Man, what a great time on the lake this afternoon!
 

Finally! after all the wet weekends etc, it rained today and I thought
"Oh boy. Here we go again" but while at work, I talked to a couple
customers and they said the water works were supposed to be over by
noon and it wold still be cloudy but no rain. I thought that was
encouraging, so about 11:30, i get a call from my wife's niece, and
she had both her sons home and they were bored to tears, and I told
her, Hey honey, how about going boating at Carlyle this afternoon? She
thought that would be a great idea. "I'll bring a tube and we bounce
the boys around a bit"

"Wow, I dont' think they've ever done that" ..."OK, well, I've got to
go home in a moment and I'll get stuff ready to go and meet you there
in a couple hrs.

Carlyle is about a half-way meeting point between us. so we kept in
cell phone contact a few times, and I told her that OOPS! I forgot, I
only had two adult life vests, and told her that Walmart in Carlyle
usually has a bunch of them seeing it's a lake town,a nd I told her to
go and pick a couple up for the boys. They did and we met at the lake
about he same time.

good to see her and the lads again and I got the boat unstrapped, made
sure all was in order, paid the Army Corps of Engineers their $3.00
extortion... er 'launch' fee got the boat in the water we loaded in
and headed out.

I took the 18 ft. Chris Craft because it's so much easier to get ready
on the spot and the tires on the 23ft'r need replaced, so it was a bit
cramped with two teenagers a niece and myself, but away we went.

gout out past the no wake zone, and hit the throttle, all was well. we
headed north and went cruising a bit. I usually run the 4cyl. 3.0 at
about 3-3200 rpm because its a comfortable speed and higher rpm, more
wear ont he engine etc, and sucks about twice the fuel and only gains
a few more mph.

Ok, stop throw out the tube. the oldest had never been on one but
volunteered to go first. I got him settled in and got the line tight
and hit it, hey the boat pulled a lot easier than I thought it would.
he was having a blast then I got him rocking and wake hopping a few
times till he was about wore out. got him in the boat and little
brothers turn. We firly well went through the same rehersal.
eventually he flipped. OK, so they talked their mom into going. she
was standing ont he boat cowl and said "I don't know... is the water
cold?" we all said no, and she said "Uncle Tim, don't push me in." I
said "I promise I'm not going t push you in, and I picked her up she
screamed, and threw her in.

OK. that's settled.

I pulled her about like I did her boys, and she bounced around but
hung right in there, finally she signaled she'd had enough, so we
reeled her in then took off further north. cruised around some, chased
some ducks, some, and watched out for other boats. I stressed to the
guys the importance of boating safety by always watching out for other
craft, almost to the point that you can about anticipate their route
by watching them and to adjust accordingly. The youngest boy asked me
if there were ever any boat collisions in Carlyle, and I told him that
possibly so, but that's why you have to keep an eye out and keep your
distance, and it's better to be the one to slow down and re-direct
course specifically to avoid such. After all, it's best to watch for
the other guy because he may not be watching for you.

Anyhow, after about three hr.s on the lake ti was time to pack it in.
Fortunately there wasn't a load of boaters at the ramp, because,
stupid me, I like the parking lights on in the station wag.. er ...
"Pull vehicle" and ran the battery dead, so back to the boat I go.
Pull the battery swap it in the car, and back to load the boat.

then to McDonalds, where the two kids ordered half the menu, and that
was OK, My niece and I sat there and had coffee, and chatted a bit.
time to leave. She took pics of the two boys and myself, and a pick of
the "pull vehicle" and boat to be sent to me later. Anyhow, lots of
hugs then we parted company. they headed West, and I went east.

Before I came home, I stopped at Salem to reload the boat with some
$2.47 fuel, and I was really surprised. after all that tubing,
stopping, throttling and cruising, the thing only burned 7.8 gal of
gas.

impressive.

Anyhow, the boys asked me when we could do it again. I told them it
all had to do with the weather and the timing.

Whew. what a day. I'm beat, but glad I could finally get some water
under me and enjoy a boating afternoon with the lads.

Well satisfied.

?;^ )

Man, what a great time on the lake this afternoon!
 

