Jim wrote:

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On Jun 5, 11:12 am, JimH wrote:
On Jun 5, 10:38 am, wrote:





On Jun 5, 9:32 am, JimH wrote:

On Jun 5, 5:43 am, "Jim" wrote:

"JimH" wrote in message


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I thought this was a boating NG.

It is.

Sad.

Yes you are.

How old did you say you were Jim? 12?

Yeah, only a 12 year old would post a URL to someone holding a sign
saying something stupid, huh? Oh, wait, that's YOU that did that.....

http://captions.illmeyer.com/?do=10;91799;fYVmrw- Hide quoted text -

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That's just great. Jim calls someone twelve years old for doing the
exact same thing as he does. As usual.
Now, go away, no one wants you here. NO ONE.

Please differentiate between me and that other whiny ass, Jim H
Jim


Easy enough...you're an assh*le. Ohio Jim isn't. Your post, by the way,
is a great addition to the effort here to improve the tone of this
newsgroup.

On Jun 4, 5:47*pm, JimH wrote:
Folks are also apparently baling out of the 32' to 45' used power boat
market due to increased fuel prices.

From the May 2008 edition of Boat/US power trade or sale:

14 feet to 24 feet - 21 ads
25 feet to 31 feet - 40 ads
32 feet to 45 feet - 157 ads
46+ feet - 10 ads

Although this may not be a true indicator of the market one has to
also consider the drop in stock prices of boat manufacturers.

Notice also that those who can afford the larger yachts are not baling
out (at least according to the Boat/US ads).

With dockside pump prices expected to exceed $5/gallon will you be
selling or limiting cruising your 32~45 footer?

This is odd to see only a small number of 14-24-ft boats ads while a
much larger number of 32-45-ft ads. The absolute number of 14-24-ft
boats should be far greater than boats in other size-categories
combined. Even if there is a small percentage of 14-24-ft boats are
on sales, the total number of ads for this size boats should still be
very large. May be Boat/US ads site is mainly for larger boats like
those in 32-45-ft class? Therefore, we should also compare this
period ads of 2008 with the same period ads from 2007 in order to see
the trend.

The other possibility is that small boats tend to stay close to shore
and not go that far. They don't spend that much gas to reach their
fishing ground anyway. Therefore, higher gas price is not as big a
factor as comparing to large boats that tend to go a long distance to
reach the exciting off-shore fishing ground.

And the larger boats may be mainly for cruising. By definition, they
will need to travel far to justify their existence. If the gas price
is too high for cruising around for the current boat owners, they will
want to sell the boats.

Thanks for posting the interesting statistics.

Jay Chan

On Jun 5, 12:36*pm, "
wrote:
On Jun 4, 5:47*pm, JimH wrote:





Folks are also apparently baling out of the 32' to 45' used power boat
market due to increased fuel prices.

From the May 2008 edition of Boat/US power trade or sale:

14 feet to 24 feet - 21 ads
25 feet to 31 feet - 40 ads
32 feet to 45 feet - 157 ads
46+ feet - 10 ads

Although this may not be a true indicator of the market one has to
also consider the drop in stock prices of boat manufacturers.

Notice also that those who can afford the larger yachts are not baling
out (at least according to the Boat/US ads).

With dockside pump prices expected to exceed $5/gallon will you be
selling or limiting cruising your 32~45 footer?

This is odd to see only a small number of 14-24-ft boats ads while a
much larger number of 32-45-ft ads. *The absolute number of 14-24-ft
boats should be far greater than boats in other size-categories
combined. *Even if there is a small percentage of 14-24-ft boats are
on sales, the total number of ads for this size boats should still be
very large. *May be Boat/US ads site is mainly for larger boats like
those in 32-45-ft class? *Therefore, we should also compare this
period ads of 2008 with the same period ads from 2007 in order to see
the trend.

The other possibility is that small boats tend to stay close to shore
and not go that far. *They don't spend that much gas to reach their
fishing ground anyway. *Therefore, higher gas price is not as big a
factor as comparing to large boats that tend to go a long distance to
reach the exciting off-shore fishing ground.

