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Don White September 7th 08 04:06 AM

Finally, a nice day.
 

"DK" wrote in message
...
John H wrote:
On Sat, 6 Sep 2008 01:00:42 -0300, "Don White"
wrote:

With Hanna expected here Sunday, I decided to take advantage of a
beautiful warm sunny day. There's been way too few this summer....
wettest August on record says the weatherman.
I had to drop the wife off at her mother's nursing home and finally got
on the road at 1100 hrs.
Reached the launch ramp in Mahone Harbour, Mahone Bay at about 1230hrs
and quickly got underway...too quickly, as I left my digital camera,
binoculars and cell phnoe on the truck seat.
Talked to a boat returning and he advised me the water had been like
glass earlier but the wind had picked up making the water rougher.
I cranked up all 25 horses and left the harbour behind as I headed south
east past Loye Island to my port and Hermans Island to my starboard.
next i turned east, north & west to circle Backman Island, which has a
nice little beach and cove for anchoring. After circling a lone sailboat
, I dipped down south west, changing to northg to checkout the anchoring
cove/beach on Coveys Island.
Next it was a streach of open water so I could pass through the very
shallow water between small Goat island and Rous Island. keeping Sheep
island on my starboard, I headed north west to Andrews Island where I
beached the Yukon and went ashore for a bit. Lastly i played around the
outer reached of Mahone harbour for a bit and retrieved the boat around
1500 hrs.
Since I am a member of the Mahone Islands Conservation Association, I
wanted to see the protected (from development) islands up close.
http://www.mahoneislands.ns.ca/news/inthenews.shtml
Sure wish I had my camers with me...I could have shown the stark
contrast between the beautiful islands still in their natural state and
the ones all tore up by the CFA summer crowd with their overscale
houses, hugh rock walls etc.


Sounds like a great time. Wish you'd taken your camera. What is the 'CFA
summer crowd'? Are they the Americans you accused of ruining the islands
the last time you brought this up?

Oh, and since you brought up family, how is your mom doing? Hope all is
well. Do you ever take your son on these excursions? He'd probably enjoy
getting out.

Nice report. Keep 'em coming!



His lazy son won't leave the couch.


Couch?
You couldn't keep up to my son... except maybe in nightmares.



jim[_7_] September 7th 08 10:40 AM

Finally, a nice day.
 
Don White wrote:
"DK" wrote in message
...
John H wrote:
On Sat, 6 Sep 2008 10:15:14 -0300, "Don White"
wrote:

"John H" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 6 Sep 2008 01:00:42 -0300, "Don White"
wrote:

With Hanna expected here Sunday, I decided to take advantage of a
beautiful
warm sunny day. There's been way too few this summer.... wettest
August on
record says the weatherman.
I had to drop the wife off at her mother's nursing home and finally
got on
the road at 1100 hrs.
Reached the launch ramp in Mahone Harbour, Mahone Bay at about 1230hrs
and
quickly got underway...too quickly, as I left my digital camera,
binoculars
and cell phnoe on the truck seat.
Talked to a boat returning and he advised me the water had been like
glass
earlier but the wind had picked up making the water rougher.
I cranked up all 25 horses and left the harbour behind as I headed
south
east past Loye Island to my port and Hermans Island to my starboard.
next i
turned east, north & west to circle Backman Island, which has a nice
little
beach and cove for anchoring. After circling a lone sailboat , I
dipped down
south west, changing to northg to checkout the anchoring cove/beach on
Coveys Island.
Next it was a streach of open water so I could pass through the very
shallow
water between small Goat island and Rous Island. keeping Sheep island
on my
starboard, I headed north west to Andrews Island where I beached the
Yukon
and went ashore for a bit. Lastly i played around the outer reached of
Mahone harbour for a bit and retrieved the boat around 1500 hrs.
Since I am a member of the Mahone Islands Conservation Association, I
wanted
to see the protected (from development) islands up close.
http://www.mahoneislands.ns.ca/news/inthenews.shtml
Sure wish I had my camers with me...I could have shown the stark
contrast
between the beautiful islands still in their natural state and the
ones all
tore up by the CFA summer crowd with their overscale houses, hugh rock
walls
etc.

