MARCH 25TH 1967

MARCH 25TH 2007

WHAT HAPPENED 40 YEARS AGO?

1. THE "GRADUATE" AND "BONNIE AND CLYDE" WERE NO#1 PICTURES
2. "SARGENT PEPPERS LONELY HEART CLUB BAND" WAS NO#1 ALBUM
3. GREEN BAY WON THE SUPER BOWEL
4. AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD INCOME WAS $7143 A YEAR
5. LYNDON JOHNSON WAS PRESIDENT
6. A STAMP COST 5 CENTS
7. SANDY AND JERRY GOT MARRIED

YES THAT'S CORRECT , SANDY AND I CELEBRATED OUR 40TH ANNIVERSARY SUNDAY AND HAD A GREAT DINNER AT A&B LOBSTER HOUSE WHICH IRONICALLY IS RIGHT AT THE END OF OUR DOCK. (NOT FAR TO GO HOME!)

I'M SURE MANY OF YOU SENT GIFTS TO OUR HOUSE SO WE WILL PICK THEM UP WHEN WE GET BACK TO NASHVILLE IN 2008.

VISIT FROM KEVIN AND ALLISON STEWART

SUNDAY I WAS HALF ASLEEP SITTING AND WATCHING TELEVISION WITH ONE EYE WHEN WE HEARD A KNOCK ON THE BOAT WITH A FOLLOW UP YELL "HELLO SANDY AND JERRY!"
IT WAS KEVIN AND ALLISON!

SO WHAT YOU MIGHT SAY , YOU MAY NOT KNOW THEM AND WHY SHOULD I READ ANY FURTHER.

BECAUSE THEY TOOK THE TIME TO COME VISIT AND BECAUSE KEVIN HAD THE UNIQUE EXPERIENCE OF BEING BROUGHT UP IN "KEY WEST"

WE KNEW ALLISON BECAUSE SHE WORKED FOR BRIDGESTONE AND ULTIMATELY MARRIED KEVIN FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON . KEVIN AND ALLISON BOATED ON OLD HICKORY WHEN THEY LIVED IN NASHVILLE AND THEY WERE OUR KIND OF PEOPLE. (BOAT & DRINK)

BUT IRONICALLY THEY NOW LIVE IN FLORIDA , KEVIN'S PARENTS STILL LIVE IN KEY WEST SO THEY DECIDED TO COME PAY US A VISIT WHICH WE TOTALLY ENJOYED.

KEVIN WAS A NAVY BRAT WHOSE DAD WAS STATIONED HERE , HE WENT TO SCHOOL IN KEY WEST AND WORKED IN EVERY SALOON AND RESTAURANT ON THE KEY. HE KNOWS ALL THE DIRTY LAUNDRY OF THE TOWN AND IT WAS FASCINATING LISTENING TO HIM AND HOW THE TOWN HAS CHANGED.

THE NEAT THING IS EVEN THOUGH BOTH KEVIN AND ALLISON HAVE GREAT JOBS IN TAMPA MARKET HIS EXIT STRATEGY WILL BE TO DRIVE A TOUR BUS IN KEY WEST.

EXAMPLE OF CUBAN INGENUITY!

THIS LOVELY VESSEL WAS MADE FROM OLD FENDERS FROM AUTOMOBILES AND PUT TOGETHER WITH POP RIVETS AND SEALED WITH SOME KIND OF GLUE (WHICH OBVIOUSLY DID NOT WORK TO WELL)

THERE WERE 24 PEOPLE IN THE BOAT WHEN THEY WERE SCOOPED OUT OF THE SEA AROUND THE DRY TORTUGA'S.

NOTICE THE MAKE SHIFT INNER TUBE FLOTATION AROUND THE BOW.

I USE TO GET CALLS FROM BROKERS AROUND THE WORLD WHO WANTED TO BUY TIRES AND "TUBES" OF ANY SIZE TO BE SHIPPED TO A PORT WITH NO CLEAR DESTINATION GIVEN . (I WONDER?)

THE CUBANS ARE COMING.

