Florida Dock Cam, Arthur Wood?

[ari]

Hi Arthur,

Saw this on the web, looks a lovely area (from what you can see of it) wondered if you recognised it and if it was anywhere near you? Appreciate it is a bit of a "So you're American, I once knew an American called John, do you know him" question but you never know...!

http://www.raising-cain.com/webcam2_DockCam.asp

Ari

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[oldgit]

If arthur is american I must be scottish.NM

NM.

 

[ArthurWood]

Ari - there are a lot of places looking like that around here.
This is where we live http://www.longboatkeymarina.com/
well, two minutes' walks away. We're still Brits by the way!

 

[piratequeen]

What a wonderful bird is the pelican,
It's beak can hold more than it's belly can!

 

[ChrisP]

Re: Finish the ryme

It can hold in it's beak
enough fish for a week
wot a wonderfull bird is the pelican

 

[ari]

Re: If arthur is american I must be scottish.NM

Appreciate AW is British, was making the "I once knew an american" analogy to make point that I realise that just because he is in Florida doesn't mean he knows every inch, no more than an american knows every other american!

Sorry for any confusion...

Ari

 

[ArthurWood]

Re: If arthur is american I must be scottish.NM

I get it! Bit like " Oh you're British; did you know Princess Di?" which we've been asked occasionally.

 

[paulineb]

Weather report

Just looked at the Florida Dock webcam and it seems to be very overcast and rainy - don't feel so bad on this miserable Monday now.

Pxx

 

[ari]

Re: If arthur is american I must be scottish.NM

EXACTLY!!!!

LOL!

Ari

 

[ArthurWood]

Re: Weather report

Ah, well it rained last night but today is hazy and humid and warm. Found cause of prob with boat - well, a bloke did for $278-so feeling better. Have to go and buy an ignition bit now, put it back together and go off for a couple days w/SWMBO and her sister once other bloke has been to clean props etc.

 

[Col]

Re: Weather report

Go on then Arthur, what was it ?

 

[ArthurWood]

Re: It was

a duff ignition module. The same thing which gave us probs in Bahamas last year when they changed a prop shaft before they found the problem. Then is was only dirty contacts, this time it died. I didn't even know what the thing was; it's screwed to the side of the distributor and leads go to the coil.
Funny thing was that there was a spark at the plugs but I could not get anything from a test light. Obviously (now) it was only a weak spark. Ig Mod cost a further $201, but allowed us to do an overnighter to place nr Clearwater - Gulfport- looks a bit of a dump but there's a fab French Restaurant there. Just got back after 57nm round trip - cool and cloudy.

 

[ArthurWood]

Ari - and this is where we went yesterday http://www.ci.gulfport.fl.us/Community_Services/Marina/index.htm
Felt really threatened with all those sticks and rags around, but didn't see a soul aboard any of them.