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"Wizard of Woodstock" wrote in message
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On Thu, 21 May 2009 07:52:27 -0700, "RG" wrote:

Yep, the lake is in fine shape! And the fishing is fantastic!

Have you guys been invaded by quagga mussels yet? They've found their way
out west, and it's a real problem. Talk about illegal immigration.
Sheesh.

I read about that the other day - they've been found in Lake Meade.

I don't know myself. The last time I was up on the St. Lawrence Seaway
(Alexandria, NY), I went fishing with a guide and was amazed at the
water clarity. I watched a pike follow a lure about twenty feet down
and had so much fun playing the lure and fish that I didn't even
bother trying to catch it. :)

They are in Lake Mead and every lake down river. So far, Lake Powell has
been spared. They are aggressively inspecting boats prior to launch at Lake
Powell, and if you don't pass muster, you're directed to a wash bay that
uses high-pressure scalding water.

They feed on algae, which does indeed tend to clear up the water. It also
tends to decimate the fish population over time. They have no natural
predators in US waters, and are prolific in reproduction. They are
especially destructive to water infrastructure, such as dams and canals.

Florida Boating [NOT}

RG wrote:
Yep, the lake is in fine shape! And the fishing is fantastic!

Have you guys been invaded by quagga mussels yet? They've found their way
out west, and it's a real problem. Talk about illegal immigration. Sheesh.

No, we have some small black mussels, but they are not a problem. I
have never had any problems with them on the boat, outdrive or in the
fresh water cooling system.

--
Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq.

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Florida Boating [NOT}

"Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote in message
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Don White wrote:
"Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote in
message ...
Wayne.B wrote:
Arguably one of the most beautiful bodies of water in the world:

http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0utTAiadygIUkT4LIXeoYfKADAn2Dkz os
Well, I am so stupid, at first I thought that was a map of the west
coast of Florida, and I am going, well it looks like he is boating to
me.

--
Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq.

You'd better stick to small shallow lakes...where you can't get lost.

Don,

Not only have I lived on 3 continents. I have been boating and sailing
all over, including lakes smaller than Lanier, all the Great Lakes, except
for Superior, the Atlantic and the Caribbean. While I have done out on
charter boats in the Pacific, I have never been at the helm when boating
in the Pacific. I actually have been boating up and down the coast of
NS, we went out about 100 miles off the coast of NS, sailing from Sidney
to Halifax. I found Halifax to be a quaint town, nice downtown tourist
area, very clean, and the people were very polite and helpful. I would
guess either your online persona has nothing to do with the way you behave
in the real world, or you are a social outcast in Halifax. If I had to
bet, I would go with social outcast.

--
Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq.

Hee hee... better find someone like Looneytunes to buy your bull
When I posted some local pictures last year, you commented that you like to
see photos of areas you haven't been to.
plus...why would anyone go one hundred miles offshore when sailing from
Sydney to Halifax?
I'm trying to decide if you sound more like the old Skipper..... or that
Teabag character on the recent 'Prison Break series.

Florida Boating [NOT}

"Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote in message
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Don White wrote:
"Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote in
message ...
Wayne.B wrote:
Arguably one of the most beautiful bodies of water in the world:

http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0utTAiadygIUkT4LIXeoYfKADAn2Dkz os
Well, I am so stupid, at first I thought that was a map of the west
coast of Florida, and I am going, well it looks like he is boating to
me.

--
Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq.

You'd better stick to small shallow lakes...where you can't get lost.

PS - While you have been fetching beers for your son, providing him free
rent and food, doing his laundry, paying his car note and auto insurance,
because he does not earn enough to do any of that himself, my son
graduated Cum Laude from Columbia University. He then moved to Boston for
a 9 months, earned enough money to spend 9 months traveling SE Asia, India
and Africa. While he was in Thailand, he applied for and was accepted to
a 6 year fellowship to teach and earn his Phd, at one of the top schools
in his field. My oldest daughter graduated Magna Cum Laude from U of
Mich. and she also DID NOT move back home. My youngest is the closest we
have to a "home body", and she goes to Emory, which is about 10 miles from
home, but she still lives on campus and does her own laundry at school. I
have taught my children to be self sufficient, and helped provide them
with the skills to move from adolescents to adulthood.

