Got to the lake this morning about 7 AM - later than I wanted, but I
had to help a neighbor out by watching their kids until the school bus
came.

Launched and started out to my favorite early morning spots when I
spied a boat in trouble - as in the process of swamping. It was a 14
footer with five people on board. They were waving and hollering -
why somebody on the lake didn't call, I don't know, but I went over to
assist - get this - one PFD for five of them. Smart.

Got 'em on board my boat, then called the local PD to come get the
swamped boat. PD says to stay with the boat, they'll be right out.

I started looking at the swamped boat and figured out what happened -
the drain plug fell out. They installed it from the outside in, not
from the inside out which was confirmed by the boats operator - it
wasn't his boat, he ran out of gas, the boat starting filling up -
etc. So, I grabbed one of my spare rubber plugs from the battery
storage compartment, plugged it in, took out the portable bilge pump I
have for just this kind of situation and started pumping the boat out.
By the time the PD got there (along with the FD with their brand new
hovercraft "rescue" boat - anything to try out the new toy), the bilge
pump gave it's last slurp - I handed the boat over to the PD and took
the passengers back to the ramp.

Post Incident: From what I gathered, this was just a fun ride for the
morning. The operator had never run a boat and according to one of
the shore fishermen, had a hard time starting the boat and generally
looked like a newbie even launching. He was thinking of buying the
boat from his friend.

Oh well.

The rest of the day, you really don't want to know - it's been very
interesting starting with my neighbor's wife damn near slicing her
hand off with a hedge clipper to baby sitting four, five and six year
old kids which will NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN!!!

Never knew they had that much energy - damn good thing I have a Border
Collie that can herd on command - she kept them rounded up and
relatively in one place. :)

PS: The kids made a game out of trying to out smart Skye. Skye won
everytime. :)

On Jun 12, 3:51 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
Got to the lake this morning about 7 AM - later than I wanted, but I
had to help a neighbor out by watching their kids until the school bus
came.

Launched and started out to my favorite early morning spots when I
spied a boat in trouble - as in the process of swamping. It was a 14
footer with five people on board. They were waving and hollering -
why somebody on the lake didn't call, I don't know, but I went over to
assist - get this - one PFD for five of them. Smart.

Got 'em on board my boat, then called the local PD to come get the
swamped boat. PD says to stay with the boat, they'll be right out.

I started looking at the swamped boat and figured out what happened -
the drain plug fell out. They installed it from the outside in, not
from the inside out which was confirmed by the boats operator - it
wasn't his boat, he ran out of gas, the boat starting filling up -
etc. So, I grabbed one of my spare rubber plugs from the battery
storage compartment, plugged it in, took out the portable bilge pump I
have for just this kind of situation and started pumping the boat out.
By the time the PD got there (along with the FD with their brand new
hovercraft "rescue" boat - anything to try out the new toy), the bilge
pump gave it's last slurp - I handed the boat over to the PD and took
the passengers back to the ramp.

Post Incident: From what I gathered, this was just a fun ride for the
morning. The operator had never run a boat and according to one of
the shore fishermen, had a hard time starting the boat and generally
looked like a newbie even launching. He was thinking of buying the
boat from his friend.

Oh well.

The rest of the day, you really don't want to know - it's been very
interesting starting with my neighbor's wife damn near slicing her
hand off with a hedge clipper to baby sitting four, five and six year
old kids which will NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN!!!

Never knew they had that much energy - damn good thing I have a Border
Collie that can herd on command - she kept them rounded up and
relatively in one place. :)

PS: The kids made a game out of trying to out smart Skye. Skye won
everytime. :)

Nice going Tom! I am sure the Man upstairs remembers good deeds like
that.

JimH wrote:
On Jun 12, 3:51 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
Got to the lake this morning about 7 AM - later than I wanted, but I
had to help a neighbor out by watching their kids until the school bus
came.

Launched and started out to my favorite early morning spots when I
spied a boat in trouble - as in the process of swamping. It was a 14
footer with five people on board. They were waving and hollering -
why somebody on the lake didn't call, I don't know, but I went over to
assist - get this - one PFD for five of them. Smart.

Got 'em on board my boat, then called the local PD to come get the
swamped boat. PD says to stay with the boat, they'll be right out.

I started looking at the swamped boat and figured out what happened -
the drain plug fell out. They installed it from the outside in, not
from the inside out which was confirmed by the boats operator - it
wasn't his boat, he ran out of gas, the boat starting filling up -
etc. So, I grabbed one of my spare rubber plugs from the battery
storage compartment, plugged it in, took out the portable bilge pump I
have for just this kind of situation and started pumping the boat out.
By the time the PD got there (along with the FD with their brand new
hovercraft "rescue" boat - anything to try out the new toy), the bilge
pump gave it's last slurp - I handed the boat over to the PD and took
the passengers back to the ramp.