Sounds like a great time. Wish you'd taken your camera. What is the
'CFA
summer crowd'? Are they the Americans you accused of ruining the
islands
the last time you brought this up?

Oh, and since you brought up family, how is your mom doing? Hope all is
well. Do you ever take your son on these excursions? He'd probably
enjoy
getting out.

Nice report. Keep 'em coming!

Ah Johnny.........
you are correct for once...the majority of people who buy up and strip
the islands are summering Americans.
Bull****...sounds like another Harrytale to me.

My son works for a living , so he can't come out on a Friday.
Glad to hear that bit of news. When did he start? I'll bet you're
relieved
as hell.

As for weekends, he seems to prefer running around with his
friends......... hard to believe eh?
No.

He's still at home so he's hardly working "for a living". He's working
for a few bucks to blow with his buddies - and ignoring Dad in the
process.



Don't you worry about dad. I've got a good bit of Scottish, Welsh and Dutch
blood in me.
We're no nonsense when paying your way is concerned.


Too much Scotch, if you don't mind an unbiased opinion.

Don White September 7th 08 02:40 PM

Finally, a nice day.
 

"jim" wrote in message
...
Don White wrote:
"DK" wrote in message
...
John H wrote:
On Sat, 6 Sep 2008 10:15:14 -0300, "Don White"
wrote:

"John H" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 6 Sep 2008 01:00:42 -0300, "Don White"

wrote:

With Hanna expected here Sunday, I decided to take advantage of a
beautiful
warm sunny day. There's been way too few this summer.... wettest
August on
record says the weatherman.
I had to drop the wife off at her mother's nursing home and finally
got on
the road at 1100 hrs.
Reached the launch ramp in Mahone Harbour, Mahone Bay at about
1230hrs and
quickly got underway...too quickly, as I left my digital camera,
binoculars
and cell phnoe on the truck seat.
Talked to a boat returning and he advised me the water had been like
glass
earlier but the wind had picked up making the water rougher.
I cranked up all 25 horses and left the harbour behind as I headed
south
east past Loye Island to my port and Hermans Island to my starboard.
next i
turned east, north & west to circle Backman Island, which has a nice
little
beach and cove for anchoring. After circling a lone sailboat , I
dipped down
south west, changing to northg to checkout the anchoring cove/beach
on
Coveys Island.
Next it was a streach of open water so I could pass through the very
shallow
water between small Goat island and Rous Island. keeping Sheep
island on my
starboard, I headed north west to Andrews Island where I beached the
Yukon
and went ashore for a bit. Lastly i played around the outer reached
of
Mahone harbour for a bit and retrieved the boat around 1500 hrs.
Since I am a member of the Mahone Islands Conservation Association,
I wanted
to see the protected (from development) islands up close.
http://www.mahoneislands.ns.ca/news/inthenews.shtml
Sure wish I had my camers with me...I could have shown the stark
contrast
between the beautiful islands still in their natural state and the
ones all
tore up by the CFA summer crowd with their overscale houses, hugh
rock walls
etc.

Sounds like a great time. Wish you'd taken your camera. What is the
'CFA
summer crowd'? Are they the Americans you accused of ruining the
islands
the last time you brought this up?

Oh, and since you brought up family, how is your mom doing? Hope all
is
well. Do you ever take your son on these excursions? He'd probably
enjoy
getting out.

Nice report. Keep 'em coming!

Ah Johnny.........
you are correct for once...the majority of people who buy up and strip
the islands are summering Americans.
Bull****...sounds like another Harrytale to me.

My son works for a living , so he can't come out on a Friday.
Glad to hear that bit of news. When did he start? I'll bet you're
relieved
as hell.

As for weekends, he seems to prefer running around with his
friends......... hard to believe eh?
No.
He's still at home so he's hardly working "for a living". He's working
for a few bucks to blow with his buddies - and ignoring Dad in the
process.



