Thursday, September 14, 1995 - Curaco

Roy went downtown bright and early to phone his daughter Laura and wish her Happy Birthday. I went on the ten-o'clock grocery run. I was the only one on it! Told the driver I'd be ready to return in half an hour. I was ready in twenty minutes. Half an hour went by -- no bus. Forty minutes went by -- no bus. Saw Roy zipping by on the big bus. It was after eleven by the time I finally got a ride back to the marina. After lunch, I took the laundry to the marina. For once, no one was using either washer. I only had one load. To my amazement, the water pressure was up! The water gushed into the washer, instead of dripping in one drop at a time as it usually does. By the time I'd taken my shower, the clothes were washed and rinsed and nearly ready for the dryer. When I got back to the boat, Roy had gone into town again. He bought a new speaker for the handheld VHF. Now it works better than ever. But when he tested the new washdown pump, it quit working after a few minutes! This is really disgusting. That was a brand new pump.