You on the other hand, had to work as a Civil Servant, in a job you felt
was underpaid, and overwork, and as you stated treated their employees
poorly. You stated you went years without a pay raise, because you were
to scared to leave Halifax. So you really do want to be careful about
talking about "small ponds" to anyone.

--
Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq.

If you're going back and digging in your dossier on me...better be sure you
have accurate facts instead of regurgitations from LooneyTunes and JustHate.
A self-absorbed operator such as you wouldn't want to look like an ass in
public eh?

Florida Boating [NOT}

On Thu, 21 May 2009 08:34:32 -0400, Wizard of Woodstock
wrote:

On Thu, 21 May 2009 08:19:37 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq."
wrote:

Wizard of Woodstock wrote:
On Thu, 21 May 2009 07:56:32 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq."
wrote:

Wizard of Woodstock wrote:
On Thu, 21 May 2009 07:19:15 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq."
wrote:

Not only have I lived on 3 continents. I have been boating and sailing
all over, including lakes smaller than Lanier, all the Great Lakes,
except for Superior, the Atlantic and the Caribbean.

Yes, but have you rounded the Horn in a 12 foot dinghy when your
Zimmerman lobster boat sank fighting 100 foot seas and 200 mph winds
arriving in New York to a fire boat welcome being towed by a pod of
Orcas that you personally trained after repelling pirates and fending
off a 27 foot Great White shark who mistook your boat for a seal?

Oh, did I forget to mention that? ;)

Well yes - you did.

But I'll bet you never sailed to Hawaii on a inflatable kiddie pool
using a sail made of woven kelp leaves and hung on a telephone pole
you found floating half way after you got tired of battling a Pacific
typhoon and giant waves by way of Japan dressed only in a Speedo
feeding youself along the way using fine German screwdrivers bent into
hooks to catch giant Green Marlin and Blue Whales arriving to dancing
dolphins who sang in a language only you could understand while
rainbows flooded the sky with light as a beautiful Polynesian Princess
took your virginity at the age of 12 in celebration of your incredible
adventure.

Did I ever tell you about the time I was attacked by a Tostito?

Or was that a Dorito?

I am not sure, but it was one angry salty snack.

Lay's Classic potato chips - those things are dangerous.

They sneak up on you with mind control - you can't eat just one.

There's a poster here who is much too modest to admit this, but once
he built a boat out of stale Cheetos - sails, boat, masts, stays -
everything and sailed it to Antarctica to save a party of German
explorers who lost all their fine screwdrivers and BMW snowmobiles
all the time making observations of the natural behavior of penguins
which was made in a Oscar winning movie - "Penguins - Not in
Madagascar" while authoring a best selling auto-biography in his spare
time - "A Fireboat Welcomes Me".

Manic asshole are two words that come to mind.

Florida Boating [NOT}

On Wed, 20 May 2009 15:52:41 -0400, John H
wrote:

Are you on your boat, Wayne? If not, and it's a cruise, tell us more.
What line, how do you like it, etc.

We are aboard the cruise ship Island Princess, very nice but not quite
the same as being on our own boat. It would be a *very* long trip to
bring the GB up here from Florida however. We are very pleased with
the trip so far. Princess did a great job with the land portion of
the trip, starting in Fairbanks, AK with a number of excursions taking
us south through and around Denali Park, ending up in Anchorage and
Whittier where we linked up with the cruise ship. Glacier Bay
certainly ranks as one of the high points so far, the other being our
fly over of Mt McKinley in a small plane.

