As I was driving across the bridge on my way to put my pontoon boat in
storage for the Winter, this last Saturday, I looked upstream and saw two
guys on their jetskis wearing Parkas with hoods. I mean this is Northern
Illinois, and two weeks ago the water in the river was already down to 59.
Some people just have no common sense. But then, I remember way back when I
was a young man, I used to put my snowmobile suit on and take my motorcycle
for a run on New Years day just to give the neighbors something to talk
about.

Tom G.

On Thu, 26 Oct 2006 08:14:42 GMT, "Tom G"
wrote:

As I was driving across the bridge on my way to put my pontoon boat in
storage for the Winter, this last Saturday, I looked upstream and saw two
guys on their jetskis wearing Parkas with hoods. I mean this is Northern
Illinois, and two weeks ago the water in the river was already down to 59.
Some people just have no common sense. But then, I remember way back when I
was a young man, I used to put my snowmobile suit on and take my motorcycle
for a run on New Years day just to give the neighbors something to talk
about.

Tom G.


The annual 'Polar Bear Run' on New Year's day is one of the big rides put
on locally by the Potomac Area Road Riders club. I've worn one-piece ski
suits several times. Last year the weather was great, but the registration
line was so long that my buddy and I just went for our own ride. Good time!

And I used to drive my MG-TD with the top down, even when it was snowing in
New York and I was only 20!

"JohnH" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 26 Oct 2006 08:14:42 GMT, "Tom G"
wrote:

As I was driving across the bridge on my way to put my pontoon boat in
storage for the Winter, this last Saturday, I looked upstream and saw two
guys on their jetskis wearing Parkas with hoods. I mean this is Northern
Illinois, and two weeks ago the water in the river was already down to 59.
Some people just have no common sense. But then, I remember way back when
I
was a young man, I used to put my snowmobile suit on and take my
motorcycle
for a run on New Years day just to give the neighbors something to talk
about.

Tom G.


The annual 'Polar Bear Run' on New Year's day is one of the big rides put
on locally by the Potomac Area Road Riders club. I've worn one-piece ski
suits several times. Last year the weather was great, but the registration
line was so long that my buddy and I just went for our own ride. Good
time!

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 26 Oct 2006 08:14:42 GMT, "Tom G"
wrote:
;(snipped)
It's much to early in the morning and my eyes haven't had time to wake
up.

I parsed the title of this post as "Jet ski and Polka"... :)

Anyway...

Snowmobiles eh? Well, I rebuilt one in the early seventies - a Artic
something or other, redid the engine, fixed the ski thingies on the
front, new seat covers and a fancy new snow suit to keep me warm.

Took the thing out on Webster Lake and promptly sunk it and me in the
Narrows between the North and South ponds. The Narrows wasn't that
deep along the sides where we were riding - maybe three feet, but I
got wet, had to have the thing chopped out the next day, brought it
home and promptly sold it. Apparently the snow/ice slush was
disturbed enough to sink me.

I hate snowmobiles.
I drove over a hundred miles once to buy an old snowmobile from a
co-worker for my kids to have fun with. Got it running, my son took off
across the field and promptly ran over a steel fence post and ripped the
track apart. New track was about twice what I paid for the snowmobile so
that was the end of that idea. He's 43 now and buys his own toys and is
extremely careful as to what he runs into. I laugh whenever he tells me
about chewing up a $200 plus prop on something he's hit underwater.

Tom G

Bill Andersen wrote:
And I used to drive my MG-TD with the top down, even when it was snowing in
New York and I was only 20!

January in San Fransisco bay.. Coldest I had ever been in my life! (and
I was born in Pennsylvania).
My '58 TR-2 had been delivered from Hawaii, and I took delivery, and
went zooming down the freeway. Enough of the teeth chattering. I pulled
over, and got the side panels, and roof out of the trunk, and buttoned
it up, and found the heater worked. I didn't even know that stuff was
in there. The Good Lord watches over dumb animals.

"There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing
as simply messing about in boats." -- Kenneth Grahame
www.densnet.com

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Thu, 26 Oct 2006 08:14:42 GMT, "Tom G"
wrote:

As I was driving across the bridge on my way to put my pontoon boat in
storage for the Winter, this last Saturday, I looked upstream and saw two
guys on their jetskis wearing Parkas with hoods. I mean this is Northern
Illinois, and two weeks ago the water in the river was already down to 59.
Some people just have no common sense. But then, I remember way back when I
was a young man, I used to put my snowmobile suit on and take my motorcycle
for a run on New Years day just to give the neighbors something to talk
about.

It's much to early in the morning and my eyes haven't had time to wake
up.

I parsed the title of this post as "Jet ski and Polka"... :)

Anyway...

Snowmobiles eh? Well, I rebuilt one in the early seventies - a Artic
something or other, redid the engine, fixed the ski thingies on the
front, new seat covers and a fancy new snow suit to keep me warm.

Took the thing out on Webster Lake and promptly sunk it and me in the
Narrows between the North and South ponds. The Narrows wasn't that
deep along the sides where we were riding - maybe three feet, but I
got wet, had to have the thing chopped out the next day, brought it
home and promptly sold it. Apparently the snow/ice slush was
disturbed enough to sink me.

I hate snowmobiles.
--
Yeah, it was the snowmobile's fault that you went out on ice too thin
to hold you up, huh?

Tom G wrote:
As I was driving across the bridge on my way to put my pontoon boat in
storage for the Winter, this last Saturday, I looked upstream and saw two
guys on their jetskis wearing Parkas with hoods. I mean this is Northern
Illinois, and two weeks ago the water in the river was already down to 59.
Some people just have no common sense.
Tom G.

The parka doesn't sound like a good way to have outfitted himself, but
certainly
nothing wrong with pwc'ing into the off-season, if one's properly
geared up. I'm still hoping for another couple rides this year before
I shut 'er down. I wear several layers of really warm clothing under a
dry suit with attached booties, plus thick neoprene socks, thick gloves
and neo hood, goggles, etc; pick your nice Indian-summer days and I'm
often surprised at how comfortable I'm able to stay even in conditions
that most people would not think of as good for being out on the
water....and I always think, boy those people are really missing out.
I've even fallen into the drink in several off-season outings like that
over the years, and even then was able to swim back to the 'ski pretty
comfortably, thanks to being properly suited up.

richforman