On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 21:16:25 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

Whew. what a day. I'm beat, but glad I could finally get some water
under me and enjoy a boating afternoon with the lads.

Well satisfied.

Um...this violates the 75 word limit that all us wingnuts, wingtips,
fochs, schitts, stoopids and ne'er-do-wells have agreed to observe per
the Eisboch Manifesto of 2009.

Please re-write and edit to conform to the new criteria.

Thank you. (38 words) :)

Man, what a great time on the lake this afternoon!
 

On Jul 12, 6:59*am, Atomic Abusement Park Clown wrote:
On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 21:16:25 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

Whew. what a day. I'm beat, but glad I could finally *get some water
under me and enjoy a boating afternoon *with the lads.

Well satisfied.

Um...this violates the 75 word limit that all us wingnuts, wingtips,
fochs, schitts, stoopids and ne'er-do-wells have agreed to observe per
the Eisboch Manifesto of 2009.

Please re-write and edit *to conform to the new criteria.

Thank you. (38 words) *:)

OK.

I Went, I swam, I ate.


Fair enough?

Man, what a great time on the lake this afternoon!
 

On Sun, 12 Jul 2009 05:11:39 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Jul 12, 6:59*am, Atomic Abusement Park Clown wrote:
On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 21:16:25 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

Whew. what a day. I'm beat, but glad I could finally *get some water
under me and enjoy a boating afternoon *with the lads.

Well satisfied.

Um...this violates the 75 word limit that all us wingnuts, wingtips,
fochs, schitts, stoopids and ne'er-do-wells have agreed to observe per
the Eisboch Manifesto of 2009.

Please re-write and edit *to conform to the new criteria.

Thank you. (38 words) *:)

OK.

I Went, I swam, I ate.

Fair enough?

Well done sir, well done.

My hat is off to you.

Also my nose and clown shoes. (17 words)

Man, what a great time on the lake this afternoon!
 

On Jul 12, 7:19*am, Atomic Abusement Park Clown wrote:
On Sun, 12 Jul 2009 05:11:39 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:



On Jul 12, 6:59*am, Atomic Abusement Park Clown wrote:
On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 21:16:25 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

Whew. what a day. I'm beat, but glad I could finally *get some water
under me and enjoy a boating afternoon *with the lads.

Well satisfied.

Um...this violates the 75 word limit that all us wingnuts, wingtips,
fochs, schitts, stoopids and ne'er-do-wells have agreed to observe per
the Eisboch Manifesto of 2009.

Please re-write and edit *to conform to the new criteria.

Thank you. (38 words) *:)

OK.

I Went, I swam, I ate.

Fair enough?

Well done sir, well done.

My hat is off to you.

Also my nose and clown shoes. (17 words)

Thanks Tom. It really did stress my editing skills to achieve that
goal.
(13 w.)

Man, what a great time on the lake this afternoon!
 

Tim wrote:
Finally! after all the wet weekends etc, it rained today and I thought
"Oh boy. Here we go again" but while at work, I talked to a couple
customers and they said the water works were supposed to be over by
noon and it wold still be cloudy but no rain. I thought that was
encouraging, so about 11:30, i get a call from my wife's niece, and
she had both her sons home and they were bored to tears, and I told
her, Hey honey, how about going boating at Carlyle this afternoon? She
thought that would be a great idea. "I'll bring a tube and we bounce
the boys around a bit"

"Wow, I dont' think they've ever done that" ..."OK, well, I've got to
go home in a moment and I'll get stuff ready to go and meet you there
in a couple hrs.

Carlyle is about a half-way meeting point between us. so we kept in
cell phone contact a few times, and I told her that OOPS! I forgot, I
only had two adult life vests, and told her that Walmart in Carlyle
usually has a bunch of them seeing it's a lake town,a nd I told her to
go and pick a couple up for the boys. They did and we met at the lake
about he same time.

good to see her and the lads again and I got the boat unstrapped, made
sure all was in order, paid the Army Corps of Engineers their $3.00
extortion... er 'launch' fee got the boat in the water we loaded in
and headed out.

