On Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:06:30 -0800 (PST), ladysailor
> wrote:

>On Nov 19, 2:21 pm, sf > wrote:
>
>>
>> How's your husband's leg doing? I could only say "thank goodness it
>> happened in Australia instead of some third world country" when I read
>> about it.
>
>Well, I’m not exactly sure what you were reading but in fact we were
>at anchor in the very remote bay of Port Resolution on the island of
>Tanna in the Vanuatu Island Group when the infection began. It was
>quite a frightening time.
>
<snip horror story>
>
>Fortunately Mike still had his foot when I arrived but he had a nasty
>hole on his ankle where the doctors dug out the worst of the
>infection. They eventually covered up the wound with a skin graft and
>today he is doing great.
>
>While Mike was still in the hospital we hired a delivery skipper to
>bring the boat to Australia and we are delighted to be back on board
>and living a normal life once again. Normal for us anyway. ;-)
>
>Thanks for asking.
>
I had no idea! What I read lead me to believe you were in a remote
area of Australia. Although you said it took a long time over rough
roads to get him to the hospital and that you had to hire someone to
sail your boat to the city his hospital was in, it didn't sound as bad
as what you just told us.

Glad to hear all is well!

Just wondering, do you stay connected with the internet while at sea?






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On Nov 20, 12:42 am, Peter Lucas > wrote:

> It's only poison if you *drink* it :-)

OK, good to know.

> > Does it work for mosquito bites?
>
> Yep, it works for just about everything.

I will get brave and try some tonight.

>snip a whole bunch scary stuff TTOil can fix<

> We take a bottle and cotton buds with us whenever we travel.....
> especially o/s.
>

Could be we will be doing the same.

Thanks Peter.

Barb
s/y Arabella
www.sailinglinks.com

"sf" ha scritto nel messaggio
ladysailor wrote:
snippage
we are delighted to be back on board
>>and living a normal life once again. Normal for us anyway. ;-)
>>
>>Thanks for asking.
>>

snippage
> Glad to hear all is well!
>
> Just wondering, do you stay connected with the internet while at sea?
>
>

I have friends who live aboard half of each year. It used to be difficult
to stay connected, but now they use ham radio and get better connection than
I have with dialup.

On Nov 20, 3:56 pm, sf > wrote:

> I had no idea! What I read lead me to believe you were in a remote
> area of Australia. Although you said it took a long time over rough
> roads to get him to the hospital and that you had to hire someone to
> sail your boat to the city his hospital was in, it didn't sound as bad
> as what you just told us.

You know, I am just now settling down. Each day I realize how
traumatized I was. I did what needed doing and crying or falling
apart was not an option.

> Glad to hear all is well!

Thank you. Really, I feel like I’ve just come out of a nightmare. I
appreciate your good wishes and this group. Even though I haven’t
posted much, I do read when I can and enjoy the banter.

> Just wondering, do you stay connected with the internet while at sea?

No. Up until now we have only had SSB (single side band) radio to
contact other yachts and get weather info while out at sea. We are
supposed to be able to send and receive email with it but it doesn’t
work. (sigh) Now, being in port, we have a usb dongle to connect
with the internet. Kind of like a cell phone connection. I doubt it
will work out on the ocean though.

>

Back at ya babe! ;-)

Barb
s/y Arabella
www.sailinglinks.com

On Nov 20, 8:37 pm, "Giusi" > wrote:
>
> I have friends who live aboard half of each year. It used to be difficult
> to stay connected, but now they use ham radio and get better connection than
> I have with dialup.

I doubt your friends can surf the internet with their ham radio, but
certainly they can communicate with friends and loved ones through
email. It makes all the difference in the world to be able to let the
ones you love know all is well. I sure wish ours was working.
Humph!

When we first started out, five years ago, the only way we could send
emails back home was though internet café’s.

I love that we can now sit on the boat in port and skype, surf the
internet and send emails easily.

How quickly things can change!

Barb
s/y Arabella
www.sailinglinks.com

"ladysailor" > ha scritto nel messaggio
...
On Nov 20, 8:37 pm, "Giusi" > wrote:
>
> I have friends who live aboard half of each year. It used to be difficult
> to stay connected, but now they use ham radio and get better connection
> than
> I have with dialup.

I doubt your friends can surf the internet with their ham radio, but
certainly they can communicate with friends and loved ones through
email. It makes all the difference in the world to be able to let the
ones you love know all is well. I sure wish ours was working.
Humph!

When we first started out, five years ago, the only way we could send
emails back home was though internet café’s.

I love that we can now sit on the boat in port and skype, surf the
internet and send emails easily.

How quickly things can change!

Barb

You can probably do satellite nowadays. It's the only way I would be able
to get a dast connection, but I'm unwilling to pay the price. YOu must
already have lots of the antennae it takes.

On Nov 20, 9:54 pm, "Giusi" > wrote:

> You can probably do satellite nowadays. It's the only way I would be able
> to get a dast connection, but I'm unwilling to pay the price. YOu must
> already have lots of the antennae it takes.

ļ

No, we don¡¦t have a lot of antennas. We are a small sailboat on a big
ocean. Just getting our SSB working is a big deal for us.

Back in Mexico we were in a marina with quite a few mega yachts. All
of them had lots of antennas but none would share their wifi with us.
ƒ¼

Plus, four of them had helicopters on their aft deck. The noise of
them coming and going, just to view the coastline, was horrifying!

