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In the middle of trying to buy a piece of property on Lake Hartwell SC.
It's caught up in a nasty divorce. Good things come to those who wait on the
family court judge to rule... :)

-W

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Clams Canino wrote:

In the middle of trying to buy a piece of property on Lake Hartwell SC.
It's caught up in a nasty divorce. Good things come to those who wait on the
family court judge to rule... :)

-W



Be careful...one of the parties might poison the soil.

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"Clams Canino" wrote:

In the middle of trying to buy a piece of property on Lake Hartwell SC.
It's caught up in a nasty divorce. Good things come to those who wait on
the
family court judge to rule... :)

Good luck, Clams... it a very nice lake. My wife and I and another couple
spent a week up there a couple years ago in a friends lake house. There's a
few shallow coves with some stumps to avoid, but plenty of room otherwise.

We're on Lake Murray just 1.5 hours south of that. Our water has been
almost 15 feet down for over a year while they're working on the dam
(building a backup dam for the existing earthen dam), but the water will
start rising this June. No problem really, with 60,000 acres to work with
there's still plenty of lake to use. You should come down and check it out
sometimes.

Jack

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"Clams Canino" wrote in message
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In the middle of trying to buy a piece of property on Lake Hartwell SC.
It's caught up in a nasty divorce. Good things come to those who wait on
the
family court judge to rule... :)

-W

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Was wondering what had happened to you. I figured you had enough
of the political trolls in this group and moved on. Glad you're
back! There was a poster in here recently that had an old Merc
question and when you never responded, I figured you were long
gone. Welcome back and welcome to the 'South'.

-Jim

Clams Canino wrote:
In the middle of trying to buy a piece of property on Lake Hartwell SC.
It's caught up in a nasty divorce. Good things come to those who wait on the
family court judge to rule... :)

-W

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I'm not back - yet.

We're mostly off line as we travel to get this deal together. It'll prolly
be a month or two till I get back on for real.

-W

"Jim" wrote in message
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Was wondering what had happened to you. I figured you had enough
of the political trolls in this group and moved on. Glad you're
back! There was a poster in here recently that had an old Merc
question and when you never responded, I figured you were long
gone. Welcome back and welcome to the 'South'.

-Jim

Clams Canino wrote:
In the middle of trying to buy a piece of property on Lake Hartwell SC.
It's caught up in a nasty divorce. Good things come to those who wait on
the
family court judge to rule... :)

-W

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Clams Canino wrote:

I'm not back - yet.

We're mostly off line as we travel to get this deal together. It'll prolly
be a month or two till I get back on for real.

-W


Are you actually moving away from the land of cold, hard winters?

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Yes.... All of our stuff is in storage and the PM-II is down there at
Uncles house. We're just waiting on our offer on the property to get out of
the court. She accepted, he won't accept anything. The judge outta hear it
this week. In the mean time I remain a wandering and homeless clam. It's
quite liberating actually. :)

-W

All our stuff is storage and we're 2 people, a German Shepard and a Mini-Van
with 260k miles on it. We dropped the boat off in SC last week at Uncles
place.
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Are you actually moving away from the land of cold, hard winters?

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If you still have the question , bump it for me will ya?

-W

"Jim" wrote in message
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Was wondering what had happened to you. I figured you had enough
of the political trolls in this group and moved on. Glad you're
back! There was a poster in here recently that had an old Merc
question and when you never responded, I figured you were long
gone. Welcome back and welcome to the 'South'.

-Jim

Clams Canino wrote:
In the middle of trying to buy a piece of property on Lake Hartwell SC.
It's caught up in a nasty divorce. Good things come to those who wait on
the
family court judge to rule... :)

-W

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Clams,

Wasn't me who had the question and since my ISP has such a low
retention period, I can't find it. Hopefully this 'new' person
with the old Merc will learn about the Merc dood being back. :^)

Actually, I myself am getting a Merc this week. Getting an 80's
Bass Tracker with a 40hp Merc. Probably way too new for you
though. :^) But I'll still ask questions if I have them...

-Jim


Clams Canino wrote:
If you still have the question , bump it for me will ya?

-W

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Jack Goff wrote:
"Clams Canino" wrote:


In the middle of trying to buy a piece of property on Lake Hartwell SC.
It's caught up in a nasty divorce. Good things come to those who wait on

the

family court judge to rule... :)


Good luck, Clams... it a very nice lake. My wife and I and another couple
spent a week up there a couple years ago in a friends lake house. There's a
few shallow coves with some stumps to avoid, but plenty of room otherwise.

