use to light the stove or Tilly!!And drink occasionaly but at over 70% needs a dash of soda.
I made a note not to buy cheap soda again..
The boards were hard i couldent get back to sleep . Outside another warm dry day was dawning.I got up, then walked along to the cafè which was already busy,i sat down & was serverd freash Boudin, raw onions & half a meter of fresh crisp bread with a jug of local wine.Life seemed far better.I felt on good terms with myself & the world in general.
I went along to a secondhand market, several people were selling army issue cloths i bought 2 hats a green tee shirt & an army bag the all for 6 euros!Then passed the food market where i picked up a cabage some potatoes carrots ripe tomatoes not to squashed and 4 broken eggs.
At the yard my boats was ready to launch,they put her in i pluged in a battery charger to keep the bilge pump running,the yard put in a large pump and float switch while i looked on, after an hour they took her out of the slings, the weeks of rain had help her take up.
Clair came along to ask if id slept well???She didnt smile.She brought me a packet, which was a wi-fi bridge.
Id gaven the last half of the floor & ores a last coat of varnish.Id copper bottemed her, as antifouling isent allowed on the lakes and she looked great!She(Clair) asked me if i would stay and come with her for the inspection on thursday?I said i would as she dosent like towing the trailor.We stood there, i gave her the key back,it was back aboard for me.I thought of the comfort lost.
Friday had been a bad 13th today was to turn out to be worse!What a weekend.
The people at the yard would look after my boat & would be there untill 20.00 Oclock.Other than putting the mattrasses out to dry again there was no need for me to stay.I went back to the cafè for lunch;the menu had included “prunes au vinaigre”then id ordered “Le cabillaud en fleur” thats cod cooked in white wine with some leak carrots oinions,& very fresh tomatoes the cod is on top & the tomatoes around the edge fresh herbs at the center!When severd the cod resenbles the petals on a flower with red edges!9 euros was a lot for lunch but it was worth it!!I drank “cotes du rhone” blanc.
Haveing bought a replacement IBM x40 i had become a “2 Laptop owner”!!!I had begun to leave my Compaq at the cafè as they have a fast conection and Clair dosent!Id rented a locker used in the past for bouls which is just big enough to put the small N410c in diagonaly with the power block.
Friday night about midnight id ground to a stop!The waiter had noticed i was sitting in front of my laptop,he thought id fallen asleep!He noticed the battery critical & had stut it down & put it away without me moveing!!He told me as he served lunch..He gave me the key & i put my Compaq on charge.
After lunch i sat outside to put my wi-fi extender together to see how & if it would work.Id brought an old brown cardboard box well taped with cheep brown tape a little bigger than a shoe box.Why all wi-fi gadgets dont run on 12v i dont know this one dident,never mind my “power brick” a 7ah battery 15x15x6cms would provide the power the trial which wouldent last long & i can find a way to power it later
The power brick plug dident fit!I cut off 10cms of wire from the 220v adapter then taped the wires to those from the battery,I put this into the box then the wi-fi bridge speading its anntenas to close the top.Later i thought id use a square flower pot??Id used the box so that no one would see the battery & bridge and perhaps take them!!For today the box would look like waste paper & shouldent be safe for an hour or so!!!!
I left the cafè & walked down to the river passing a couple of small shops then dense hedges of gardens about 200m from the cafè the hedges stopped there there were wild bushes about 4 feet high & behind them a tall wire fence.I put my “box” against the fence about a foot off the ground held by the branches of the bush.
I walked down to the river where a bridge crosses beside that is a small “green” area with a cement bench & table about 150m from the “box”& 350/400m from the cafè.I took out my “new” x40 a pair of binoculars to keep an eye on my “box”a home made yaggi and another experimental antena & my new “alfa network” 500mw usb wi-fi connector.
First i tried to accsses the cafè wi-fi with the inbuilt ibm wi-fi. It listed a lot of connections but not the cafè I disabled the wi-fi and put in the usb wi-fi connector then attached a cable to the yaggi; it was a pleasent day , a car tyers squealing came out of a road crashed over the curb and stopped in front of the picnic table,the doors flew open and 4 police jumping out told me to move away from the table.
My legs wouldent work!I managed to move they moved me further away & asked what i was doing while another looked at the laptop & equipment.Id found the cafè wi-fi!!I tried to explain i told them what to do as they wouldent let me near my laptop.
They told me to get in the car one drove while two others sat either side of me,we stopped where id placed the box they told me to get it then i had to very slowly open it,they told me to disconect the battery;We got back in the car and drove to the police station where i was sat down & asked my name address etc;
When i told them i hadent got any papers with me and lived aboard a boat with no fixed address that seemed to make things worse!About half an hour later someone not in uniform came in he asked me my name address then looked at my wi-fi bridge & battery he asked what it was;i told him i asked for a drink as my mouth was very dry
They then put me in another room where i sat for the next couple of hours.Finaly the cafè owner & Clair came in & identified me told them who i was that i did live aboard a boat and had just bought something to help connect to the internet;
The person in plain cloths looked again through my files,it seems i was very lucky i hadnt added any music files there was only an empty file called “beethovens synphony” that i couldent deleat!!They were really angry!!
I told them i had know idea that the fence id put my parcel by was the back of the police station!!!They told me they had evacuated the flats where the police families live!!They thought id planted a bomb!! Id been seen conecting wires to something in a brown box which id left against the police compound fence and dressed as i was in a green army tee shirt and camaflage cap the woman that had seen me reported me as a terroist!!
Another bad day!! I needed a lagre drink!I went to the cafè where everyone thought it was really funny!!It seems i was the only one that hadent known the police station flats are there .I wondered what would have happened if id use the Compaq?That has music files???They gave me a large brandy!
I went back to the yard put the now dry things aboard,fitted the boards to Clairs boat put her ores in and closed it up before moveing mine to pontoon where from tomorrow i would have to pay.I sat in the cockpit worn out with shock!!Life on the canals had begun