I took the 18 ft. Chris Craft because it's so much easier to get ready
on the spot and the tires on the 23ft'r need replaced, so it was a bit
cramped with two teenagers a niece and myself, but away we went.

gout out past the no wake zone, and hit the throttle, all was well. we
headed north and went cruising a bit. I usually run the 4cyl. 3.0 at
about 3-3200 rpm because its a comfortable speed and higher rpm, more
wear ont he engine etc, and sucks about twice the fuel and only gains
a few more mph.

Ok, stop throw out the tube. the oldest had never been on one but
volunteered to go first. I got him settled in and got the line tight
and hit it, hey the boat pulled a lot easier than I thought it would.
he was having a blast then I got him rocking and wake hopping a few
times till he was about wore out. got him in the boat and little
brothers turn. We firly well went through the same rehersal.
eventually he flipped. OK, so they talked their mom into going. she
was standing ont he boat cowl and said "I don't know... is the water
cold?" we all said no, and she said "Uncle Tim, don't push me in." I
said "I promise I'm not going t push you in, and I picked her up she
screamed, and threw her in.

OK. that's settled.

I pulled her about like I did her boys, and she bounced around but
hung right in there, finally she signaled she'd had enough, so we
reeled her in then took off further north. cruised around some, chased
some ducks, some, and watched out for other boats. I stressed to the
guys the importance of boating safety by always watching out for other
craft, almost to the point that you can about anticipate their route
by watching them and to adjust accordingly. The youngest boy asked me
if there were ever any boat collisions in Carlyle, and I told him that
possibly so, but that's why you have to keep an eye out and keep your
distance, and it's better to be the one to slow down and re-direct
course specifically to avoid such. After all, it's best to watch for
the other guy because he may not be watching for you.

Anyhow, after about three hr.s on the lake ti was time to pack it in.
Fortunately there wasn't a load of boaters at the ramp, because,
stupid me, I like the parking lights on in the station wag.. er ...
"Pull vehicle" and ran the battery dead, so back to the boat I go.
Pull the battery swap it in the car, and back to load the boat.

then to McDonalds, where the two kids ordered half the menu, and that
was OK, My niece and I sat there and had coffee, and chatted a bit.
time to leave. She took pics of the two boys and myself, and a pick of
the "pull vehicle" and boat to be sent to me later. Anyhow, lots of
hugs then we parted company. they headed West, and I went east.

Before I came home, I stopped at Salem to reload the boat with some
$2.47 fuel, and I was really surprised. after all that tubing,
stopping, throttling and cruising, the thing only burned 7.8 gal of
gas.

impressive.

Anyhow, the boys asked me when we could do it again. I told them it
all had to do with the weather and the timing.

Whew. what a day. I'm beat, but glad I could finally get some water
under me and enjoy a boating afternoon with the lads.

Well satisfied.

?;^ )




Awesome report Tim. 8 gallons is pretty reasonable. I usually spend 6-8
for a day on the skiff and I sure don't have the crusing speeds you do
without screaming that little 25 top end...

Glad you had a great time, Me.. See, you're not really filtered. pffffttt...

Man, what a great time on the lake this afternoon!
 

On Sun, 12 Jul 2009 09:52:17 -0400, "Just wait a frekin' minute!"
wrote:

Before I came home, I stopped at Salem to reload the boat with some
$2.47 fuel, and I was really surprised. after all that tubing,
stopping, throttling and cruising, the thing only burned 7.8 gal of
gas.

Better not let Harry know that - next thing you know, you will be
defying the laws of physics - not that he knows any of course..

Man, what a great time on the lake this afternoon!
 

On Jul 12, 8:52*am, "Just wait a frekin' minute!"
wrote:
Tim wrote:
Finally! after all the wet weekends etc, it rained today and I thought
"Oh boy. Here we go again" but while at work, I talked to a couple
customers and they said the water works were supposed to be over by
noon and it wold still be cloudy but no rain. I thought that was
encouraging, so about 11:30, i get a call from my wife's niece, and
she had both her sons home and they were bored to tears, and I told
her, Hey honey, how about going boating at Carlyle this afternoon? She
thought that would be a great idea. "I'll bring a tube and we bounce
the boys around a bit"

"Wow, I dont' think they've ever done that" ..."OK, well, I've got to
go home in a moment and I'll get stuff ready to go and meet you there
in a couple hrs.

