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vgabndo
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 3461
Registered: 12-8-2003
Location: Mt. Shasta, CA
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Mood: Checking-off my bucket list.
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Tell me some of you Baja junkies don't LIVE for a time like this...
So I glance in my mirror for the 10,000th. time as I crawled out the terrible San Nicolas road with my boat trailer in tow.
Hmmmmm, says I. There is no way the boat can be moving that way unless something is (how you say) not right.
Moments later I had two trailers. The tongue part, and the rest part.
The hand saw, the pile of misc. pieces of chain, the nuts, bolts and washers, the tow strap, the climbing rope, were all in their places just waiting
for an opportunity like this.
I could have probably have driven it home...but I didn't.
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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bajadogs
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That is beautiful! We must be related.
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Barry A.
Select Nomad
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Registered: 11-30-2003
Location: Redding, Northern CA
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(sighhhh) Well done, I must say----------makes my heart ache to see what a magnificent job you have done under the most dreaded (and loudly
anticipated) situation that us "remoters" can think of.
Now did I ever tell you about the time coming north from Gonzaga in ' 86------------------
Well, maybe another time.
I am soooooo proud of you, it hurts!
Barry
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BajaGringo
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 3922
Registered: 8-24-2006
Location: La Chorera
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Mood: Let's have a BBQ!
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Classic!!!
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Gaucho
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Registered: 11-7-2008
Location: Laguna Beach/East Cape
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Mood: Bohemia por favor...
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Now I know who to call if I break my leg in the middle of nowhere
Seriously though, it's lucky you were towing a tinny and not something heavier...
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Sharksbaja
Elite Nomad
Posts: 5814
Registered: 9-7-2004
Location: Newport, Mulege B.C.S.
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It just couldn't have gone another way bro. Good on you for having "stuff" and an ability to do something about it.
DON\'T SQUINT! Give yer eyes a break!
Try holding down [control] key and toggle the [+ and -] keys
Viva Mulege!
Nomads\' Sunsets
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Iflyfish
Ultra Nomad
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Registered: 10-17-2006
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Looks normal to me.
Iflyfish
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LOSARIPES
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on a scale of 1 to 10............ a 7?
Aripes
God bless America
and Baja tambien
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Hook
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Posts: 9011
Registered: 3-13-2004
Location: Sonora
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Perry, did you end up finding your boat after the flood after all? Or is this from another time?
Or am I just clueless? What's the latest on the condition of the property and your belongings?
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woody with a view
PITA Nomad
Posts: 15940
Registered: 11-8-2004
Location: Looking at the Coronado Islands
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i prefer NOT to have to deal with stuff like this, if given the choice. 
nice work MacGyver...
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DENNIS
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Location: Punta Banda
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All methods of survival are AAA approved. Good fix with the splint.
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vandenberg
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That's the "Mexican Way".
Reminds me of a tourbus trip out of Mazatlan, where the driver fixed a rear wheel, threatening to come off, with bailing wire.
Another Mexican thrill.
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oxxo
Banned
Posts: 2347
Registered: 5-17-2006
Location: Wherever I am, I'm there
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Mood: If I was feeling any better, I'd be twins!
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Put that on display at the Museum of Modern Art. Destined for the Smithsonian.
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The Sculpin
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Registered: 9-3-2002
Location: Back in the Saddle
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Mood: Riding into the Sunset, looking for a sunrise.
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I remember that one!! It was on the midterm in my "Surviving Baja 101" class. You deserve an "A+"! That class was a bear! I aced the final by putting
the abalonies in a 5 gal paint bucket full of sea water and sea grass on the roof racks with everything else and sailed through all the checkpoints!
Whoa there, Cowboy - pull back on those reins!
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Taco de Baja
Super Nomad
Posts: 1913
Registered: 4-14-2004
Location: Behind the Orange Curtain, CA
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Mood: Dreamin' of Baja
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I don't get it. What's wrong?
Truth generally lies in the coordination of antagonistic opinions
-Herbert Spencer
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vgabndo
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 3461
Registered: 12-8-2003
Location: Mt. Shasta, CA
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Mood: Checking-off my bucket list.
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The rest of the story.
The simple splint didn't work effectively.
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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vgabndo
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 3461
Registered: 12-8-2003
Location: Mt. Shasta, CA
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Mood: Checking-off my bucket list.
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When I got to the pavement, Roberto gave me some help.
I had a chunk of very tough 4 x 6 PT Doug Fir in the boat, with hatchet and machete it was "milled" to the right size to fit inside the tongue.
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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BajaGringo
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 3922
Registered: 8-24-2006
Location: La Chorera
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Mood: Let's have a BBQ!
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Necessity is the mother of invention...
But who is the father I wonder???
[Edited on 1-19-2009 by BajaGringo]
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vgabndo
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 3461
Registered: 12-8-2003
Location: Mt. Shasta, CA
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Mood: Checking-off my bucket list.
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Ready for the road
The side to side was completely fixed by the wooden "implant". The winch was perfect for taking vertical load out of the equation.
Like I suggested. There are those of us, I judge, who live for the opportunity to prove that we can build an airplane out of trash bags, duct tape,
and McGyver juice.
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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Dave
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Registered: 11-5-2002
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What???
You mean you didn't bring the portable welder?
http://www.motherearthnews.com/Do-It-Yourself/1980-11-01/Bui...
Isn't it on 'THE LIST' ?
You probably didn't pack that backup satellite phone, neither.
Bad Nomad.
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