there you have it, folks. jeffies *claims* to have called some toothless,
bottom of the economic scrap heap civil servant in the employ of Essex County
NY for **THE** answer as to what constitutes a lock.

From: "Jeff Morris"
Date: 10/20/2004 3:36 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Message-id:

Hey jaxie. I just called the lock tender on the Shinnecock Canal. I asked
him if the
locks were a tidegate or locks. He said "We have both." I asked again,
are the
locks regular locks like on the Erie Canal, with a gate at both ends, that
raises and
lowers the boats? And he said "Absolutely."

I guess that settles it. You were probably never there, and probably don't
know the
difference between a gate and a lock. You never talked to the CG, or the
Corps. In
fact, you just made this all up, didn't you?

BTW, anyone who wants to verify this could track down the phone number - I
won't
publish it here, but he's a Suffolk County employee.




"JAXAshby" wrote in message
...
Are you still claiming the CG and Corps support your nonsense?

no. I got that nonsense from them, not them from me.