OK, I¡¦ll admit it, I was a bit jealous. We actually considered buying
a remote control helicopter to launch off our aft deck. Just to show
them that we were cool too. It would have been fun gliding that baby
around but alas, we couldn¡¦t afford it. Whaaaa!

Would have been fun though.

Barb
s/y Arabella
www.sailinglinks.com

ladysailor > wrote in news:2c420f8f-a68a-
:

> On Nov 20, 12:42 am, Peter Lucas > wrote:
>
>> It's only poison if you *drink* it :-)
>
> OK, good to know.


It tastes like crap, anyway!!


>
>> > Does it work for mosquito bites?
>>
>> Yep, it works for just about everything.
>
> I will get brave and try some tonight.


You'll have to let us know how it went. Especially if it was applied to
an open scrape/bite ;-)


>
>>snip a whole bunch scary stuff TTOil can fix<
>
>> We take a bottle and cotton buds with us whenever we travel.....
>> especially o/s.
>>
>
> Could be we will be doing the same.
>
> Thanks Peter.
>


No sweat.

Grab some Lavender Oil as well, if you see it.



--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

"The joys of the table belong equally to all ages, conditions, countries
and times; they mix with all other pleasures, and remain the last to
console us for their loss."
Jean Antheleme Brillet-Savarin,

"ladysailor"
"Giusi" wrote:

> You can probably do satellite nowadays.
ļ

No, we don¡¦t have a lot of antennas. We are a small sailboat on a big
ocean. Just getting our SSB working is a big deal for us.

Back in Mexico we were in a marina with quite a few mega yachts. All
of them had lots of antennas but none would share their wifi with us.
ƒ¼

Plus, four of them had helicopters on their aft deck. The noise of
them coming and going, just to view the coastline, was horrifying!

OK, I¡¦ll admit it, I was a bit jealous. We actually considered buying
a remote control helicopter to launch off our aft deck. Just to show
them that we were cool too. It would have been fun gliding that baby
around but alas, we couldn¡¦t afford it. Whaaaa!

Would have been fun though.

Barb

You've kept your sense of humor. I hope Santa brings you your helicopter.

In article >,
"Giusi" > wrote:

> "ladysailor"
> "Giusi" wrote:
>
> > You can probably do satellite nowadays.
> ļ
>
> No, we don¡¦t have a lot of antennas. We are a small sailboat on a big
> ocean. Just getting our SSB working is a big deal for us.
>
> Back in Mexico we were in a marina with quite a few mega yachts. All
> of them had lots of antennas but none would share their wifi with us.
> ƒ¼
>
> Plus, four of them had helicopters on their aft deck. The noise of
> them coming and going, just to view the coastline, was horrifying!
>
> OK, I¡¦ll admit it, I was a bit jealous. We actually considered buying
> a remote control helicopter to launch off our aft deck. Just to show
> them that we were cool too. It would have been fun gliding that baby
> around but alas, we couldn¡¦t afford it. Whaaaa!
>
> Would have been fun though.
>
> Barb
>
> You've kept your sense of humor. I hope Santa brings you your helicopter.

Just don't hit a Whale. :-)
Ever read the true story "Castaway"?
--
Peace! Om

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ladysailor > wrote in
:

> On Nov 20, 9:54 pm, "Giusi" > wrote:
>
>> You can probably do satellite nowadays. It's the only way I would be
>> abl
> e
>> to get a dast connection, but I'm unwilling to pay the price. YOu
>> must already have lots of the antennae it takes.
>
> ļ
>
> No, we don¡¦t have a lot of antennas. We are a small sailboat on a
> big ocean. Just getting our SSB working is a big deal for us.
>
> Back in Mexico we were in a marina with quite a few mega yachts. All
> of them had lots of antennas but none would share their wifi with us.
> ƒ¼
>
> Plus, four of them had helicopters on their aft deck. The noise of
> them coming and going, just to view the coastline, was horrifying!
>
> OK, I¡¦ll admit it, I was a bit jealous. We actually considered
> buying a remote control helicopter to launch off our aft deck. Just
> to show them that we were cool too. It would have been fun gliding
> that baby around but alas, we couldn¡¦t afford it. Whaaaa!
>
> Would have been fun though.
>


Wish I'd known sooner........ could have got you a couple :-)

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--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

"The joys of the table belong equally to all ages, conditions, countries
and times; they mix with all other pleasures, and remain the last to
console us for their loss."
Jean Antheleme Brillet-Savarin,

On Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:39:29 -0800 (PST), ladysailor
> wrote:

>No. Up until now we have only had SSB (single side band) radio to
>contact other yachts and get weather info while out at sea. We are
>supposed to be able to send and receive email with it but it doesn’t
>work. (sigh) Now, being in port, we have a usb dongle to connect
>with the internet. Kind of like a cell phone connection. I doubt it
>will work out on the ocean though.

Ah, thanks! I have no idea what it's like being at sea other than
being on a cruise ship. I'm a big wus at sailing because I get motion
sickness at the drop of a hat... that's why big ships with stabilizers
are my kind of sailing (as long as they resemble a ship - and not a
multi-storied shopping mall from the outside). LOL!

I have standards, ya know.




--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that
interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West