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Arguably one of the most beautiful bodies of water in the world:
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"Wayne.B" wrote in message ... Arguably one of the most beautiful bodies of water in the world: http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0utTAiadygIUkT4LIXeoYfKADAn2Dkz os I've been there three times and look forward to doing it again. Everyone should see it at least once. My dad took his 48 Hatt LRC there from Florida and back. A nice way to spend 18 months. RG |
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On Wed, 20 May 2009 15:36:15 -0400, 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 Are you on your boat, Wayne? If not, and it's a cruise, tell us more. What line, how do you like it, etc. -- John H All decisions are the result of binary thinking, even those made by liberals. |
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On Wed, 20 May 2009 15:36:15 -0400, 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 Awesome. Did you charter out of Anacortes? |
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On Wed, 20 May 2009 12:41:16 -0700, "RG" wrote:
"Wayne.B" wrote in message .. . Arguably one of the most beautiful bodies of water in the world: http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0utTAiadygIUkT4LIXeoYfKADAn2Dkz os I've been there three times and look forward to doing it again. Everyone should see it at least once. My dad took his 48 Hatt LRC there from Florida and back. A nice way to spend 18 months. RG Sounds like bliss to me. |
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"RG" wrote in message ... "Wayne.B" wrote in message ... Arguably one of the most beautiful bodies of water in the world: http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0utTAiadygIUkT4LIXeoYfKADAn2Dkz os I've been there three times and look forward to doing it again. Everyone should see it at least once. My dad took his 48 Hatt LRC there from Florida and back. A nice way to spend 18 months. RG I have a friend that commercial fished salmon for 30 years up there. His stories will scare you. He figures the entrance to hell is in that sea. Go out on a nice day and 2 hours later, be fighting 125 mph winds. Etc. |
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"Calif Bill" wrote in message
m... "RG" wrote in message ... "Wayne.B" wrote in message ... Arguably one of the most beautiful bodies of water in the world: http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0utTAiadygIUkT4LIXeoYfKADAn2Dkz os I've been there three times and look forward to doing it again. Everyone should see it at least once. My dad took his 48 Hatt LRC there from Florida and back. A nice way to spend 18 months. RG I have a friend that commercial fished salmon for 30 years up there. His stories will scare you. He figures the entrance to hell is in that sea. Go out on a nice day and 2 hours later, be fighting 125 mph winds. Etc. Nobody ever said commercial fisherman were any too bright! Wilbur Hubbard |
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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. 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 |
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"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote in message anews.com... "Calif Bill" wrote in message m... "RG" wrote in message ... "Wayne.B" wrote in message ... Arguably one of the most beautiful bodies of water in the world: http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0utTAiadygIUkT4LIXeoYfKADAn2Dkz os I've been there three times and look forward to doing it again. Everyone should see it at least once. My dad took his 48 Hatt LRC there from Florida and back. A nice way to spend 18 months. RG I have a friend that commercial fished salmon for 30 years up there. His stories will scare you. He figures the entrance to hell is in that sea. Go out on a nice day and 2 hours later, be fighting 125 mph winds. Etc. Nobody ever said commercial fisherman were any too bright! Wilbur Hubbard Actually Sal is very bright. Was sent off as a young wild man to fish with the other Italian relatives and to calm down some. |
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"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. |
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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. |
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On Wed, 20 May 2009 23:46:08 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote: 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. When I saw the points on your trip map I thought you'd chartered out of Anacortes. The San Juans have many stopping points as idylic as Roche but it's certainly one of the bright spots if traveling by car. If you enjoyed the look and surroundings, I'd recommend chartering out of Anacortes someday and making a trek of your own. There's many, more remote destinations that are nourishment for the soul. It's a unique area. Chuck has visited and written about most if not all so he's an excellent source. |
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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. 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 |
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Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote:
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 BEEN 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. Don, I figured I would save you the trouble of correcting my error. -- 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 |
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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. 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 |
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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? |
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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? I doubt Reggie comes out of the closet long enough to make a beer run. You didn't really stick etecs on a grady, did you? Anathema. |
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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? ;) -- 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 |
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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. |
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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. -- 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 |
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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". |
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On May 21, 8:19*am, "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. -- 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- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Thanks guys, this thread has made my morning... snerk... |
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Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote:
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. Agreed that it sucks to be Donny, but it could be worse. Think of what it must be like to be Harry. |
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jim7856 wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote: 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. Agreed that it sucks to be Donny, but it could be worse. Think of what it must be like to be Harry. Can you imagine anyone going on vacation, and spending all of their time in the motel room posting to rec.boats? The only thing I can imagine is that Harry's wife enjoys the fact that she gets to leave Harry in the motel room, while she enjoys her vacation. Heck, even when I am boating on my my tiny little lake (it only has 695 miles of shoreline) I don't bring a laptop with me. (I actually don't own a laptop, but if I did, I wouldn't bring it to the lake). ;) The rain has been good to us, the lake is almost back to normal levels. http://lanier.uslakes.info/Level.asp -- 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 |
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On May 21, 9:38*am, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq."
wrote: jim7856 wrote: Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote: 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. Agreed that it sucks to be Donny, but it could be worse. Think of what it must be like to be Harry. Can you imagine anyone going on vacation, and spending all of their time in the motel room posting to rec.boats? *The only thing I can imagine is that Harry's wife enjoys the fact that she gets to leave Harry in the motel room, while she enjoys her vacation. Heck, even when I am *boating on my my tiny little lake (it only has 695 miles of shoreline) *I don't bring a laptop with me. *(I actually don't own a laptop, but if I did, I wouldn't bring it to the lake). * ;) The rain has been good to us, the lake is almost back to normal levels. *http://lanier.uslakes.info/Level.asp -- 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- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Yep, the lake is in fine shape! And the fishing is fantastic! |
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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. |
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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. They pretty much came from this side, like the Zebra's... http://www.greatlakeswiki.org/index.php/Quagga_mussel |
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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. |
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wrote in message ... 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. |
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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. :) |
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"Wizard of Woodstock" wrote in message ... 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. |
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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. 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 |
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"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. |
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"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. 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? |
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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. |
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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. |
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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 |
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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. 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? No, I don't need to look at anyone else's fact, as a civil servant, you complained about your job, how terrible management was and how even the Union screwed you. You are a little boy in a tiny pond with severe insecurity issues. The fact that you son is still at home, tells me he takes after his dad. -- 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 |
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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? |
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On May 21, 11:12*am, "RG" wrote:
wrote in message ... 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........ |
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