HK wrote:
sudden onset tostitos

I'm afraid to even ask......

lid wrote:
HK wrote:
sudden onset tostitos

I'm afraid to even ask......


The short version is that we had a poster here by name of Skipper who
claimed to encounter sudden and mighty storms in his 22' Bayliner while
cruising in the Gulf of California. Storms with 25-foot waves or some
such nonsense, and he was constantly bragging about his seamanship and
the seakeeping abilities of his boat. He was sort of like Wayne B. in
his braggadocio, but was at times a more entertaining writer.

In case you didn't know, Wayne and his floating RV came through the
perfect storm in fine order, the perfect storm being 1991 Halloween
Nor'easter that hit North America in October 1991, and sank the steel
fishing vessel Andrea Gail, who were lost 575 miles at sea. Since then,
Wayne has been a really scared skipper, too afraid to run inlets that
even 16-foot Carolina Skiffs transit.

HK wrote:
lid wrote:
HK wrote:
sudden onset tostitos

I'm afraid to even ask......


The short version is that we had a poster here by name of Skipper who
claimed to encounter sudden and mighty storms in his 22' Bayliner while
cruising in the Gulf of California. Storms with 25-foot waves or some
such nonsense, and he was constantly bragging about his seamanship and
the seakeeping abilities of his boat. He was sort of like Wayne B. in
his braggadocio, but was at times a more entertaining writer.

In case you didn't know, Wayne and his floating RV came through the
perfect storm in fine order, the perfect storm being 1991 Halloween
Nor'easter that hit North America in October 1991, and sank the steel
fishing vessel Andrea Gail, who were lost 575 miles at sea. Since then,
Wayne has been a really scared skipper, too afraid to run inlets that
even 16-foot Carolina Skiffs transit.


Forgot...we called Skipper's imaginary storms sudden onset
tostitos...because they occurred in Mexican waters.

HK wrote:
we called Skipper's imaginary storms sudden onset
tostitos...because they occurred in Mexican waters.

I remember Skipper and his Bayliner but I usually skip those long
rambling forever threads. I must have missed all that.

lid wrote:
HK wrote:
sudden onset tostitos

I'm afraid to even ask......
Phant,
It is a *******ization of the Tehuano Winds. Some people used to make
fun of Skipper's wild stories about getting caught in the Tehuano Winds
in the Sea of Cortes. Tehuano Winds are caused by a high pressure
system rushing through the valleys on the Baja Peninsula towards a low
pressure system off the Pacific coast. If I am not mistaken, the high
winds are really only a problem in the Pacific and are not a problem in
the Sea of Cortes.

HK wrote:
sudden onset tostitos

PhantMan wrote:
I'm afraid to even ask......

"Reginald P. Smithers III" wrote:
Phant,
It is a *******ization of the Tehuano Winds.

Oh!! The Winds of Tabasco????
I missed the connection. Must be a regional thing ;-)
Thanks,
Rick

lid wrote:
HK wrote:
sudden onset tostitos

PhantMan wrote:
I'm afraid to even ask......

"Reginald P. Smithers III" wrote:
Phant,
It is a *******ization of the Tehuano Winds.

Oh!! The Winds of Tabasco????
I missed the connection. Must be a regional thing ;-)
Thanks,
Rick


I doubt it refers to the the Tehuano winds. I don't recall that
reference in regard to the Sudden Onset Tostitos. I believe the
"tostito" usage came about after Skipper mentioned encountering "sudden
onset" high winds a few times while claiming to be in the Gulf of
California, and some wag here made the Mexican food reference.

"HK" wrote in message
. ..
lid wrote:
HK wrote:
sudden onset tostitos

PhantMan wrote:
I'm afraid to even ask......

"Reginald P. Smithers III" wrote:
Phant,
It is a *******ization of the Tehuano Winds.

Oh!! The Winds of Tabasco????
I missed the connection. Must be a regional thing ;-)
Thanks,
Rick


I doubt it refers to the the Tehuano winds. I don't recall that reference
in regard to the Sudden Onset Tostitos. I believe the "tostito" usage came
about after Skipper mentioned encountering "sudden onset" high winds a few
times while claiming to be in the Gulf of California, and some wag here
made the Mexican food reference.



IIRC, at least once he referred to it as a "sudden, unexpected hurricane".

Although he obviously didn't mean that literally, many of us didn't let him
off the hook.

Eisboch

Eisboch wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
. ..
lid wrote:
HK wrote:
sudden onset tostitos
PhantMan wrote:
I'm afraid to even ask......
"Reginald P. Smithers III" wrote:
Phant,
It is a *******ization of the Tehuano Winds.
Oh!! The Winds of Tabasco????
I missed the connection. Must be a regional thing ;-)
Thanks,
Rick

I doubt it refers to the the Tehuano winds. I don't recall that reference
in regard to the Sudden Onset Tostitos. I believe the "tostito" usage came
about after Skipper mentioned encountering "sudden onset" high winds a few
times while claiming to be in the Gulf of California, and some wag here
made the Mexican food reference.



IIRC, at least once he referred to it as a "sudden, unexpected hurricane".

Although he obviously didn't mean that literally, many of us didn't let him
off the hook.

Eisboch




That sounds close to what I foggily remember.

On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 00:22:00 -0400, wrote:

On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:00:57 -0500, Vic Smith
wrote:

BTW, 1200 sq ft here is different than in Florida, because there's
another 1200 sq ft of basement.


The difference is I also have 2200 sq/ft screen cage that I can use
for living space 11 months a year, 12 if you are willing to wear
clothes. ;-)
I only have 1315 sq/ft "under air" and another 356 in a "Florida
room", 448 sq/ft of my screen cage is open under a roof, according to
the tax collector and they have better pictures of my house than I do.

I pay $1489 but without the "homestead" it would be $3777

I agree on the garage (aka detached shop), I couldn't live without it.
I also have a 12x16 masonry shed

Yeah, I would need a shed if my wife won't change her storage habits.
Here it's common for people to have a portion of the basement loaded
with various junk. Mine is walled as 2/3 rec room and 1/3
shop/storage.
Two 8' workbenches I built back there and the other wall stacked with
cardboard boxes full of "stuff." Now being converted to plastic
containers of "stuff" because I demanded we do that. Must have 300
bucks in plastic containers by now.
Christmas stuff, Halloween stuff, kid's old school stuff, kid's old
toys stuff, wife's extra clothes and linens stuff.
Since I don't care for wood work any more, and built a work bench in
the garage, I don't really need that part of the basement, but I know
I'll need a shed because my wife will want a place for some "stuff."
I've noted, and so has she, that we'll have much more open living
space in a Florida home, but not as much storage area for "stuff"
in the house.

--Vic