Carlyle is about a half-way meeting point between us. so we kept in
cell phone contact a few times, and I told her that OOPS! I forgot, I
only had two adult life vests, and told her that Walmart in Carlyle
usually has a bunch of them seeing it's a lake town,a nd I told her to
go and pick a couple up for the boys. They did and we met at the lake
about *he same time.

good to see her and the lads again and I got the boat unstrapped, made
sure all was in order, paid the Army Corps of Engineers their $3.00
extortion... er 'launch' fee got the boat in the water we loaded in
and headed out.

I took the 18 ft. Chris Craft because it's so much easier to get ready
on the spot and the tires on the 23ft'r need replaced, so it was a bit
cramped with two teenagers a niece and myself, but away we went.

gout out past the no wake zone, and hit the throttle, all was well. we
headed north and went cruising a bit. I usually run the 4cyl. 3.0 at
about 3-3200 rpm because its a comfortable speed and higher rpm, more
wear ont he engine etc, and sucks about twice the fuel and only gains
a few more mph.

Ok, stop throw out the tube. the oldest had never been on one but
volunteered to go first. I got him settled in and got the line tight
and hit it, hey the *boat pulled a lot easier than I thought it would..
he was having a blast then I got him rocking and wake hopping a few
times till he was about wore out. got him in the boat and little
brothers turn. We firly well went through the same rehersal.
eventually he flipped. OK, so they talked their mom into going. she
was standing ont he boat cowl and said "I don't know... is the water
cold?" *we all said no, and she said "Uncle Tim, don't push me in." I
said "I promise I'm not going t push you in, and I picked her up she
screamed, and threw her in.

OK. that's settled.

I pulled her about like I did her boys, and she bounced around but
hung right in there, finally she signaled she'd had enough, so we
reeled her in then took off further north. cruised around some, chased
some ducks, some, and watched out for other boats. I stressed to the
guys the importance of boating safety by always watching out for other
craft, almost to the point that you can about anticipate their route
by watching them and to adjust accordingly. The youngest boy asked me
if there were ever any boat collisions in Carlyle, and I told him that
possibly so, but that's why you have to keep an eye out and keep your
distance, and it's better to be the one to slow down and re-direct
course specifically to avoid such. After all, it's best to watch for
the other guy because he may not be watching for you.

Anyhow, after about three hr.s on the lake ti was time to pack it in.
Fortunately there wasn't a load of boaters at the ramp, because,
stupid me, I like the parking lights on in the station wag.. er ...
"Pull *vehicle" and ran the battery dead, so back to the boat I go.
Pull the battery swap it in the car, and back to *load the boat.

then to McDonalds, where the two kids ordered half the menu, and that
was OK, My niece and I sat there and had coffee, and chatted a bit.
time to leave. She took pics of the two boys and myself, and a pick of
the "pull vehicle" and boat to be sent to me later. Anyhow, lots of
hugs then we parted company. they headed West, and I went east.

Before I came home, I stopped at Salem to reload the boat with some
$2.47 fuel, and I was really surprised. after all that tubing,
stopping, throttling and cruising, the thing only burned 7.8 gal of
gas.

impressive.

Anyhow, the boys asked me when we could do it again. *I told them it
all had to do with the weather and the timing.

Whew. what a day. I'm beat, but glad I could finally *get some water
under me and enjoy a boating afternoon *with the lads.

Well satisfied.

?;^ )

Awesome report Tim. 8 gallons is pretty reasonable. I usually spend 6-8
for a day on the skiff and I sure don't have the crusing speeds you do
without screaming that little 25 top end...

Glad you had a great time, Me.. See, you're not really filtered. pffffttt....

Yes, I was impressed too. It is a fun little boat and though cramped
it's obviously economical .

sure was a great day and a special day too, because the boys dad took
off some time ago, and it seems to me tha they'd rather hang out with
me than anyone.. We're working on another boating deal int he near
future that isn't so spur of the moment, but it went really well.

And filter? Actully i know I am, but

"vee haf veighs!"

Man, what a great time on the lake this afternoon!
 

