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The Georgia DNR reports that over Memorial Day weekend, boating on
Lake Lanier was down 50%.

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wrote
The Georgia DNR reports that over Memorial Day weekend, boating on
Lake Lanier was down 50%.

I heard it was down about fifteen feet ...

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"Ernest Scribbler" wrote in message
et...
wrote
The Georgia DNR reports that over Memorial Day weekend, boating on
Lake Lanier was down 50%.

I heard it was down about fifteen feet ...


Is it still low?? Around here in NC the lakes are briming. Kerr is like 5
or 6 feet over pool and the Corp is letting water out of the rest to keep
them from being too high.

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On May 27, 8:48*am, "jamesgangnc" wrote:
"Ernest Scribbler" wrote in message

et... wrote
The Georgia DNR reports that over Memorial Day weekend, boating on
Lake Lanier was down 50%.

I heard it was down about fifteen feet ...

Is it still low?? *Around here in NC the lakes are briming. *Kerr is like 5
or 6 feet over pool and the Corp is letting water out of the rest to keep
them from being too high.

It's down but not as bad as it was. 15 feet isn't terrible in Lanier,
it's deep. Hope we get up more before the end of summer.

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wrote in message
...
On May 27, 8:48 am, "jamesgangnc" wrote:
"Ernest Scribbler" wrote in message

et...
wrote
The Georgia DNR reports that over Memorial Day weekend, boating on
Lake Lanier was down 50%.

I heard it was down about fifteen feet ...

Is it still low?? Around here in NC the lakes are briming. Kerr is like 5
or 6 feet over pool and the Corp is letting water out of the rest to keep
them from being too high.

It's down but not as bad as it was. 15 feet isn't terrible in Lanier,
it's deep. Hope we get up more before the end of summer.

That's surprising as much rain as there has been in the se generally. I'm
thinking we're not too many weeks from the start of the drier summer weather
so it better hurry up. Then again they are calling for a more active
hurrican season and it only takes one of those to fill up a lot of lakes.

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On May 27, 9:53*am, Larry wrote:
wrote in news:a64264ac-9f95-4b7f-8dd4-0ad0217a0030@
34g2000hsf.googlegroups.com:

The Georgia DNR reports that over Memorial Day weekend, boating on
Lake Lanier was down 50%.

POWERBOAT use on Charleston Harbor was down a lot more than 50%. *The
sailboaters rejoicing so loud is kinda disgusting....(c;

Even up the river at my house there was almost no waterskiing going on. *
Jetski use was also much less on the Ashley River at Charleston.

With the cost of gasoline, middle income folks with 20 something
footers have to decide between 10 trips to the water, and the week at
the cottage/trip to disney... Many are choosing the vacation over the
boat. BTW, I am going to try to build a Brockway if my health holds
out. I will let you all know when it goes on sale, you all have first
dibs... My boats use an average of 2 to 10 gallons a day;)

Scotty from Smallboats.com
Trip-Reports.com
and a new kind of lame one,
RowdyMouseRacing.com

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On May 27, 9:59*am, wrote:
On May 27, 9:53*am, Larry wrote:

wrote in news:a64264ac-9f95-4b7f-8dd4-0ad0217a0030@
34g2000hsf.googlegroups.com:

The Georgia DNR reports that over Memorial Day weekend, boating on
Lake Lanier was down 50%.

POWERBOAT use on Charleston Harbor was down a lot more than 50%. *The
sailboaters rejoicing so loud is kinda disgusting....(c;

Even up the river at my house there was almost no waterskiing going on. *
Jetski use was also much less on the Ashley River at Charleston.

With the cost of gasoline, middle income folks with 20 something
footers have to decide between 10 trips to the water, and the week at
the cottage/trip to disney... Many are choosing the vacation over the
boat. BTW, I am going to try to build a Brockway if my health holds
out. I will let you all know when it goes on sale, you all have first
dibs... My boats use an average of 2 *to 10 gallons a day;)

Scotty from Smallboats.com
Trip-Reports.com
and a new kind of lame one,
RowdyMouseRacing.com

Where do you get your plans and/or templates? I like to build one!

