Feast of Saint Patrick

[Brian D]

I just got my DNA test results back from 23andme. I am very proud to say that I am 26% omnipotent.

Happy St. Patty's Day. And for some of you, Happy St. Paddy(wagon) Day.

 

[JamesG161]

omnipotent.

Rut Roh...

Lets break down that word...
Om= Gaelic meaning "I am"
Ni= Gaelic Meaning "not"
Potent= Gaeling meaning "full of electricity"

Happy St Pats Day...
Jaime...

 

[Kermit]

and Northern girls will stalk you on boating forums.

I’m glad you’re not a northern girl!

 

[Meriachee]

Or the extended dance version of Frank Zappa's "Catholic Girls".

 

[JamesG161]

I just got my DNA test results

My Brother got his...
Results are more focused than yours, listed in various %
1) Lief Erickson
2) Columbus
3) John Paul Jones
4) Black Beard
5) Polynesian
6) Frog

But the overwhelming contribution was from...

Popeye the Sailor Man.

Jim...

PS: No wonder I like the water, sailing, and love spinach.

 

[Kermit]

Results are more focused than yours, listed in various %
...
6) Frog

Does that mean we’re blood brothers??!!

 

[JamesG161]

Does that mean we’re blood brothers??!!

Kinda.
We would be ... ready for this....

Paleoxoic Cousins

But I gave up insects for spinach.
Jim...

 

[Kermit]

Kinda.
We would be ... ready for this....

Paleoxoic Cousins

But I gave up insects for spinach.
Jim...

I found a reference to Paleozoic Cousins but didn’t really find a definition. Other than maybe you and I are extinct. Or on the way to extinction. I’m pretty sure I’ll be extinct soon enough. Well, maybe not soon enough for those that know me well.

 

[JamesG161]

I found a reference to Paleozoic Cousins

If you believe in this sorta guessing.

Ribbit....
Jim...

 

[JamesG161]

Will send pictures.

A few fun day pictures.

This is a pict of our Spot with food canopies, private Potty, Crawfish boiling behind tents.
Note the chairs reserving/blocking our street side parade approach.
The grey haired gentleman is from Seattle and he and his wife come down for 3 months each year.
They bought a lot and plan to build/retire here, soon. Hey "mummy" @jssailem see whatcha missing?


This is the parade start looking toward the Gulf, about 500 feet down the road. Crowd waiting for "throws" from the floats. Beautiful fun day.

Jaimie...

PS: The Admiral owns the lot, bought the crawfish, paid for the "potty", and bought a lot of the "refreshments".
She made Crawfish AlFredo over pasta with 6 lbs of left overs. Yummmmm.

 

[jssailem]

So true @JamesG161. I’m missing the warmth of the gulf.

Instead I worked on the boats with @LeslieTroyer. He had a Diver clean the bottom.

Then we installed a raw water strainer and water lines. Boy that was a bear. Next came the install of the new prop. Lapped the prop to the shaft, thanks @Maine Sail for the instructions. Installed the new key, tightened locking nuts, the 5/16 1 1/2 inch cotter pin and zinc.

Yeah. Oh but it’s dark. Do you think the security staff have locked the yard gate?
Sure enough
Well let’s pull up to the gate. Oh. There is a security vehicle in front of the gate

Home. Pizza and Guinness. It’s St Patrick’s Day after all.

 

[Will Gilmore]

One branch of my family was sent from Scotland to Ireland to quell the rebel Irish, yes the start of the troubles. After a while the Irish ran them out of town and sent them back to Scotland. But the English would have none of that said there was a paradise awaiting them in the Carolinas. The rest is history as they say.

My great great great grandfather might have served right along with yours. Right up to the point where mine decided he didn't want to fight for the English and deserted to Chicago where he started the only laundry in America operated by indigenous people, or so it is rumored.
So, my family started out illegally. My father legitimized us by marrying into a good, well established, legal family from Wales and England.
However, the paternal mix is all over the map.

- Will (Dragonfly)