Grasshopper No.3 won the family NCAA basketball pool (again). He was a 15 ft. jumpshot away from losing. If Traevon Jackson of the UW Badgers had made his shot at the buzzer, No.3 would have seen all his “riches” go down the tube. My check is in the mail.
Grasshopper No.3 bought a used Glasstron open hulled boat last Spring (I think it is 19 feet long). It needed help. No.3 “horse traded” some landscaping services in Green Bay for repair of the boat. Repair included fiberglass reinforcement of the inside bottom of the boat along with a new fiberglass floor (it had dry rotted). The repair has been underway for about 1 year. I remember riding with No.3 up to Green Bay on a warm summer night last year to check out progress. Fiberglass was being installed layer by layer. I was told that the boat would be done in 2 weeks. Late in the Fall, the boat still was not done but it was supposed to be finished in 2 weeks so that it could be brought home for winter rebuild. Yep, it is now Spring (1 year later) and the boat still needs work and new paint. When I asked No.3 when the boat would be ready for this boating season he replied “two weeks”.
I am becoming the bionic man. My chest closure during open heart surgery was done with a metal wire thread that holds my rib cages together. The metal will be with me forever. I am now scheduled to have a metal implant replacing a lost tooth. That metal will be with me forever. Can they replace all body parts with metal? What is the fun of that?
Love,
Dad