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On May 27, 10:47*am, wrote:
On May 27, 9:59*am, wrote:





On May 27, 9:53*am, Larry wrote:

wrote in news:a64264ac-9f95-4b7f-8dd4-0ad0217a0030@
34g2000hsf.googlegroups.com:

The Georgia DNR reports that over Memorial Day weekend, boating on
Lake Lanier was down 50%.

POWERBOAT use on Charleston Harbor was down a lot more than 50%. *The
sailboaters rejoicing so loud is kinda disgusting....(c;

Even up the river at my house there was almost no waterskiing going on.. *
Jetski use was also much less on the Ashley River at Charleston.

With the cost of gasoline, middle income folks with 20 something
footers have to decide between 10 trips to the water, and the week at
the cottage/trip to disney... Many are choosing the vacation over the
boat. BTW, I am going to try to build a Brockway if my health holds
out. I will let you all know when it goes on sale, you all have first
dibs... My boats use an average of 2 *to 10 gallons a day;)

Scotty from Smallboats.com
Trip-Reports.com
and a new kind of lame one,
RowdyMouseRacing.com

Where do you get your plans and/or templates? I like to build one!- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I draw em up or buy them. If you want to build a workskiff, I can set
you up fine. I will follow up by email.

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On May 27, 10:47*am, wrote:
On May 27, 9:59*am, wrote:





On May 27, 9:53*am, Larry wrote:

wrote in news:a64264ac-9f95-4b7f-8dd4-0ad0217a0030@
34g2000hsf.googlegroups.com:

The Georgia DNR reports that over Memorial Day weekend, boating on
Lake Lanier was down 50%.

POWERBOAT use on Charleston Harbor was down a lot more than 50%. *The
sailboaters rejoicing so loud is kinda disgusting....(c;

Even up the river at my house there was almost no waterskiing going on.. *
Jetski use was also much less on the Ashley River at Charleston.

With the cost of gasoline, middle income folks with 20 something
footers have to decide between 10 trips to the water, and the week at
the cottage/trip to disney... Many are choosing the vacation over the
boat. BTW, I am going to try to build a Brockway if my health holds
out. I will let you all know when it goes on sale, you all have first
dibs... My boats use an average of 2 *to 10 gallons a day;)

Scotty from Smallboats.com
Trip-Reports.com
and a new kind of lame one,
RowdyMouseRacing.com

Where do you get your plans and/or templates? I like to build one!- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

When you want to start? I am getting stuff together right now..

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On May 27, 10:58*am, wrote:
On May 27, 10:47*am, wrote:





On May 27, 9:59*am, wrote:

On May 27, 9:53*am, Larry wrote:

wrote in news:a64264ac-9f95-4b7f-8dd4-0ad0217a0030@
34g2000hsf.googlegroups.com:

The Georgia DNR reports that over Memorial Day weekend, boating on
Lake Lanier was down 50%.

POWERBOAT use on Charleston Harbor was down a lot more than 50%. *The
sailboaters rejoicing so loud is kinda disgusting....(c;

Even up the river at my house there was almost no waterskiing going on. *
Jetski use was also much less on the Ashley River at Charleston.

With the cost of gasoline, middle income folks with 20 something
footers have to decide between 10 trips to the water, and the week at
the cottage/trip to disney... Many are choosing the vacation over the
boat. BTW, I am going to try to build a Brockway if my health holds
out. I will let you all know when it goes on sale, you all have first
dibs... My boats use an average of 2 *to 10 gallons a day;)

Scotty from Smallboats.com
Trip-Reports.com
and a new kind of lame one,
RowdyMouseRacing.com

Where do you get your plans and/or templates? I like to build one!- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I draw em up or buy them. If you want to build a workskiff, I can set
you up fine. I will follow up by email.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Cool beans! And give me your land address, looks like I'll have favors
to return!

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On May 27, 11:23*am, wrote:
On May 27, 10:58*am, wrote:





On May 27, 10:47*am, wrote:

On May 27, 9:59*am, wrote:

On May 27, 9:53*am, Larry wrote:

wrote in news:a64264ac-9f95-4b7f-8dd4-0ad0217a0030@
34g2000hsf.googlegroups.com:

The Georgia DNR reports that over Memorial Day weekend, boating on
Lake Lanier was down 50%.

