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"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message
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Slight left turn: My statistical sample of two women says something's odd
with all of them. Two examples:

1) You're watching a movie. Someone is about to say something VERY
important to the plot of the movie, and it's plainly obvious to any
regular person that it's going to be whispered. At that precise moment,
women will say "pass the popcorn". It's always when you're watching
something you can't rewind.

2) This has happened multiple times, so I know it's an absolute thing.
I'm in the back of the boat, steering with the tiller on the outboard.
We're in a river known for lots of floating tree chunks, travelling at
log-appropriate speed. Woman's sitting up front, and claiming she will
let me know if she sees anything. When she does, she announces it in a
voice appropiate for the bedroom, not for a situation where there's 75 db
of motor noise. When I (with great respect) mention this discrepancy, I'm
told I'm grouchy.


I've posted this story before .... can't remember if on this NG or not so
forgive if it's a repeat, but here goes:

A few years ago we had the RV bug, thinking of using it for winter trips
to Florida and other warms places.
So, I went out and bought a 36' Pace Arrow class A motorhome ... looks
like a bus.
I drove it home and was attempting to back it into a narrow, tree lined,
gravel parking spot that had a dog leg in it. The RV was equipped with a
rear facing camera on the back that I could monitor from the driver's
seat.

So, I asked Mrs.E. to go behind the RV and make sure I wasn't going to hit
anything as I backed in.
As I started to back up, she gave me the "come on back" signal with her
hands, then suddenly started shaking her head from side to side. I jammed
on the brakes. She looked up at the camera, and started to give me the
hand signals to back up again. Started moving the rig backwards and she
again started shaking her head violently from side to side. Jam on the
brakes again.

This was repeated a couple of more times and I finally threw the RV in
Park, jumped out and asked her why she was shaking her head everytime I
started backing up. Her answer?

"I was saying, "No .... you are not going to hit anything"".

Eisboch

I get that at the boat ramp, sort of. She'll be 50 feet behind me on the
dock, whispering advice. I'm finally getting her trained to stand close to
the open window and yell.

Boating: Are reading and arithmetic skills required?
 

JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message
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Slight left turn: My statistical sample of two women says something's odd
with all of them. Two examples:

1) You're watching a movie. Someone is about to say something VERY
important to the plot of the movie, and it's plainly obvious to any
regular person that it's going to be whispered. At that precise moment,
women will say "pass the popcorn". It's always when you're watching
something you can't rewind.

2) This has happened multiple times, so I know it's an absolute thing.
I'm in the back of the boat, steering with the tiller on the outboard.
We're in a river known for lots of floating tree chunks, travelling at
log-appropriate speed. Woman's sitting up front, and claiming she will
let me know if she sees anything. When she does, she announces it in a
voice appropiate for the bedroom, not for a situation where there's 75 db
of motor noise. When I (with great respect) mention this discrepancy, I'm
told I'm grouchy.


I've posted this story before .... can't remember if on this NG or not so
forgive if it's a repeat, but here goes:

A few years ago we had the RV bug, thinking of using it for winter trips
to Florida and other warms places.
So, I went out and bought a 36' Pace Arrow class A motorhome ... looks
like a bus.
I drove it home and was attempting to back it into a narrow, tree lined,
gravel parking spot that had a dog leg in it. The RV was equipped with a
rear facing camera on the back that I could monitor from the driver's
seat.

So, I asked Mrs.E. to go behind the RV and make sure I wasn't going to hit
anything as I backed in.
As I started to back up, she gave me the "come on back" signal with her
hands, then suddenly started shaking her head from side to side. I jammed
on the brakes. She looked up at the camera, and started to give me the
hand signals to back up again. Started moving the rig backwards and she
again started shaking her head violently from side to side. Jam on the
brakes again.

This was repeated a couple of more times and I finally threw the RV in
Park, jumped out and asked her why she was shaking her head everytime I
started backing up. Her answer?

"I was saying, "No .... you are not going to hit anything"".

Eisboch


I get that at the boat ramp, sort of. She'll be 50 feet behind me on the
dock, whispering advice. I'm finally getting her trained to stand close to
the open window and yell.



My wife likes to find my blind spot when she's 'helping' me back up our
sailboat down a 10' wide driveway.

Boating: Are reading and arithmetic skills required?
 

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 14:57:45 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
wrote:

I get that at the boat ramp, sort of. She'll be 50 feet behind me on the
dock, whispering advice. I'm finally getting her trained to stand close to
the open window and yell.

You need help backing up a 16 foot Lund?

Pansy. :)

The boat's easy. It's the empty trailer. The hard tonneau cover means zero
visibility. And, at night, it's invisible in the mirrors.

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"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 16:34:10 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
wrote:

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 14:57:45 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
wrote:

I get that at the boat ramp, sort of. She'll be 50 feet behind me on the
dock, whispering advice. I'm finally getting her trained to stand close
to
the open window and yell.

You need help backing up a 16 foot Lund?

Pansy. :)

The boat's easy. It's the empty trailer. The hard tonneau cover means zero
visibility. And, at night, it's invisible in the mirrors.

You don't have side markers on the trailer?

Side markers are for fags.

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"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 14:57:45 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
wrote:

I get that at the boat ramp, sort of. She'll be 50 feet behind me on the
dock, whispering advice. I'm finally getting her trained to stand close to
the open window and yell.

