Varnish porn

Carter Brey · Post by **Carter Brey** » Sep 2nd, '05, 18:14

Some closeup shots of a couple of vintage water taxis that I snapped last week in Venice. Inspiration for those of you contemplating a return from the Dark Side (Cetol). Dig the unfussy piling loops.

[img]http://pws.prserv.net/cbrey/bow.jpg[/img]

[img]http://pws.prserv.net/cbrey/quarter.jpg[/img]

[img]http://pws.prserv.net/cbrey/transom.jpg[/img]

Venetian dialect proverb of the week, overheard from a boatman unloading vegetables at quayside: Schei di villani e palle di cani i xe sempre in mostra (New money and dogs' balls are always on display).

CB

M. R. Bober · Post by **M. R. Bober** » Sep 2nd, '05, 20:38

Wonderful, simply marvelous (the Venetian quote), and the boats were OK, too.

Thanks for the high brow chuckle.

Mitchell Bober
Sunny Annapolis (where removing the "r" makes varnish, vanish), MD

otismedina · Post by **otismedina** » Sep 2nd, '05, 21:23

Wow. That varnish is gorgeous. I wonder how long that took.

Neil Gordon · Post by **Neil Gordon** » Sep 3rd, '05, 05:04

RHest wrote:Wow. That varnish is gorgeous. I wonder how long that took.

Best is to use PhotoShop to enhance the varnish in your pictures and to use the time you save to go sailing.

Didereaux · Post by **Didereaux** » Sep 3rd, '05, 07:39

Oh, I owe you Carter. A collector or odd and obscure quotes can only relish that one!

Warren Kaplan · Post by **Warren Kaplan** » Sep 3rd, '05, 07:55

Cap'n Brey on the loose in Venice and obviously with some time on his hands!

I guarantee ya' that the piling loops intrigued him more than the varnish job.

As for the quote...marvelous! And I'm quite sure that if the boatman didn't express it first, Cap'n Brey would have made the very same observation!

winthrop fisher · Post by **winthrop fisher** » Sep 3rd, '05, 08:15

Hey. that is a pretty boat, wood boats are nice looking. love the style. winthrop

Carter Brey wrote:Some closeup shots of a couple of vintage water taxis that I snapped last week in Venice. Inspiration for those of you contemplating a return from the Dark Side (Cetol). Dig the unfussy piling loops.

[img]http://pws.prserv.net/cbrey/bow.jpg[/img]

[img]http://pws.prserv.net/cbrey/quarter.jpg[/img]

[img]http://pws.prserv.net/cbrey/transom.jpg[/img]

Venetian dialect proverb of the week, overheard from a boatman unloading vegetables at quayside: Schei di villani e palle di cani i xe sempre in mostra (New money and dogs' balls are always on display).

CB

Didereaux · Post by **Didereaux** » Sep 3rd, '05, 08:29

Schei di villani (new money). Is this maybe soldi villani? and slang for rude/coarse money. My extremely limited Italian acquired from a previous wife, mostly through osmosis, puts new money at maybe nuovo dinaro or maybe nuova soldi or some such.

... or maybe I should just start rolling winos and collecting aluminum cans for the cash to go to Venice and explore the linguistic nuances first hand. heheh

Of course, since my primary language vocabulary could be put on a few pages of a notebook, any secondary ones can rarely make even a bumper-sticker. So maybe I should forget the language research and stick to the vino?
<grin>

Oswego John · Post by **Oswego John** » Sep 3rd, '05, 10:10

Didereaux

Eh compare! Nunja you worry. I'ma translata for you. I'ma experta in alla 187 dialectsa.

Mebbe you tryna to say "nuovo boat units?" Kapeesh?

Ciao baby,

O J

(Oswego Giovanni)

The Cape Dory Board

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