POWERBOAT use on Charleston Harbor was down a lot more than 50%. *The
sailboaters rejoicing so loud is kinda disgusting....(c;

Even up the river at my house there was almost no waterskiing going on. *
Jetski use was also much less on the Ashley River at Charleston.

With the cost of gasoline, middle income folks with 20 something
footers have to decide between 10 trips to the water, and the week at
the cottage/trip to disney... Many are choosing the vacation over the
boat. BTW, I am going to try to build a Brockway if my health holds
out. I will let you all know when it goes on sale, you all have first
dibs... My boats use an average of 2 *to 10 gallons a day;)

Scotty from Smallboats.com
Trip-Reports.com
and a new kind of lame one,
RowdyMouseRacing.com

Where do you get your plans and/or templates? I like to build one!- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I draw em up or buy them. If you want to build a workskiff, I can set
you up fine. I will follow up by email.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Cool beans! And give me your land address, looks like I'll have favors
to return!- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

We could build them on line if you want. Maybe folks here would be
interested to watch.... I could go do it at the builders group, but
this will just be a knockdown slap up build... got a digital camera?

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On Tue, 27 May 2008 05:58:02 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

Is it still low?? *Around here in NC the lakes are briming. *Kerr is like 5
or 6 feet over pool and the Corp is letting water out of the rest to keep
them from being too high.

Here in central Iowa, the local flood control/recreation lake is
twenty feet above normal. Lots of beaches and boat ramps are closed.

Casady

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On May 27, 11:35*am, wrote:
On May 27, 11:23*am, wrote:





On May 27, 10:58*am, wrote:

On May 27, 10:47*am, wrote:

On May 27, 9:59*am, wrote:

On May 27, 9:53*am, Larry wrote:

wrote in news:a64264ac-9f95-4b7f-8dd4-0ad0217a0030@
34g2000hsf.googlegroups.com:

The Georgia DNR reports that over Memorial Day weekend, boating on
Lake Lanier was down 50%.

POWERBOAT use on Charleston Harbor was down a lot more than 50%. *The
sailboaters rejoicing so loud is kinda disgusting....(c;

Even up the river at my house there was almost no waterskiing going on. *
Jetski use was also much less on the Ashley River at Charleston.

With the cost of gasoline, middle income folks with 20 something
footers have to decide between 10 trips to the water, and the week at
the cottage/trip to disney... Many are choosing the vacation over the
boat. BTW, I am going to try to build a Brockway if my health holds
out. I will let you all know when it goes on sale, you all have first
dibs... My boats use an average of 2 *to 10 gallons a day;)

Scotty from Smallboats.com
Trip-Reports.com
and a new kind of lame one,
RowdyMouseRacing.com

Where do you get your plans and/or templates? I like to build one!- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I draw em up or buy them. If you want to build a workskiff, I can set
you up fine. I will follow up by email.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Cool beans! And give me your land address, looks like I'll have favors
to return!- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

We could build them on line if you want. Maybe folks here would be
interested to watch.... I could go do it at the builders group, but
this will just be a knockdown slap up build... *got a digital camera?- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

That'd be pretty cool! Guess we'd post progress pics ever so often.

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On May 27, 11:39*am, (Richard Casady)
wrote:
On Tue, 27 May 2008 05:58:02 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
Is it still low?? *Around here in NC the lakes are briming. *Kerr is like 5
or 6 feet over pool and the Corp is letting water out of the rest to keep
them from being too high.

Here in central Iowa, the local flood control/recreation lake is
twenty feet above normal. Lots of beaches and boat ramps are closed.

Casady

It was a zoo at Falls Lake in Raleigh NC on Saturday. Boats
everywhere.

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wrote in message
...
On May 27, 11:39 am, (Richard Casady)
wrote:
On Tue, 27 May 2008 05:58:02 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
Is it still low?? Around here in NC the lakes are briming. Kerr is like
5
or 6 feet over pool and the Corp is letting water out of the rest to
keep
them from being too high.

Here in central Iowa, the local flood control/recreation lake is
twenty feet above normal. Lots of beaches and boat ramps are closed.

Casady

It was a zoo at Falls Lake in Raleigh NC on Saturday. Boats
everywhere.

