Texas LB22

[glossieblack]

Some things in life are certain.The sun comes up in the east. And the Dougster's LB22 is turning out a beaut!

[Joe H]

Man, I'm right there with ya Dougster,

quietly and effortlessly plying those blue gulf waters

I would hope that would be therapy enough!

Joe H

[gk108]

I'm playing on the 15th for sure

Good to know somebody has a gig
After about a year of of talk and auditions, I think we might finally have something resembling a band again. I hope I haven't lost my soundman chops.

[Dougster]

GK, there's more musicians here than gigs I think. I'm less than an hour from Austin and that place has venues where new bands PAY to play The young folks all play and all the old boomers like me have finally learned how to string a few chords together. I'm in a little guitar trio now, no bass or drums and it's sure fun. We do about 2/3rds originals and assorted old covers (just added Van Morrison's "Days Like this" to the set list). Great hobby; must be awful to try and make a living with it though. Good on you for getting a band together. What stuff are you gonna play?

It's 39 degrees and howling north wind this morning and I think Nina's sitting out there pouting. She wants her wiring cleaned up and gas line routed, but old man weather is against me. I don't much argue with him anymore. Rob, the electric is no thing, you just ponder, ask questions, string wires, say dang it, pull 'em out and string 'em again. One day it starts coming together. My gauges mystify me though. The feed from the motor the dealer has more wires than I got places to put 'em

I appreciate the thumbs up from all, and like the blue waters image. Spring is coming.

Tight lines and loose ends Dougster

[gk108]

I don't know if it will ever get cold enough for me to get invovled in any of that pay to play stuff. This band is going to be a drummer and bass player cousins that have played together on and off for 30 years, a guitar/keyboard player and a rhythm guitar. They all sing and right now it looks like some Southern and Country. "Truckin'" and something by Lou Reed are on the list. Two of them have books full of originals, so there's no telling what will fall out. We already have a booking at the end of the month, so somebody had better figure out the song list.

[Dougster]

30 years and family sounds like a rhythm section out of my league. Sure would be fun to sing a bang on my guitar with something like that behind me! Good on you for getting things together. I'm with you on the pay to play thing, that's sounds plain crazy to me and it's not about to happen We got good weather coming this weekend so Nina is wantin' some work done and I've promised her.

Still building Dougster

[Dougster]

Yesterday was a very happy milestone. The day broke sunny and warm, with an eventual high of 81. The morning was time for an important install Here, it begins:



You can see, things are a bit tight. Not much room, but measure twice and make the cut:



So what's the install? Look:



Yep, but that's no ordinary cup holder. Maybe two years ago or more Cracker Larry saw me struggling with the consoles and in response to a post I made about leaving the dock on a fair morning with a hot cuppa, sent me this cup holder Yeah, we've never met, but he ships that cup holder to me as a gift toward splash day. It will hold my coffee and surely some even nicer beverages . It will also remind me of all the help from people on this board and encourage me to do what I can to pay it forward. Thanks Larry



Gettin' by with a little help from his friends Dougster

[Cracker Larry]

My pleasure Doug!

Sure wishing for some of that 81 degrees here. Send me some of that as a swap

[Steven]

Looking good Dougster. Sure is pretty this weekend. I took off Friday for the Wife and Monday to give me 3 boat building days. Couldn't be nicer. I love that cup holder. I have two on my console now and I'm considering putting 3 on the new console. Great for drinks, cell phones, keys, eye glasses. etc....

[Dougster]

Hey Steven, they are nice. I bet I throw keys and lures in 'em too. My wife wants the same kind on the port console, so the order is in

Happy with warmer weather Dougster