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Thread: late friends on the lake??
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06-28-2010, 02:28 PM #11
^ well put. that's a guy that "gets it".
and fwiw, I hope to someday get back to florida. and if I should happen to be in the orlando area, I would love to meet ed and get a pull behind a boat using the minimalist surfing strategy as I'm very intrigued. and if that should ever happen, I'd have gas money, yueng's and ed's favorite chip he raves about on here, my flippy floppies and I'd be on time'06 Supra Launch 20SSV-gone but never forgotten
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06-28-2010, 03:56 PM #12
Our lake is small enough that its easy to swing in and pick people up, and drop people off. Another nice feature of leaving the boat on the lake is that most of my friends know other people on the lake as well, from hanging with us. So if they are at the marina and we aren't they could feasibly hitch a ride out to the lake to meet up with us. This has only happened a few times, but its nice for sure.
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06-28-2010, 04:18 PM #13
That's one thing I miss from the old days. All that "small world" stuff. I only know the folks in about 3 boats on my whole river.
My Mom said I'm not allowed to get wet!
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06-28-2010, 11:34 PM #14Sled491 Guest
Not too harsh, and glad it's not my world. We're more like Dave smallish lake, good cell coverage and we don't need to make the most of every minute on the lake.
Ed I'm noticing a pattern with you and your comments towards those who are a little shall we say "anal" about there boats. It then occured to me, you don't have any kids. Not looking to pick a fight with you, I'm just saying.
I feel like you, it is a boat and meant to be enjoyed, but man let those little monsters loose all buzzed up on Kool Aid and snacks and look out! Sometin gonna get broke!
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06-29-2010, 08:25 AM #15
Not too harsh.....more harsh not to invite them at all.........if you're that remote that there is no cellphone coverage then it must take you a while to get there.....they could let you know they were running behind when they left and presumably you would still have been in a covered area. If its a short distance to the ramp well then there was no excuse. If there was no way of contacting you for hours before then a diff story as there can always be emergencies that can come up but then you don't know if they are coming or not. so if 15 mins is what they were told I see no prob. .02 more
BTW what time did they get there?09 21v LAUNCH
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06-29-2010, 10:33 AM #16
funny everyone thinks no coverage and must be remote. it's 10 miles from my front door and I live 2 miles from the downtown core of boise(pop 400-500,000 in the valley). it's just around a mountain that no one will put a tower up on. guy running the marina has been approached about putting one up, but he won't allow it since he owns the payphone there and he's making a mint on it with people checking vm's all day..
I don't know what time they ever did show up. we never did talk about it, assuming out of embarrasment for not being on time.. they just said they couldn't make it, but I have heard that they did, just late.'06 Supra Launch 20SSV-gone but never forgotten
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06-29-2010, 10:55 AM #17-Mark
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06-29-2010, 11:03 AM #18
That guy would make A TON more to have a cell phone company pay him to put a tower on his property. But a lot of people worry about the radiation a tower gives off. Funny, bc a baby monitor gives off more radiation than a cell tower. Little known fact.
But like you said there is a big mountain there, so 1 tower may only light up a very small area. Soooo many variables on getting just getting cell reception. The cell phone companies probably don't want the expense of lighting up several towers and then they are looking at how many new subscribers would this actually gain. If they determine its not a lot, then the economics would just not be there.-Mark
2005 LSV
Tow w/: Volkswagen Touareg V8
Mods: Stereo, Stainless Cup Holders and Thru Hulls, Chrome Steering Wheel, EZ Nets, Moomba Etched Cleats
"Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, bc your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are."
-John Wooden