It turned cold last week, which kept down a lot of the outdoor activities.
8" of snow at Donner Pass in the sierras. Trying to get out tomorrow for
some shad fishing in Sacramento.

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On Tue, 27 May 2008 09:24:32 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On May 27, 11:39*am, (Richard Casady)
wrote:
On Tue, 27 May 2008 05:58:02 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
Is it still low?? *Around here in NC the lakes are briming. *Kerr is like 5
or 6 feet over pool and the Corp is letting water out of the rest to keep
them from being too high.

Here in central Iowa, the local flood control/recreation lake is
twenty feet above normal. Lots of beaches and boat ramps are closed.

Casady

It was a zoo at Falls Lake in Raleigh NC on Saturday. Boats
everywhere.

That's good news! It makes my plan to move to the Wake Forest area more
tenable. (Sure hope I used that word properly!)
--
John *H*

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On Tue, 27 May 2008 08:35:19 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

On May 27, 11:23*am, wrote:
On May 27, 10:58*am, wrote:





On May 27, 10:47*am, wrote:

On May 27, 9:59*am, wrote:

On May 27, 9:53*am, Larry wrote:

wrote in news:a64264ac-9f95-4b7f-8dd4-0ad0217a0030@
34g2000hsf.googlegroups.com:

The Georgia DNR reports that over Memorial Day weekend, boating on
Lake Lanier was down 50%.

POWERBOAT use on Charleston Harbor was down a lot more than 50%. *The
sailboaters rejoicing so loud is kinda disgusting....(c;

Even up the river at my house there was almost no waterskiing going on. *
Jetski use was also much less on the Ashley River at Charleston.

With the cost of gasoline, middle income folks with 20 something
footers have to decide between 10 trips to the water, and the week at
the cottage/trip to disney... Many are choosing the vacation over the
boat. BTW, I am going to try to build a Brockway if my health holds
out. I will let you all know when it goes on sale, you all have first
dibs... My boats use an average of 2 *to 10 gallons a day;)

Scotty from Smallboats.com
Trip-Reports.com
and a new kind of lame one,
RowdyMouseRacing.com

Where do you get your plans and/or templates? I like to build one!- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I draw em up or buy them. If you want to build a workskiff, I can set
you up fine. I will follow up by email.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Cool beans! And give me your land address, looks like I'll have favors
to return!- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

We could build them on line if you want. Maybe folks here would be
interested to watch.... I could go do it at the builders group, but
this will just be a knockdown slap up build... got a digital camera?

I'd love to watch!
--
John *H*

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On May 27, 5:42*pm, John H. wrote:
On Tue, 27 May 2008 08:35:19 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:





On May 27, 11:23*am, wrote:
On May 27, 10:58*am, wrote:

On May 27, 10:47*am, wrote:

On May 27, 9:59*am, wrote:

On May 27, 9:53*am, Larry wrote:

wrote in news:a64264ac-9f95-4b7f-8dd4-0ad0217a0030@
34g2000hsf.googlegroups.com:

The Georgia DNR reports that over Memorial Day weekend, boating on
Lake Lanier was down 50%.

POWERBOAT use on Charleston Harbor was down a lot more than 50%.. *The
sailboaters rejoicing so loud is kinda disgusting....(c;

Even up the river at my house there was almost no waterskiing going on. *
Jetski use was also much less on the Ashley River at Charleston..

With the cost of gasoline, middle income folks with 20 something
footers have to decide between 10 trips to the water, and the week at
the cottage/trip to disney... Many are choosing the vacation over the
boat. BTW, I am going to try to build a Brockway if my health holds
out. I will let you all know when it goes on sale, you all have first
dibs... My boats use an average of 2 *to 10 gallons a day;)

Scotty from Smallboats.com
Trip-Reports.com
and a new kind of lame one,
RowdyMouseRacing.com

Where do you get your plans and/or templates? I like to build one!- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I draw em up or buy them. If you want to build a workskiff, I can set
you up fine. I will follow up by email.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Cool beans! And give me your land address, looks like I'll have favors
to return!- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

We could build them on line if you want. Maybe folks here would be
interested to watch.... I could go do it at the builders group, but
this will just be a knockdown slap up build... *got a digital camera?

