On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 02:24:21 GMT, "Don White"
wrote:

With the boats covered for winter, we deserve a little fun.

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Speak for yourself Don, the boating season here in SWFL is just
getting into high gear with near perfect weather every day. My kids
flew in from NY last week for the holidays and we enjoyed several nice
excursions to the near by tropical beaches. Water temperature in the
Gulf of Mexico has dropped quite a bit however. It is now down to 73
degrees. That may sound warm to a Canadian but it's downright chilly
compared to mid-summer 90 degrees.

Wayne.B wrote:

On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 02:24:21 GMT, "Don White"
wrote:


With the boats covered for winter, we deserve a little fun.


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Speak for yourself Don, the boating season here in SWFL is just
getting into high gear with near perfect weather every day. My kids
flew in from NY last week for the holidays and we enjoyed several nice
excursions to the near by tropical beaches. Water temperature in the
Gulf of Mexico has dropped quite a bit however. It is now down to 73
degrees. That may sound warm to a Canadian but it's downright chilly
compared to mid-summer 90 degrees.


Oh, you make me sick!

I bought my second sailboat in Clearwater in march 86 or so, and
went wading in Miami a few days before. The water was so warm! The
hookers and pimps in their fur coats at the motel breakfast bar
where we had parked our camper van thought my wife and I were
scandalously underdressed in our t shirts, shorts and flip flops.
They all seemed to know that we were Maple Slurpers. Perhaps it was
our license plates?

I am now so depressed that I must go see if the snow has burst the
tarp on my boat in the back yard, yet...

Maybe I'll put on my parka, go sweep it off and make a log entry. *SOB!*

How much would a little shack in Florida cost to buy? Say, just a
little bigger than an ice fishing hut?

Terry K

On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 00:37:22 -0400, Terry Spragg
wrote:

How much would a little shack in Florida cost to buy? Say, just a
little bigger than an ice fishing hut?

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There is still a lot of good waterfront property available in SW
Florida. Prices have gone up a lot but are still reasonable compared
to the east coast.

On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 07:21:44 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 00:37:22 -0400, Terry Spragg
wrote:

How much would a little shack in Florida cost to buy? Say, just a
little bigger than an ice fishing hut?

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There is still a lot of good waterfront property available in SW
Florida. Prices have gone up a lot but are still reasonable compared
to the east coast.


I hear land in Punta Gorda and Port Charlotte is pretty reasonable
right about now...

Dave

On Fri, 03 Dec 2004 06:52:58 -0500, Dave Hall
wrote:

I hear land in Punta Gorda and Port Charlotte is pretty reasonable
right about now...

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We drove through last weekend. It's incredible the amount of damage
there.

On Fri, 03 Dec 2004 07:45:14 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Fri, 03 Dec 2004 06:52:58 -0500, Dave Hall
wrote:

I hear land in Punta Gorda and Port Charlotte is pretty reasonable
right about now...

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We drove through last weekend. It's incredible the amount of damage
there.

I can only imagine. I was down in central Florida in the middle of
October. Even there you could see the effects of the storms. Most
large signs were blown out, and many buildings had mild damage.

I hear that some insurance companies are trying to weasel out of
paying storm damage claims. I can only hope that the people effected
have their claims settled quickly and they can get their lives back
together soon.

Dave

On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 06:51:51 -0500, Dave Hall
wrote:

On Fri, 03 Dec 2004 07:45:14 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Fri, 03 Dec 2004 06:52:58 -0500, Dave Hall
wrote:

I hear land in Punta Gorda and Port Charlotte is pretty reasonable
right about now...

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We drove through last weekend. It's incredible the amount of damage
there.

I can only imagine. I was down in central Florida in the middle of
October. Even there you could see the effects of the storms. Most
large signs were blown out, and many buildings had mild damage.

I hear that some insurance companies are trying to weasel out of
paying storm damage claims. I can only hope that the people effected
have their claims settled quickly and they can get their lives back
together soon.

About three years ago, my wife and I drove through Central Alabama on
our way back home after a visit to friends in New Orleans. I was
amazed that damage from Hurricane Camille (sp?) was still evident
almost forty years after.

On the other hand, I was in Belize last year on a bone fishing trip
and you'd never know a hurricane went throuh there six months
earlier.

Later,

Tom

On Wed, 01 Dec 2004 23:02:08 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 02:24:21 GMT, "Don White"
wrote:

With the boats covered for winter, we deserve a little fun.

=================================

Speak for yourself Don, the boating season here in SWFL is just
getting into high gear with near perfect weather every day. My kids
flew in from NY last week for the holidays and we enjoyed several nice
excursions to the near by tropical beaches. Water temperature in the
Gulf of Mexico has dropped quite a bit however. It is now down to 73
degrees. That may sound warm to a Canadian but it's downright chilly
compared to mid-summer 90 degrees.

Let's all go to Wayne's house and PARTAY!!!!!

TOGA TOGA TOGA TOGA...

Later,

Tom

On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 11:36:15 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

Let's all go to Wayne's house and PARTAY!!!!!

TOGA TOGA TOGA TOGA...

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Hear, hear...