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Volume 16 No. 8 |
August 2008 |
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of our associates, Jeff Talbot, was doing some exploring
the other month and came across this place. He was a
little fuzzy about the location and the details.
However, soon after, we began receiving these weekly
updates. They’re a little hard to read, scribbled on the
backs of old invoices, napkins, and the like, but we’ll
do our best to decipher them for you. Enjoy!
The Editor |
A Fish Tale from
Purgatory Cove Fish Dock & Marina
Written by: Sam, Lefty and Wade; Proprietors
“Where your friends aren’t”
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Had a magazine fella come by last
week. Figured he wasn’t from around here from the look
of his truck. But as soon as he took off his hat and
asked for a cold longneck, we knew he was a good ol’ boy
like us. Turns out he’s from one of those boat magazines
out east. Every now and then he gets out and goes
exploring. He was off this time looking for interesting
places to write about. Then he stopped by here.
After we all partook of a few longnecks, he mentioned
that his readers might like to hear about Purgatory
Cove. Mentioned something about it being “how the other
half lives” or something. Sam wasn’t really much for the
idea, didn’t want the place overrun with high falutin’
folks wanting all kinds of services and botherin’ him
and the rest of the help. The guy from the magazine
looked round for awhile and said he didn’t think that’d
be a problem. Wade and Lefty both said they’d help
write; said they always had a literary leaning. Sam
thought they were just leaning because they were
tired...
Anyway, Wade and Lefty finally convinced Sam to jot down
a few notes. The magazine guy agreed to print them if
we’d send them. He finally got the truck started and
headed off down the road, drivin’ a mite erratic; maybe
he was just dodgin’ the potholes, though.
So here’s our first report from Purgatory Cove Fish Dock
& Marina:First of all,
don’t come, just send cash. And the pump out station
still isn’t working. In fact, the shore-side tank split
a seam this week and dumped some “stuff” in the cove.
Don’t worry though, it will wash off, well, at least
most of it will. The good news is that the smell has
kept those pesky transients away this week. Oh, and
watch your fuel tanks. Wade thinks he may have
accidentally filled one of the gas tanks with water. He
was drunk at the time and doesn’t remember which one he
did it to. Hey, will whoever “borrowed” the pickup
truck let us know where they left it? Lefty had to walk
into town last night and he ain’t happy. By the way, the
license is expired so stay off the main road. Last
week, some high-class yacht club called about havin’ a
“ron day voo” or something here. They seemed upset when
we said we didn’t have a cocktail lounge. Guess the bait
shack with the beer cooler didn’t count... Anyhow, it
doesn’t look like they’ll be bothering us after all. To
answer all yer questions, yes, you can fish off the fuel
dock but I don’t think I’d be eating anything caught
there. OH! And someone stole the last roll of TP outta
the head so from now on BRING YER OWN! Also, we’ve had
some complaints about Willy, what with the open stack on
his fishin’ boat starting up at 4:30 in the morning.
Look, Willy’s got to make a living and can’t afford a
new exhaust system so suck it up and live with it.
Besides, Willy is a little sleepy at that hour and you
should be up to fend off. Any resemblance any of you
see between your missing dock lines and the new lines on
our work boat is purely accidental. There will be no
customer appreciation party this year; somebody already
drank all the beer. The Travel-Lift will be back in
operation as soon as the OSHA inspector leaves and we
can pull it back outta the woods. Sally the secretary’s
baby is doing fine. She is still looking for the father,
though. Other than all that, it’s been a slow week here
in Purgatory Cove.
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