Post Incident: From what I gathered, this was just a fun ride for the
morning. The operator had never run a boat and according to one of
the shore fishermen, had a hard time starting the boat and generally
looked like a newbie even launching. He was thinking of buying the
boat from his friend.

Oh well.

The rest of the day, you really don't want to know - it's been very
interesting starting with my neighbor's wife damn near slicing her
hand off with a hedge clipper to baby sitting four, five and six year
old kids which will NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN!!!

Never knew they had that much energy - damn good thing I have a Border
Collie that can herd on command - she kept them rounded up and
relatively in one place. :)

PS: The kids made a game out of trying to out smart Skye. Skye won
everytime. :)

Nice going Tom! I am sure the Man upstairs remembers good deeds like
that.


SW Tom is working off a big list of demerits, but he's obviously a good
guy...on Thursdays. :)

On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:06:21 -0400, HK wrote:

JimH wrote:
On Jun 12, 3:51 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
Got to the lake this morning about 7 AM - later than I wanted, but I
had to help a neighbor out by watching their kids until the school bus
came.

Launched and started out to my favorite early morning spots when I
spied a boat in trouble - as in the process of swamping. It was a 14
footer with five people on board. They were waving and hollering -
why somebody on the lake didn't call, I don't know, but I went over to
assist - get this - one PFD for five of them. Smart.

Got 'em on board my boat, then called the local PD to come get the
swamped boat. PD says to stay with the boat, they'll be right out.

I started looking at the swamped boat and figured out what happened -
the drain plug fell out. They installed it from the outside in, not
from the inside out which was confirmed by the boats operator - it
wasn't his boat, he ran out of gas, the boat starting filling up -
etc. So, I grabbed one of my spare rubber plugs from the battery
storage compartment, plugged it in, took out the portable bilge pump I
have for just this kind of situation and started pumping the boat out.
By the time the PD got there (along with the FD with their brand new
hovercraft "rescue" boat - anything to try out the new toy), the bilge
pump gave it's last slurp - I handed the boat over to the PD and took
the passengers back to the ramp.

Post Incident: From what I gathered, this was just a fun ride for the
morning. The operator had never run a boat and according to one of
the shore fishermen, had a hard time starting the boat and generally
looked like a newbie even launching. He was thinking of buying the
boat from his friend.

Oh well.

The rest of the day, you really don't want to know - it's been very
interesting starting with my neighbor's wife damn near slicing her
hand off with a hedge clipper to baby sitting four, five and six year
old kids which will NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN!!!

Never knew they had that much energy - damn good thing I have a Border
Collie that can herd on command - she kept them rounded up and
relatively in one place. :)

PS: The kids made a game out of trying to out smart Skye. Skye won
everytime. :)

Nice going Tom! I am sure the Man upstairs remembers good deeds like
that.

SW Tom is working off a big list of demerits, but he's obviously a good
guy...on Thursdays. :)

I'm a good guy all the time.

Except when I'm not. :)

On Jun 12, 9:08 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:06:21 -0400, HK wrote:
JimH wrote:
On Jun 12, 3:51 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
Got to the lake this morning about 7 AM - later than I wanted, but I
had to help a neighbor out by watching their kids until the school bus
came.

Launched and started out to my favorite early morning spots when I
spied a boat in trouble - as in the process of swamping. It was a 14
footer with five people on board. They were waving and hollering -
why somebody on the lake didn't call, I don't know, but I went over to
assist - get this - one PFD for five of them. Smart.

Got 'em on board my boat, then called the local PD to come get the
swamped boat. PD says to stay with the boat, they'll be right out.

I started looking at the swamped boat and figured out what happened -
the drain plug fell out. They installed it from the outside in, not
from the inside out which was confirmed by the boats operator - it
wasn't his boat, he ran out of gas, the boat starting filling up -
etc. So, I grabbed one of my spare rubber plugs from the battery
storage compartment, plugged it in, took out the portable bilge pump I
have for just this kind of situation and started pumping the boat out.
By the time the PD got there (along with the FD with their brand new
hovercraft "rescue" boat - anything to try out the new toy), the bilge
pump gave it's last slurp - I handed the boat over to the PD and took
the passengers back to the ramp.

Post Incident: From what I gathered, this was just a fun ride for the
morning. The operator had never run a boat and according to one of
the shore fishermen, had a hard time starting the boat and generally
looked like a newbie even launching. He was thinking of buying the
boat from his friend.

