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EarlG

(21,939 posts)
Fri Feb 5, 2021, 11:09 AM Feb 2021

Good Day DU (February 5, 2021)

Today in History: February 5

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Question of the Day: If you had a boat, what would you name it?

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Today's milestones: Congratulations to the following active DU members!

Anniversaries
LearnedHand (18 years), kysrsoze (18 years), PinkTiger (18 years), countingbluecars (16 years), AnotherMother4Peace (16 years), AmBlue (16 years), horacio (13 years), mfcorey1 (11 years), NewsCenter28 (10 years), erronis (8 years), thearchive (8 years), kytngirl (5 years), Tink41 (2 years), RetiredVogon (1 year), NedBraden (1 year), No-Respect-In-TN (1 year), HonestAmerican (1 year), strongtree (1 year), BusyBeingBest (1 year), Bc804 (1 year), jfloftin (1 year)

Posting milestones
KewlKat (5000 posts)

New members who posted for the first time
Pretty-eyes101, travelingwithhendoe, morty420, jdgrateful, Steve C, ksactivism, TeamProg, WarGamer, Springerjjhicka, MarcATL, SkeezerRedux


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Good Day DU (February 5, 2021) (Original Post) EarlG Feb 2021 OP
Good morning, my dear EarlG! CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2021 #1
Voyager. nt CottonBear Feb 2021 #2
Great day to you EarlG... N_E_1 for Tennis Feb 2021 #3
Today is International Clash Day central scrutinizer Feb 2021 #4
Thank you for this lovely new feature, EarlG. Happy Anniversary to all, and welcome to our DU niyad Feb 2021 #5
If I had a boat Wawannabe Feb 2021 #6
If I had a boat it would probably be called a fixer upper. 58Sunliner Feb 2021 #7
Good Morning, she'd be called Wave Skipper. Phoenix61 Feb 2021 #8
Thank for the list. Callalily Feb 2021 #9
If I had a boat I would call OriginalGeek Feb 2021 #10
How about colorado_ufo Feb 2021 #11
Good Day to all! SheltieLover Feb 2021 #12
Boat name: Wet Dream herding cats Feb 2021 #13
I would name my boat "Over the Moon" bucolic_frolic Feb 2021 #14
Congratulations to all! pandr32 Feb 2021 #15
The Stacey Abrams ananda Feb 2021 #16
Nice post! sinkingfeeling Feb 2021 #17
Hmmm....if I had a boat... SergeStorms Feb 2021 #18
Very nice. In_The_Wind Feb 2021 #26
High Tied CaptainTruth Feb 2021 #19
This reminds me of the old "A Day in the Lounge" feature. greatauntoftriplets Feb 2021 #20
I've owned a boat and its name was "Money Pit". I will never own another boat. OMGWTF Feb 2021 #21
Bonjour, M EarlG! BobTheSubgenius Feb 2021 #22
Thanks, EarlG LearnedHand Feb 2021 #23
Tickety-Boo. cwydro Feb 2021 #24
Reminds me of that old joke: The second happiest day of your life is the day you get the boat rurallib Feb 2021 #25
Congratulations everyone. My boat was named In_The_Wind Feb 2021 #27

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,560 posts)
1. Good morning, my dear EarlG!
Fri Feb 5, 2021, 11:14 AM
Feb 2021

If I had a boat, I'd name her Peggy Sue!

Thanks for doing this every day. It's a treat for all of us.

I hope you're having a great day!

N_E_1 for Tennis

(9,712 posts)
3. Great day to you EarlG...
Fri Feb 5, 2021, 11:17 AM
Feb 2021

Congratulations to all the people with anniversaries, milestones and a hearty hello to our new members.

Boat name...Wave Goodbuy.

Two best days of a boat owners life...

1. Day they bought the boat
2. Day they sold the boat.

niyad

(113,205 posts)
5. Thank you for this lovely new feature, EarlG. Happy Anniversary to all, and welcome to our DU
Fri Feb 5, 2021, 11:18 AM
Feb 2021

family, newcomers.

If I had a boat, I would name her Unsinkable Molly Brown.

OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)
10. If I had a boat I would call
Fri Feb 5, 2021, 12:13 PM
Feb 2021

my friend and give it back to him. I like going out on boats but not enough to to accept the PITA they can be. I prefer to have a friend with a boat than have a boat.

(I used to work at a boat factory in my younger days)

SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)
12. Good Day to all!
Fri Feb 5, 2021, 12:55 PM
Feb 2021

Pink hat terrorist is in custody!

If I had a boat, I'd call it Write the Waves.

Welcome to all new members, congrats to all with anniversaries & milestone posts & many thanks to EarlG for this new feature!

SergeStorms

(19,190 posts)
18. Hmmm....if I had a boat...
Fri Feb 5, 2021, 01:41 PM
Feb 2021

I've owned several already, but my dream boat would be a 44 ft. Morgan sailing yacht, and its name would be
Morgan Le Fay.

Congratulations to all first-time posters, those celebrating anniversaries, and those having post milestones.

greatauntoftriplets

(175,729 posts)
20. This reminds me of the old "A Day in the Lounge" feature.
Fri Feb 5, 2021, 02:06 PM
Feb 2021

Happy anniversary, milestone, and birthday celebrations.

If I had a boat (ha ha!), it'd be a wooden-hulled sailboat, preferably a Herreshoff like the one linked below.

https://www.yachtworld.com/boats/1919/herreshoff-s-boat-3527078/

And I'd name it the Westering Home.



Thanks for posting this.




OMGWTF

(3,949 posts)
21. I've owned a boat and its name was "Money Pit". I will never own another boat.
Fri Feb 5, 2021, 02:11 PM
Feb 2021

Better to have friends with boats.

LearnedHand

(3,387 posts)
23. Thanks, EarlG
Fri Feb 5, 2021, 05:13 PM
Feb 2021

I’d name my boat Gazes Also (stole this idea from the novelist Christopher Brockmyre).

rurallib

(62,401 posts)
25. Reminds me of that old joke: The second happiest day of your life is the day you get the boat
Fri Feb 5, 2021, 10:22 PM
Feb 2021

The happiest is the day you get rid of it.

Love this new feature!

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