On Sun, 08 Jul 2007 03:38:23 -0700, Chuck Gould
wrote:

Still, that said, busting people for having an open can of beer
anywhere aboard a boat seems extreme.

Especially on a canoe which is in no possible way a "motor vehicle".

Depends on how the local law is written of course but I'd like to see
them fight it out in court.

On Sun, 08 Jul 2007 10:48:21 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Sun, 08 Jul 2007 03:38:23 -0700, Chuck Gould
wrote:

Still, that said, busting people for having an open can of beer
anywhere aboard a boat seems extreme.

Especially on a canoe which is in no possible way a "motor vehicle".

Depends on how the local law is written of course but I'd like to see
them fight it out in court.

The definition of vehicle is: Any means in or by which someone travels
or something is carried or conveyed; a means of conveyance or
transport. Vehicles that do not travel on land can be properly
referred to as "craft". Crafts are still vehicles.

That's a good point.

Unless there is a law against public consumption.

On Sun, 08 Jul 2007 10:48:21 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Sun, 08 Jul 2007 03:38:23 -0700, Chuck Gould
wrote:

Still, that said, busting people for having an open can of beer
anywhere aboard a boat seems extreme.

Especially on a canoe which is in no possible way a "motor vehicle".

Depends on how the local law is written of course but I'd like to see
them fight it out in court.

In New Mexico it's illegal to drink alcohol "in the public view". You
can be drunk as a skunk in the mall but you can't drink a beer in your
own living room with the curtins open.

Mark E. Williams