Hog Island, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
My View of Life on the Dock
Hog Island, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Lots of lobster gear being set as the season is starting to kick into gear. Here Mark and Matt Ring head out aboard the Stanley Thomas to set some lobster gear. Those traps aren’t making any money in the yard boys. Get ’em set!
Stanley Thomas Heading Out To Set A Load, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Don’t be the person who wears one of those annoying bluetooth headsets.
I’m here to save you from looking like an ass hat.
My first experience with this evil contraption came about 4 years ago while on vacation in Naples Florida. I was bellied up to a tiki bar enjoying an adult beverage and taking in the gentle Florida breezes while watching the Sox on the TV behind the bar. Well wouldn’t you know that some self important prick sits down right next to me in too-tight spandex biking shorts with his gut peeking out of his sweaty, spandex, screaming yellow biking shirt. It was bad enough that there were 8 empty bar stools at this particular tiki bar and this ignorant SOB decided to park his sweaty ass directly next to me but what happened next was the topper.
This prick takes a business call on his bluetooth earpiece and is babbling away in a loud voice right next to me. Has this ever happened to you?
First off I’m there to relax. I just got away from my business, what makes you think I want to listen to you deal with yours?
Secondly it wasn’t even like he tried to speak in a hushed tone or step away from the bar, he was talking full bore right next to me as if I didnt exist.
Third they look STUPID! News Flash buddy- YOU LOOK LIKE A DOPE WEARING THAT THING!
There are very few instances where I would say they are acceptable and none of them include the words vacation, tiki bar, social setting, or leisure activity. If you have a sales job and use one in a car while you are driving between sales calls, by all means use it. But FFS take the godamned thing out of your ear once you get out of the car or you will forever risk being ridiculed as the ass wipe wearing a bluetooth around town.
Thank you for listening to this very important public service announcement.

The above is not my image^^^^^^^^^^^^It’s something I pulled from the net.
These control the flow of herring aboard The Sunlight Herring Boat.
Hydraulic Pump Controls Aboard The Sunlight, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
It Doesn’t Suck, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Little River 4:40AM 5/13/08, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Lots of boats big and small tied up with the Northeast wind.
Black Pearl at The State Fish Pier, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
I’ve felt like this more times than I’d care to admit.
The Bookstore of Gloucester, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
The Bookstore Of Gloucester Open 12-5PM Mothers Day
61 Main Street Gloucester
If you need a gift for the literary mom, The Bookstore of Gloucester will fit the bill.
The Mrs recommendations-
For light reading and the “Sex In The City” type mom she recommends any of the Shopaholic series by Sophie Kinsella.
For something with a little more substance she recommends two books from Khaled Hosseini- “A Thousand Splendid Suns” or “The Kiterunner”
For Something with a little local flavor Trevor Corson’s “The Secret Lives of Lobsters”
I don’t read chick books, those recommendations are straight from the Mrs.
Here are a few from local authors-
My Last Romance and Other Passions from Katerine Valentine, also The Old Mermaid’s Tale
Ron Gilson’s An Island No More
Joe Orlando’s The Fisherman’s Son
Harbor Goods, Life Is Good Gear For Mom, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Herring Boats at the State Fish Pier, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Pink Scooter Helmet at Tony Tally’s, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Scooter Helmet at Tony Tally’s, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Kwanzan Cherry Blossoms, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Yamati Motor Scooters $1400 at Tony Tally’s on Essex Ave.
Yamati Motor Scooters at Tony Tally’s, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
I imagine that Motor Scooters will be a very popular purchase with the money folks get in their Bush bail out check. (That’s if they don’t have to pay basic bills with the money).
The woman working there said that they have sold 26 scooters in 31 days and that they will service the scooters there if there are any problems.
Family Flower Day, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Check this space at 9:30 AM to hear the tale of yesterday’s attempt at returning some tattered work clothes at LL Bean.

Perkins Marine 4:36AM 5/9/08, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Gloucester Marine Railways, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
The View of the Gloucester Marine Railways from the new addition at The Heritage Center.