Tomorrow we'll be in Skagway with a river excursion on a jet boat,
Juneau the next day with a helicopter ride to a glacier landing, then
Ketchikan with a float plane excursion inland.

Another highlight of the trip was three days in the San Juan Islands
north of Seattle that we arranged on our own with a little guidance
from Chuck Gould. Chuck tipped us to a great place to stay called the
Roche Harbor Resort which was really first class in every way.

Internet service on the ship is 40 cents per minute so pictures will
have to wait until later.

Florida Boating [NOT}

Don White wrote:
"Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote in message
...
Don White wrote:
"Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote in
message ...
Wayne.B wrote:
Arguably one of the most beautiful bodies of water in the world:

http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0utTAiadygIUkT4LIXeoYfKADAn2Dkz os
Well, I am so stupid, at first I thought that was a map of the west
coast of Florida, and I am going, well it looks like he is boating to
me.

--
Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq.

You'd better stick to small shallow lakes...where you can't get lost.
Don,

Not only have I lived on 3 continents. I have been boating and sailing
all over, including lakes smaller than Lanier, all the Great Lakes, except
for Superior, the Atlantic and the Caribbean. While I have done out on
charter boats in the Pacific, I have never been at the helm when boating
in the Pacific. I actually have been boating up and down the coast of
NS, we went out about 100 miles off the coast of NS, sailing from Sidney
to Halifax. I found Halifax to be a quaint town, nice downtown tourist
area, very clean, and the people were very polite and helpful. I would
guess either your online persona has nothing to do with the way you behave
in the real world, or you are a social outcast in Halifax. If I had to
bet, I would go with social outcast.

--
Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq.

Hee hee... better find someone like Looneytunes to buy your bull
When I posted some local pictures last year, you commented that you like to
see photos of areas you haven't been to.
plus...why would anyone go one hundred miles offshore when sailing from
Sydney to Halifax?
I'm trying to decide if you sound more like the old Skipper..... or that
Teabag character on the recent 'Prison Break series.

Guess again, I spent a week in Halifax Harbor. The only pictures I
remember you publishing was of you on a lake, but I don't remember
making any comment about the pictures at all.

I moored at a private facility that had buoy's located in a Southern
Finger of the Harbor (or at least it seemed to be south). It was
devoted to pleasure boating, versus commercial ships. The water taxi
(it was blue, with red seats and white trim, would pick us up, and drop
us off at a the service area. I am pretty sure the water taxi was
included in the buoy fees, but we would tip the guy. A large white
metal service building with a fairly large boat lift. It looked like it
could service a 25 ft. sailboat without dropping the mast. There were a
number of sailors who raced in the Wed. Night Beer Can races who kept
their boat there, but they were the smaller J-22 type boats. It was in
June, and the Beer Can Races had not even started yet. They were all
out their getting their boats ready. Next door, was an old fancy
yachting club that looked like it was built 100 yrs ago, yet was in
fairly good shape. They had decent meals at reasonable prices, but it
had a very "old money" look to it. Out back of the Yacht club, they had
a small swimming pool, but it really did not look like it had been used
in years and was in bad shape. Most of the people eating in the
restaurant were old as dirt, and I doubt if they had been sailing in
decades. The yacht club was hosting a big regatta and was selling
T-Shirts a few weeks before the regatta, which surprised me. I think
it was the Marblehead to Halifax Race, but I could be wrong. The
General Managers office was on the 2nd floor, the stairs were against
the far wall, closest to the harbor, and looked like a combination
office and storage space. She was sorting out the tshirts by size and
double checking the order. It was hard to believe that the GM was doing
such simple work, it seemed like a poor utilization of talent. We
walked about a mile to 1.5 miles towards town to buy some boating
supplies from an independent marine supply house to buy some electronic
equipment. Our depth finder was giving us crazy readings. It was a
fairly small shop, not much bigger than a small convenience store, but
he could order the supplies and get them in a few days.

