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What did you do on Thanksgiving and Black Friday?
Posted on Friday Nov 29, 2013
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This is the first time in many years we've been in the US for the holidays and I was totally perplexed by all this conversation about "Black Friday". I kept reminding myself to check the stock market and see what everyone is talking about. Then I saw a Daily Show where they were making fun of the "news" coverage of Black Friday and what stores were open...oh yeah, shopping.
We spent our holiday low-key as usual. A sailboat was pulled off a reef last week and limped into the spot next to us with some bottom damage. I spent Thanksgiving helping him and another guy prepare to extract his big spade rudder so he could repair it. Then on Black Friday (stupid name if you ask me, perhaps accountants like the sound of it) we extracted it from his boat.
It's a big heavy rudder and naturally it leaves a big empty hole in the bottom, so it's a job you have to take your time with and be very careful. There is a real chance you could hurt someone and/or sink the boat.
I'm happy to report it all went well -- no injuries no sunken boat -- and is off to get repaired. Sherrell heard all the commotion while we were trying to keep the rudder under control and load it into the dinghy and snapped a couple photos. Perhaps we'll use them for holiday cards.
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