On Sat, 20 Feb 2016 16:45:21 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote:

On 2/20/16 3:46 PM, John H. wrote:


I don't know what he'll do if and when I get a Ruger Mini-14 Ranch with the wooden
stock.
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Laugh, of course. I chose the stainless steel model, which comes with a
black mystery plastic stock. The plastic stock weighs a little less than
the wood stock.

My Henry lever rifle has a nice wood stock, while my CZ 455 has a
plastic stock, too. There are nice wood stocks available for both the
Ruger and CZ, if I wanted them. Which I don't.

Well of course stainless steel. What else?
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Ban liars, tax cheats, idiots, and narcissists...not guns!

On Sat, 20 Feb 2016 16:48:19 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote:

On 2/20/16 2:42 PM, John H. wrote:

I've found that Harry considers anything owned by another inferior to anything he
own. Just my experience, mind you.




That's because you have a third-rate brain.

Well, since it's mine, and as my previous statement is true, my brain is definitely
inferior to yours.

Trust me, however, head size doesn't count.
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On 2/20/16 6:08 PM, John H. wrote:
On Sat, 20 Feb 2016 16:48:19 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote:

On 2/20/16 2:42 PM, John H. wrote:

I've found that Harry considers anything owned by another inferior to anything he
own. Just my experience, mind you.




That's because you have a third-rate brain.

Well, since it's mine, and as my previous statement is true, my brain is definitely
inferior to yours.

Trust me, however, head size doesn't count.
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A lot of women would dispute that.

On 2/20/16 6:06 PM, John H. wrote:
On Sat, 20 Feb 2016 16:45:21 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote:

On 2/20/16 3:46 PM, John H. wrote:


I don't know what he'll do if and when I get a Ruger Mini-14 Ranch with the wooden
stock.
--

Laugh, of course. I chose the stainless steel model, which comes with a
black mystery plastic stock. The plastic stock weighs a little less than
the wood stock.

My Henry lever rifle has a nice wood stock, while my CZ 455 has a
plastic stock, too. There are nice wood stocks available for both the
Ruger and CZ, if I wanted them. Which I don't.

Well of course stainless steel. What else?
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*Not* stainless steel, such as my Henry and my CZ. I like satin finish,
not glossy, stainless on firearms, but it isn't always an option.
Stainless with a wood stock on that Mini-14 would be nice, but I don't
believe it is a current option.

True North wrote:
Ditzy Dan Kruger blathers...
True North wrote:
Oh boy...now I feel really cold.
Local CBC says it's minus 12C but feels like minus 23C due to wind.
I'd better buy a new outdoor thermometer...or place the current one further from the house.
"Sure you can afford one?"

I can afford to buy a new boat, dummy.
Wife and I picked out one yesterday at the local boat show.


Nice! Does it have a hull guarantee, big spender? Did you find some
sucker to buy your current disaster?

John H. wrote:
On Fri, 19 Feb 2016 19:38:42 -0800 (PST), True North wrote:

Ditzy Dan Kruger blathers...
True North wrote:
Oh boy...now I feel really cold.
Local CBC says it's minus 12C but feels like minus 23C due to wind.
I'd better buy a new outdoor thermometer...or place the current one further from the house.
"Sure you can afford one?"

I can afford to buy a new boat, dummy.
Wife and I picked out one yesterday at the local boat show.
So? Come on...tell us more. Pictures?

Here I've spent hours reading and listening to computer sound systems, and you're
doing something constructive!
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Ban liars, tax cheats, idiots, and narcissists...not guns!

I have these. The controller is outstanding!

https://www.bose.com/en_us/products/...nion5_graphite

True North wrote:
John H.
- show quoted text -
"So? Come on...tell us more. Pictures?

Here I've spent hours reading and listening to computer sound systems, and you're
doing something constructive!"


Won't actually have it until May. Have to go back to the Boat Show on their dime to sign the paperwork around 1100 hrs.
Since I'm somewhat limited by our narrow driveway, the new boat is only a foot longer and a few inches wider. Since it's made of fiberglass, it's about 50 per cent heavier. In order to not get bitten by our seventy cent dollar, I opted for a brand new 2015 model.
Since I'll be doing my deep water sailing on a 39 foot sailboat this summer the idea was to not spend too much money to get something the wife will want to go out on on fine days.
There were two versions of the same boat. The outboard model and a MerCruiser 3.0 I/O model with a big extended swim platform to make it easier for us and the dog to re-board. It's a compromise as usual. Could have gotten a bare bones more sea worthy boat for a bit more, but the wife wouldn't hear of it.
It's a Bayliner 175BR. Yeah, I know...they had their problems with quality a few years back but the salesman convinced me that they are reasonably solid now and with the light useage and short season up here, it should last me the rest of my boating career.


Did you expect the salesman to convince you of anything else? I would
never own an I/O for sal****er use on any boat.

