troglodytes at dawn

mean while down by the beach Tom Nollar shows up in a tizzie with a blank I sold him years ago questing a board like the one Velzy glued up in 59 with a scarf on the nose and another o the bottom ,

“it had so much rocker velzy was shaking his head,you are really making us work!” or some such,…

so out comes the yellow 9’2 velzy hand shape and the nose is too wide ,says he in that remnicient of Ben Gunn tone treading the line between here and not here we of the beach find comfortable and amusing

“the nose has to be more like this phil edwards here”

so out comes several templates on this finely cured 10’3’’ phil edwards thickie…

one two three rejected until yes that’s damn close…

the velzy is put on the ground and tom steps fore and aft with measured step and

" YEP FOUR STEPS TO THE NOSE THAT’S PERFECT"

the blank is trimmed to length to take the clamps to

take the half template

spread the tail wide to affect the “PIG” outline and ‘hips’

we’re off like the fifth at Tanforan

well it got dark as I was turning the rails

aaaaaa…shaping in the dark are ya?

ha ha thats a first

[its not but I dont say it aloud]

the next day tom shows with a fin freshly ripped from a hobie

mahogany and balsa and maybe brazillian cherry it is

takes some time to resist that option but I finally prevail

and set to work evolving a “rising sun” of balsa and redwood with zap a gap glue and hand pressure…praise zap cause I’m glueing and shaping wedges

at the same time

no table saw mind ya

and am shaping within an hour or so

the blank for the fin is so thick the job is stalled while we calm henry’s concern about the thought that we could make two out of one if we had a saw…

in the end I needed all the thickness to get it true

by dark 230 I have the fin as roughed as the board was,

I finished it off ,the board,nicely in the daylight and enscribed it VELZY LIVES…

the fin I woke and finished shaping before drinking water.

setting back water a full two and a half hours…

so tom didnt show today I finished Jimmy’s board and another 9’spec board and they wait attention in the darkened workshop

…ambrose…

as the Troglodytes raise the eyelid closest to the light at the cave entrance to see the light of dawn

sounds like the trogs beat the rubbernecks …THIS time !

well done Amby …lucky the photo thing is down , because otherwise, I’d be hounding you for photo evidence [ESPECIALLY of said fin]

ben

Fishing in the wee am

here to my delight i hook ye up me litle chip…

nice to hear yer voice

as he held the fish to his ear he slowly lowered his head towards the water to release the little chipfish

the legend is true

if you hold em close to your ear 'e says

‘’‘’ where’s the photo’‘’‘’‘’

…where’s the photo’’

…ambrose…

that new scanner is likely ta byte me soon as I ask me kid

“OW IT YA USE THYS DAMN THIG LAD?”

Ambrose aloha amigo,sounds like your havin fun. Keep a eye out for my buddy Alan he wants to ride one of your 12’models he knows Makala and Liddle.Aloha KP

where’s he now we are planning an assault dawner to salt pond fri am… is he in town?

aloha from waipouli

…ambrose…

1/4 mile rides

Quote:

Fishing in the wee am

here to my delight i hook ye up me litle chip…

nice to hear yer voice

as he held the fish to his ear he slowly lowered his head towards the water to release the little chipfish

the legend is true

if you hold em close to your ear 'e says

‘’‘’ where’s the photo’‘’‘’‘’

…where’s the photo’’

…ambrose…

that new scanner is likely ta byte me soon as I ask me kid

“OW IT YA USE THYS DAMN THIG LAD?”

geez you’re a classsic mate …they broke the mould when they made you !

thank god for ten year old sons who can show us how to use computers and scanners eh ? chip

Ground zero report:

The snoring in the cave keeps the Sabertooth tigers at bay.

The sun rises o’er the circus at Huntington.

And the troops will take over the installation at Cerritos…

That is all. (enough?)

the force be with ya a

an the lykes of Bert as well.

May yee rise unscathed from the ashes by the peir

like the Phoenix of myth

untouched by the Sith

The force is within you from swayloxs all it’s clear

Good luck with the scanner… from all the other visual acquisition/inquisition units that are standing by. I can hardly wait to see the art that you create. Over and out on the bike around the back bay with the rest of the rabbits.

http://scott-white.site.voila.fr/

Using the latest orbital telemetry, I created this album of all of us Swaylockian troglodytes. Find your portrait and win a prize.

Just click on the address above, and then click on the line “362 plates.” Well, I may not have actually captured all of us in good poses, so I only used the very best images.

Hey tiktok,

Digital reprint at COSTCO - 8 cents

Wedding portraits - 250 dollars

The entire Family Album, all 362 - Priceless

By far the funniest post I’ve seen. Thanks

Ride on, Tom

http://scott-white.site.voila.fr/image2.jpg […gee, and I thought MY “No.2’s” looked hairy !!]

in the words of The Church [one of my favourite Aussie bands in the late '70s / early 80s] …

“is this where you live ? …”

ben

p.s. - I’m also STOKED they got a good shot of me , finally …

avatar coming SOON !! [THANKS Tockticman ! [toxicman?] ]

Just got up out of my cave after the weekend, to meet the new dawn. Boy, did I need a shave! Glad you liked the family album.