"Mr. Smithers" The University called, I lost my PhD. wrote in message
...
JimC,
I thought it was cute, it definitely wasn't a gut buster or make me shot
milk out of my nose, but it was cute.

Mr. Smithers, I thought when someone asks a question that is boating
related, they deserve a decent answer and not an asinine remark that isn't
funny. Wouldn't you agree?

Jim C.

"Jim Carter" wrote in message
.. .

"Bert Robbins" wrote in message
...
Jim C. the humor challenged.

Bert, do you really think that was funny? I thought it was a ridiculous
answer put there by someone with a feeble attempt at humor.

Jim C.



You need to get a little stoned, Jim. :-) It'll allow you to appreciate the
absurd, especially when it's perfect, like Bill's answer.

JimC,
If the answered could have been construed as a serious answer, I would say
the humor or attempt at humor is inappropriate. Since no one could ever
misinterpret the comment as anything but a joke, it was appropriate. Humor
is a good thing.


"Jim Carter" wrote in message
...

"Mr. Smithers" The University called, I lost my PhD. wrote in message
...
JimC,
I thought it was cute, it definitely wasn't a gut buster or make me shot
milk out of my nose, but it was cute.

Mr. Smithers, I thought when someone asks a question that is boating
related, they deserve a decent answer and not an asinine remark that isn't
funny. Wouldn't you agree?

Jim C.

"Sir Rodney Smithers" Ask me about my knighthood. wrote in message
...
JimC,
If the answered could have been construed as a serious answer, I would say
the humor or attempt at humor is inappropriate. Since no one could ever
misinterpret the comment as anything but a joke, it was appropriate.
Humor
is a good thing.

Sir Rodney, I would agree with you whole heartedly if indeed it was a funny
retort, but, alas, it was not!

Jim C.

grin, but I did find yours to be funny.


"Jim Carter" wrote in message
...

"Sir Rodney Smithers" Ask me about my knighthood. wrote in message
...
JimC,
If the answered could have been construed as a serious answer, I would
say
the humor or attempt at humor is inappropriate. Since no one could ever
misinterpret the comment as anything but a joke, it was appropriate.
Humor
is a good thing.

Sir Rodney, I would agree with you whole heartedly if indeed it was a
funny
retort, but, alas, it was not!

Jim C.

Jim Carter wrote:
"Sir Rodney Smithers" Ask me about my knighthood. wrote in message
...
JimC,
If the answered could have been construed as a serious answer, I would say
the humor or attempt at humor is inappropriate. Since no one could ever
misinterpret the comment as anything but a joke, it was appropriate.
Humor
is a good thing.

Sir Rodney, I would agree with you whole heartedly if indeed it was a funny
retort, but, alas, it was not!

Jim C.

Cripes, Jim! Are you going to go on and on about the bad joke (in your
opinion), or will you get around to sharing a proper answer to the OP?

Ryan Cabanas wrote:
I've seen these many times before and I have no idea what they are.

I live in Manhattan and I was walking along the Hudson and I saw these
wooden poles randomly sticking up out of the water. They were various
heights and they didn't seem to be doing anything. When I rode the
Staten Island Ferry over to Staten Island, when the ferry pulled up to
dock, I noticed a very large amount of these poles right by the docking
area, as well.

What are these poles for? Thanks.

Ryan Cabanas

As many have answered, most likely pilings from old piers, docks,
structures. They are not unique to the Hudson River. Got watch for
the old Berkeley pier pilings, among others when navigating SF bay.
There are numerous such hazards out in the CA delta too.

On Mon, 14 Nov 2005 03:49:19 GMT, "Bill McKee"
wrote:


"Ryan Cabanas" wrote in message
oups.com...
I've seen these many times before and I have no idea what they are.

I live in Manhattan and I was walking along the Hudson and I saw these
wooden poles randomly sticking up out of the water. They were various
heights and they didn't seem to be doing anything. When I rode the
Staten Island Ferry over to Staten Island, when the ferry pulled up to
dock, I noticed a very large amount of these poles right by the docking
area, as well.

What are these poles for? Thanks.

Ryan Cabanas


Pegs to keep the bottom at the bottom.

LOL!

--
John H.

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it."
Rene Descartes

I don't know whether they are used in NY waters but on the Chesapeake,
fishermen sometimes use pound nets along the shore to do their fishing.
They can stretch out pretty far into open water and looking at them
from a distance or even up close, they appear to be just clusterings of
various sized poles sticking out of the water. However, the poles are
holding up long nets underneath the water which are weighted and
attached to the bottom of the bay. Fish swim into them and get caught
in the nets. This is what they look like above the water:
http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/femad/fish...s%26Nets16.htm

Harry Krause wrote:

http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/femad/fish...s%26Nets16.htm

The damn things are sometimes way out in the Bay, and of course are
invisible at night but for radar. Some of them are on the charts, but
some are not.

Did you take that pic from the lobster boat, Krause?

--
Skipper