"HK" wrote in message
...
JimH wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
Heading out in a hour or so to test a boat.

Should be fun - repowered 23' Hydrasports CC - bolstered stern with
twin 250 Verados. A lot of work done on this boat - came from
Mississippi after Katrina.

Haven't really wrung out a pair of Verados yet - should be fun. It
will be interesting to see how they compare to ETECs.

I'm going into this with an "open" mind.

~~ snerk ~~


Hope you had a good time. Ours is sitting in my drive with the winter
cover off and the batteries charging. Will take it to the marina
tomorrow to start working on it.

Used our Fuel Perks points (30 gallons max) and filled up my wife's
Highlander (16 gallons), put 10 gallons in the boat topping it off and
the remaining 4 gallons in a gas can. All for the price of a little over
$5.

http://www.gianteagle.com/main/artic...der_id=1127873





I paid $2.87 a gallon earlier today in Waldorf, MD, at a WaWa. As the
meter ran, I genuflected in the direction of Dicque Cheney.

Street price here today was $3.09/gallon, down from $3.19 yesterday but way
up from the $2.65 it was less than a week ago.

On Sat, 05 May 2007 15:38:03 -0400, HK wrote:

JimH wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
Heading out in a hour or so to test a boat.

Should be fun - repowered 23' Hydrasports CC - bolstered stern with
twin 250 Verados. A lot of work done on this boat - came from
Mississippi after Katrina.

Haven't really wrung out a pair of Verados yet - should be fun. It
will be interesting to see how they compare to ETECs.

I'm going into this with an "open" mind.

~~ snerk ~~


Hope you had a good time. Ours is sitting in my drive with the winter cover
off and the batteries charging. Will take it to the marina tomorrow to
start working on it.

Used our Fuel Perks points (30 gallons max) and filled up my wife's
Highlander (16 gallons), put 10 gallons in the boat topping it off and the
remaining 4 gallons in a gas can. All for the price of a little over $5.

http://www.gianteagle.com/main/artic...der_id=1127873





I paid $2.87 a gallon earlier today in Waldorf, MD, at a WaWa. As the
meter ran, I genuflected in the direction of Dicque Cheney.

Do you think the price of gas would fall if the Democrats took power? That
would sure make boating much cheaper!

Around 5/5/2007 4:58 AM, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:

Heading out in a hour or so to test a boat.

Should be fun - repowered 23' Hydrasports CC - bolstered stern with
twin 250 Verados. A lot of work done on this boat - came from
Mississippi after Katrina.

Haven't really wrung out a pair of Verados yet - should be fun. It
will be interesting to see how they compare to ETECs.

I'm going into this with an "open" mind.

~~ snerk ~~


insert evil laugh Sounds like fun!


I spent all day today on the water, first splash of the season. Opening
day here in Seattle, donchya know. I don't know how I managed it, but I
almost got a sunburn on my face (only exposed skin).



--
~/Garth - 1966 Glastron V-142 Skiflite: "Blue-Boat"
"There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing
as simply messing about in boats." -- Kenneth Grahame
~~ Ventis secundis, tene cursum ~~

"John H." wrote in message
...
On Sat, 05 May 2007 15:38:03 -0400, HK wrote:

JimH wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
Heading out in a hour or so to test a boat.

Should be fun - repowered 23' Hydrasports CC - bolstered stern with
twin 250 Verados. A lot of work done on this boat - came from
Mississippi after Katrina.

Haven't really wrung out a pair of Verados yet - should be fun. It
will be interesting to see how they compare to ETECs.

I'm going into this with an "open" mind.

~~ snerk ~~


Hope you had a good time. Ours is sitting in my drive with the winter
cover
off and the batteries charging. Will take it to the marina tomorrow to
start working on it.

Used our Fuel Perks points (30 gallons max) and filled up my wife's
Highlander (16 gallons), put 10 gallons in the boat topping it off and
the
remaining 4 gallons in a gas can. All for the price of a little over
$5.

http://www.gianteagle.com/main/artic...der_id=1127873





I paid $2.87 a gallon earlier today in Waldorf, MD, at a WaWa. As the
meter ran, I genuflected in the direction of Dicque Cheney.

Do you think the price of gas would fall if the Democrats took power? That
would sure make boating much cheaper!

The Democrats already took control of Congress on January 4th.

Average price of regular grade gas on January 8th: $2.258

Average price of regular grade gas on April 30th: $2.922

That's a nice 29.4% increase...in just under 4 months. Even Cheney's
gas-manipulation powers can't compare to that of the evil Demoncrats.

NOYB wrote:
"John H." wrote in message
...
On Sat, 05 May 2007 15:38:03 -0400, HK wrote:

JimH wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
Heading out in a hour or so to test a boat.

Should be fun - repowered 23' Hydrasports CC - bolstered stern with
twin 250 Verados. A lot of work done on this boat - came from
Mississippi after Katrina.

Haven't really wrung out a pair of Verados yet - should be fun. It
will be interesting to see how they compare to ETECs.

