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    There’s a turn up for the book, grandson Craig will not be performing in the P1 series this forthcoming season. Far too busy building new Composite P1s for Malaysia, India and China. Order books are full for the whole of this year, and as CEO of WCC there won’t be any time left for having fun this year,
    Plus three more Seebold Champ boats——- and a bunch of offshore safety cells been ordered already.Life is never going to be dull at Wilson Custom Composites.

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    Somebody got the bargain of a lifetime today ——- my trusty Lexus for a lousy £1600 !
    Somedays you eat bear ——- must say, the old girl looks the part, and every single switch works exactly as it should. Will be sorry to see her go.
    Just looked up in the spare parts list and a pair of Lexus wing mirrors sells at £1600—- Enough to make a strong man weep!

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    Quote Originally Posted by jackiewilson View Post
    ...Grandson Craig will not be performing in the P1 series this forthcoming season. Far too busy. As CEO of WCC there won’t be any time left for having fun this year...
    ...Jack, tell Craig to make a little room for some fun...

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    Hells teeth Fuji——— if I hadn’t played so damned hard and long, maybe I could have had enough cash left over to have had a long, comfortable, miserable retirement!
    Then again I wouldn’t have had all the bloody silly wild times——— met all the crazy people that gather together and slap oversized motors on undersized boats just to see who can get there first and then tell the same lies over and over again for the next fifty years all in the name of“POWERBOATMANSHIP”.

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    Third night on the trot I’ve had little or no sleep—- new pills are working their magic, but damned if I can get any sleep at all . Just not tired, read a book overnight.
    Cant get even a tad excited about the new Lexus——— just sad about seeing the old one go, wonder why that is.
    Ah well, shave and haircut day, beginning to look like old Father Time .

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    Really look forward to talking to Mark and Craig on FaceTime. Manage to talk to Mark a couple of times a week if I’m lucky——- Craig once a month—— maybe, . Now I realise they each have their own lives to live, their own families to raise and educate, and all the problems that come with trying to make a living, run a business, and stay out of trouble. ( which, if your a wilson, is not easy.)
    Only way I ever get to know what’s going on in the boating world today is through the pages of S & F —— the old farts—- and my family, so you understand why it’s important we speak on a regular basis. Especially since Marks in the propulsion side of powerboating ( boats up to 110’ ——- stern drives——- surface drives——— props, four to ten blades——— 18”—-- 50” and beyond ).
    If a big Pershing—-Riva—-Ferretti or Sunseeker has problems, that’s when they send for Mark.
    Down time on one of those things is an expensive business!
    Craig is up to his fetlocks in new technology called “composites”—— I got my knuckles rapped when I called it up to date fibreglass.
    He devotes a lot of his time to saving lives——- safety cells—— raceboats——- tunnels——- monos—— circuit ——- offshore —— still don’t stop me getting pissed at him for being too busy to talk to me sometimes.
    Was still me that taught him and the other nine grandkids how to drive a car.
    I swopped twenty five solid mahogany doors for a two seater DUTTON sports car——- screwed wood blocks to the pedals so the kids legs could reach——- took them into the middle of a field and turned em loose.
    Craig was ten——- he could drive a four speed stick shift sports car round the farm before he reached eleven.
    Wasnt really that big a deal,Sonny was only seven but she could drive perfectly well as could all the other grandkids.
    Then I swopped the tractor for a Honda trail bike and a Husky trial bike—— Ben broke his arm, but that’s a whole different story for another day!

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    Quote Originally Posted by jackiewilson View Post
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    Nearlly there——— just needs a bit of Dustin and it’ll be good as new!
    That is gorgeous

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    Quote Originally Posted by Capt.Insane-o View Post
    That is gorgeous
    And there’s another one being fused tomorrow Cap.

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    Haven’t quite killed the General crossword this morning——- can normally put it to bed in under the hour, today it’s been a stone bitch. Couldn’t get my mind round it at all. Was still thinking how badly the English played against the Welsh———— sure, they ground out a win, but it was a messy affair. If their going to get the grand slam, they have work to do. The Irish won’t be that forgiving, and the bloody frogs will be rubbing their hands in anticipation.
    Craig’s taken the family up to Orlando for a weekend of fun to celebrate Brodericks first birthday——- then it's nose to the grindstone for the rest of the month before attending the Paris Composite Show where the Seebold will be on display.
    After that he’s off to Austria for a weeks skiing with Simon another of my grandsons———- can’t have him getting factory bound Fuji can we.
    Last day of the heart monitor today and I must say, I feel a 100% better since the new medication—— got a bit of the old fizz back again. With a bit of luck I might get some shop time in this week.

