"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 03:08:50 GMT, "Calif Bill"
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"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in
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On Fri, 03 Dec 2004 20:30:43 -0500, Wayne.B
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On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 00:26:13 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
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Going up hills.....BBBBAAAAWWWAAAHHHAAAAA!!!!!!!!

Hills..

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I've seen plenty of hills off the Rhode Island and Maine coasts. They
also move. I think you would agree that a 2.2 hp is no match for a
moving hill.

Sorry - I keep forgetting that my unfortunate brand of humor doesn't
seem to work on this august body of great and not so great personages.

Sometimes I just can't help myself. :)

Remember the Quicksilver surf contest is the "men who ride mountains".

I've actually seen some of those "mountains" in Guam of all places.

And, without getting into the great "wave height" debate, I have some
pictures around here my Dad's XO took on convoy duty in the North
Atlantic during WWII when he commanded a DE.

Them's some BIG waves. I used to love to hear the stories he and his
shipmates used to tell about asking their Group Commander for
submariner designation because they spent more time under and through
the waves than over them. :)

Hey, it was funny to a kid. :)

Later,

Tom

My roommate at school was on the Bonne Homme Richard in a Typhoon in the
South Pacific. The one that bent the front of the deck 90 degrees down.
He said they could have sandwiches and coffee, and they had green water
rolling down the deck. He said they felt for the DE's and destroyers, as
they spend more time under water than above. And I guess they had no food
during the storm.