Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 06:11:19 -0500, hk wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:

On the plus side, BRP is putting the Johnson brand into sleep mode for
a couple of years (nice little rumor about what the Johnson brand is
going to become) and ETECs are going to be produced in three new small
flavors - 9.9, 15 and 25 and being introduced in 2009.

Soon, ETEC will rule the world!!!

MMMUUUUUUAAAWWWWAAAAHHHHHAAAAAA!!!!!

All this with hardly any sales and very few dealers. eBay?

Of course Harry - you would know.

90% of the outboards on display were ETECs at Boston.

Setting up at the CMTA show yesterday, mostly ETECs. A few Verados,
very few Yamahas.

Only the stuck in the mud, Lego built Parkers were wedded to Yamaha.

Ancient technology - move up to the real world Harry - go ETEC.

You know you want to. :)


There are fewer eTecs on the water around here than Suzukis, and there
are very few Suzukis. If eTecs are so great, why are so few of them
being sold?

You could drive through the local marina on a weekday and maybe see one
or two eTecs, and this is a marina with several hundred outboard trailer
boats and outboards at slips.

The only places I hear about eTecs are here, when you pimp them, and on
one of the boating discussion groups, where your eTec clones try to
convince everyone you really don't have to buy two in order to assure
you are going to get back to shore.

My issue, by the way, isn't with eTec technology, per se. It's with the
brand, which its owners will dump without a second thought. There's no
Evinrude anymore.

On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 08:08:57 -0500, hk wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 06:11:19 -0500, hk wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:

On the plus side, BRP is putting the Johnson brand into sleep mode for
a couple of years (nice little rumor about what the Johnson brand is
going to become) and ETECs are going to be produced in three new small
flavors - 9.9, 15 and 25 and being introduced in 2009.

Soon, ETEC will rule the world!!!

MMMUUUUUUAAAWWWWAAAAHHHHHAAAAAA!!!!!

All this with hardly any sales and very few dealers. eBay?

Of course Harry - you would know.

90% of the outboards on display were ETECs at Boston.

Setting up at the CMTA show yesterday, mostly ETECs. A few Verados,
very few Yamahas.

Only the stuck in the mud, Lego built Parkers were wedded to Yamaha.

Ancient technology - move up to the real world Harry - go ETEC.

You know you want to. :)


There are fewer eTecs on the water around here than Suzukis, and there
are very few Suzukis. If eTecs are so great, why are so few of them
being sold?

Because people in Maryland and Virginia don't have a clue?

ETEC is making a real penetration in the four stroke market up here -
you are seeing more and more of them as the smarter folks actually
look into it and see that Yamaha - well, no other way to put it - is
largely made in China, less efficient, less power-to-weight ratio and,
frankly, suck. :)

Heh, heh, heh...

VE VILL RULE ZA VORLD!!!

hk wrote:
Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 22:26:40 -0500, hk wrote:

The boat I have now is pretty close to perfect for fishing the entire
Chesapeake and its tributaries. It also works nicely in the ocean.

Your low life Pahkuh would be lucky to last 10 minutes on a rough day
in the ocean or on the Chesapeake.


Well, Whine, according to reports, that's nine minutes and forty five
seconds longer than *your* average woody.

Is it just me, or does that comment seem very strange? Somehow, how
long someone has a "woody" just doesn't cross my mind, EVER.

hk wrote:
BAR wrote:
hk wrote:

I read original posts from no more than 10% of the posters here. You
and loogy aren't in the bozo bin for the moment because I feel it is
Christian charity to deal with a small number of nitwits on a regular
basis. You and loogy are my usenet nitwits...for the moment.

Harry, I've got you pegged and have had you pegged for at least five
years. You couldn't live without reading each and every post in this
newsgroup. You have proved time and again that your "Bozo(s) Bin" is
an illusion which you try to use to denigrate those who you do not
always respond to directly.

You couldn't stay away from this news group, meaning not reading or
posting for two weeks, if you did you would wind up in the hospital
with heart problems.



Bertie, I still chuckle from time to time over the five years of your
bragging that you made more money than I did, and lived in a bigger or
better house. Your powers of observation/perception are now greater now
than when you quit high school to run away with the Marines.

I do earn more money than you do Harry! Do you want to compare tax returns?

I do live in a bigger and better house than you do Harry! You know
exactly where I live and all of the particulars of my house.

hk wrote:
Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 21:57:38 -0500, hk wrote:

Oh, I don't *have* to ask, It's just a bit of fun at your expense,
that's all. You know how that works, right? Hey, maybe you'll have to
sleeve an engine this year, or, who knows, replace the other
transmission. Fun, fun, fun.

You're getting pretty weird again and need to get out more, preferably
on a larger boat where you could fish the entire Chesapeake instead of
just the tributaries.


The boat I have now is pretty close to perfect for fishing the entire
Chesapeake and its tributaries, Whine. It also works nicely in the
ocean. Perhaps if your boating skills were a little sharper, you'd know
how to handle small boats in the ocean and not brownstain your shorts.

What happened to the 36' Zimmerman like Lobsta' boat Harry? I thought
you had two boats?

So, assuming your diesel can be sleeved, when is it due for a full
overhaul? Soon? And what's the MTBF on that other tranny? Soon?

I assume you have a Diesel motor in your 36' Zimmerman like Lobsta' boat?

Next time you're in the area, Whine, let me know...we can throw castnets
from the bows of our boats in 30" of water near the shoreline and bring
up some live baits. I'll put mine in my livewell and you'll put yours in
your...well...that would be a problem, wouldn't it?

Are you offering Wayne a ride in your 36' Zimmerman like Lobsta' boat too?