THIS IS A SIGN POSTED IN AN AREA ON THE DRY TORTUGA'S THAT HOUSES AN AREA OF "HAND BUILT BOATS" THAT CUBAN REFUGEES TRIED AND FAILED ON THEIR ATTEMPT TO FLEE TO AMERICA. THE CREATIVITY AND DESPERATION WHICH IS EVIDENT IN THESE BOATS IS UNBELIEVABLE.

MANY DIE EN ROUTE AND IT IS NO WONDER WHEN YOU SEE WHAT THEY ATTEMPT TO CROSS THE GULF STREAM IN.

TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE , TODAY THE WIND GUSTS ARE 20 TO 25 KNOTS AND THE WAVES ARE 5 TO 7 FEET HIGH OUTSIDE THE REEF. WHEN THESE WAVES HIT THE GULF STREAM THEY CAN DOUBLE IN SIZE DUE TO THE CROSS CURRENT.

WE HAVE A 50 FOOT BOAT AND I WILL NOT TACKLE ANYTHING LARGER THAN 4 FOOT IF I CAN HELP IT. CAN YOU IMAGINE A BOAT MADE OUT OF PLY WOOD , SCRAP METAL , INNER TUBES AND AN ENGINE FROM A 1957 CHEVY RUNNING INT 12 FOOT SEAS.

WHAT IS THIS? WHY DID HE PUT THIS ON THE BLOG?

I AM SO OFFENDED WITH THIS KIND OF PICTURE.

I WANT TO TELL HIM OUT DISGUSTING THIS IS!

IF THIS IS YOUR REACTION WHY DON'T YOU E MAIL ME BACK WITH YOUR RESPONSE , SO I KNOW WHO IS N FACT READING MY BLOG.

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MAKE SURE YOU LOOK AT THE NEXT PICTURE!

SEE YOU WERE WRONG! IT WAS JUST A CLOSE UP OF MY LEGS.

GET YOUR MIND OUT OF THE GUTTER AND RESPOND TO ME SO KNOW YOU ARE IN FACT READING THIS BLOG AND I AM NOT TALKING TO MYSELF!

FORT JEFFERSON AND THE DRY TORTUGA'S.

THE DRY TORTUGA'S ARE ONLY 68 MILES FROM KEY WEST AND YOU WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE AN EASY TRIP ON "OUR" BOAT TO VISIT THIS BIT OF HISTORY. WELL IT WASN'T GOING TO BE EASY (BECAUSE GETTING IN AN OUT OF THE SLIP IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT WITH NO FINGER PIERS BETWEEN BOATS)

OF COURSE ALL OUR FRIENDS AT GREEN TURTLE BAY THAT HAVE BOW THRUSTERS (CHEATERS) WOULD QUESTION THIS FACT ,BUT I LIKE TO BE CONSERVATIVE.

SO ... WE TOOK A FAST CAT WHICH HOLDS 100 PEOPLE. THE TRIP IS TWO AND A HALF HOURS EACH WAY LEAVING AT 8 AM AND RETURNING AT 5 PM WHICH DOES NOT GIVE YOU MUCH TIME ON THE ISLAND. NEVER THE LESS WE TOURED THE FORT AND WENT SNORKELING IN THE GIN CLEAR WATER.

THE RETURN TRIP IN 4 TO 6 FOOT WAVES HAD MANY PEOPLE BRINGING UP THEIR LUNCH ON THE WAY BACK. WE PLAYED CARDS AND MADE FUN OF THE THE "PUKERS"

THE BOYS IN RUBBER SUITS

ANDY AND I CLEANED THE BOTTOM OF THE BOAT TODAY AND INSPECTED THE RUNNING GEAR. THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN A BIG DEAL IF IT WASN'T FOR THE FOLLOWING TWO REASONS:

1) ANDY HAD NEVER USED AN AIRLINE AND REGULATOR BEFORE

2) PRIOR TO OUR DIVE WE HAVE OBSERVED MULTIPLE TARPON THAT WERE IN EXCESS OF 5 FOOT LONG AND ONE SAND SHARK. THE MARINA IS FULL OF FISH THAT HANG AROUND THE CHARTER BOATS WAITING FOR FREE HANDOUTS.