Atomic Abusement Park Clown wrote:
On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 21:16:25 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

Whew. what a day. I'm beat, but glad I could finally get some water
under me and enjoy a boating afternoon with the lads.

Well satisfied.

Um...this violates the 75 word limit that all us wingnuts, wingtips,
fochs, schitts, stoopids and ne'er-do-wells have agreed to observe per
the Eisboch Manifesto of 2009.

Please re-write and edit to conform to the new criteria.

Thank you. (38 words) :)


Pffffftttt...


zero words, how do you like that, clown boy!? ;)

Man, what a great time on the lake this afternoon!
 

Atomic Abusement Park Clown wrote:
On Sun, 12 Jul 2009 05:11:39 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Jul 12, 6:59 am, Atomic Abusement Park Clown wrote:
On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 21:16:25 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

Whew. what a day. I'm beat, but glad I could finally get some water
under me and enjoy a boating afternoon with the lads.
Well satisfied.
Um...this violates the 75 word limit that all us wingnuts, wingtips,
fochs, schitts, stoopids and ne'er-do-wells have agreed to observe per
the Eisboch Manifesto of 2009.

Please re-write and edit to conform to the new criteria.

Thank you. (38 words) :)
OK.

I Went, I swam, I ate.

Fair enough?

Well done sir, well done.

My hat is off to you.

Also my nose and clown shoes. (17 words)

How about the silly toupee?

Five words, well, six if you count...



Pffffffttttt!!!

Man, what a great time on the lake this afternoon!
 

On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 21:16:25 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

Finally! after all the wet weekends etc, it rained today and I thought
"Oh boy. Here we go again" but while at work, I talked to a couple
customers and they said the water works were supposed to be over by
noon and it wold still be cloudy but no rain. I thought that was
encouraging, so about 11:30, i get a call from my wife's niece, and
she had both her sons home and they were bored to tears, and I told
her, Hey honey, how about going boating at Carlyle this afternoon? She
thought that would be a great idea. "I'll bring a tube and we bounce
the boys around a bit"
Great story! Glad you had a good time. I'm surprised you didn't get
jumped on, yet, for mentioning kids.

Were you pulling an actual tube, or a toy made for pulling? I'm
thinking of buying one for pulling my grandkids around, but don't know
which are good. Any suggestions?
--

John H

Man, what a great time on the lake this afternoon!
 

On Jul 13, 5:26*pm, Just John Again wrote:
On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 21:16:25 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

Finally! after all the wet weekends etc, it rained today and I thought
"Oh boy. Here we go again" but while at work, I talked to a couple
customers and they said the water works were supposed to be over by
noon and it wold still be cloudy but no rain. I thought that was
encouraging, so about 11:30, i get a call from my wife's niece, and
she had both her sons home and they were bored to tears, and I told
her, Hey honey, how about going boating at Carlyle this afternoon? She
thought that would be a great idea. "I'll bring a tube and we bounce
the boys around a bit"

Great story! Glad you had a good time. I'm surprised you didn't get
jumped on, yet, for mentioning kids.

Were you pulling an actual tube, or a toy made for pulling? I'm
thinking of buying one for pulling my grandkids around, but don't know
which are good. Any suggestions?
--

John H

http://www.overtons.com/modperl/prod...r=view&i=13804

John this is similar to what I have. they're cheap. you can lay down
on them or sit inside. either way their a good ride for the money.

of course, you need a portable compressor, that is unless you feel
like giving your lungs a 15 minute work out. I air mine up and it
slides perfectly in the back of my full size statio...OOPS! "tow
vehicle." They are a lot of fun.

But you can spend over 600 bucks on a tube-like toy if you feel like
pulling 4 or 5 people at once.

dual riders are usually in the 100$ range.

Man, what a great time on the lake this afternoon!
 

On Jul 13, 6:16*pm, Tim wrote:
On Jul 13, 5:26*pm, Just John Again wrote:



On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 21:16:25 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

Finally! after all the wet weekends etc, it rained today and I thought
"Oh boy. Here we go again" but while at work, I talked to a couple
customers and they said the water works were supposed to be over by
noon and it wold still be cloudy but no rain. I thought that was
encouraging, so about 11:30, i get a call from my wife's niece, and
she had both her sons home and they were bored to tears, and I told
her, Hey honey, how about going boating at Carlyle this afternoon? She
thought that would be a great idea. "I'll bring a tube and we bounce
the boys around a bit"

Great story! Glad you had a good time. I'm surprised you didn't get
jumped on, yet, for mentioning kids.