You need help backing up a 16 foot Lund?

Pansy. :)

Them little boats are a pain to back up. Short wheelbase trailer, long
wheelbase tow vehicle. And he should have side guides on the trailer. Both
so he can see the trailer backing up and when there is wind or current at
the retrieval ramp.

Boating: Are reading and arithmetic skills required?
 

Eisboch wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 01:33:38 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 03:24:52 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

What exactly is it you want to know?
BTW, do they have GPS units that talk?

Good question.

I don't need a talking GPS.

I have a wife.

When I ask her where the off button is, she gets sulky and rude.

ROTFL!!!!!


Once in a while, when required, I just point the TV clicker at Mrs.E. and
frantically push buttons.
Sometimes she gets the hint.

I do that too! At first it ****ed her off, now she realizes that I'm
not being rude, I just really, really want her to shut up!!!

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Calif Bill wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 14:57:45 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
wrote:

I get that at the boat ramp, sort of. She'll be 50 feet behind me on the
dock, whispering advice. I'm finally getting her trained to stand close to
the open window and yell.

You need help backing up a 16 foot Lund?

Pansy. :)

Them little boats are a pain to back up. Short wheelbase trailer, long
wheelbase tow vehicle. And he should have side guides on the trailer. Both
so he can see the trailer backing up and when there is wind or current at
the retrieval ramp.

I've got a cart to pull behind my lawn tractor. From tongue to axle is
probably three feet. Tractor wheelbase is about 4 feet maybe. That is
the hardest thing I've ever backed up in my life.

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"Calif Bill" wrote in message
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"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 14:57:45 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
wrote:

I get that at the boat ramp, sort of. She'll be 50 feet behind me on the
dock, whispering advice. I'm finally getting her trained to stand close
to
the open window and yell.

You need help backing up a 16 foot Lund?

Pansy. :)

Them little boats are a pain to back up. Short wheelbase trailer, long
wheelbase tow vehicle. And he should have side guides on the trailer.
Both so he can see the trailer backing up and when there is wind or
current at the retrieval ramp.

I have yet to find guides that work. Part of this is due to the way my
trailer's constructed. The frame beams are not closed boxes. They're sort of
C-shaped. I tried a set of guides from Cabela's which were beautifully made,
but they were a clamp-on affair. The clamps began to crush the frame. Not
good.

My son suggested attaching driveway markers to big magnets, and just
slapping them on the trailer when backing it in (without the boat). Then, he
noticed that the water at most boat ramps is not something you want to wade
in, but that's the only way to remove the markers before pulling the boat
onto the trailer.

So, I just deal with it.

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"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 19:03:21 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
wrote:

"Calif Bill" wrote in message
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"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 14:57:45 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
wrote:

I get that at the boat ramp, sort of. She'll be 50 feet behind me on
the
dock, whispering advice. I'm finally getting her trained to stand close
to
the open window and yell.

You need help backing up a 16 foot Lund?

Pansy. :)

Them little boats are a pain to back up. Short wheelbase trailer, long
wheelbase tow vehicle. And he should have side guides on the trailer.
Both so he can see the trailer backing up and when there is wind or
current at the retrieval ramp.

I have yet to find guides that work. Part of this is due to the way my
trailer's constructed. The frame beams are not closed boxes. They're sort
of
C-shaped. I tried a set of guides from Cabela's which were beautifully
made,
but they were a clamp-on affair. The clamps began to crush the frame. Not
good.

My son suggested attaching driveway markers to big magnets, and just
slapping them on the trailer when backing it in (without the boat). Then,
he
noticed that the water at most boat ramps is not something you want to
wade
in, but that's the only way to remove the markers before pulling the boat
onto the trailer.

So, I just deal with it.

I bought a set of side quides for my Princecraft - I just drop the
tail gate, back 'er in. Pull the boat up and the guides center the
boat smack dab in the middle.

And we have some tough state ramps up here on the small ponds. Never
had a problem on or off.

I have seen, and I can't find a reference to them now, fiberglass rods
with springs on them (almost like CB antenna springs, but smaller)
that attach to the trailer with a side mount. I wish I could find them
- I looked in Bass Pro, but they didn't have them.

Actually, now that I think about it, you could probably make up a set
without much trouble and for a few bucks.

I thought about that, but somebody would have to wade into the water to
remove them before pulling the boat onto the trailer. I'll be fishing into
December. Putting on chest waders to retrieve two spring mounted sticks is
nuts. Way too much of a production, unless you're thinking of leaving them
in place, and having the boat sort of just bend them down as I load it.

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Eisboch wrote:

I've posted this story before .... can't remember if on this NG or not so
forgive if it's a repeat, but here goes:
[trimmed]
"I was saying, "No .... you are not going to hit anything"".

Just for fun I asked my (art major) wife a physics question.

There is an airtight car with a helium balloon on a string
attached to the center of the floor. There is absolutely no
air movement in the car. The car is moving straight ahead
at a constant speed and then makes a hard left turn. Which
way does the balloon move relative to the car?

After about 1 second of thought she confidently answered "It
moves to the left."

Being surprised that she got it right at all, let alone that
quickly, I asked "how did you know that?".

"...Well, that's the way I'd lean..."

-rick-