Just said no! Ct. DEP, OK with me...
 

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On Mon, 09 Jul 2007 15:59:42 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
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On Mon, 09 Jul 2007 15:53:45 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
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So I got out to the lake late yesterday. Sitting in the parking lot I
was getting my stuff ready and watching another guy getting his
inspection from the DEP. As I was driving by I waved. The Officer
asked me if I wanted an inspection, I told him it was late, if there
was anything in particular he wanted to look at OK, but I would rather
get out to the water. He was nice and said he would check me next
time.

Personally I support the Ct. DEP. In a nutshell. When I was young I
lived near a nice river, but it was so polluted the water often ran
red and other weird colors, there were mills upstream. Now it is a
trout stream. You could not even swim in the Ct. River, now you can
even eat some of the fish. You could not fish Stripers, Salmon are
returning, and there are plenty of Trout and other fish for everyone,
maybe more than when I was young and of course the pressure on the
fish is huge compared to back then. Last season I had a guy pull me
over on Crystal Lake in Stafford. He was doing a survey about Trout
fishing, they wanted to know how fishermen felt about closing the
Trout season during the hot months to take some of the pressure off of
the population. I felt that if that's what they had to do, they had a
good track record with me.

Anyway, it was the first time I ever said no. It felt kind of funny
but I find with the big wooden skiff, no one pays much attention to me
anyway. Oh, I still get pulled over and met at the dock, but they just
want to look at the boat and that's cool.



What about CG inspections? Are we legally required to let them board?
The
cops need a warrant to search your home. I wonder if the CG has its own
special set of rules.


Another example of why even long time boaters need to take a safe
boating course and pass a test. The answer to this is REALLY basic.
If you don't know, you should not be operating a boat.


That's such a silly thing to say. Really. It is.


When they arrest you for hesitating, questioning them, or resisting in
any small way, you'll think otherwise. These days, they usually have
little patience for nitwits. That makes you a marked man, apparently.


You don't need to sit through hours of courses to learn one rule.

As far as your sudden burst of name calling, you should explore your problem
further. Although I doubt you do it with people standing in front of you,
you may slip one day.

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You don't need to sit through hours of courses to learn one rule.


I think it's quite safe to assume that if you don't know that one
rule...


Gee....ya think? Nothing like a blinding flash of the obvious. I asked about
the rule, so obviously I did not know it.

You with me so far?

As far as safety, I've was handling a 47 foot boat quite nicely when I was
16 years old. Took all the courses, etc etc. My current boat was boarded a
couple of years ago, and I was given a ticket for not having a piece of
equipment NOT required by the CG. I ended up helping some young guy learn
the rules, with the help of his CO.

Just said no! Ct. DEP, OK with me...
 

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On Mon, 09 Jul 2007 16:23:01 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
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You don't need to sit through hours of courses to learn one rule.


I think it's quite safe to assume that if you don't know that one
rule...


Gee....ya think? Nothing like a blinding flash of the obvious. I asked
about
the rule, so obviously I did not know it.

You with me so far?

As far as safety, I've was handling a 47 foot boat quite nicely when I was
16 years old. Took all the courses, etc etc. My current boat was boarded a
couple of years ago, and I was given a ticket for not having a piece of
equipment NOT required by the CG. I ended up helping some young guy learn
the rules, with the help of his CO.


Somehow, you've completely failed to convince me of your competence.
If a newcomer to this group were to ask the same basic question you
asked, there would have been 20 responses advising you that you need
to take a safe boating course. My advice that you seriously need to
take a safety course stands, and your "know-it all" responses only
re-inforce that opinion.



Why do I need to convince YOU?


Within 1/2 a degree Fahrenheit, what is the temperature of the water in your
water heater RIGHT NOW? Not last time you checked it, but RIGHT NOW.

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On Mon, 09 Jul 2007 16:38:36 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
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On Mon, 09 Jul 2007 16:23:01 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
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You don't need to sit through hours of courses to learn one rule.


I think it's quite safe to assume that if you don't know that one
rule...


Gee....ya think? Nothing like a blinding flash of the obvious. I asked
about
the rule, so obviously I did not know it.

You with me so far?

As far as safety, I've was handling a 47 foot boat quite nicely when I
was
16 years old. Took all the courses, etc etc. My current boat was boarded
a
couple of years ago, and I was given a ticket for not having a piece of
equipment NOT required by the CG. I ended up helping some young guy
learn
the rules, with the help of his CO.


Somehow, you've completely failed to convince me of your competence.
If a newcomer to this group were to ask the same basic question you
asked, there would have been 20 responses advising you that you need
to take a safe boating course. My advice that you seriously need to
take a safety course stands, and your "know-it all" responses only
re-inforce that opinion.



Why do I need to convince YOU?



I don't know, but you seem to have made it a high priority. So far,
you might have convinced yourself, but that's about it. And even that
would require a fair amount of intellectual dishonesty on your part.


You didn't respond to my question about water temperature. Could you please
do so in your next message?

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On Jul 9, 12:50 pm, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:
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On Mon, 09 Jul 2007 16:38:36 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
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On Mon, 09 Jul 2007 16:23:01 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
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You don't need to sit through hours of courses to learn one rule.

I think it's quite safe to assume that if you don't know that one
rule...

Gee....ya think? Nothing like a blinding flash of the obvious. I asked
about
the rule, so obviously I did not know it.

You with me so far?

