I believe it. I stayed at an Adirondacks resort this summer, and anytime I
came back to the dock after night fishing, one particular meat head would
come out to the dock to "help" me by shining one of those zillion
candlepower flashlights at my boat. Of course, by the time the beam goes
100', it's 10' wide AT LEAST, meaning it was shining right into my eyes.
After two nights of this, I politely yelled "turn off that f__king light,
please!" Would you believe she asked me why, after the boat was tied up? And
this was a 65 year old woman with a boat of her own.

"DaveH" wrote in message
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You should hear some of the incompotent nonsense that happens here on the
Chesapeake. Recently I heard an exchange between a tow-boat operator, and
some guy who'd piloted his boat up onto some rocks, about 2AM. The
tow-boat
guy told the boater to attach the tow-hook to the D-ring on his transom.
The boater asked for help locating his transom. Then the tow-dude told
Mr.
Stranded to shine his light where the tow-hook was attached to the boat.
Then, he said "Don't shine the light on me, shine it where the line is
attached to YOUR boat." I kid you not.

Doug,
I'd have done it different, after the first time I'd have asked her not
to shine the light because it also blinded me. I'd have thanked her for her
effort and consideration for trying to help.
Paul

"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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I believe it. I stayed at an Adirondacks resort this summer, and anytime I
came back to the dock after night fishing, one particular meat head would
come out to the dock to "help" me by shining one of those zillion
candlepower flashlights at my boat. Of course, by the time the beam goes
100', it's 10' wide AT LEAST, meaning it was shining right into my eyes.
After two nights of this, I politely yelled "turn off that f__king light,
please!" Would you believe she asked me why, after the boat was tied up?
And
this was a 65 year old woman with a boat of her own.

"DaveH" wrote in message
...
You should hear some of the incompotent nonsense that happens here on
the
Chesapeake. Recently I heard an exchange between a tow-boat operator,
and
some guy who'd piloted his boat up onto some rocks, about 2AM. The
tow-boat
guy told the boater to attach the tow-hook to the D-ring on his transom.
The boater asked for help locating his transom. Then the tow-dude told
Mr.
Stranded to shine his light where the tow-hook was attached to the boat.
Then, he said "Don't shine the light on me, shine it where the line is
attached to YOUR boat." I kid you not.

"Paul Schilter" paulschilter@comcast,dot,net wrote in message
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Doug,
I'd have done it different, after the first time I'd have asked her
not
to shine the light because it also blinded me. I'd have thanked her for
her
effort and consideration for trying to help.
Paul

Not if you knew THIS lady. :-)

After two nights of this, I politely yelled "turn off that f__king light,
please!" Would you believe she asked me why, after the boat was tied up?
And
this was a 65 year old woman with a boat of her own.

#1 - Obviously the person was trying to help, but ignorant. No need to
swear.

#2 - Why wait for three nights, why not simply explain to her that the light
blinds you...on the first night. By not explaining you were
probably
leading her to believe it was helping.

#3 - The person is a woman and 65. Ok, maybe it shouldn't make a difference
but do you really need to yell obsenities at a 65 year old woman?

#4 - Yes, I can believe "she asked why." She was trying to help and was
unaware
that it wasn't helping. Stupid & uninformed, yes. But at least
she's asking
what the problem is so she can learn.

Sounds to me like you knew more but she had the right attitude AND was
willing to learn more.

"Gary Warner" wrote in message
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After two nights of this, I politely yelled "turn off that f__king
light,
please!" Would you believe she asked me why, after the boat was tied up?
And
this was a 65 year old woman with a boat of her own.

#1 - Obviously the person was trying to help, but ignorant. No need to
swear.

She talks that way the moment she stumbled out of her cabin each morning!
When in Rome....


#2 - Why wait for three nights, why not simply explain to her that the
light
blinds you...on the first night. By not explaining you were
probably
leading her to believe it was helping.

I have limited patience for people doing obviously stupid things when they
should know better. I save ALL of that patience for my 14 yr old son,
because he's testosterone-crazed and doesn't know what's happening to him
and I love him. Everyone else gets the drill sergeant part of my
personality.


#3 - The person is a woman and 65. Ok, maybe it shouldn't make a
difference
but do you really need to yell obsenities at a 65 year old woman?

See #1. I'm not kidding. When we first went to this resort, we wouldn't let
my son near her until we talked to her about her language. Now, he's 14 and
it's hopeless anyway.