I'm going into this with an "open" mind.

~~ snerk ~~

Hope you had a good time. Ours is sitting in my drive with the winter
cover
off and the batteries charging. Will take it to the marina tomorrow to
start working on it.

Used our Fuel Perks points (30 gallons max) and filled up my wife's
Highlander (16 gallons), put 10 gallons in the boat topping it off and
the
remaining 4 gallons in a gas can. All for the price of a little over
$5.

http://www.gianteagle.com/main/artic...der_id=1127873




I paid $2.87 a gallon earlier today in Waldorf, MD, at a WaWa. As the
meter ran, I genuflected in the direction of Dicque Cheney.
Do you think the price of gas would fall if the Democrats took power? That
would sure make boating much cheaper!

The Democrats already took control of Congress on January 4th.

Average price of regular grade gas on January 8th: $2.258

Average price of regular grade gas on April 30th: $2.922

That's a nice 29.4% increase...in just under 4 months. Even Cheney's
gas-manipulation powers can't compare to that of the evil Demoncrats.



The Democratic Congress did not establish a secret energy policy with
the nation's drillers, importers, refiners, et cetera. Dick Cheney,
acting on behalf of the oil interests, did.

HK wrote:
NOYB wrote:
"John H." wrote in message
...
On Sat, 05 May 2007 15:38:03 -0400, HK wrote:

JimH wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
Heading out in a hour or so to test a boat.

Should be fun - repowered 23' Hydrasports CC - bolstered stern with
twin 250 Verados. A lot of work done on this boat - came from
Mississippi after Katrina.

Haven't really wrung out a pair of Verados yet - should be fun. It
will be interesting to see how they compare to ETECs.

I'm going into this with an "open" mind.

~~ snerk ~~

Hope you had a good time. Ours is sitting in my drive with the
winter cover
off and the batteries charging. Will take it to the marina
tomorrow to
start working on it.

Used our Fuel Perks points (30 gallons max) and filled up my wife's
Highlander (16 gallons), put 10 gallons in the boat topping it off
and the
remaining 4 gallons in a gas can. All for the price of a little
over $5.

http://www.gianteagle.com/main/artic...der_id=1127873





I paid $2.87 a gallon earlier today in Waldorf, MD, at a WaWa. As the
meter ran, I genuflected in the direction of Dicque Cheney.
Do you think the price of gas would fall if the Democrats took power?
That
would sure make boating much cheaper!

The Democrats already took control of Congress on January 4th.

Average price of regular grade gas on January 8th: $2.258

Average price of regular grade gas on April 30th: $2.922

That's a nice 29.4% increase...in just under 4 months. Even Cheney's
gas-manipulation powers can't compare to that of the evil Demoncrats.



The Democratic Congress did not establish a secret energy policy with
the nation's drillers, importers, refiners, et cetera. Dick Cheney,
acting on behalf of the oil interests, did.

How do you know the Democrats in Congress did not establish a secret
energy policy with big oil to increase the price of oil?

On Sun, 06 May 2007 07:40:17 -0400, BAR wrote:

HK wrote:
NOYB wrote:
"John H." wrote in message
...
On Sat, 05 May 2007 15:38:03 -0400, HK wrote:

JimH wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
Heading out in a hour or so to test a boat.

Should be fun - repowered 23' Hydrasports CC - bolstered stern with
twin 250 Verados. A lot of work done on this boat - came from
Mississippi after Katrina.

Haven't really wrung out a pair of Verados yet - should be fun. It
will be interesting to see how they compare to ETECs.

I'm going into this with an "open" mind.

~~ snerk ~~

Hope you had a good time. Ours is sitting in my drive with the
winter cover
off and the batteries charging. Will take it to the marina
tomorrow to
start working on it.

Used our Fuel Perks points (30 gallons max) and filled up my wife's
Highlander (16 gallons), put 10 gallons in the boat topping it off
and the
remaining 4 gallons in a gas can. All for the price of a little
over $5.

http://www.gianteagle.com/main/artic...der_id=1127873





I paid $2.87 a gallon earlier today in Waldorf, MD, at a WaWa. As the
meter ran, I genuflected in the direction of Dicque Cheney.
Do you think the price of gas would fall if the Democrats took power?
That
would sure make boating much cheaper!

The Democrats already took control of Congress on January 4th.

Average price of regular grade gas on January 8th: $2.258

Average price of regular grade gas on April 30th: $2.922

That's a nice 29.4% increase...in just under 4 months. Even Cheney's
gas-manipulation powers can't compare to that of the evil Demoncrats.

The Democratic Congress did not establish a secret energy policy with
the nation's drillers, importers, refiners, et cetera. Dick Cheney,
acting on behalf of the oil interests, did.

How do you know the Democrats in Congress did not establish a secret
energy policy with big oil to increase the price of oil?

How do you know they both didn't?

Makes sense - the oil companies got what they wanted and the enviros
(aka Democrats) got what they wanted. Eventually, oil use has to drop
becaues of price.