WE DID NOT WANT TO BE ONE OF THE FREE HAND OUTS BUT IN FACT WE DID NOT EVEN SEE ONE FISH ONCE WE GOT IN THE WATER. WATER WAS CLEAR VERSUS PREVIOUS DIVES AND THE BOTTOM OF THE BOAT WAS IN GOOD SHAPE.

WHAT WE HAVE HERE , IS A FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE.

DO NOT SIT OBVIOUSLY DOES NOT MEAN ME .. OR ANDY.

THIS IS WHAT MARRIED MEN DO ON DUVAL STREET WHEN THEIR WIVES ARE HITTING EVERY STORE ON THE BLOCK. THE GIRLS HAVE NO INTENTION OF BUYING ANYTHING BUT IT IS THE "HUNT" THEY LOVE AND THE FACT THAT THEY KNOW THEY CONTROL THE MOMENT .(WHICH INCLUDES THE MEN WAITING OUTSIDE)

YES WE COULD HAVE GONE TO GET A BEER RATHER THEN SITTING ON THE STOOP , BUT THAT WOULD IN TAIL ANOTHER DISCUSSION WHICH WE DIDN'T NEED AT THIS TIME.

I KNOW I PROMISED NOT TO REFER ANYMORE TO THE PELICAN CONSPIRACY , BUT IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THESE TERRORIST FIGHT AMONG THEMSELVES OVER FISH GUTS.

THEY WERE BRUTAL IN THERE OWN PRIVATE "JIHAD"

GO FISH!

WEDNESDAY THE ALL FOUR OF US WENT FISHING ON A HALF DAY HEAD BOAT.

YES, EVEN SANDY WENT FISHING.

THE DAY WAS PERFECT AND THE FISHING WAS EVEN BETTER. WE GOT INTO AN AREA FULL OF YELLOW TAIL AND WE WERE ALL CATCHING FISH. ITS NOT EXACTLY SPORT FISHING WHEN THEY BITE QUITE EASILY.

SANDY WHO WOULD WAIT UNTIL THE FISH SWALLOWED THE HOOK AND EVENTUALLY PASSED OUT OR CHOCKED TO DEATH EVEN CAUGHT A FEW.

THE FISH WERE CLEANED FOR US AND WE RETURNED TO THE CASHFLOW AND HAD A FISH FRY.

ANDY "BLACKENED THE FISH , SANDY FRIED POTATOES , AND TAMMY MADE HUSH PUPPY'S. CAN'T GET MUCH BETTER THAN THIS.

THE SUNSET ENDS!

THE SUNSET BEGINS.

A RIDE INTO THE SUNSET.

WATCHING THE SUNSET FROM MALORY SQUARE IN KEY WEST IS WHAT EVERYBODY DOES IF THE COME TO THIS LEGENDARY CITY. WHEN I SAY EVERYBODY I MEAN EVERYBODY. IT IS SO CROWDED (APPROXIMATELY 10 DEEP) YOU ARE LUCKY TO GET CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE RAIL TO SEE THE SUN.

WE DECIDED TO TAKE THE EASY WAY TO WATCH THE SUNSET BY TAKING OUT THE INFLATABLE FOR A COCKTAIL CRUISE . ANDY , TAMMY , SANDY , SAM , AND ME.

YOU CAN JUST SEE SAM'S NOSE BEHIND THE STEERING WHEEL.

NOTICE THE SIGN IN THE BACKGROUND "SPRING BREAK 2007"

NOTICE THE GOOD LOOKING GUY IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL THE GIRLS!

NOTICE HOW MUCH OLDER HE LOOKS THAN THE GIRLS.

NOTICE SANDY DOESN'T CARE BECAUSE SHE KNOWS I AM HARMLESS.

THE TOWN IS OVER RUN BY SPRING BREAKERS EITHER STAYING IN TOWN OR COMING OFF THE CRUISE SHIPS. THE AMOUNT OF ALCOHOL THEY CONSUME WOULD SUPPORT A SMALL COUNTRY'S ECONOMY AND THE AMAZING THING IS THEY ARE ALL UP THE NEXT MORNING READY TO DO IT AGAIN.

1200 TO 1300

ONE OF MY GOALS IN THIS TWENTY FOUR PERIOD WAS TO FIND THE HEADQUARTERS AND OR GATHERING PLACE OF THE PELICANS WHERE THEY MEET DAILY TO COMPARE NOTES AND REPORT BACK TO THE DOLPHINS.