I'd love to watch!
--
John *H*- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I knew you were weird.. anyway, grab a rasp and put on a mask and you
can watch "that side" for me;) If my health allows me to pull it off,
I will post pics...

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On May 27, 7:28*am, wrote:
The Georgia DNR reports that over Memorial Day weekend, boating on
Lake Lanier was down 50%.

We didn't go out at all this weekend.
1. wifes health
2. constant threat of rain. (which it did)
3. monster fuel prices
4. involved with Memorial Day services at church and at three
cemeteries.

July 4?

Maybe

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On May 27, 6:16 pm, Tim wrote:
On May 27, 7:28 am, wrote:

The Georgia DNR reports that over Memorial Day weekend, boating on
Lake Lanier was down 50%.

We didn't go out at all this weekend.
1. wifes health
2. constant threat of rain. (which it did)
3. monster fuel prices
4. involved with Memorial Day services at church and at three
cemeteries.

July 4?

Maybe

Sorry to hear about your wife Tim and I hope the health issue is not
serious.

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On May 27, 5:31*pm, JimH wrote:

Sorry to hear about your wife Tim and I hope the health issue is not
serious.

Well, actually it is, Jim.

She has Lymphoma B and took her second bout of chemo therapy last
monday.

She's pretty sick at the moment, plus last week was the daughters high
school baccalaureate and friday was graduation. then memorial day etc.
But besides being extremely tired she is listed with about an 83%
recovery rate, and the tumorous lymp nodes in her neck are shrinking.

That's why I've not been on here much, because I've been studying
about the cancer etc. and taking care of her.

But so far we're planning on an excellent recovery.

Thanks for the well wish's, they're appreciated!

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On May 27, 7:04 pm, Tim wrote:
On May 27, 5:31 pm, JimH wrote:

Sorry to hear about your wife Tim and I hope the health issue is not
serious.

Well, actually it is, Jim.

She has Lymphoma B and took her second bout of chemo therapy last
monday.

She's pretty sick at the moment, plus last week was the daughters high
school baccalaureate and friday was graduation. then memorial day etc.
But besides being extremely tired she is listed with about an 83%
recovery rate, and the tumorous lymp nodes in her neck are shrinking.

That's why I've not been on here much, because I've been studying
about the cancer etc. and taking care of her.

But so far we're planning on an excellent recovery.

Thanks for the well wish's, they're appreciated!

I will keep her in my prayers and I wish her all the best.

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On May 27, 6:57*pm, JimH wrote:
On May 27, 7:04 pm, Tim wrote:





On May 27, 5:31 pm, JimH wrote:

Sorry to hear about your wife Tim and I hope the health issue is not
serious.

Well, actually it is, Jim.

She has Lymphoma B and took her second bout of chemo therapy last
monday.

She's pretty sick at the moment, plus last week was the daughters high
school baccalaureate and friday was graduation. then memorial day etc.
But besides being extremely tired she is listed with about an 83%
recovery rate, and the tumorous lymp nodes in her neck are shrinking.

That's why I've not been on here much, because I've been studying
about the cancer etc. and taking care of her.

But so far we're planning on an excellent recovery.

Thanks for the well wish's, they're appreciated!

I will keep her in my prayers and I wish her all the best.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Thanks man. right now she has a lot of joint pain which goes along
with the treatment. the poison (chemo) drops your white cell count, so
your bones are trying to catch up on her bllood supply. this is
normal, but it's painful. But she's a fighter.

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On Tue, 27 May 2008 15:16:21 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote:

On May 27, 7:28*am, wrote:
The Georgia DNR reports that over Memorial Day weekend, boating on
Lake Lanier was down 50%.

We didn't go out at all this weekend.
1. wifes health
2. constant threat of rain. (which it did)
3. monster fuel prices
4. involved with Memorial Day services at church and at three
cemeteries.

July 4?

Maybe

How did the church service go?
--
John *H*

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On May 27, 7:13*pm, John H. wrote:
On Tue, 27 May 2008 15:16:21 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote:
On May 27, 7:28*am, wrote:
The Georgia DNR reports that over Memorial Day weekend, boating on
Lake Lanier was down 50%.

