carwreck.com: around Boston harbor...

The demon of the deep struck again today taking another cellphone. One hour, one very helpful communications retailer and $188 later I am still an operating business with a working mobile phone.

Tomorrow brings an early morning with a crack-of-dawn run up to Boston with the boat to replace a failing lower unit (gearcase, gears... everything that sticks down into the water) and fuel pumps on both engines.

QuickBooks has proven to have a steep learning curve. I'm managing basically, but an accountant has agreed to come help me with the finer points of taxation and accounting for a nominal fee.

Everything would be just fine if I hadn't left my half-bottle of root beer down on the boat...

6pm update: I donned my dive gear and went in the water following a line attached to a weight I had lowered near the spot where the phone went in the water. At the surface visibility was barely more than two feet but as I got closer to the bottom things opened up quite a bit. The phone was resting about twelve inches from the weight. I returned to the surface triumphant. Even though the phone spent a couple of hours in salt water, Drew and I are going to try some old military voodoo tricks of the trade to see if we can revive the phone (a rubbing alcohol soak for a few days displaces the water). It wouldn't hurt to have a backup anyway...

I think you should fine tune your ESP and that way you will no longer need a mobile phone...then all you have to worry about is losing your head!
-nicko

Er what? Rubbing alcohol soak?! That sounds crazy... you wacky Coast Guard/Navy boys!

I think it's time to invest in a cellphone necklace.

I'm going to attach a big buoy to my phone, tie a line around my neck and handcuff everything to my wrist from now on.

The alcohol bath did some interesting things. It seems to have gotten all of the water and moisture out of the phone and prevented any corrosion from starting. But it also looks like it melted the plastic screen. The old SIM card works in the new phone though!

What an arduous day!

My friend Cori does Quickbooks admin and setup for a bunch of small (1-30 person) businesses-- she's great, fast, and cheap.

Yeah, I know this is an ad, but she really saved my behind when I had to do this. If you'd like her contact info just drop me a line.

PS. Congrats again on the new business. People like you are what make America go. You rock.

1 part dolphin 2 parts bloodhound and a whole lot of desire to raise the phone, I got a kick out of partaking in the salvage of Ethans phone. Uhm and according to salvage law, I believe I'm entitled to a fee for services rendered!