Were you pulling an actual tube, or a toy made for pulling? I'm
thinking of buying one for pulling my grandkids around, but don't know
which are good. Any suggestions?
--

John H

http://www.overtons.com/modperl/prod...r=view&i=13804

John this is similar to what I have. they're cheap. you can lay down
on them or sit inside. either way their a good ride for the money.

of course, you need a portable compressor, that is unless you feel
like giving your lungs a 15 minute work out. I air mine up and it
slides perfectly in the back of my full size statio...OOPS! *"tow
vehicle." *They are a lot of fun.

But you can spend over 600 bucks on a tube-like toy if you feel like
pulling 4 or 5 people at once.

dual riders are usually in the 100$ range.

BTW, they tow so easy you don't know a 16 yr. old kid is back there.

I noticed that Overton's is sold out of that one, but here's
another....(like mine)

http://www.towbehindtubes.com/Sports...2-SPS1234.html

Man, what a great time on the lake this afternoon!
 

On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:16:17 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Jul 13, 5:26*pm, Just John Again wrote:
On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 21:16:25 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

Finally! after all the wet weekends etc, it rained today and I thought
"Oh boy. Here we go again" but while at work, I talked to a couple
customers and they said the water works were supposed to be over by
noon and it wold still be cloudy but no rain. I thought that was
encouraging, so about 11:30, i get a call from my wife's niece, and
she had both her sons home and they were bored to tears, and I told
her, Hey honey, how about going boating at Carlyle this afternoon? She
thought that would be a great idea. "I'll bring a tube and we bounce
the boys around a bit"

Great story! Glad you had a good time. I'm surprised you didn't get
jumped on, yet, for mentioning kids.

Were you pulling an actual tube, or a toy made for pulling? I'm
thinking of buying one for pulling my grandkids around, but don't know
which are good. Any suggestions?
--

John H

http://www.overtons.com/modperl/prod...r=view&i=13804

John this is similar to what I have. they're cheap. you can lay down
on them or sit inside. either way their a good ride for the money.

of course, you need a portable compressor, that is unless you feel
like giving your lungs a 15 minute work out. I air mine up and it
slides perfectly in the back of my full size statio...OOPS! "tow
vehicle." They are a lot of fun.

But you can spend over 600 bucks on a tube-like toy if you feel like
pulling 4 or 5 people at once.

dual riders are usually in the 100$ range.

A dual rider one might be nice, but I'm talking kids who are ten years
old or less. I'll have to get something though.
--

John H

Man, what a great time on the lake this afternoon!
 

On Jul 13, 8:03*pm, Just John Again wrote:
On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:16:17 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:



On Jul 13, 5:26*pm, Just John Again wrote:
On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 21:16:25 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

Finally! after all the wet weekends etc, it rained today and I thought
"Oh boy. Here we go again" but while at work, I talked to a couple
customers and they said the water works were supposed to be over by
noon and it wold still be cloudy but no rain. I thought that was
encouraging, so about 11:30, i get a call from my wife's niece, and
she had both her sons home and they were bored to tears, and I told
her, Hey honey, how about going boating at Carlyle this afternoon? She
thought that would be a great idea. "I'll bring a tube and we bounce
the boys around a bit"

Great story! Glad you had a good time. I'm surprised you didn't get
jumped on, yet, for mentioning kids.

Were you pulling an actual tube, or a toy made for pulling? I'm
thinking of buying one for pulling my grandkids around, but don't know
which are good. Any suggestions?
--

John H

http://www.overtons.com/modperl/prod...r=view&i=13804

John this is similar to what I have. they're cheap. you can lay down
on them or sit inside. either way their a good ride for the money.

of course, you need a portable compressor, that is unless you feel
like giving your lungs a 15 minute work out. I air mine up and it
slides perfectly in the back of my full size statio...OOPS! *"tow
vehicle." *They are a lot of fun.

