talking about retarded laws .. thats gotta be it..

I remmeber talking to a canadian CC officer .. he said its fine to have
both on board, which to me makes sense

"*JimH*" wrote in message
...

Why not just keep the expired ones alongside the new ones you purchase and
are up to date? That is what I did.

Is it illegal to have expired had held and gun fired flares on board when,
at the same time, you have a full compliment of "fresh" ones meeting USCG
regs?


Whether it's illegal or not depends on the REAL reason you were pulled over.
I was subjected to a "safety check" last year, which I'm sure would not have
happened if my son's girlfriend hadn't been wearing a skirt so short. One
guy questioned me while his three ****** buddies were at the other end of
the boat asking her what high school she went to. My son commented later
that it was good I was sitting on the hatch where the handgun was stashed.
The ****** in charge cited me for a violation which turned out to be
completely inaccurate, per CG regs. When I trailered the boat to the CG
station, I had their CO look it over. He shook his head as if to say "What
the hell was so-and-so thinking?"

"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...

My argument was that the up-to-date signaling flares were accessible
and labeled properly and that the emergency out-of-date flares were
there for extreme emergencies and placed in an area of the boat where
you would have to look for them to find them.

Didn't matter - the rule is the rule.

So now I carry extra up-to-date flares and give the old ones to the
local Volleys for SAR training.

What's a volley?

What's a volley?

**********

A volley-n-tear

On 2 Jun 2005 00:27:15 -0700, wrote:

What's a volley?

**********

A volley-n-tear

Yes.

Later,

Tom

On Thu, 02 Jun 2005 03:57:57 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:

"*JimH*" wrote in message
...

Why not just keep the expired ones alongside the new ones you purchase and
are up to date? That is what I did.

Is it illegal to have expired had held and gun fired flares on board when,
at the same time, you have a full compliment of "fresh" ones meeting USCG
regs?


Whether it's illegal or not depends on the REAL reason you were pulled over.
I was subjected to a "safety check" last year, which I'm sure would not have
happened if my son's girlfriend hadn't been wearing a skirt so short.

NO NO - NO THAT STORY AGAIN!!!!!

One
guy questioned me while his three ****** buddies were at the other end of
the boat asking her what high school she went to. My son commented later
that it was good I was sitting on the hatch where the handgun was stashed.
The ****** in charge cited me for a violation which turned out to be
completely inaccurate, per CG regs. When I trailered the boat to the CG
station, I had their CO look it over. He shook his head as if to say "What
the hell was so-and-so thinking?"

~~ sigh ~~

Too late. :)

Later,

Tom

"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 02 Jun 2005 03:57:57 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:

"*JimH*" wrote in message
...

Why not just keep the expired ones alongside the new ones you purchase
and
are up to date? That is what I did.

Is it illegal to have expired had held and gun fired flares on board
when,
at the same time, you have a full compliment of "fresh" ones meeting
USCG
regs?


Whether it's illegal or not depends on the REAL reason you were pulled
over.
I was subjected to a "safety check" last year, which I'm sure would not
have
happened if my son's girlfriend hadn't been wearing a skirt so short.

NO NO - NO THAT STORY AGAIN!!!!!

What story? :-) Who are you? What am I doing here?

"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
On 2 Jun 2005 00:27:15 -0700, wrote:

What's a volley?

**********

A volley-n-tear

Yes.

Later,

Tom

You and chooch are about as useful as rubber crutches when it comes to
definitions. :-)

On Thu, 02 Jun 2005 11:24:52 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:


"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
.. .
On 2 Jun 2005 00:27:15 -0700, wrote:

What's a volley?

**********

A volley-n-tear

Yes.

You and chooch are about as useful as rubber crutches when it comes to
definitions. :-)

Volunteers - Fire Fighter/Dive Squads/SAR teams/EMS.

Later,

Tom

"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 1 Jun 2005 20:05:48 -0400, "NOYB" wrote:

~~ snippage ~~

Is it illegal to have expired had held and gun fired flares on board
when,
at the same time, you have a full compliment of "fresh" ones meeting
USCG
regs?

I asked the Coast Guard Auxiliary this question. They said to put them in
a
bag marked "practice flares", and keep them on board.

Isn't that interesting. How do they expect you to practice with them?

That's what I wondered.


Actually, I think he told me to write "training flares" on the zip-lock.