We didn't go out at all this weekend.
1. wifes health
2. constant threat of rain. (which it did)
3. monster fuel prices
4. involved with Memorial Day services at church and at three
cemeteries.

July 4?

Maybe

How did the church service go?
--
John *H*

Excellent. the bulletin was a hit. Plus we had a guest retired O-5
deliver an outstanding sermon.

Wonderful day.

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On Tue, 27 May 2008 19:30:56 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote:

On May 27, 7:13*pm, John H. wrote:
On Tue, 27 May 2008 15:16:21 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote:
On May 27, 7:28*am, wrote:
The Georgia DNR reports that over Memorial Day weekend, boating on
Lake Lanier was down 50%.

We didn't go out at all this weekend.
1. wifes health
2. constant threat of rain. (which it did)
3. monster fuel prices
4. involved with Memorial Day services at church and at three
cemeteries.

July 4?

Maybe

How did the church service go?
--
John *H*

Excellent. the bulletin was a hit. Plus we had a guest retired O-5
deliver an outstanding sermon.

Wonderful day.

Fantastic. I knew it would be a hit. It had just the right flavor.
--
John *H*

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"John H." wrote in message
...
On Tue, 27 May 2008 09:24:32 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On May 27, 11:39 am, (Richard Casady)
wrote:
On Tue, 27 May 2008 05:58:02 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
Is it still low?? Around here in NC the lakes are briming. Kerr is
like 5
or 6 feet over pool and the Corp is letting water out of the rest to
keep
them from being too high.

Here in central Iowa, the local flood control/recreation lake is
twenty feet above normal. Lots of beaches and boat ramps are closed.

Casady

It was a zoo at Falls Lake in Raleigh NC on Saturday. Boats
everywhere.

That's good news! It makes my plan to move to the Wake Forest area more
tenable. (Sure hope I used that word properly!)
--
John *H*

The start of summer around here is usually busy with a high percentage of
newbees crowded around at the ramp. It's entertaining if you don't let it
get to you. But the high boat traffic made the lake a bit choppy. After a
month or so traffic will drop off a bit. I suspect that some number of
people get into boating and decide it's not really their cup of tea.

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On May 28, 8:30*am, "jamesgangnc" wrote:
"John H." wrote in message

...





On Tue, 27 May 2008 09:24:32 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On May 27, 11:39 am, (Richard Casady)
wrote:
On Tue, 27 May 2008 05:58:02 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
Is it still low?? Around here in NC the lakes are briming. Kerr is
like 5
or 6 feet over pool and the Corp is letting water out of the rest to
keep
them from being too high.

Here in central Iowa, the local flood control/recreation lake is
twenty feet above normal. Lots of beaches and boat ramps are closed.

Casady

It was a zoo at Falls Lake in Raleigh NC on Saturday. *Boats
everywhere.

That's good news! It makes my plan to move to the Wake Forest area more
tenable. (Sure hope I used that word properly!)
--
John *H*

The start of summer around here is usually busy with a high percentage of
newbees crowded around at the ramp. *It's entertaining if you don't let it
get to you. *But the high boat traffic made the lake a bit choppy. *After a
month or so traffic will drop off a bit. *I suspect that some number of
people get into boating and decide it's not really their cup of tea.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I tend to help them so they'll know what to do next time.

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On May 27, 5:37*pm, John H. wrote:
On Tue, 27 May 2008 09:24:32 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
On May 27, 11:39*am, (Richard Casady)
wrote:
On Tue, 27 May 2008 05:58:02 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
Is it still low?? *Around here in NC the lakes are briming. *Kerr is like 5
or 6 feet over pool and the Corp is letting water out of the rest to keep
them from being too high.

Here in central Iowa, the local flood control/recreation lake is
twenty feet above normal. Lots of beaches and boat ramps are closed.

Casady

It was a zoo at Falls Lake in Raleigh NC on Saturday. *Boats
everywhere.

That's good news! It makes my plan to move to the Wake Forest area more
tenable. (Sure hope I used that word properly!)
--
John *H*

Not to worry, if the cast of fools finds any typo, misused word, etc.
they'll certainly admonish you, call you names for months, insult you
forever and on and on.