    Replacement Lexus 450HSport should be ready for collection Tuesday ——- not breaking my neck to collect it yet, getting the last moments out of the old girl—— a bit like like leaving a high class hooker the morning after !

    If anyone’s interested CALDWELL have one of their BA BA Italian Tunnel hulls up for sale —- reading between the lines, I’d think funds were running low and there a need to get some product out there and sold. Three years is a long time talking, it’s time to put up.

    Thats all for now——- see what happens later in the day !

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    What in the name of god is matter with the human race today ?
    Just seen on the news that the people at OXFAM ——- you know, the people who fly out all over the world to help those in need in disaster areas———supposed to help the most vulnerable, people at their lowest ebb, those who are supposed to give love care and attention have been found to be wandering the moral low ground. It’s like trusting your kids with the priests all over again.
    Been a funny old Sunday——- the OXFAM news buggered the day completely for me.
    Good day for the underdogs——— the Scots whupped the arse of the French in the rugby.
    Newcastle duffed the mighty Manchester United. £500 million can’t beat just a couple on a bad day!
    Russias agricultural air lines had another plane fall out of the sky killing 71——- how the hell can a nation that’s so far advanced in rocket science be so backward with its domestic airlines ?
    Its navy vessels are no better either——— they lay a trail of unburnt diesel on the water and a cloud of black smoke in the air up and down the English Channel every day
    Here I go again , having my weekend moan and groan about everything and nothing in particular.

    Hospital 8:30am Tomorrow——- see some specialist or another——- then have the monitor removed and hey presto Life begins at 86, whoopy bloody do.

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    How ‘bout that then——- didn’t he do well ? Don’t you just love it when a totally unknown—- unheralded 17 year old kid, simply gets on his skate board and pisses on the rest of the world from a dizzy height————- did you ever see such a wonderful performance.
    That was .the GOLD MEDAL —- right there, a virtuoso performance that will go down in the Annals of Olympic winter history!
    By the cringe Colorado——- you got a “good- un” in young “RED”.

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    Somebody called to tell me they thought “SQUIRT “ might have copped his clogs——— told em , no worries—— he never gets out from under the sheets before noon these days !
    They just closed London City Airport cos they found a WW11 bomb UNDER the Thames ——— well they sure as hell ain’t likely to find one ABOVE the Thames are they.?
    Just killing time before I leave for the hospital——- bit excited really—— should be back to normal after six months bloody misery. Damned if those shop doors don’t look inviting.
    Trouble is—— it’s been so long since I was in there, myheads completely empty, not a single idea festering.
    Get back to you later in the day——— maybe with a bit of boating news , if I get lucky.

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    You would never get a malt that size anywhere else in the world except in the Wilson house after some joyful tidings. Today I had a dire need to celebrate����——-a surgeon and a consultant told me they were surprised and happy with progress made——— if their happy—— I’m happy, no need for surgery just yet.
    Afraid there’s very little left in the bottle Johnno—— but it was great fun while it lasted and it’s place of origin was worth more than the stuff itself!

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    Just because I could——- and no other reason—— I picked an old hardwood sill out of the woodpile that had long since been discarded as “unusable” and started Fernagling ! Tried to make something approaching in similarity to the composite Seebold, but failed miserably———- it’ll make a fair trophy but is far removed from the original intended—— but I’m up and running again—— hauling asse and cooking with gas . Sod my old britches, if I didn’t even clean up the shop at 5:00 pm.
    Times they are a changing.
    Crack- o - Sparrow we leave to collect our new set of wheels, the Pearl White Lexus RX 450 H F Sport which will replace our much loved RX 300 .
    Really pushed theboat all the way out this time,——— figure it’ll be the last time I’ll ever be this bloody stupid and positively the very last vehicle I will ever purchase.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jackiewilson View Post
    You would never get a malt that size anywhere else in the world except in the Wilson house after some joyful tidings. Today I had a dire need to celebrate����——-a surgeon and a consultant told me they were surprised and happy with progress made——— if their happy—— I’m happy, no need for surgery just yet.
    Afraid there’s very little left in the bottle Johnno—— but it was great fun while it lasted and it’s place of origin was worth more than the stuff itself!
    Keep the bottle. Memories are always good.

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