When we took a taxi to downtown, they had the normal restaurants on the
harbor, but they had recently closed off a number of streets in the
downtown area so it would be like a large mall. I talked to some
locals who said I had to come back for a "pub crawl", where a group of
people would stumble from one bar to the next all night long. It seems
like your son is not the only person in Halifax who enjoys getting loaded.

From memory, the reason we took such a long leg to get from Sydney to
Halifax had to do with a combination of the wind direction and some bad
reef you have in between Sydney to Halifax. Instead of beating into
the wind, and making frequent tacks, and getting into the reef's, we
just made it one long leg to avoid some place the harbor master in
Sydney warned us about. I remember a large rock outcropping that he
told us to stay clear of, but the real danger was the shallow rocks
that surrounded the area. I thought it was funny, the harbor master
referred to it as "The Graveyard of the Atlantic", but I had always
heard the area off of the Outer Banks to be called the Graveyard of the
Atlantic. I thought it was a Canadian trying to impress us. I can
remember your TINY dolphins riding out bow wave, about half the size of
the dolphins I was used to. I commented this to one of the locals and
he jokingly said, OOHHHHH yeah, everything is bigger in the US.

So as with most things, you are wrong.

Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq.

This Newsgroup post is a natural product. The slight variations in
spelling and grammar enhance its individual character and beauty and in
no way are to be considered flaws or defects

Florida Boating [NOT}

On May 21, 12:50*pm, "Don White" wrote:
"Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote in ...

Don White wrote:
"Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote in
messagenews:j8ydnXazMsgfConXnZ2dnUVZ_rGdnZ2d@gigan ews.com...
Wayne.B wrote:
Arguably one of the most beautiful bodies of water in the world:

http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0utTAiady...
Well, I am so stupid, at first I thought that was a map of the west
coast of Florida, and I am going, well it looks like he is boating to
me.

--
Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq.

You'd better stick to small shallow lakes...where you can't get lost.

PS - While you have been fetching beers for your son, providing him free
rent and food, doing his laundry, paying his car note and auto insurance,
because he does not earn enough to do any of that himself, my son
graduated Cum Laude from Columbia University. *He then moved to Boston for
a 9 months, earned enough money to spend 9 months traveling SE Asia, India
and Africa. *While he was in Thailand, he applied for and was accepted to
a 6 year fellowship to teach and earn his Phd, at one of the top schools
in his field. *My oldest daughter graduated Magna Cum Laude from U of
Mich. and she also DID NOT move back home. *My youngest is the closest we
have to a "home body", and she goes to Emory, which is about 10 miles from
home, but she still lives on campus and does her own laundry at school. *I
have taught my children to be self sufficient, and helped provide them
with the skills to move from adolescents to adulthood.

You on the other hand, had to work as a Civil Servant, in a job you felt
was underpaid, and overwork, and as you stated treated their employees
poorly. *You stated you went years without a pay raise, because you were
to scared to leave Halifax. *So you really do want to be careful about
talking about "small ponds" to anyone.

--
Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq.

If you're going back and digging in your dossier on me...better be sure you
have accurate facts instead of regurgitations from LooneyTunes and JustHate.
A self-absorbed operator such as you wouldn't want to look like an ass in
public eh?- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

What have I EVER said about you that wasn't true? On the contrary, I
can show MANY things you've said about me here that were absolute
lies. Care to give it a shot?

Florida Boating [NOT}

On May 21, 11:12*am, "RG" wrote:
wrote in message

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On May 21, 10:52 am, "RG" wrote:

Yep, the lake is in fine shape! And the fishing is fantastic!

Have you guys been invaded by quagga mussels yet? They've found their way
out west, and it's a real problem. Talk about illegal immigration. Sheesh.
No, not yet! Hope never! It looks like they are as invasive as Zebra
mussels.

They're headed your way. *They're already in 'Bama and Tennessee.

Great...........
Kudzu and now this........