Boating use down
 

On May 28, 8:45*am, wrote:
On May 28, 8:30*am, "jamesgangnc" wrote:





"John H." wrote in message

.. .

On Tue, 27 May 2008 09:24:32 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On May 27, 11:39 am, (Richard Casady)
wrote:
On Tue, 27 May 2008 05:58:02 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
Is it still low?? Around here in NC the lakes are briming. Kerr is
like 5
or 6 feet over pool and the Corp is letting water out of the rest to
keep
them from being too high.

Here in central Iowa, the local flood control/recreation lake is
twenty feet above normal. Lots of beaches and boat ramps are closed.

Casady

It was a zoo at Falls Lake in Raleigh NC on Saturday. *Boats
everywhere.

That's good news! It makes my plan to move to the Wake Forest area more
tenable. (Sure hope I used that word properly!)
--
John *H*

The start of summer around here is usually busy with a high percentage of
newbees crowded around at the ramp. *It's entertaining if you don't let it
get to you. *But the high boat traffic made the lake a bit choppy. *After a
month or so traffic will drop off a bit. *I suspect that some number of
people get into boating and decide it's not really their cup of tea.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I tend to help them so they'll know what to do next time.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Back on track, I was just watching a news strory on how the boat
reposessions are way up. Folks overloaded with cheap debt, have to
choose between the boat and the house. There will be a lot of marina
sitting this year I bet...

Boating use down
 

On Wed, 28 May 2008 08:30:18 -0400, "jamesgangnc" wrote:


"John H." wrote in message
.. .
On Tue, 27 May 2008 09:24:32 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On May 27, 11:39 am, (Richard Casady)
wrote:
On Tue, 27 May 2008 05:58:02 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
Is it still low?? Around here in NC the lakes are briming. Kerr is
like 5
or 6 feet over pool and the Corp is letting water out of the rest to
keep
them from being too high.

Here in central Iowa, the local flood control/recreation lake is
twenty feet above normal. Lots of beaches and boat ramps are closed.

Casady

It was a zoo at Falls Lake in Raleigh NC on Saturday. Boats
everywhere.

That's good news! It makes my plan to move to the Wake Forest area more
tenable. (Sure hope I used that word properly!)
--
John *H*

The start of summer around here is usually busy with a high percentage of
newbees crowded around at the ramp. It's entertaining if you don't let it
get to you. But the high boat traffic made the lake a bit choppy. After a
month or so traffic will drop off a bit. I suspect that some number of
people get into boating and decide it's not really their cup of tea.


Most of my boating would be on weekdays. That's the great thing about
retirement.
--
John *H*

Boating use down
 

On Wed, 28 May 2008 05:45:58 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On May 28, 8:30*am, "jamesgangnc" wrote:
"John H." wrote in message

...





On Tue, 27 May 2008 09:24:32 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On May 27, 11:39 am, (Richard Casady)
wrote:
On Tue, 27 May 2008 05:58:02 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
Is it still low?? Around here in NC the lakes are briming. Kerr is
like 5
or 6 feet over pool and the Corp is letting water out of the rest to
keep
them from being too high.

Here in central Iowa, the local flood control/recreation lake is
twenty feet above normal. Lots of beaches and boat ramps are closed.

Casady

It was a zoo at Falls Lake in Raleigh NC on Saturday. *Boats
everywhere.

That's good news! It makes my plan to move to the Wake Forest area more
tenable. (Sure hope I used that word properly!)
--
John *H*

The start of summer around here is usually busy with a high percentage of
newbees crowded around at the ramp. *It's entertaining if you don't let it
get to you. *But the high boat traffic made the lake a bit choppy. *After a
month or so traffic will drop off a bit. *I suspect that some number of
people get into boating and decide it's not really their cup of tea.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I tend to help them so they'll know what to do next time.

If they seem approachable, I'll do that. But many of them are macho young
guys showing off.

One guy was gunning his engine to push the boat up on the trailer. I did go
over to him and ask him to read the sign which explained why using the
winch was the rule at the launch ramp.