Oh well.

The rest of the day, you really don't want to know - it's been very
interesting starting with my neighbor's wife damn near slicing her
hand off with a hedge clipper to baby sitting four, five and six year
old kids which will NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN!!!

Never knew they had that much energy - damn good thing I have a Border
Collie that can herd on command - she kept them rounded up and
relatively in one place. :)

PS: The kids made a game out of trying to out smart Skye. Skye won
everytime. :)

Nice going Tom! I am sure the Man upstairs remembers good deeds like
that.

SW Tom is working off a big list of demerits, but he's obviously a good
guy...on Thursdays. :)

I'm a good guy all the time.

Except when I'm not. :)

The older I get the better I used to be.

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
Got to the lake this morning about 7 AM - later than I wanted, but I
had to help a neighbor out by watching their kids until the school bus
came.

Launched and started out to my favorite early morning spots when I
spied a boat in trouble - as in the process of swamping. It was a 14
footer with five people on board. They were waving and hollering -
why somebody on the lake didn't call, I don't know, but I went over to
assist - get this - one PFD for five of them. Smart.

Got 'em on board my boat, then called the local PD to come get the
swamped boat. PD says to stay with the boat, they'll be right out.

I started looking at the swamped boat and figured out what happened -
the drain plug fell out. They installed it from the outside in, not
from the inside out which was confirmed by the boats operator - it
wasn't his boat, he ran out of gas, the boat starting filling up -
etc. So, I grabbed one of my spare rubber plugs from the battery
storage compartment, plugged it in, took out the portable bilge pump I
have for just this kind of situation and started pumping the boat out.
By the time the PD got there (along with the FD with their brand new
hovercraft "rescue" boat - anything to try out the new toy), the bilge
pump gave it's last slurp - I handed the boat over to the PD and took
the passengers back to the ramp.

Post Incident: From what I gathered, this was just a fun ride for the
morning. The operator had never run a boat and according to one of
the shore fishermen, had a hard time starting the boat and generally
looked like a newbie even launching. He was thinking of buying the
boat from his friend.


Yet more evidence for the need to require a solid boating education
course for new boaters, and a licensing requirement for all boaters,
including a "junior" license for younger boaters.

On Jun 12, 4:04 pm, HK wrote:
Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
Got to the lake this morning about 7 AM - later than I wanted, but I
had to help a neighbor out by watching their kids until the school bus
came.

Launched and started out to my favorite early morning spots when I
spied a boat in trouble - as in the process of swamping. It was a 14
footer with five people on board. They were waving and hollering -
why somebody on the lake didn't call, I don't know, but I went over to
assist - get this - one PFD for five of them. Smart.

Got 'em on board my boat, then called the local PD to come get the
swamped boat. PD says to stay with the boat, they'll be right out.

I started looking at the swamped boat and figured out what happened -
the drain plug fell out. They installed it from the outside in, not
from the inside out which was confirmed by the boats operator - it
wasn't his boat, he ran out of gas, the boat starting filling up -
etc. So, I grabbed one of my spare rubber plugs from the battery
storage compartment, plugged it in, took out the portable bilge pump I
have for just this kind of situation and started pumping the boat out.
By the time the PD got there (along with the FD with their brand new
hovercraft "rescue" boat - anything to try out the new toy), the bilge
pump gave it's last slurp - I handed the boat over to the PD and took
the passengers back to the ramp.

Post Incident: From what I gathered, this was just a fun ride for the
morning. The operator had never run a boat and according to one of
the shore fishermen, had a hard time starting the boat and generally
looked like a newbie even launching. He was thinking of buying the
boat from his friend.

Yet more evidence for the need to require a solid boating education
course for new boaters, and a licensing requirement for all boaters,
including a "junior" license for younger boaters

5 people on a 14 footer.......1 life jacket..........drain plug
installed from inside the boat.

I don't think licensing would have helped in this situation.

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
Got to the lake this morning about 7 AM - later than I wanted, but I
had to help a neighbor out by watching their kids until the school bus
came.

Launched and started out to my favorite early morning spots when I
spied a boat in trouble - as in the process of swamping. It was a 14
footer with five people on board. They were waving and hollering -
why somebody on the lake didn't call, I don't know, but I went over to
assist - get this - one PFD for five of them. Smart.

snip....

