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    "Christmas staff fund charge" on my marina bill?

    Every Lowes I've been to has a free tire filler and gauge at the Pro entrance. Usually it has a covered loading area, and the blue air filler and gauge is right near the building. I've filled a tire there at 2am when the store was closed. I think all Discount tire will check and fill for free...
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    "Christmas staff fund charge" on my marina bill?

    You think they do this now? You think they'll go down the list, and those with the yellow star of David get bupkis? And it's ok to just spring it on the tenants, with no advance notice?
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    "Christmas staff fund charge" on my marina bill?

    Well, dingbat - as noted a few posts previous, I once got to mingling with the sales side of the biz, and almost got stiffed for a nice penny. Are tips for common retail services, nothing out of the ordinary now the rule? Do I tip my local Piggly Wiggly for selling me milk, eggs, butter and ham...
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    "Christmas staff fund charge" on my marina bill?

    Not that big a deal, if all I'm doing is complaining on a internet forum. However, as noted in my first post, I'm new to this and wondering if this is a common thing in the yacht marina world, and if I'm out of line telling them to pound water. Now that I've told them to pound water, it's a...
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    "Christmas staff fund charge" on my marina bill?

    My other 'tip problem' story. I'm an engineer, not sales. I went into one of our largest accounts as they were having plenty of issues with the equip we sold, and were hinting about going to our competition. Sales went along to work on their feelings. I found the problems, corrected them, they...
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    "Christmas staff fund charge" on my marina bill?

    If there was a deserving person on the staff, I might do that. I might have left a $50 in the dock box, and tell them where to collect it. But - like I said, they haven't exactly been very helpful since I started renting in Sept. I questioned my first bill electric charge as it showed me using...
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    "Christmas staff fund charge" on my marina bill?

    Maybe I got extra irritated because they use the pressure or presumed guilt of a 'Christmas' gift. Not being a Christian, I have no problem with the celebration of his birth, but I don't feel compelled to pay some office wanker who may, or may not be a follower, but will gladly dip into the pot...
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    "Christmas staff fund charge" on my marina bill?

    $1000 per staff person for 10 people. My 'contribution' would be $20 as stated in the first post.
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    "Christmas staff fund charge" on my marina bill?

    I just noted that I used the 'lesser than' rather than a 'greater than' symbol. I still can't believe that the staff are entitled to some $10,000. I've seen and talked to 4 people there, maybe there are a couple more that I haven't seen. Let's say there are 10 people on 'staff', that a $1000...
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    "Christmas staff fund charge" on my marina bill?

    I'm new to yachting. We bought the boat, in the marina back in Sept. The marina staff hasn't exactly been very useful or gone out of their way to assist in services. The place is clean enough, and the facilities are suitable, and decent, but nothing out of expectations of a retail establishment...
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    1979 Glastron Carlson CV-23 restoration

    Agree. He is going to get it in soon. I'm not rushing him. Just that I don't get left hanging like that last spit-for-brains.
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    1979 Glastron Carlson CV-23 restoration

    OK, it's time for an update. Today I hauled the boat to the new glass repair guy. He has some different ideas than the first guy, and he's looked at it and is telling me he's done this a bunch of times. He had 3 boats in the shop right now with similar condition, and one of them almost done. The...
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    1979 Glastron Carlson CV-23 restoration

    Thanks for the glass advice, do appreciate it, but honestly, I want a pro to do this. Not a boat I want to start learning on if I put a big motor in it. I can do a lot of things, and if it were some simple little fiberglass gewgaw I would jump in. Speedboat hull stringers on a 45 year boat is...
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    1979 Glastron Carlson CV-23 restoration

    "apply some amount of resin to the area being glassed, apply the fiberglass cloth to the area, and then try to soak the remaining amount of resin needed 'in to' the cloth. Thus the 'soak in' method." This is prezactly what I was going to do. Cut the cloth, set it in place, and then dab, push...
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    1979 Glastron Carlson CV-23 restoration

    If you want to spend a few electrons and explain the soak out not in method, I'm willing to use it. I will be doing some work on Wed, will take some pics of where he left it, and get started on wood fitting and glass as I can,
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    1979 Glastron Carlson CV-23 restoration

    And - he's fired. After 13 days work(?), which would be about 100 hours labor the job is barely past the cleaning, ripping and board cutting phase. He's just working me over for $450/day, and not accomplishing much of anything. Either I get a new repair guy, or dig into it myself. Useless POS...
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    1979 Glastron Carlson CV-23 restoration

    Sigh, FG guy was away since Sunday. Hasn't done much work. He's just wasting time now. I'm at the point where I want to fire him and try to finish it myself. I'll give him one more try, this wknd and if he doesn't get it done, I'm finished with it and will find someone else or do it myself.
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    1979 Glastron Carlson CV-23 restoration

    OK, have some news from the marina on the ya-chet boat. After buying it, I'm learning a ton about large cruiser boats. We were expecting more maint cost, and I'm trying to do this smart. Well, sort of anyway. I got a marine mech, and asked him to take a look at the aftercoolers(raw water cooled...
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    1979 Glastron Carlson CV-23 restoration

    Well, FG guy is back in hangar. He's grinding and sanding, and cutting and drilling. I'm gonna just leave him alone and get along with the engine and pump work. I'll go down on Fri and see if there's some picture worthy stuff.
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    1979 Glastron Carlson CV-23 restoration

    Mini update. FG guy is a no show again. He's left a bunch of power tools, so unless he's giving them all away, he'll be back. I've been pricing out engine bits, and looking at perf tweaks. I may still go with a stroke crank and rods. We'll see how it goes. As for the yachet, the guy said he's...
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