Bingo, in this market the guys who are considered "middle class" used
to be able to scrounge and run a 26 foot Grady. Now it will cost that
guy a couple of hunred bucks a day just for gas, he can no longer
afford his boat. My 16 footer uses 2-3 gallons on a long day maybe 5..
I have no need to sell my boat..

And the larger boats may be mainly for cruising. *By definition, they
will need to travel far to justify their existence. *If the gas price
is too high for cruising around for the current boat owners, they will
want to sell the boats.

Thanks for posting the interesting statistics.

Jay Chan- Hide quoted text -

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On Jun 5, 1:35 pm, wrote:
On Jun 5, 12:36 pm, "
wrote:



On Jun 4, 5:47 pm, JimH wrote:

Folks are also apparently baling out of the 32' to 45' used power boat
market due to increased fuel prices.

From the May 2008 edition of Boat/US power trade or sale:

14 feet to 24 feet - 21 ads
25 feet to 31 feet - 40 ads
32 feet to 45 feet - 157 ads
46+ feet - 10 ads

Although this may not be a true indicator of the market one has to
also consider the drop in stock prices of boat manufacturers.

Notice also that those who can afford the larger yachts are not baling
out (at least according to the Boat/US ads).

With dockside pump prices expected to exceed $5/gallon will you be
selling or limiting cruising your 32~45 footer?

This is odd to see only a small number of 14-24-ft boats ads while a
much larger number of 32-45-ft ads. The absolute number of 14-24-ft
boats should be far greater than boats in other size-categories
combined. Even if there is a small percentage of 14-24-ft boats are
on sales, the total number of ads for this size boats should still be
very large. May be Boat/US ads site is mainly for larger boats like
those in 32-45-ft class? Therefore, we should also compare this
period ads of 2008 with the same period ads from 2007 in order to see
the trend.

The other possibility is that small boats tend to stay close to shore
and not go that far. They don't spend that much gas to reach their
fishing ground anyway. Therefore, higher gas price is not as big a
factor as comparing to large boats that tend to go a long distance to
reach the exciting off-shore fishing ground.

Bingo, in this market the guys who are considered "middle class" used
to be able to scrounge and run a 26 foot Grady. Now it will cost that
guy a couple of hunred bucks a day just for gas, he can no longer
afford his boat. My 16 footer uses 2-3 gallons on a long day maybe 5..
I have no need to sell my boat..



And the larger boats may be mainly for cruising. By definition, they
will need to travel far to justify their existence. If the gas price
is too high for cruising around for the current boat owners, they will
want to sell the boats.

Thanks for posting the interesting statistics.

Jay Chan- Hide quoted text -

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If we still had our 32 footer it would cost around $775 to fill it up
at today's marina pump prices!

Glad we sold it when we did and moved into a 20 footer that gets great
gas mileage. ;-)

"HK" wrote in message
...
Jim wrote:

"JimH" wrote in message
...

I thought this was a boating NG.

It is.

Sad.

Yes you are.

It is time to clean house and take out the trash.

Adios Adieu Farewell Goodby

Good Riddance Sashay out of here

Sayonara Cheerio Arriverderci

Au revoir Auf wiedershen Bye now

So long Don't let the door hit you on the way out

Been nice knowing you Get out Scram

Leave Go away

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Another effort of Florida Jim to improve his participation here.

What an unbelievable bunch. Sometimes I feel guilty taking pleasure in
watching them do exactly what they tell esch other not to do.
It just doesn't seem proper or politically correct to keep egging them on
when their shortcomings are so obvious.

On Thu, 5 Jun 2008 08:40:28 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Jun 5, 11:12*am, JimH wrote:
On Jun 5, 10:38 am, wrote:





On Jun 5, 9:32 am, JimH wrote:

On Jun 5, 5:43 am, "Jim" wrote:

"JimH" wrote in message

...

I thought this was a boating NG.

It is.

Sad.

Yes you are.

How old did you say you were Jim? *12?

