tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7556050465385247470.post6823212131579446832..comments2023-12-31T09:40:12.648-08:00Comments on Bob Hoover's Blog: the Nina, the Pinta and the Rancho BernardoBob Hooverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15861126799745704555noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7556050465385247470.post-33897929540167458762007-12-15T16:39:00.000-08:002007-12-15T16:39:00.000-08:00Hi Bob,I read your journal all the time for the VW...Hi Bob,<BR/><BR/>I read your journal all the time for the VW content, not to mention the extra wisdom like this. However, as an actual sailor (I perfer the term merchant mariner) I must report and lament the death of the art of scrimshaw. In this age of portable DVD players, laptop computers, and satellite uplinks, very few people do anything arty or crafty on the merchant ships. Mostly people stay in their cabins and watch movies. I imagine the navy boats are the same way. Every ship still has a couple of cribbage boards hanging up somewhere, but they just gather dust. I have never seen one used. The old timers lament the loss of some of the sense of community out there on the seas, but I'm just a young buck so this is all I've known. <BR/><BR/>That is my favorite part of your journal: the window into the way things used to be, like your tales of mucking out crankcases before detergent motor oils came along. Saddly, scrimshaw seems to have gone the way of non-detergent motor oil.<BR/><BR/>Respectfully,<BR/>Harry Smith<BR/>sailorharry@yahoo.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com