As far as safety, I've was handling a 47 foot boat quite nicely when I
was
16 years old. Took all the courses, etc etc. My current boat was boarded
a
couple of years ago, and I was given a ticket for not having a piece of
equipment NOT required by the CG. I ended up helping some young guy
learn
the rules, with the help of his CO.

Somehow, you've completely failed to convince me of your competence.
If a newcomer to this group were to ask the same basic question you
asked, there would have been 20 responses advising you that you need
to take a safe boating course. My advice that you seriously need to
take a safety course stands, and your "know-it all" responses only
re-inforce that opinion.

Why do I need to convince YOU?

I don't know, but you seem to have made it a high priority. So far,
you might have convinced yourself, but that's about it. And even that
would require a fair amount of intellectual dishonesty on your part.

You didn't respond to my question about water temperature. Could you please
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Then what Joe? What if he said he could not tell you to a degree what
the temp is in his tank, what does that prove? I guess I am a little
slow today!

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On Jul 9, 12:50 pm, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:
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On Mon, 09 Jul 2007 16:38:36 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
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On Mon, 09 Jul 2007 16:23:01 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
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You don't need to sit through hours of courses to learn one rule.

I think it's quite safe to assume that if you don't know that one
rule...

Gee....ya think? Nothing like a blinding flash of the obvious. I
asked
about
the rule, so obviously I did not know it.

You with me so far?

As far as safety, I've was handling a 47 foot boat quite nicely when
I
was
16 years old. Took all the courses, etc etc. My current boat was
boarded
a
couple of years ago, and I was given a ticket for not having a piece
of
equipment NOT required by the CG. I ended up helping some young guy
learn
the rules, with the help of his CO.

Somehow, you've completely failed to convince me of your competence.
If a newcomer to this group were to ask the same basic question you
asked, there would have been 20 responses advising you that you need
to take a safe boating course. My advice that you seriously need to
take a safety course stands, and your "know-it all" responses only
re-inforce that opinion.

Why do I need to convince YOU?

I don't know, but you seem to have made it a high priority. So far,
you might have convinced yourself, but that's about it. And even that
would require a fair amount of intellectual dishonesty on your part.

You didn't respond to my question about water temperature. Could you
please
do so in your next message?- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Then what Joe? What if he said he could not tell you to a degree what
the temp is in his tank, what does that prove? I guess I am a little
slow today!


It's rude to second guess people, so let's wait until this time tomorrow and
see if he answers the question. Then, I'll explain why I asked.

Just said no! Ct. DEP, OK with me...
 

On Mon, 09 Jul 2007 18:00:32 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
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It's rude to second guess people, so let's wait until this time tomorrow and
see if he answers the question. Then, I'll explain why I asked.

Bored again huh?

Jeezum pete Doug - get a life. :)

By the way, not to take this off topic off topic, but do you read
novels much at all - scifi/fantasy type stuff?

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On Mon, 09 Jul 2007 18:00:32 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
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It's rude to second guess people, so let's wait until this time tomorrow
and
see if he answers the question. Then, I'll explain why I asked.

Bored again huh?

Jeezum pete Doug - get a life. :)

What else am I supposed to do when I'm on hold, waiting for one of my
customers to do some binis? :-)



By the way, not to take this off topic off topic, but do you read
novels much at all - scifi/fantasy type stuff?

Lately, mostly political non-fiction. The last fiction binge involved
nothing but Hemingway for almost 6 months. I stopped after one of his books
which described two characters drinking wine with breakfast (in France). It
made me feel hung over.

Just said no! Ct. DEP, OK with me...
 

On Mon, 09 Jul 2007 20:22:52 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
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On Mon, 09 Jul 2007 18:00:32 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
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It's rude to second guess people, so let's wait until this time tomorrow
and
see if he answers the question. Then, I'll explain why I asked.

Bored again huh?

Jeezum pete Doug - get a life. :)

What else am I supposed to do when I'm on hold, waiting for one of my
customers to do some binis? :-)

Ah - good point.

By the way, not to take this off topic off topic, but do you read
novels much at all - scifi/fantasy type stuff?

Lately, mostly political non-fiction. The last fiction binge involved
nothing but Hemingway for almost 6 months. I stopped after one of his books
which described two characters drinking wine with breakfast (in France). It
made me feel hung over.

Ok, just wondering. I have a series I just finished - fun, light
reading and I was thinking of sending them to you if you wanted them.

But being the serious type, you probabaly wouldn't appreciate them
anyway. :)

Just said no! Ct. DEP, OK with me...
 

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On Mon, 09 Jul 2007 20:22:52 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
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"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Mon, 09 Jul 2007 18:00:32 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
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It's rude to second guess people, so let's wait until this time tomorrow
and
see if he answers the question. Then, I'll explain why I asked.

Bored again huh?

Jeezum pete Doug - get a life. :)

What else am I supposed to do when I'm on hold, waiting for one of my
customers to do some binis? :-)

Ah - good point.

By the way, not to take this off topic off topic, but do you read
novels much at all - scifi/fantasy type stuff?

Lately, mostly political non-fiction. The last fiction binge involved
nothing but Hemingway for almost 6 months. I stopped after one of his
books
which described two characters drinking wine with breakfast (in France).
It
made me feel hung over.

Ok, just wondering. I have a series I just finished - fun, light
reading and I was thinking of sending them to you if you wanted them.

But being the serious type, you probabaly wouldn't appreciate them
anyway. :)

Yeah...I'm a very serious person. Next stop: One of Daniel Patrick
Moynihan's books.