Don't you worry about dad. I've got a good bit of Scottish, Welsh and
Dutch blood in me.
We're no nonsense when paying your way is concerned.

Too much Scotch, if you don't mind an unbiased opinion.


Unbiased? You don't know the meaning of the word.



HK September 7th 08 02:55 PM

Finally, a nice day.
 
Don White wrote:
"jim" wrote in message
...
Don White wrote:
"DK" wrote in message
...
John H wrote:
On Sat, 6 Sep 2008 10:15:14 -0300, "Don White"
wrote:

"John H" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 6 Sep 2008 01:00:42 -0300, "Don White"

wrote:

With Hanna expected here Sunday, I decided to take advantage of a
beautiful
warm sunny day. There's been way too few this summer.... wettest
August on
record says the weatherman.
I had to drop the wife off at her mother's nursing home and finally
got on
the road at 1100 hrs.
Reached the launch ramp in Mahone Harbour, Mahone Bay at about
1230hrs and
quickly got underway...too quickly, as I left my digital camera,
binoculars
and cell phnoe on the truck seat.
Talked to a boat returning and he advised me the water had been like
glass
earlier but the wind had picked up making the water rougher.
I cranked up all 25 horses and left the harbour behind as I headed
south
east past Loye Island to my port and Hermans Island to my starboard.
next i
turned east, north & west to circle Backman Island, which has a nice
little
beach and cove for anchoring. After circling a lone sailboat , I
dipped down
south west, changing to northg to checkout the anchoring cove/beach
on
Coveys Island.
Next it was a streach of open water so I could pass through the very
shallow
water between small Goat island and Rous Island. keeping Sheep
island on my
starboard, I headed north west to Andrews Island where I beached the
Yukon
and went ashore for a bit. Lastly i played around the outer reached
of
Mahone harbour for a bit and retrieved the boat around 1500 hrs.
Since I am a member of the Mahone Islands Conservation Association,
I wanted
to see the protected (from development) islands up close.
http://www.mahoneislands.ns.ca/news/inthenews.shtml
Sure wish I had my camers with me...I could have shown the stark
contrast
between the beautiful islands still in their natural state and the
ones all
tore up by the CFA summer crowd with their overscale houses, hugh
rock walls
etc.

Sounds like a great time. Wish you'd taken your camera. What is the
'CFA
summer crowd'? Are they the Americans you accused of ruining the
islands
the last time you brought this up?

Oh, and since you brought up family, how is your mom doing? Hope all
is
well. Do you ever take your son on these excursions? He'd probably
enjoy
getting out.

Nice report. Keep 'em coming!

Ah Johnny.........
you are correct for once...the majority of people who buy up and strip
the islands are summering Americans.
Bull****...sounds like another Harrytale to me.

My son works for a living , so he can't come out on a Friday.
Glad to hear that bit of news. When did he start? I'll bet you're
relieved
as hell.

As for weekends, he seems to prefer running around with his
friends......... hard to believe eh?
No.
He's still at home so he's hardly working "for a living". He's working
for a few bucks to blow with his buddies - and ignoring Dad in the
process.

Don't you worry about dad. I've got a good bit of Scottish, Welsh and
Dutch blood in me.
We're no nonsense when paying your way is concerned.

Too much Scotch, if you don't mind an unbiased opinion.


Unbiased? You don't know the meaning of the word.




Serious (well, sort of :) )question, Don. If you are walking on the
sidewalk and see a mound of dog**** in front of you, do you stop to talk
to it?

No? I didn't think so. So why do you converse with the mounds of dog****
here, like Florida Jim, DK, Herring, Reggie, et cetera?

:)


RPSIII September 7th 08 03:20 PM

Finally, a nice day.
 
HK wrote:




Serious (well, sort of :) )question, Don. If you are walking on the
sidewalk and see a mound of dog**** in front of you, do you stop to talk
to it?

No? I didn't think so. So why do you converse with the mounds of dog****
here, like Florida Jim, DK, Herring, Reggie, et cetera?