We're on Lake Murray just 1.5 hours south of that. Our water has been
almost 15 feet down for over a year while they're working on the dam
(building a backup dam for the existing earthen dam), but the water will
start rising this June. No problem really, with 60,000 acres to work with
there's still plenty of lake to use. You should come down and check it out
sometimes.

Jack



Just don't play with the "toys" around Doolittle island if they are
visiable. I was living in Lexington when they dropped the lake to kill
off the Hydrilla. Nice Lake.

Capt Jack R..

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"Jack Redington" wrote:

Just don't play with the "toys" around Doolittle island if they are
visiable. I was living in Lexington when they dropped the lake to kill
off the Hydrilla. Nice Lake.

Capt Jack R..

Right now, the hydrilla and Illinois pond weed has died back from the winter
and low water levels. Last fall, they introduced sterile grass carp to eat
this stuff, and they (DNR) tell us that it'll take a couple of years to
really get that program going. They're trying to "sneak up" on the number
needed to get it under control. Too many will destroy the cover for the
good fish.

Only time we get close to Doolittle (aka "Bomb") Island is to watch the
Purple Martins come back to roost in the late summer evenings. It's an
amazing sight, seeing tens of thousands of these birds return each night to
this one island out in the middle of the lake. It turns into a big, dark
cloud over and over again as they get up, fly around, and settle back down.
I understand it's the only officially recognized Purple Martin refuge in
North American.

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On what lake is Doolittle Island? What kinda stuff there?

-W

"Jack Goff" wrote in message
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"Jack Redington" wrote:

Just don't play with the "toys" around Doolittle island if they are
visiable. I was living in Lexington when they dropped the lake to kill
off the Hydrilla. Nice Lake.

Capt Jack R..

Right now, the hydrilla and Illinois pond weed has died back from the
winter
and low water levels. Last fall, they introduced sterile grass carp to
eat
this stuff, and they (DNR) tell us that it'll take a couple of years to
really get that program going. They're trying to "sneak up" on the number
needed to get it under control. Too many will destroy the cover for the
good fish.

Only time we get close to Doolittle (aka "Bomb") Island is to watch the
Purple Martins come back to roost in the late summer evenings. It's an
amazing sight, seeing tens of thousands of these birds return each night
to
this one island out in the middle of the lake. It turns into a big, dark
cloud over and over again as they get up, fly around, and settle back
down.
I understand it's the only officially recognized Purple Martin refuge in
North American.

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"Clams Canino" wrote:

On what lake is Doolittle Island? What kinda stuff there?

It's a medium sixed island in the middle of Lake Murray, SC, just outside of
Columbia. Strange looking, in that it is 75% bare (no trees), while the
other islands on the lake are densly populated with trees. Now the island
is a Purple Martin refuge.

It was used in WWII for bombing practice for training the local base's B-25
crews. Doolittle's Raiders trained here, and used the island for practice
as well, hence the name. Legend has it (likely true) that there is still
some un-exploded ordinance around the island. There are a couple of B-25's
in the lake, and one was recovered a few years ago and is in the process of
being restored.

My dad, who enlisted at 17 at the very end of the war, recalls the B-25s
that flew training missions over this area back then. He was in the Navy,
and among other things, got to fly in a PBY.

Hmm... Navy, seaplanes, and lakes. Is the NG back on topic?. :-)

Jack

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"Clams Canino" wrote in message hlink.net...
In the middle of trying to buy a piece of property on Lake Hartwell SC.
It's caught up in a nasty divorce. Good things come to those who wait on the
family court judge to rule... :)

-W

I get to Lake Hartwell about 5 times a year. Sweet fishing lake!!
Where abouts on the lake is this property?

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Clams Canino wrote:
On what lake is Doolittle Island? What kinda stuff there?

-W

Lake Murry just outside of Columbia SC. Jimmy Doolittle practiced for
the raid on mainland Japan in WWll by dropping small bombs on this
island in lake Murry. That be the famous Doolittle raid that was
launched off carriers. The island is easy to spot since it has almost no
large trees as I recall. People are not suppose to land there as it is a
posted "Purple Martin" nesting ground. When the water is low some of the
bombs are still visiable.

We left Columbia about 6 years ago. At that time they had (or were going
it, I am not sure) pull a Mitchell bomber that had ditched in the lake.

Capt Jack R..