That was to be my swan song -- I had planned that when I retired I would get me a little Shop and tinker away -- Build it just to please me !-- I grew up around a fab shop then made my living doing R&D for concrete machine companies as a young man -- Worked my way right out of a job -built them a machine then set thier shop up to mass produce it -- They didn't need me anymore -- I got an engineering bonus and a pink slip in the same envelope - - That's when I went back in the army and learned to scrub for surgery -- I swore I'd never build for anyone else except myself in the future !-- Then of course I fell and that dream died -- I never have built much since --but I kept it up in my mind -- I was quite satisfied in myself with Wet Heat -- The head injured mind ?-- U ever heard of something called "The Baghdad Battery" ?--If 2 dissimilar metals like steel and copper are immersed in a mild acid like fruit juice /wine or a slight saline solution like sea water a current flows between them -about 2-3 volts -low amp --
I sat up in the middle of the night one night long ago seeing in my mind the current flowing from a positive inner button to an outer negative ring around it -- Thousands of them covering the whole outer hull of the boat -- A boat that never needed fuel -- It's hull reacts to sea water providing electrical power !-- Did I ever tell U I dream big ?