AS YOU KNOW SOME TERRORIST MEET IN A MOSQUE OR A SUBTERRANEAN HOLE TO PLAN THEIR EVIL INTENTIONS BUT IT IS QUITE OBVIOUS THE PELICANS FEEL NO NEED TO HIDE THEIR LOCATION.

SANDY AND TAMMY SPENT QUITE SOME TIME IN THE "POOP SHOP" AND IT APPEARS TAMMY EVEN PURCHASED SOMETHING THERE. I NEED TO CHECK FOR "BUGS"

I THINK I HAVE BEAT THIS DOLPHIN / PELICAN THING TO DEATH AND I WAS INFORMED BY SANDY TO GET A LIFE.

0900 TO 1000

ITS BREAKFAST TIME HAD HOGS BREATH SALOON!

THAT'S A FACT. WE ACTUALLY HAD AN EARLY BRUNCH THERE AND IT WAS QUITE GOOD.

YOU HAVE TO IGNORE THE FAINT SMELL OF SPILLED BEER AND AN OCCASIONAL CHICKEN WHO RUN ACROSS THE RESTAURANT FLOOR. THIS WAS A SUNDAY MORNING SO THEY COULD NOT SERVE BEER UNTIL 1200 BUT THAT WOULD NOT STOP JACK BAUER WOULD IT.

AFTER FULL STOMACHS IT IS OFF TO SHOW ANDY AND TAMMY THE HIGH POINTS OF KEY WEST AS WE CONTINUE OR QUEST OF PRESERVING LAW AND ORDER AND THE AMERICAN WAY.

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THREE TIMES A DAY I PUT "SAM" IN HIS CART AND CARRY HIM DOWN TO A SECRET SPOT WHERE HE DOES HIS "BUSINESS"

IT IS A FACT THAT SAM HAS A BAD CASE OF ARTHRITIS AND HIS BACK LEGS CAN NOT MAKE THE LONG WALK DOWN THE DOCK SO IT IS NECESSARY FOR HIM TO RIDE. AT LEAST THAT WHAT HE LEADS ME TO BELIEVE , MAYBE HE IS JUST LAZY.

SAM ALSO PROVIDES ANOTHER VALUABLE SERVICE IN THAT HE GUARDS THE BOAT FROM THE PRYING EYES OF THE PELICANS WHILE WE ARE ON SHORE DOING UNDER COVER WORK AND INSPECTING THE LOCAL PUBS.

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IN MY STATE OF REPOSE I AM ABLE TO LISTEN TO ALL COMMUNICATIONS DUE TO THE ADDITION OF MY NEW EAR RING WHICH IS IN FACT A HIGHLY SENSITIVE TWO WAY RADIO RECEIVER.

THE PAIN I HAD TO ENDURE TO HAVE THIS EAR PIECE INSERTED IS JUST PART OF THE SERVICE I PROVIDE TO HELP MAINTAIN SECURITY FOR ALL ABOARD THE CASHFLOW.

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THE DAY BEGINS AS I AWAKE IN THE SAME POSITION AS I WENT TO SLEEP THE FOLLOWING NIGHT.

NEAR MY LEFT HAND IS A SECRET ELIXIR THAT KEEPS ME AWARE OF MY SURROUNDINGS EVEN IN A STATE OF REST.

ALTHOUGH I HAVE A COMFORTABLE BED IN OUR STATEROOM I FEEL IT NECESSARY TO SLEEP ON THE BOW OF THE BOAT THIS DAY IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN A CONTINUOUS WATCH FOR THE TERRORIST PELICANS THAT CAN SNEAK UP AT ANY TIME WITHOUT WARNING.

PAY ATTENTION!

THE NEXT SERIES OF POSTINGS TO THE CASHFLOW VOYAGE WILL TAKE PLACE OVER A 24 HOUR PERIOD FOCUSING ON THE ADVENTURES AND CHALLENGES JACK BOWER .... (I MEAN JERRY CASH) FACES ON A DAILY BASES AS HE STRUGGLES THROUGH HIS DAY IN PARADISE AND CHALLENGES PUT BEFORE HIM BY THE EVIL DOLPHINS AND TERRORIST PELICANS.