Yeah, only a 12 year old would post a URL to someone holding a sign
saying something stupid, huh? Oh, wait, that's YOU that did that.....

http://captions.illmeyer.com/?do=10;91799;fYVmrw- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

That's just great. Jim calls someone twelve years old for doing the
exact same thing as he does. As usual.
Now, go away, no one wants you here. NO ONE.

Loogy, you have been asked repeatedly to ignore them. You've now, as far as
I'm concerned, joined their club.

I'm not going to take a vote, but I would venture to say that until you can
control your behavior, the number of folks wanting *you* here is getting
very small.
--
John *H*

On Thu, 5 Jun 2008 15:00:41 -0300, "Don White"
wrote:


"HK" wrote in message
...
Jim wrote:

"JimH" wrote in message
...

I thought this was a boating NG.

It is.

Sad.

Yes you are.

It is time to clean house and take out the trash.

Adios Adieu Farewell Goodby

Good Riddance Sashay out of here

Sayonara Cheerio Arriverderci

Au revoir Auf wiedershen Bye now

So long Don't let the door hit you on the way out

Been nice knowing you Get out Scram

Leave Go away

http://i29.tinypic.com/106aiw9.jpg





Another effort of Florida Jim to improve his participation here.

What an unbelievable bunch. Sometimes I feel guilty taking pleasure in
watching them do exactly what they tell esch other not to do.
It just doesn't seem proper or politically correct to keep egging them on
when their shortcomings are so obvious.


"Egging them on" was your choice of words. Are those the words you use when
you guys decide how best to ruin the news group?
--
John *H*

On Thu, 5 Jun 2008 15:00:41 -0300, "Don White"
wrote:

What an unbelievable bunch. Sometimes I feel guilty taking pleasure in
watching them do exactly what they tell esch other not to do.
It just doesn't seem proper or politically correct to keep egging them on
when their shortcomings are so obvious.

I came back because it seemed like things had gotten better.

Then it cranked up again. Same bunch, same names, same people doing
the same thing they've been doing for a long time.

It's like they all have wild squirrels running around in their heads
shooting off starter guns - every once in a while the squirrels have
to rest and things get too quiet, the squirrels wake up, reload and
start all over again.

Surreal.

Don White wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
...
Jim wrote:
"JimH" wrote in message
...
I thought this was a boating NG.
It is.

Sad.
Yes you are.

It is time to clean house and take out the trash.

Adios Adieu Farewell Goodby

Good Riddance Sashay out of here

Sayonara Cheerio Arriverderci

Au revoir Auf wiedershen Bye now

So long Don't let the door hit you on the way out

Been nice knowing you Get out Scram

Leave Go away

http://i29.tinypic.com/106aiw9.jpg














Another effort of Florida Jim to improve his participation here.

What an unbelievable bunch. Sometimes I feel guilty taking pleasure in
watching them do exactly what they tell esch other not to do.
It just doesn't seem proper or politically correct to keep egging them on
when their shortcomings are so obvious.



It is sorta fun, albeit low-level fun, to tune in and watch their
antics. All of them - Wally, DK, Florida Jim, Herring, Loggy, et cetera
- are behaving as they always have.

John H. wrote:
On Thu, 5 Jun 2008 15:00:41 -0300, "Don White"
wrote:

"HK" wrote in message
...
Jim wrote:
"JimH" wrote in message
...
I thought this was a boating NG.
It is.

Sad.
Yes you are.

It is time to clean house and take out the trash.

Adios Adieu Farewell Goodby

Good Riddance Sashay out of here

Sayonara Cheerio Arriverderci

Au revoir Auf wiedershen Bye now

So long Don't let the door hit you on the way out

Been nice knowing you Get out Scram

Leave Go away

http://i29.tinypic.com/106aiw9.jpg




Another effort of Florida Jim to improve his participation here.
What an unbelievable bunch. Sometimes I feel guilty taking pleasure in
watching them do exactly what they tell esch other not to do.
It just doesn't seem proper or politically correct to keep egging them on
when their shortcomings are so obvious.


"Egging them on" was your choice of words. Are those the words you use when
you guys decide how best to ruin the news group?


You ruined this newsgroup a long time ago.