What do ya know!!
It was my turn to be helpful in a bit of a tricky situation this afternoon
at moms' nursinghome.
As I was pushing he wheelchair back up grade on the driveway (after a visit
to the fishpond and gazebo), I noticed a white taxi coming up over my right
shoulder. I kept glancing at it as we were sharing the same roadway and I
was being cautious..then he stopped suddenly.
I looked up and saw an elderly resident come hell bent crossing in front of
him. For a fraction of a second I thought she was driving a motor driven
wheelchair...as no one was pushing. I thought she was speeding up to beat
the cab until I saw the horror on her face.
I let mom go and ran to catch her just as she hit the soft mulch on the
center turnaround island.
Worked out great, she wasn't too shook up, the staff lady who came running
down was thankful...told me it was another resident who had opened the code
locked front door to let the lady out....and for good reason she wasn't
supposed to let past those doors.
Oh yeah mom... as I abandoned her, she started to roll backwards but had
the presence of mind to apply her wheelchair brakes.

On Jun 12, 4:32 pm, "Don White" wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in messagenews:nmt2549vf9jubbjr9siqsb5poblkieo84t@4ax .com... Got to the lake this morning about 7 AM - later than I wanted, but I
had to help a neighbor out by watching their kids until the school bus
came.

Launched and started out to my favorite early morning spots when I
spied a boat in trouble - as in the process of swamping. It was a 14
footer with five people on board. They were waving and hollering -
why somebody on the lake didn't call, I don't know, but I went over to
assist - get this - one PFD for five of them. Smart.

snip....

What do ya know!!
It was my turn to be helpful in a bit of a tricky situation this afternoon
at moms' nursinghome.
As I was pushing he wheelchair back up grade on the driveway (after a visit
to the fishpond and gazebo), I noticed a white taxi coming up over my right
shoulder. I kept glancing at it as we were sharing the same roadway and I
was being cautious..then he stopped suddenly.
I looked up and saw an elderly resident come hell bent crossing in front of
him. For a fraction of a second I thought she was driving a motor driven
wheelchair...as no one was pushing. I thought she was speeding up to beat
the cab until I saw the horror on her face.
I let mom go and ran to catch her just as she hit the soft mulch on the
center turnaround island.
Worked out great, she wasn't too shook up, the staff lady who came running
down was thankful...told me it was another resident who had opened the code
locked front door to let the lady out....and for good reason she wasn't
supposed to let past those doors.
Oh yeah mom... as I abandoned her, she started to roll backwards but had
the presence of mind to apply her wheelchair brakes.

Nice going Don.

I cannot compare to you guys regarding a good deed for the
day.......mine was moving from the kitchen to the outside deck to fart
this morning while my wife was eating breakfast. ;-)

On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:48:16 -0700 (PDT), JimH
wrote:

On Jun 12, 4:32 pm, "Don White" wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in messagenews:nmt2549vf9jubbjr9siqsb5poblkieo84t@4ax .com... Got to the lake this morning about 7 AM - later than I wanted, but I
had to help a neighbor out by watching their kids until the school bus
came.

Launched and started out to my favorite early morning spots when I
spied a boat in trouble - as in the process of swamping. It was a 14
footer with five people on board. They were waving and hollering -
why somebody on the lake didn't call, I don't know, but I went over to
assist - get this - one PFD for five of them. Smart.

snip....

What do ya know!!
It was my turn to be helpful in a bit of a tricky situation this afternoon
at moms' nursinghome.
As I was pushing he wheelchair back up grade on the driveway (after a visit
to the fishpond and gazebo), I noticed a white taxi coming up over my right
shoulder. I kept glancing at it as we were sharing the same roadway and I
was being cautious..then he stopped suddenly.
I looked up and saw an elderly resident come hell bent crossing in front of
him. For a fraction of a second I thought she was driving a motor driven
wheelchair...as no one was pushing. I thought she was speeding up to beat
the cab until I saw the horror on her face.
I let mom go and ran to catch her just as she hit the soft mulch on the
center turnaround island.
Worked out great, she wasn't too shook up, the staff lady who came running
down was thankful...told me it was another resident who had opened the code
locked front door to let the lady out....and for good reason she wasn't
supposed to let past those doors.
Oh yeah mom... as I abandoned her, she started to roll backwards but had
the presence of mind to apply her wheelchair brakes.

Nice going Don.

I cannot compare to you guys regarding a good deed for the
day.......mine was moving from the kitchen to the outside deck to fart
this morning while my wife was eating breakfast. ;-)

I didn't even do that. Didn't have to fart. When the time comes that
I'm in the position to do such a deed I hope I have "right stuff" like
you do - and that it's not raining outside.
You princes here humble me. That's why I keep coming back.
Distressed boaters. Runaway wheelchairs. Emergency evacuations.
Pretty exciting stuff. All I did today was mow the lawn and do some
weed-whacking.

--Vic