Don,
You really need to start obeying Harry better, he is getting ****ed off
that you are not following directions. When Harry says jump, your
correct response is "YES SIR, HOW HIGH, SIR".





Don White September 7th 08 03:34 PM

Finally, a nice day.
 

"RPSIII" wrote in message
. com...

Don,
You really need to start obeying Harry better, he is getting ****ed off
that you are not following directions. When Harry says jump, your correct
response is "YES SIR, HOW HIGH, SIR".


Sorry, I don't belong to some stinking drone army led by a 'way over the
hill' Lt Colonel.
We think & act independently.



Earl of Warwich, Duke of Cornwall, Marquies of Anglesea, Sir Reginald P. Smithers III Esq. LLC, STP. September 7th 08 03:43 PM

Finally, a nice day.
 
Don White wrote:
"RPSIII" wrote in message
. com...
Don,
You really need to start obeying Harry better, he is getting ****ed off
that you are not following directions. When Harry says jump, your correct
response is "YES SIR, HOW HIGH, SIR".


Sorry, I don't belong to some stinking drone army led by a 'way over the
hill' Lt Colonel.
We think & act independently.



Well he is getting ****ed off that you are not obeying him.

HK September 7th 08 03:47 PM

Finally, a nice day.
 
Don White wrote:
"RPSIII" wrote in message
. com...
Don,
You really need to start obeying Harry better, he is getting ****ed off
that you are not following directions. When Harry says jump, your correct
response is "YES SIR, HOW HIGH, SIR".


Sorry, I don't belong to some stinking drone army led by a 'way over the
hill' Lt Colonel.
We think & act independently.




Poor Reggie...he's such a tool.

Dry[_2_] September 7th 08 07:03 PM

Finally, a nice day.
 
Don if you were at the Mahone Bay warf on Saturday you may have met me
pulling my 30 foot Regal out At about 12:39 or so. We were using a large tow
truck from Kelly's towing, I had a few buddies about to lend a hand but they
were more interested in the Keiths. My car is the dark red XLR.
"Don White" wrote in message
...
With Hanna expected here Sunday, I decided to take advantage of a
beautiful warm sunny day. There's been way too few this summer.... wettest
August on record says the weatherman.
I had to drop the wife off at her mother's nursing home and finally got on
the road at 1100 hrs.
Reached the launch ramp in Mahone Harbour, Mahone Bay at about 1230hrs and
quickly got underway...too quickly, as I left my digital camera,
binoculars and cell phnoe on the truck seat.
Talked to a boat returning and he advised me the water had been like glass
earlier but the wind had picked up making the water rougher.
I cranked up all 25 horses and left the harbour behind as I headed south
east past Loye Island to my port and Hermans Island to my starboard. next
i turned east, north & west to circle Backman Island, which has a nice
little beach and cove for anchoring. After circling a lone sailboat , I
dipped down south west, changing to northg to checkout the anchoring
cove/beach on Coveys Island.
Next it was a streach of open water so I could pass through the very
shallow water between small Goat island and Rous Island. keeping Sheep
island on my starboard, I headed north west to Andrews Island where I
beached the Yukon and went ashore for a bit. Lastly i played around the
outer reached of Mahone harbour for a bit and retrieved the boat around
1500 hrs.
Since I am a member of the Mahone Islands Conservation Association, I
wanted to see the protected (from development) islands up close.
http://www.mahoneislands.ns.ca/news/inthenews.shtml
Sure wish I had my camers with me...I could have shown the stark contrast
between the beautiful islands still in their natural state and the ones
all tore up by the CFA summer crowd with their overscale houses, hugh rock
walls etc.




Don White September 7th 08 07:24 PM

Finally, a nice day.
 

"Dry" wrote in message news:0IUwk.845$1x6.28@edtnps82...
Don if you were at the Mahone Bay warf on Saturday you may have met me
pulling my 30 foot Regal out At about 12:39 or so. We were using a large
tow truck from Kelly's towing, I had a few buddies about to lend a hand
but they were more interested in the Keiths. My car is the dark red XLR.



Missed you by a day. I was there on Friday at about that time for launch.




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