Ernest Mercer:  

CLASS OF 1964
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Ernest is from Homewood, Illinois. Ernest is married with Janet Zitzer. Ernest's schools include Coolidge High...Expand for more
School, Thomas Elementary School. Ernest later attended UIC Medical Center. Ernest works(ed) at The U.S. Army.
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Well, for the first time in two weeks I'm wearing socks again. I guess that means I'm on my way home. While I always get a kick out of talking about my $25 rooms in Bahia, my bed had 'pedras' (rocks) in the mattress and I'm
I realize that for some, my endlessly flowing photos of "Jazzy J" look pretty much the same. But believe me there's lottsa worn out sandpaper laying around the driveway! Even with rain expexted for a couple of days, fibergl
"Jazzy J" cabin roof and bow detail. Sanding is just about finished. Soon as Chicagoland temperatures get back to above 60 or so, exterior fiberglassing begins!!
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"Camp K-9" in Country Club Hills, Illinois is great, but somehow I get the feeling that Daisy is happy to be home after her weekend with all those 'other' dogs!
No, I'm not believ'n the sun is actually coming out! The forcast is more cool rain, but if this keeps up for ten minutes more I'm gonna pull the tarp off "Jazzy J" and get back to work! I'm still hoping to get exterior fibe
Well, I did manage, working between rain episodes today, to get a bit more fiber glassing done on "Jazzy J".  In fact, actually begin to see these delays - winter snow and spring rain, as daydreaming time that has become a
Finally, a warm, dry day - time to work on "Jazzy J"! Today, I finished fiber-glassing the roof and if you look closely, you'll see that I've cut out two portholes on the starboard side. I also did a test fit of the first o
Back to boatbuilding! A quick survey of 'Jazzy J" tells me that a couple of more days of sanding and I'll be ready to start applying exterior fiberglass. I've already started building the entry hatch and some of the spars a
Daisy - Jus 'chillin'.
In for a regular tune-up. Timing belt ok, oil level and pumping rate excellent, water-pump needs a little work. Although the onboard computer and GPS have never been quite right, we're in pretty good shape. So thanks  to th
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Taking advantage of a rain delay during interior fiberglassing of the lower hull of "Jazzy J" to work on planking for the cabin floors...learning to Love my router! Things are going well with a string of good building days
Blood pressure at an all time low - 112/68! I'd say coming from a 'high' of 220/110 some years ago, this is progress! From time to time I have my issues with VA, but pretty much for the 40 years or so that I have been a pat
If it's Saturday it's Sanding! Got several hours in before the rains came today. Fourth section ready for fiberglass and I'm ready for a beer. Still think I'll have the lower hull interior finished in a week and ready to in
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