The real problem is the trading pits. The information flow is now
instant - somebody sneezes in Nigeria or Saudi Arabia and five seconds
later, it's headline news. There isn't enough time to adjust - you
have to instantly react to the news and "do something".

And when you add in the fact that there are only so many refiners that
can produce only so much fuel the price goes up. One refinery
sneezing makes the market move instantly - resulting in instant price
changes at the pump - justified or not.

Consider this. Two months ago, gas was at $2.34/g at a local
retailer. Today, it's $3.15/g at that same retailer. What's changed?
The supply is adequate, nobody is sitting in long gas lines -
essentially nothing has changed.

What has changed is expectations. There are worries about July and
August supply problems which are reflected in today's prices. It's an
any excuse market in which any news that reflects negatively in any
fashion pushes the price up.

Can't do anything about it because that's how the markets work.

Here in CT, we have "zone" pricing - which basically says that gas
pricing is done by "zones". In theory, the more affulent parts of the
state pay more than the less affluent. That doesn't work. Gas is
cheaper in Greenwich, for example, that it is in Putnam which is
economically disadvantaged. Can't do anything about it because our
brilliant Attorney General, Democrat Richard Blumenthal, claims that
this is only a temporary effect - it's been temporary for the past ten
years.

Both the politicians and the suppliers are letting the good times roll
because (1) the politicians (D/R) are in the pockets of the oil
companies and refiners and (2) the oil companies are rolling in cash
because of the good prices.

As usual the little guy is getting it right up the patootie. CT is
considering an increase in the gas tax of .06¢/g - and they are
serious about it. They also want to change the current tax structure
to a base level of where it is now (plus the .06¢) and add a
percentage of 10% "surcharge" usage fee on top to pay for some I-95
project in New Haven. They claim that the 10% fee will go away once
the project is paid for.

HAH!!

~~ mutter ~~

Rant off. :)

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Sun, 06 May 2007 07:40:17 -0400, BAR wrote:

HK wrote:
NOYB wrote:
"John H." wrote in message
...
On Sat, 05 May 2007 15:38:03 -0400, HK wrote:

JimH wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
Heading out in a hour or so to test a boat.

Should be fun - repowered 23' Hydrasports CC - bolstered stern with
twin 250 Verados. A lot of work done on this boat - came from
Mississippi after Katrina.

Haven't really wrung out a pair of Verados yet - should be fun. It
will be interesting to see how they compare to ETECs.

I'm going into this with an "open" mind.

~~ snerk ~~

Hope you had a good time. Ours is sitting in my drive with the
winter cover
off and the batteries charging. Will take it to the marina
tomorrow to
start working on it.

Used our Fuel Perks points (30 gallons max) and filled up my wife's
Highlander (16 gallons), put 10 gallons in the boat topping it off
and the
remaining 4 gallons in a gas can. All for the price of a little
over $5.

http://www.gianteagle.com/main/artic...der_id=1127873




I paid $2.87 a gallon earlier today in Waldorf, MD, at a WaWa. As the
meter ran, I genuflected in the direction of Dicque Cheney.
Do you think the price of gas would fall if the Democrats took power?
That
would sure make boating much cheaper!
The Democrats already took control of Congress on January 4th.

Average price of regular grade gas on January 8th: $2.258

Average price of regular grade gas on April 30th: $2.922

That's a nice 29.4% increase...in just under 4 months. Even Cheney's
gas-manipulation powers can't compare to that of the evil Demoncrats.
The Democratic Congress did not establish a secret energy policy with
the nation's drillers, importers, refiners, et cetera. Dick Cheney,
acting on behalf of the oil interests, did.
How do you know the Democrats in Congress did not establish a secret
energy policy with big oil to increase the price of oil?

How do you know they both didn't?

Makes sense - the oil companies got what they wanted and the enviros
(aka Democrats) got what they wanted. Eventually, oil use has to drop
becaues of price.

The real problem is the trading pits. The information flow is now
instant - somebody sneezes in Nigeria or Saudi Arabia and five seconds
later, it's headline news. There isn't enough time to adjust - you
have to instantly react to the news and "do something".



The real problem is that the White House has no compunction about
allowing Big Oil to perpetrate and perpetuate as big a ripoff of the
consumers as possible. President Idiot just doesn't give a damn.
Remember, he's the same guy who thinks it is a great idea to export as
many US manufacturing jobs as possible, and to allow in as many illegals
as possible, in order to drive down the wages of US workers.

"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
...

I think we'll go today! My son says it is too rough, but I think he's
just being a sissy......
http://www.wunderground.com/MAR/AM/270.html

ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!




Just wear a windbreaker jacket and put your ballcap on backwards.

"Hurricane force wind warning
N wall of Gulf Stream near 33.3n 76.7w...33.7n 76.6w...35n 75.3w"

Eisboch

On May 6, 11:43 am, "Eisboch" wrote:
and put your ballcap on backwards.
Eisboch


You mean with the visor in the front!, no way maaaaannn

Anyway, it's a full brim for me.