REMEMBER YOU NEED TO READ THE BLOG IN REVERSE TO GET THE CHRONOLOGICAL PERIOD FROM EARLIEST TIME OF DAY YO LATEST. (IN OTHER WORDS THE ONE ON TOP IS LAST!)

"THE NEW EAR RING"

AS A TRUE RETIREE I HAVE FELT IT NECESSARY TO GET A PIERCING AND I HAD MY "LEFT EAR" DONE THREE DAYS BEFORE I RETIRED.

FOR MY ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF RETIREMENT I WANTED TO TREAT MYSELF TO A NAUTICAL EAR RING WHICH IS MADE IN THE SHAPE OF AN ANCHOR SHACKLE. I FOUND ONE IN A JEWELER IN KEY WEST THAT HAD A RAINBOW ON HIS FRONT DOOR AND HE HAD JUST WHAT I WANTED. THE PROBLEM WAS THAT WHEN HE OFFERED TO PUT THE NEW EAR RING IN HE COULD NOT FIND THE "HOLE". (THE EAR RING HOLE) I ALMOST FAINTED IN THE SHOW ROOM.

WE RETURNED TO THE BOAT AND SANDY OFFERED TO INSERT THE SHACKLE IN THE HOLE!! IT WAS EXTREMELY PAINFUL BUT THAT'S THE COST OF BEAUTY.

WE ARE DOWN IN KEY WEST,

WE DON'T CARE IF YOUR PISSED,

WERE HAVEING OURSELVES A GOOD TIME.

WERE DANCING AND DRINKING,

AND HARDLY THINKING,

OF GOOD FRIENDS WE LEFT BEHIND!

THIS IS NOT ANDY'S MIDDLE FINGER!

THIS IS HIS RING FINGER.

THE DAY ANDY AND TAMMY WENT SNORKELING AND ANDY'S WEDDING RING FELL OFF IN THE SEA GRASS . IRONICALLY HE FOUND IT AND RETURNED TO THE BOAT WITH THE STORY OF HIS GOOD FORTUNE. OR WAS IT GOOD FORTUNE?

IT SEEMS THAT THE WEDDING RING WAS ACTUALLY A $10 RING THAT THE COULD AFFORD AT THE TIME OF THE WEDDING. TAMMY SAID "GET RID OF IT IF YOU WANT TO AND WE WILL GET BETTER ONE"

ANDY IMMEDIATELY TOOK IT BACK OFF AND THREW IT OVER HIS HEAD INTO THE WATER. I'M SURE IT WILL BE REPLACED SHORTLY WITH A BALL AND CHAIN.

HELLO ROGER AND SUSAN!

PENNY LEAVES AT 11:00 ON THURSDAY AND ROGER AND SUSAN ARRIVED AT 3:30 PM.

WE LOVE THE COMPANY AND ENJOY SHARING OUR BIT OF PARADISE WITH OUR FRIENDS.

AS YOU CAN SEE ROGER WAS SUCKING UP IN THAT HE WORE HIS "CASH FLOW" T SHIRT.

THE FIRST NIGHT WE DRANK TOO MUCH (AS USUAL) AND I FELT HORRIBLE ON FRIDAY. I SOBERED UP IN TIME TO BEGIN DRINKING WITH TAMMY AND ANDY WHO ARRIVED SATURDAY AT 12:00. "LIFE IS A BITCH"

GOOD BYE PENNY!

WE HAD A GREAT VISIT WITH MY SISTER WHO NOT ONLY GOT THE PRIVILEGE TO ENJOY MY COMPANY FOR SIX WEEKS BUT ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRAVEL FROM BURNT STORE TO MARCO ISLAND TO MARATHON KEY TO KEY WEST.

IT IS A FACT THAT I TEASE HER ALLOT BUT ONLY 90 PERCENT IS "NOT" IN JEST. OR IS IT 10 PERCENT? I GET CONFUSED.

PENNY HAD TO RETURN TO ROCHESTER NEW YORK , 30 DEGREE WEATHER AND FREEZING RAIN AND WE HAD TO STAY HERE IN THE SUNNY 80 DEGREE TROPICS. OH WELL !