On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:18:19 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 08:08:57 -0500, hk wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 06:11:19 -0500, hk wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:

On the plus side, BRP is putting the Johnson brand into sleep mode for
a couple of years (nice little rumor about what the Johnson brand is
going to become) and ETECs are going to be produced in three new small
flavors - 9.9, 15 and 25 and being introduced in 2009.

Soon, ETEC will rule the world!!!

MMMUUUUUUAAAWWWWAAAAHHHHHAAAAAA!!!!!

All this with hardly any sales and very few dealers. eBay?

Of course Harry - you would know.

90% of the outboards on display were ETECs at Boston.

Setting up at the CMTA show yesterday, mostly ETECs. A few Verados,
very few Yamahas.

Only the stuck in the mud, Lego built Parkers were wedded to Yamaha.

Ancient technology - move up to the real world Harry - go ETEC.

You know you want to. :)


There are fewer eTecs on the water around here than Suzukis, and there
are very few Suzukis. If eTecs are so great, why are so few of them
being sold?

Because people in Maryland and Virginia don't have a clue?

ETEC is making a real penetration in the four stroke market up here -
you are seeing more and more of them as the smarter folks actually
look into it and see that Yamaha - well, no other way to put it - is
largely made in China, less efficient, less power-to-weight ratio and,
frankly, suck. :)

Heh, heh, heh...

VE VILL RULE ZA VORLD!!!

I was just pointing out what the Parker dealer said when I asked the
question. which seemed to run counter to what some of the bay boaters
were postulating.

Which moronic bay boater(s) were doing the postulating?

--
John H

BAR wrote:
hk wrote:
BAR wrote:
hk wrote:

I read original posts from no more than 10% of the posters here. You
and loogy aren't in the bozo bin for the moment because I feel it is
Christian charity to deal with a small number of nitwits on a
regular basis. You and loogy are my usenet nitwits...for the moment.

Harry, I've got you pegged and have had you pegged for at least five
years. You couldn't live without reading each and every post in this
newsgroup. You have proved time and again that your "Bozo(s) Bin" is
an illusion which you try to use to denigrate those who you do not
always respond to directly.

You couldn't stay away from this news group, meaning not reading or
posting for two weeks, if you did you would wind up in the hospital
with heart problems.



Bertie, I still chuckle from time to time over the five years of your
bragging that you made more money than I did, and lived in a bigger or
better house. Your powers of observation/perception are now greater
now than when you quit high school to run away with the Marines.

I do earn more money than you do Harry! Do you want to compare tax returns?

a. I do live in a bigger and better house than you do Harry! You know
exactly where I live and all of the particulars of my house.



No, Bertie, I am not going to share my tax info with you.

I know nothing of the "particulars" of your house, beyond the fact that
yours is located in a small-lot subdivision and that all the setbacks
from the street seem the same. Dullsville. Like you.

On Jan 22, 6:12*am, hk wrote:
Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 22:26:40 -0500, hk wrote:

The boat I have now is pretty close to perfect for fishing the entire
Chesapeake and its tributaries. It also works nicely in the
ocean.

Your low life Pahkuh would be lucky to last 10 minutes on a rough day
in the ocean or on the Chesapeake.

Well, Whine, *according to reports, that's nine minutes and forty five
seconds longer than *your* average woody.

Who the hell is reporting to you on such things... Why are you paying
attention.. you are weird...

BAR wrote:
hk wrote:
Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 21:57:38 -0500, hk wrote:

Oh, I don't *have* to ask, It's just a bit of fun at your expense,
that's all. You know how that works, right? Hey, maybe you'll have
to sleeve an engine this year, or, who knows, replace the other
transmission. Fun, fun, fun.

You're getting pretty weird again and need to get out more, preferably
on a larger boat where you could fish the entire Chesapeake instead of
just the tributaries.


The boat I have now is pretty close to perfect for fishing the entire
Chesapeake and its tributaries, Whine. It also works nicely in the
ocean. Perhaps if your boating skills were a little sharper, you'd
know how to handle small boats in the ocean and not brownstain your
shorts.

What happened to the 36' Zimmerman like Lobsta' boat Harry? I thought
you had two boats?



*Fishing" Bertbrain...

hk wrote:
BAR wrote:
hk wrote:
BAR wrote:
hk wrote:

I read original posts from no more than 10% of the posters here.
You and loogy aren't in the bozo bin for the moment because I feel
it is Christian charity to deal with a small number of nitwits on a
regular basis. You and loogy are my usenet nitwits...for the moment.

Harry, I've got you pegged and have had you pegged for at least five
years. You couldn't live without reading each and every post in this
newsgroup. You have proved time and again that your "Bozo(s) Bin" is
an illusion which you try to use to denigrate those who you do not
always respond to directly.

You couldn't stay away from this news group, meaning not reading or
posting for two weeks, if you did you would wind up in the hospital
with heart problems.



Bertie, I still chuckle from time to time over the five years of your
bragging that you made more money than I did, and lived in a bigger
or better house. Your powers of observation/perception are now
greater now than when you quit high school to run away with the Marines.

I do earn more money than you do Harry! Do you want to compare tax
returns?

a. I do live in a bigger and better house than you do Harry! You know
exactly where I live and all of the particulars of my house.



No, Bertie, I am not going to share my tax info with you.

I know nothing of the "particulars" of your house, beyond the fact that
yours is located in a small-lot subdivision and that all the setbacks
from the street seem the same. Dullsville. Like you.



At least you didn't say he lived in a tacky, cheap, cookie cutter
subdivision like JimH. I am curious, now that you and JimH are BFF, has
his house improved in value or aesthetics?