Old JCB Excavator....and the stories to go with it
I went on a short day trip with an old Sunshine Coast buddy yesterday. When I say old, that means that we have known each other for around 25 years or so. Old... has nothing to do with the fact that this guy is approaching 80 years old, and drives a SUV on bad days, a BMW convertible on nice days, and owns a 300 horsepower boat. I met him back in the days when I was building marine structures, boathouses, docks, a floating store...and the such. I met this fella, when he approached me about building a set of boat ways on his waterfront property. We seemed to get along from the get-go...and away we went from there. That would be me...back in the late 80's...early 90's building a boathouse for a 55 ft Fleming motoryacht...the photo was taken by my dad Building curved docks...back in days gone by We both live in Vancouver now, but his boat stayed on the coast, in a marina boathouse. ( I'll get to the JCB story in a minute ) My friend paid a local guy to start the ...