But you can spend over 600 bucks on a tube-like toy if you feel like
pulling 4 or 5 people at once.

dual riders are usually in the 100$ range.

A dual rider one might be nice, but I'm talking kids who are ten years
old or less. I'll have to get something though.
--

John H

I've taken my (then) 8 yr. old niece tubing in mine. Of course I don't
have to go break-neck speed and swing her out of the wake. actually I
wasn't even on plane and she got a thrill out of it.

her older brothers? that was different!

?8^ 0

Man, what a great time on the lake this afternoon!
 

On Jul 13, 8:03*pm, Just John Again wrote:
On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:16:17 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:



On Jul 13, 5:26*pm, Just John Again wrote:
On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 21:16:25 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

Finally! after all the wet weekends etc, it rained today and I thought
"Oh boy. Here we go again" but while at work, I talked to a couple
customers and they said the water works were supposed to be over by
noon and it wold still be cloudy but no rain. I thought that was
encouraging, so about 11:30, i get a call from my wife's niece, and
she had both her sons home and they were bored to tears, and I told
her, Hey honey, how about going boating at Carlyle this afternoon? She
thought that would be a great idea. "I'll bring a tube and we bounce
the boys around a bit"

Great story! Glad you had a good time. I'm surprised you didn't get
jumped on, yet, for mentioning kids.

Were you pulling an actual tube, or a toy made for pulling? I'm
thinking of buying one for pulling my grandkids around, but don't know
which are good. Any suggestions?
--

John H

http://www.overtons.com/modperl/prod...r=view&i=13804

John this is similar to what I have. they're cheap. you can lay down
on them or sit inside. either way their a good ride for the money.

of course, you need a portable compressor, that is unless you feel
like giving your lungs a 15 minute work out. I air mine up and it
slides perfectly in the back of my full size statio...OOPS! *"tow
vehicle." *They are a lot of fun.

But you can spend over 600 bucks on a tube-like toy if you feel like
pulling 4 or 5 people at once.

dual riders are usually in the 100$ range.

A dual rider one might be nice, but I'm talking kids who are ten years
old or less. I'll have to get something though.
--

John H

John this type of a sled might be just the ticket for one...or two.

http://www.towbehindtubes.com/Aquagl...6-AGD1039.html

Man, what a great time on the lake this afternoon!
 

On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:27:22 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Jul 13, 8:03*pm, Just John Again wrote:
On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:16:17 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:



On Jul 13, 5:26*pm, Just John Again wrote:
On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 21:16:25 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

Finally! after all the wet weekends etc, it rained today and I thought
"Oh boy. Here we go again" but while at work, I talked to a couple
customers and they said the water works were supposed to be over by
noon and it wold still be cloudy but no rain. I thought that was
encouraging, so about 11:30, i get a call from my wife's niece, and
she had both her sons home and they were bored to tears, and I told
her, Hey honey, how about going boating at Carlyle this afternoon? She
thought that would be a great idea. "I'll bring a tube and we bounce
the boys around a bit"

Great story! Glad you had a good time. I'm surprised you didn't get
jumped on, yet, for mentioning kids.

Were you pulling an actual tube, or a toy made for pulling? I'm
thinking of buying one for pulling my grandkids around, but don't know
which are good. Any suggestions?
--

John H

http://www.overtons.com/modperl/prod...r=view&i=13804

John this is similar to what I have. they're cheap. you can lay down
on them or sit inside. either way their a good ride for the money.

of course, you need a portable compressor, that is unless you feel
like giving your lungs a 15 minute work out. I air mine up and it
slides perfectly in the back of my full size statio...OOPS! *"tow
vehicle." *They are a lot of fun.

But you can spend over 600 bucks on a tube-like toy if you feel like
pulling 4 or 5 people at once.

dual riders are usually in the 100$ range.

A dual rider one might be nice, but I'm talking kids who are ten years
old or less. I'll have to get something though.
--

John H

John this type of a sled might be just the ticket for one...or two.

http://www.towbehindtubes.com/Aquagl...6-AGD1039.html

I like it! I think the kids will also. Thanks for the research. Now I
have to see if I can find it for less money. I'm cheaper (no - more
frugal) than you are.
--

John H