On Thu, 25 May 2006 01:49:50 GMT, Jack Goff wrote:

South Carolina is almost as good as Florida in some ways, and far
better in others! We're way into boating season already.

Boating season never ends in Florida, and here in SWFL the winter
season is better than summer in many respects.

We'll be heading out to Ft Myers Beach with a bunch of our boating
neighbors.

Jack Goff wrote:
South Carolina is almost as good as Florida in some ways, and far
better in others! We're way into boating season already.


I like that: "South Carolina is almost as good as Florida in
some ways." Maybe they can start putting that on their
license plates.

Wayne.B wrote:
Boating season never ends in Florida, and here in SWFL the winter
season is better than summer in many respects.


Heck, boating season never ends in North Carolina. I don't
know what's wrong with those yokels to the south. It's true
there are some weeks where the temp is a bit unpleasant for
being out on the water, but that's just a temporary setback
and not worth moving to the Equator.


We'll be heading out to Ft Myers Beach with a bunch of our boating
neighbors.


Sounds good. We don't really have any definite plans, but
will do some work on the boat and take it out for a spin....
hopefully the weather will be good for some sailing, too.

Fair Skies- Doug King

On Thu, 25 May 2006 06:38:40 -0400, DSK wrote:

Jack Goff wrote:
South Carolina is almost as good as Florida in some ways, and far
better in others! We're way into boating season already.


I like that: "South Carolina is almost as good as Florida in
some ways." Maybe they can start putting that on their
license plates.

LOL! Nah, we'll stick with" SC: Far better than FL". We have fewer
displaced yankees, and four seasons. Don't laugh, we consider North
Carolinians to be yankees. :-)

Heck, boating season never ends in North Carolina. I don't
know what's wrong with those yokels to the south. It's true
there are some weeks where the temp is a bit unpleasant for
being out on the water, but that's just a temporary setback
and not worth moving to the Equator.

I hear ya. Our boat lives in a slip, and only comes out of the water
for maintenance and cleaning. It gets used year-round. But I
consider boating season to be when I can get into the water. That
means it runs from April-May until at least October. The rest of the
time I'm in the boat, and wishing it was warm enough to be in the
water.

Jack Goff wrote:
.... Don't laugh, we consider North
Carolinians to be yankees. :-)


I know, I lived down there a while

You all have "barbecue" which contains rice & mustard....
that should at least get points for originality, I suppose



I hear ya. Our boat lives in a slip, and only comes out of the water
for maintenance and cleaning. It gets used year-round. But I
consider boating season to be when I can get into the water. That
means it runs from April-May until at least October. The rest of the
time I'm in the boat, and wishing it was warm enough to be in the
water.


We just got our boat launched, after it's first haul-out in
three years. As for swimming, it does tend to get a bit
nippy between Halloween & Valentines Day. But at least there
aren't any mosquitos then. These days I do most of my
swimming in a pool, and for those small boat sailing days, I
have a wetsuit. No problem!

As for Yankees, I don't mind them much. They crash their
cars in the winter and they burn themselves to a frazzle in
the summer... so far I have met very few who have figured
out that October thru May is the best season to be on the
water, they are still on Rhode Island time (or something). I
met a fellow a couople weeks back who was simultaneously
wiping sweat off his neck and saying that he hoped he could
launch his boat for "spring" a week early this year!

Oh well.

Regards
Doug King

On Thu, 25 May 2006 08:51:44 -0400, DSK wrote:

Jack Goff wrote:
.... Don't laugh, we consider North
Carolinians to be yankees. :-)


I know, I lived down there a while

You all have "barbecue" which contains rice & mustard....
that should at least get points for originality, I suppose


I grew up on mustard-based BBQ. The little local places have the good
stuff, not the Maurice Bessinger's crap. But we've gotten worldly
now... most places have vinegar and tomato based sauces as well.

The rice is for the string hash, not the BBQ. You can't eat BBQ
without hash!

A goup of us does BBQ at the local hole-in-the-wall every Friday for
lunch. Now I can't stop thinking about it! Glad tomorrow is Friday.

Jack

Jack Goff wrote:
On Thu, 25 May 2006 08:51:44 -0400, DSK wrote:

Jack Goff wrote:
.... Don't laugh, we consider North
Carolinians to be yankees. :-)


I know, I lived down there a while

You all have "barbecue" which contains rice & mustard....
that should at least get points for originality, I suppose


I grew up on mustard-based BBQ. The little local places have the good
stuff, not the Maurice Bessinger's crap. But we've gotten worldly
now... most places have vinegar and tomato based sauces as well.

The rice is for the string hash, not the BBQ. You can't eat BBQ
without hash!

A goup of us does BBQ at the local hole-in-the-wall every Friday for
lunch. Now I can't stop thinking about it! Glad tomorrow is Friday.

Got to agree with you about Maurice's! It's really interesting to study
BBQ by locality. Here in Atlanta, if you go to a REAL BBQ joint, you'll
notice a difference on whether you are east of Atlanta, or west.
Farther toward S.C. you get, the more mustard in the sauce. West, you
are in Alabama style sauces which are tomato based and thicker than
real Georgia types of sauces. Here it has to be Brunswick stew with our
BBQ.

On 26 May 2006 04:24:51 -0700, "basskisser"
wrote:


Got to agree with you about Maurice's! It's really interesting to study
BBQ by locality. Here in Atlanta, if you go to a REAL BBQ joint, you'll
notice a difference on whether you are east of Atlanta, or west.
Farther toward S.C. you get, the more mustard in the sauce. West, you
are in Alabama style sauces which are tomato based and thicker than
real Georgia types of sauces. Here it has to be Brunswick stew with our
BBQ.

My wife's parents are from a small town in south GA, and every time
they cook a pig, they make a big pot of Brunswick stew. It's great
over rice or bread, with a few dashes of tabasco on it. Their
home-made BBQ sauce is mostly tabasco and black pepper with some other
stuff. Sort of thin, not sweet, with a good "bite".

Jack Goff wrote:


I hear ya. Our boat lives in a slip, and only comes out of the water
for maintenance and cleaning. It gets used year-round. But I
consider boating season to be when I can get into the water. That
means it runs from April-May until at least October. The rest of the
time I'm in the boat, and wishing it was warm enough to be in the
water.



What a girlieman! People up here swim almost as long a season.