He wasn't appreciative of my suggestion.
--
John *H*

Boating use down
 

On Wed, 28 May 2008 06:24:03 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On May 27, 5:37*pm, John H. wrote:
On Tue, 27 May 2008 09:24:32 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
On May 27, 11:39*am, (Richard Casady)
wrote:
On Tue, 27 May 2008 05:58:02 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
Is it still low?? *Around here in NC the lakes are briming. *Kerr is like 5
or 6 feet over pool and the Corp is letting water out of the rest to keep
them from being too high.

Here in central Iowa, the local flood control/recreation lake is
twenty feet above normal. Lots of beaches and boat ramps are closed.

Casady

It was a zoo at Falls Lake in Raleigh NC on Saturday. *Boats
everywhere.

That's good news! It makes my plan to move to the Wake Forest area more
tenable. (Sure hope I used that word properly!)
--
John *H*

Not to worry, if the cast of fools finds any typo, misused word, etc.
they'll certainly admonish you, call you names for months, insult you
forever and on and on.

LOOGY!!!
--
John *H*

Boating use down
 

On May 28, 10:40*am, John H. wrote:
On Wed, 28 May 2008 08:30:18 -0400, "jamesgangnc" wrote:

"John H." wrote in message
.. .
On Tue, 27 May 2008 09:24:32 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On May 27, 11:39 am, (Richard Casady)
wrote:
On Tue, 27 May 2008 05:58:02 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
Is it still low?? Around here in NC the lakes are briming. Kerr is
like 5
or 6 feet over pool and the Corp is letting water out of the rest to
keep
them from being too high.

Here in central Iowa, the local flood control/recreation lake is
twenty feet above normal. Lots of beaches and boat ramps are closed.

Casady

It was a zoo at Falls Lake in Raleigh NC on Saturday. *Boats
everywhere.

That's good news! It makes my plan to move to the Wake Forest area more
tenable. (Sure hope I used that word properly!)
--
John *H*

The start of summer around here is usually busy with a high percentage of
newbees crowded around at the ramp. *It's entertaining if you don't let it
get to you. *But the high boat traffic made the lake a bit choppy. *After a
month or so traffic will drop off a bit. *I suspect that some number of
people get into boating and decide it's not really their cup of tea.

Most of my boating would be on weekdays. That's the great thing about
retirement.
--
John *H*- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Yea, the difference betyween weekdays and weekends is amazing on most
lakes. Sometimes I'll take a Friday or Monday off during the summer
and go then to avoid the crowds.

Boating use down
 

wrote in message
...
On May 28, 8:45 am, wrote:
On May 28, 8:30 am, "jamesgangnc" wrote:





"John H." wrote in message

.. .

On Tue, 27 May 2008 09:24:32 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On May 27, 11:39 am, (Richard Casady)
wrote:
On Tue, 27 May 2008 05:58:02 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:
Is it still low?? Around here in NC the lakes are briming. Kerr
is
like 5
or 6 feet over pool and the Corp is letting water out of the rest
to
keep
them from being too high.

Here in central Iowa, the local flood control/recreation lake is
twenty feet above normal. Lots of beaches and boat ramps are closed.

Casady

It was a zoo at Falls Lake in Raleigh NC on Saturday. Boats
everywhere.

That's good news! It makes my plan to move to the Wake Forest area
more
tenable. (Sure hope I used that word properly!)
--
John *H*

The start of summer around here is usually busy with a high percentage
of
newbees crowded around at the ramp. It's entertaining if you don't let
it
get to you. But the high boat traffic made the lake a bit choppy. After
a
month or so traffic will drop off a bit. I suspect that some number of
people get into boating and decide it's not really their cup of tea.-
Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I tend to help them so they'll know what to do next time.- Hide quoted
text -

- Show quoted text -

Back on track, I was just watching a news strory on how the boat
reposessions are way up. Folks overloaded with cheap debt, have to
choose between the boat and the house. There will be a lot of marina
sitting this year I bet...

Will be hard for a lot of people. I towed the boat to Sacramento yesterday,
and used a little more than a 1/2 tank of diesel == about $50 @$4.99 gallon
and since I was not going very far up the river and did not need a lot of
extra weight I only put in 42 gallons of gas at $4.029 $174 at Safeway
stores gas station. Could have saved 3 cents by going to Costco, but
probably cost that much to tow the extra distance. If people are trying to
keep the kids in clothes and food, they are not going to be able to afford
too many trips to the lake.