The marina was very busy this summer, except for those few days when the weather was bad. But even on those days I had maintenance chores to keep me busy: power-washing the pontoon boats, replacing worn boards on the docks, etc. Now, post-Labor Day, business has fallen off the cliff.\u00a0 On Sunday the wind was blowing so no one wanted to be on the lake. No rentals, no gas sales. And no maintenance chores.\u00a0 The resort is planning to replace the docks next year, so no more dock maintenance is needed.\u00a0 The pontoon boats are all clean and the minor maintenance tasks have all been completed. What to do, what to do?<\/p>\n
Sudoku. For about an hour.<\/p>\n
Reading. But the book I am on now hasn’t piqued my interest yet. Another hour.<\/p>\n
That leaves about 8 hours to fill.\u00a0 Fortunately the marina office has a fine internet connection.\u00a0 Also, fortunately, it was the first week of the NFL season, the Red Sox were fighting for first place in Toronto and\u00a0my four fantasy baseball teams could all be monitored as the real games were being played.\u00a0 Thanks to the internet, I was able to follow\u00a0the play-by-play progress of all of these in real time.\u00a0 It brightened an otherwise very dull day.<\/p>\n
There were some very exciting, nail-biter NFL games, the Red Sox won a back-and-forth affair on a Big Papi homer and my fantasy teams all did very well (one has a 27-game lead in a 12-team league!).<\/p>\n
Thanks, internet, for entertaining me at “work”.<\/p>\n
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The marina was very busy this summer, except for those few days when the weather was bad. But even on those days I had maintenance chores to keep me busy: power-washing the pontoon boats, replacing worn boards on the docks, etc. Now, post-Labor Day, business has fallen off the cliff.\u00a0 On Sunday the wind was … Continue reading