Keyser Söze wrote:
On 2/20/16 8:31 AM, True North wrote:
John H.
- show quoted text -
"So? Come on...tell us more. Pictures?

Here I've spent hours reading and listening to computer sound
systems, and you're
doing something constructive!"


Won't actually have it until May. Have to go back to the Boat Show on
their dime to sign the paperwork around 1100 hrs.
Since I'm somewhat limited by our narrow driveway, the new boat is
only a foot longer and a few inches wider. Since it's made of
fiberglass, it's about 50 per cent heavier. In order to not get
bitten by our seventy cent dollar, I opted for a brand new 2015 model.
Since I'll be doing my deep water sailing on a 39 foot sailboat this
summer the idea was to not spend too much money to get something the
wife will want to go out on on fine days.
There were two versions of the same boat. The outboard model and a
MerCruiser 3.0 I/O model with a big extended swim platform to make it
easier for us and the dog to re-board. It's a compromise as usual.
Could have gotten a bare bones more sea worthy boat for a bit more,
but the wife wouldn't hear of it.
It's a Bayliner 175BR. Yeah, I know...they had their problems with
quality a few years back but the salesman convinced me that they are
reasonably solid now and with the light useage and short season up
here, it should last me the rest of my boating career.



Sounds like fun to me. Enjoy!


Sure. If ANYONE else posted the same thing you would have a different
reply.

John H. wrote:
On Sat, 20 Feb 2016 13:43:35 -0500, wrote:

On Sat, 20 Feb 2016 11:34:00 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Sat, 20 Feb 2016 11:30:12 -0500, wrote:

On Sat, 20 Feb 2016 10:42:03 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Sat, 20 Feb 2016 06:05:46 -0800 (PST), True North wrote:

Mr. Luddite
- show quoted text -
"Heh. That's what they all say. I think you've caught two-foot-itist" :-)"


I was lusting over the 185 model but I would have had to climb up over it everytime I needed to move the lawnmower to the front or go back to my sheds. Darn neighbours installed railway tie type planter boxes right to to their edge...then they got assigned to the west coast ( Navy). Now we hear they will probably list this
spring, although the market is somewhat soft. There are some reasonably priced boatclubs in the extended area but I don't feel like driving 60 miles every time I want to see or use the boat.
That last was the big reason I got rid of mine. It got to where it would take over an
hour to get it and at least the same to return it to storage. Damn I-95!
I wouldn't use my boat or even have one if it was on a trailer

I had one in Md that just rotted in the yard.
The nearest marina was Ft Washington, then it was either Port Tobacco
or over on the bay and it was not enough boat for the bay.
On a trailer isn't bad at all if the trailer is handy. Hooking up is a two minute
job, and with a boat that size, trailer maintenance is very easy.
It still adds a couple hours to a simple boat ride. It takes us as
long to pack the cooler as it does to get the boat in the water and
coming back is about the same. The most time consuming thing might be
unloading the trash we pick up.
Last evening we got a bait aerator made from 2 Rough Neck 30 gallon
trash cans. It was floating down the river and we now have a couple
neighbors trying to decide who gets it.
Yeah, I can see it adding an hour or so, depending on the wait at the launch ramp
both ways. But then again, having it by the house makes cleaning and maintenance much
easier.
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Ban liars, tax cheats, idiots, and narcissists...not guns!

Improperly backing a fiberglass boat and scraping the hell out of it
into the neighbor's railroad ties will prove to be an expensive choice.
His wife won't be much help pushing the heavier boat.

On Sat, 20 Feb 2016 15:46:20 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Sat, 20 Feb 2016 15:06:08 -0500, Justan Olphart wrote:

On 2/20/2016 2:42 PM, John H. wrote:
On Sat, 20 Feb 2016 14:34:13 -0500, Justan Olphart wrote:

On 2/20/2016 1:45 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 20 Feb 2016 09:47:52 -0800 (PST), True North
wrote:

...and there are two free public ramps that I could walk to and a couple more within a 18 minute drive.
If you talk about a 30 minute drive you can add maybe four more. Some are iffy at low tide and some don't have a raft next to launch ramp. If you don't mind paying you can add even more at the local yacht clubs.
Anyway, it's official...I signed on the dotted line. Maybe the spirit of Skipper can look out for me.

Enjoy.
I know this is another AMF thing but my ex has a Bayliner (32') and
she seems to like it.

Skipper loved his. I don't know why Harry thought of it as an inferior boat.

I've found that Harry considers anything owned by another inferior to anything he
own. Just my experience, mind you.

I don't know what he'll do if and when I get a Ruger Mini-14 Ranch with the wooden
stock.
--

Ban liars, tax cheats, idiots, and narcissists...not guns!

He's already one-upped you. Harry is having his stocks replaced with
some made of Corian. I don't know why he didn't take it a step further
and have them made of granite or stylestone.

I'm thinking maybe Corinthian Leather upholstery on the stock.

The Corinthian Leather is for the holster and you only shoot crystal
water bottles with silver bullets.