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	<title>Ruach</title>
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	<description>a Catalina 34mkII moored in Salem, MA</description>
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		<title>It Happened&#8230; Again</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:44:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past March 5th I got the call.
There was a &#8220;reduction in force&#8221;.
No one calls it a lay-off, that sounds so cold.  No one just says, &#8220;you&#8217;re out of a job, pal&#8221; or &#8220;we&#8217;re taking your livelihood away, buddy&#8221;.  That wouldn&#8217;t do. Not at all. That&#8217;s what it is, but we can&#8217;t very well say [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Politics of Scared Old Men</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:37:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We had an election day yesterday.  It marked a welcome transition in America.]]></description>
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		<title>A Change in the Meaning of Time</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:44:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was a kid, a really young kid, whatever space of time I was living in had a certain forever feel to it.  I can remember summer vacation between first and second grade.  It wasn’t really vacation as much as just another phase of my then short life.
Transitioning back to school had a real [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;d like to see the sky again</title>
		<link>http://www.robertie.com/blog/?p=14</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 01:39:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[They call it ambient light.   
When the sun goes down and I’m sitting on the mooring, the water dances with it.  It’s quite a show.  Wouldn&#8217;t give it up for the world really.
But  it&#8217;s man made light.  Somehow not pure.  Stretching the day, squeezing out the night.  Having a purpose, but&#8230;
There are some who have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Be safe</title>
		<link>http://www.robertie.com/blog/?p=11</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:37:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It used to be, not all that long ago really, that the majority of folks engaged in boating knew what they were doing.  At least the basics. These days, not so much.
There are a lot of boats out there, and although they all have owners fewer and fewer are owned by boaters.  One of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Be safe (part 2)</title>
		<link>http://www.robertie.com/blog/?p=12</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:36:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Keeping crew and passengers safe needs to be a priority.  Part of that involves my training and skills.  Part of it involves training others on board.  I’m sadly remiss in that later aspect. Tricia, my wife and regular companion on the boat, would probably have a hard time even turning the ship around were I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Just By Chance</title>
		<link>http://www.robertie.com/blog/?p=10</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 01:55:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of weeks ago  I ordered some CD&#8217;s from Amazon.com.  Darn convenient, that Amazon.com.
Down at the yacht club we were having an &#8220;Italian Night&#8221;.  The CD&#8217;s were/are intended for background music.  The kind of stuff that you hear, but don&#8217;t&#8230; not really, but sort of, it&#8217;s there.  I&#8217;ll also use them on the boat.  I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You think WHAT!?</title>
		<link>http://www.robertie.com/blog/?p=9</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2008 01:32:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I was growing up, my father taught me that a discussion without dissent is a monologue.  And who really wants to talk to himself?  We never left the dinner table without something  to think about.]]></description>
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		<title>Second Thoughts</title>
		<link>http://www.robertie.com/blog/?p=8</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:57:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Upgrading to a color chartplotter/radar display is going to take a lot more money and effort than I thought.
You would think that there would be some product support for a not so old chartplotter.  You would be wrong.  Not only is the unit currently on the boat no longer made, but the color alternative is no [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ouch!</title>
		<link>http://www.robertie.com/blog/?p=7</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 17:56:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The estimate just came in for a bow thruster on Ruach.  $7,500.  Ouch! 
Guess I&#8217;ll have to learn to drive the friggin boat.  Not that I can&#8217;t find something else on which to spend that money &#8211; hmmmm&#8230; color chartplotter.
]]></description>
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