On Thu, 17 May 2007 06:20:22 -0400, HK wrote:

Wayne.B wrote:
On Thu, 17 May 2007 02:10:15 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

Bozos. Next thing you know you'll have 5 mph Manatee zones.
No Manatees. The occasional 48 lb pike, but no Manatees.

Doesn't matter, most of our Manatee zones don't have any either. Of
course anyone who wants a speed limit for some reason will claim that
they once saw one.



Awwwwww, poor Wayne.

A great contribution to a fairly interesting thread, Harrie!

You are such a neat guy!

On Thu, 17 May 2007 06:20:22 -0400, HK wrote:

Bozos. Next thing you know you'll have 5 mph Manatee zones.
No Manatees. The occasional 48 lb pike, but no Manatees.

Doesn't matter, most of our Manatee zones don't have any either. Of
course anyone who wants a speed limit for some reason will claim that
they once saw one.



Awwwwww, poor Wayne.

Careful Harry, I might drop off a few Manatees in the Chesapeake on
the way through next month.

Wayne.B wrote:
On Thu, 17 May 2007 06:20:22 -0400, HK wrote:

Bozos. Next thing you know you'll have 5 mph Manatee zones.
No Manatees. The occasional 48 lb pike, but no Manatees.
Doesn't matter, most of our Manatee zones don't have any either. Of
course anyone who wants a speed limit for some reason will claim that
they once saw one.


Awwwwww, poor Wayne.

Careful Harry, I might drop off a few Manatees in the Chesapeake on
the way through next month.


We had manatee zones where I lived in NE Florida. I actually saw
manatees a few times in them. I was glad to slow down for the miles
required.

The world doesn't exist just for us, you know. Or maybe you don't know.

On Thu, 17 May 2007 10:27:52 -0400, HK wrote:

The world doesn't exist just for us, you know.

Us?

It exists solely to keep me entertained.

Period. End of discussion.

On Wed, 16 May 2007 23:34:36 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Thu, 17 May 2007 02:10:15 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

Bozos. Next thing you know you'll have 5 mph Manatee zones.

No Manatees. The occasional 48 lb pike, but no Manatees.

Doesn't matter, most of our Manatee zones don't have any either. Of
course anyone who wants a speed limit for some reason will claim that
they once saw one.

Do they serve a purpose beyond being a rallying point for
environmentalists?

On Thu, 17 May 2007 10:27:52 -0400, HK wrote:

The world doesn't exist just for us, you know.

Thanks, that's very thoughtful of you.

On Thu, 17 May 2007 15:26:36 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

Do they serve a purpose beyond being a rallying point for
environmentalists?

The speed zones? There is a rationale for some of them but manatee
protection is the hot button that gets them implemented - even where
there are few or no manatees.

There is a notable example 2 miles south of here on the Caloosahatchie
River. A fellow with a house directly on the river was tired of being
buzzed by jet skis and speed boats with straight thru exhaust. He
donated a big pile of money to the "Save the Manatees Club" and they
lobbied (successfully) for a 1 mile slow speed zone in front of his
house.

Government at its best. :-)

Wayne.B wrote:
On Thu, 17 May 2007 15:26:36 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

Do they serve a purpose beyond being a rallying point for
environmentalists?

The speed zones? There is a rationale for some of them but manatee
protection is the hot button that gets them implemented - even where
there are few or no manatees.

There is a notable example 2 miles south of here on the Caloosahatchie
River. A fellow with a house directly on the river was tired of being
buzzed by jet skis and speed boats with straight thru exhaust. He
donated a big pile of money to the "Save the Manatees Club" and they
lobbied (successfully) for a 1 mile slow speed zone in front of his
house.

Government at its best. :-)



When we lived along the ICW in Florida, I did my best to make life
miserable for the "cruisers" going by with their huge wakes, and the
speedboats going by unmuffled. So did a lot of others in that immediate
vicinity. We actually got one airboater arrested for disturbing the peace.

On Thu, 17 May 2007 10:25:18 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Thu, 17 May 2007 06:20:22 -0400, HK wrote:

Bozos. Next thing you know you'll have 5 mph Manatee zones.
No Manatees. The occasional 48 lb pike, but no Manatees.

Doesn't matter, most of our Manatee zones don't have any either. Of
course anyone who wants a speed limit for some reason will claim that
they once saw one.



Awwwwww, poor Wayne.

Careful Harry, I might drop off a few Manatees in the Chesapeake on
the way through next month.

They will have no impact on Harrie's boating.

On May 16, 10:01 pm, Wayne.B wrote:
On Thu, 17 May 2007 01:49:12 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing

wrote:
So what do the town fathers in Webster think about you doing speed
trials on their nice little lake?

Well, considering that a couple of local ocean racers use that
particular pond for testing their 42 foot 1200 horsepower super
charged racing boats, not much. :)

Bozos. Next thing you know you'll have 5 mph Manatee zones.

What I want to know is how do you fit

"Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg"

on the transom of your boat?

http://tinyurl.com/oahbe

I thought my mapping software was broken when I saw that.

That's where my parents honeymooned a few years back, I had to learn
to spell it once when I was young to get an ice cream cone from dad.
Apparently the indians were fighting over fishing rights in the lake
from both sides long ago and they made an agreement:
"You fish on your side, I fish on my side, no one fishes the middle".
That's what the indian name of the lake means, or so I was told. Looks
very nice, I have never been there.