Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ?

On Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:17:54 +0100, D wrote:

May all the power boats be damned! I especially like the ones who see
that I'm sitting in a tiny fishing boat, and then they speed by at extra
high speed to see if they can sink my boat with the waves.

My father and I were fishing in a rented rowboat when a speedboat nearly
swamped us. My father stood up and yelled 'Cocksucker!'. I didn't know he
knew words like that :)

Boat rentals were common on the area lakes. They were homemade wooden
productions with flat bottoms, square ends, and a bait well under the
seats. They weren't beautiful but they were stable. When we got the
aluminum V-hull it was a lot less stable.

In the '50s the designs were adapted to use plywood instead of planks.
After storing the boats over the winter in the spring they discovered
porcupines love the resin used to bond the layers.

I have a special fondness for porcupines. While I was on a multiday hike a
porcupine ate the front brake lines and heater hose on my pickup. It was
raining when I got back to the trailhead so I threw my gear in and took
off. I quickly discovered a pickup without front brakes isn't the best
thing to use to come off a mountain. I could splice the heater hose and
refill the radiator from a creek but the brakes had to wait until I was
back to civilization.