Sk8man

Welcome to LOU. I think you'll like it here

You are very welcome. I'm a firm believer in trying to foster businesses that treat me right, get the job done competently, and when possible are American businesses and local as much as possible. This is especially so with the covid crap in the picture

Good first half but I was glad there wasn't a "fifth quarter"

I recently needed to have my stainless steel prop reconditioned for reasons i won't go into . I took it to the Propeller Works right here in Canandaigua. They turned it around in one week and it came out good as new and looked like a brand new one. Mike and Dawn are wonderful people to deal with and Mike has been doing this for 40 years so he has incredible expertise at it, and best of all it was done very reasonably. As the boating season winds down this is the time to have the prop work done as things get busy there during the height of the regular summer season. I have been there when he had over 500 props from all over the state at his shop. Props are one thing on the boat that needs to be done right by someone competent in doing it and this is the place. I always like sharing good experiences with places when the outcome is outstanding and this is definitely one of those situations. Canandaigua, NY 14424. Phone (585) 394-1860 Email. [email protected]. … The Propeller Works Inc 53 Leicester St, Canandaigua, NY 14424 · (585) 394-1860

The trolling plate maay well be the problem with steering but I should think a 125 should be able to get down better and roughly maintain speed without the plate. I can troll at 1.8-1.9 (550 RPM's) with my 135 Merc two stroke. the idle adjustment on the motor may need a look.

Some Americans are still brave. My parents went through the Great Depression and survived it. My grandparents had 8 kids with two sets of twins and they lived on a tenant farm where my grandfather worked as a laborer for very little money. They didn't complain they didn't expect the Government to bail their asses out, and everybody pitched in to survive it ....and they did. It is called "adaptation and survival"; not bravery. Most of the truly brave people are no longer with us they are in Arlington and many other places like it, they are the folks who are treating the people right now for covid, they are the people going in to work everyday despite the presence of this highly contagious and infectious disease but they are taking as many precautions as possible so that they don't infect their families and friends and using their heads about avoiding this disease. There are others in our society who think the virus is a hoax, young people that value partying in unprotected groups over potentially infecting themselves and their families, and those who value economic considerations over human life. This is a time for American ingenuity and a measured approach to getting back in gear economically. This virus is still with us and is still ravaging many areas of our country and it calls for belt tightening and sacrifice and we aren't used to it. We have to make decisions like can we really afford cable tv and Starbucks coffee,Nike sneakers, and brand new cars and maybe shop at Aldies and the Dollar store to get by for now. It is called flexibility and adaptation to changing conditions and many of us are not willing or prepared to do it.

The death toll is a misleading measure of the disease. There is recent evidence that even healthy college athletes now have a significant heart problem after being exposed to the virus and some didn't have the symptoms. A number of children have had severe respiratory disease/complications, there also seems to be possible neurological problems down the road after folks have "recovered". This is not some flu or minor disease. It is not just people that eat too many burgers and fries that get it or die from it. The economic aspects are disasterous and no one in their right mind would argue that point. People do have to survive economically but the re-integration of the workforce and schools is complicated in terms of exposure and things have to be carefully planned and executed with evaluation along the way. Americans aren't used to being inconvenienced, we aren't real amenable to being told what to do, young folks think they are "invinceable" and it is the "other guy" that will get the disease or die, we don't follow orders well. and our "independent" mindset and wanting to do what we want to do when we want to do it despite the consequences is working against us.We would do well to take stock of the way some other countries have had some success in controlling this contagion - but no not us...we'll do it our way. Let everyone fend for themselves. We aren't going to be inconvenienced. Sometimes we ourselves can be our own worst enemies and this appears to be one of those times.