Last year we motored an Endeavour 35 sloop up the ICW from Daytona
Beach to Mayport where we put to sea for Charleston.

One of the great things to see on the ICW is that there are still lots
of Cracker familes, yards full of junk, old trucks that don't run, and
8 kids jumping off the dock into the water as Mom and Dad sit watching
them from their lawn chairs....RIGHT NEXT DOOR to the millionaire
Yankee's mansion with its Lawn-O-Green manicured lawn noone ever sits
on pouring out from its immaculate patio noone ever uses because the
patio furniture looks like noone ever sat in it. There's 4 old boat,
well used boats, tied up at the Cracker's house. They ENJOY their
waterway. The Yankees, on the other hand, don't even have a dock,
much less a boat. If they have a dock, it's one of what I call the
"Property Enhancement Docks" used to boost up the reselling price of
it all at the realtor's listing. Charleston is full of them. I got
lots of neighbors, here on the Ashley River about 8 miles upriver,
that have them. Noone ever goes out on them. They're just there
blocking traffic on the waterway. If I had my way the only way they'd
be allowed to put a dock on the water is IF THEY NEEDED IT TO DOCK
THEIR BOAT!....dammit. All other docks would be removed, making
navigation much safer, especially at night when the UNLIT dock just
waits for the unsuspecting.....

You don't know how much I wanted to stop and go shake that Cracker's
hand. He looked like the most contented person on Earth, sitting
there watching his kids jumping off that old rickety dock....something
to be really envied in this whirlwind world we live in.

By the way, I live in an old trailer in an old trailer park on the
Ashley, the only one left. A hodge-podge of a house around the corner
on the water will cost you $800K. I get to live here for
$195/month....(c;....less than that homeowner's TAXES.



On 15 Oct 2003 20:04:35 -0700, (Parallax)
wrote:

(Larry W4CSC) wrote in message ...
On 15 Oct 2003 09:12:09 -0700, (Parallax)
wrote:

I been thinkin I am so glad I dont live in one o those silly yachty

Hmm...didn't know Crackers had a telephone, much less broadband
internet service!

From his IP: 68.46.227.178

My WHOIS query shows him to be in Tallahassee:

10/15/03 18:58:23 IP block 68.46.227.178
Trying 68.46.227.178 at ARIN
Trying 68.46.227 at ARIN
Comcast Cable Communications, Inc. JUMPSTART-1 (NET-68-32-0-0-1)
68.32.0.0 - 68.63.255.255
Comcast Cable Communications, Inc. TALLAHASSEE-2 (NET-68-46-224-0-1)
68.46.224.0 - 68.46.239.255

He's be real easy to find at Comcrap with that IP....(c;

Stupid Comcrap posts everyone's IP to give the kiddie krackers
something to target.....



Larry W4CSC

3600 planes with transponders are burning 8-10 million
gallons of kerosene per hour over the USA. R-12 car air
conditioners are responsible for the ozone hole, right?

Larry:

I admit, I am a 5th generation cracker. I guess like most ppl once
you realize you really like your home you hate to see it get screwed
up. I often sail to Dog Island across from Carabelle and until
recently they had no phone service and had to use VHF but with the new
cell tower in Carabelle theres just too much communicatin goin on. I
think we oughta burn John Gorrie in effigy in Apalach every year cuz
when air conditionin was invented, it was all downhill fer Florida.


Larry W4CSC

US Supports Apartheid! Vetoes UN resolution
condemning Apartheid Wall.
http://www.antiwar.com/hacohen/h052103.html
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/20...917478560.html
Can apartheid at home be far away?....
Apartheid NOW! Wall off Mississippi!