Day 6 - Knightrider Bulletin 28 Nov - Hi Ho, Hi Ho, For HOFF to work we go!
Knightime
Sat 28 Nov 2009 23:04
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Greetings Knightrider fans!
Another evening report from the BBWT, Big Blue
Wobbly Thing. We have enjoyed another lovely day, moving gently towards our
destination. Our morning was enlived by the fact we passed our first 1,000
miles!!! Great excitement which stimulated lots of forward
calculations about what this will mean in terms of our arrival. However,
this is fairly premature given that we wont even be halfway for another 3 days
or more. Nevertheless, there has been a helpful wind all day with similar
weather forecast for tomorrow, so we are hoping for another good day's
progess.
Late today we have finally sighted a sailing
vessel... AHEAD ! This means that we are gently catching up and expect to board
her //// sorry, I mean, pass her, sometime soon. For those reading this at home,
soon, in our terms could mean sometime within the next day or so! So, what
adventures have we been having on board? Last night's watchkeepers were rewarded
with a special treat of a whole KitKat, Cap'n Kitt was quite ecstatic,
knowing, as he does of The Hoff's own appetites in this direction. It's getting
quite warm and even though we all know it is Saturday, it felt strangely
like a land weekend day, without the shopping, washing, and mowing!. Some of the
crew are sporting beardlike growth and dressing a little like pirates and I
am sure there may be a photo or two of fun in the cockpit in a day or so.There
have been some interesting improvisations in the cooking recently but
today's was the most original so far. Peter HofferDommer decided that there was
not quite enough meat in the dish and generously decided to add a slice of
thumb! Lovely it was, but please, dear readers, DON'T try this at
home! These tricks of the trade strictly for we professionals! After
one week, we cut into our juicy melon for a nice refreshing snack but it was
like a turnip! Similarly, our bananas are refusing to yellow and we now fear
that they are plantain. Any recipes for plantain out there, preferably without
thumb?? Yesterday and today we have had what I hope is the start of a daily
ritual, afternoon tea and cakes (or biscuits) in the cockpit. Most enjoyable
and, illuminating, since the goodies often appear from within the First Class
accommodation so we KNOW there's a nice stash of good stuff lurking up
there. Our task is to know how to get to it? Oh yes, you would like to know
if we had any fishing success? Sadly, it was another good day for the fish who
have now taken 3 lures and not a single tuna steak in return.
That is all for now from - The Hoff, Cap'n
Kitt, CHoff , Peter van HofferDommer and C.J. Hoffapopuolous, all on
board the one, the only ................
K N I G H T R I D E R
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