Speaking of boats...
Here's some film I shot with my new camera today.I was experimenting with the tripod. The final speed shot, the camera
fell over before I got to 50. Sorry about that. :>) http://www.swsports.org/images/Movies/erudelake.wmv |
Short
May 16
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| It's a fable - the name is Nipmuc for neutral fishing grounds or
something like that. Webster Lake is interesting because it's believed that there are four
seperate ponds and at one time had four seperate eco systems. If you
look at a map of the lake, there are three narrows seperating North,
Middle and South Ponds and Smith's Cove where Indian Ranch resort and
concert hall are. There is evidence that the Nipmucs connected the
North and Middle ponds early on and the second was opened by a flood. It's a fun place to boat. It's also deadly. When I was on the
Regional Dive Team, over ten years, we did eleven or so body
recoveries on that lake from boat accidents. |
Short
May 17
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| The increase in fuel prices, and his rationalization of why, have cause
Harry's hemorrhoids to flare up recently. Eisboch |
RCE
May 17
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|
Nah. But the increase in fuel prices has convinced me that Big Oil and
refiners need to be under citizen oversight, and that individuals who
use tremendous amounts of petrol resources for their own pleasure should
pay an additional penalty on top of the high prices for their fun, and
the moneys collected via the penalty be used to subsidize essential
petrol use by the poor. |
HK
May 17
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| We are paying what we should have been paying years ago. Eisboch |
RCE
May 17
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|
That might be so if any of the funds were going to relieve our reliance
on petrol, but they are not. We're just getting ripped off. |
HK
May 17
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| Who spends the most money on research and/or development of alternate energy
sources? a) Private industry/entrepreneurs
b) The Fed
c) Big oil
d) Green people Eisboch |
RCE
May 17
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|
Sorry, but the books of "big oil" are cooked. |
HK
May 17
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| Yawn. Last I knew, there were about seven "generally accepted" legal accounting
practices.
Within the limits imposed by law, businesses routinely adopt that one that
best serves the interest of the business .... often changing from reporting
period to reporting period as situations and markets change. Nothing wrong
or illegal about doing that ... it's prudent and responsible to do so in the
best interests of the stockholders. To do otherwise may land you in jail,
especially now-a-days. Eisboch |
RCE
May 17
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| I KNOW!!! I KNOW!!! Green People!!! How the hell do you think they got to be green? |
Short
May 17
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| Well, in Green People Land, which is just north of Fucia People Land,
we can account very well. We can account on our fingers, toes, extremities and occasionally
internal organs. |
Green
May 17
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| >Sorry, but the books of "big oil" are cooked. What do they taste like? How are they eaten? Do you use any kind of
sauce? Do you cook them live? We Green People are always looking for new gastronomic adventures. |
Green
May 17
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| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpKRd2xQeq8 |
Tim
May 17
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| Now this is a national anthem: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7Lr0qJgJ_0 And of course, this one is kind of catchy...sing along now.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHUCHLLibQk This one kind of reminded me of the Mickey Mouse Club song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG7BWy0-myY I don't know why, but this reminds me of Bugs Bunny. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXEpHn1Ky4w Now this is a WAY cool anthem. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7dzMzrd5VY Different approach to the same anthem. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4Vr4ZoKsDY&mode=related&search= National Anthem of Fucia People http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnhRNxnTNeM&mode=related&search= And of course, the National Anthem of Green People http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUh6TAll_7o&mode=related&search= |
Green
May 18
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| Good thing you are not a Purple Peep. http://www.brownielocks.com/purplepeopleeater.html |
JimH
May 17
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| Good grief. That's like the old joke about a giraffe with a sore... ....ahhhh, you know. |
Wayne.B
May 17
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| Is it anything like Barnacle Bill the Sailor? |
Short
May 18
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| I thought this one was: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxrXnc7Bsyw |
Tim
May 17
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| No you dumbass - that's for Pink People Land. ~~ sheesh ~~ Get it right will you? |
Green
May 18
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| Well, I can still spell it, 40 years later ;) |
justwaitafreki...
May 17
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| Wow, I must have been mistaken, especially about the line concerning a
"little green had holding a ketchup bottle." I'll try to get it right next time. please don't flog me |
Tim
May 17
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| Flog? That would be cruel and unusual punishment. In Green People Land, we Frog people. We turn them into Frogs and they have to go around and get people to
kiss them three times in order to turn back into whatever they were
before we Frogged them. Flog - good lord man, what do you think we are - barbarians? |
Green
May 18
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| OK, I got it right this time: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vGMgov_S5s |
Tim
May 17
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| Yea - at the place I always eat at called - eats. Capt Jack R.. |
Jack
May 18
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| They collected all the greenbacks for carbon credits? |
Calif
May 18
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| Pretty good. I never knew it was also called "In the Mood". I always knew
it as "Opus One".
Anyway, one of my favorite big band tunes. Eisboch |
RCE
May 18
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| Or a rabbit with an ear ache. Eisboch |
RCE
May 18
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| No, no, no... If there is any alternate anthem, it's this one... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGkurWAXgZs |
Green
May 18
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| There's an interesting piece of trivia associated with "In The Mood". It was originally called "Tar Paper Stomp" and was written by Joe
Garland who was a sideman/composer for a number of black big bands.
The lyrics were written by Andy Razaf who was an African-American
lyricist who did a number of big band tunes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Mood |
Short
May 18
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| I like the island with the little boathouse... |
HK
May 16
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So what do the town fathers in Webster think about you doing speed
trials on their nice little lake? |
Wayne.B
May 16
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| Well, considering that a couple of local ocean racers use that
particular pond for testing their 42 foot 1200 horsepower super
charged racing boats, not much. :>) |
Short
May 17
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| Bozos. Next thing you know you'll have 5 mph Manatee zones. What I want to know is how do you fit "Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg" on the transom of your boat? http://tinyurl.com/oahbe I thought my mapping software was broken when I saw that. |
Wayne.B
May 16
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| No Manatees. The occasional 48 lb pike, but no Manatees. |
Short
May 17
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| Noisy motor. Sounds tinny also. |
Calif
May 17
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| Doesn't matter, most of our Manatee zones don't have any either. Of
course anyone who wants a speed limit for some reason will claim that
they once saw one. |
Wayne.B
May 16
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| Awwwwww, poor Wayne. |
HK
May 17
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| Noise this, Tin Boy... |
Short
May 17
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| A great contribution to a fairly interesting thread, Harrie! You are such a neat guy! |
John
May 17
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| Careful Harry, I might drop off a few Manatees in the Chesapeake on
the way through next month. |
Wayne.B
May 17
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| We had manatee zones where I lived in NE Florida. I actually saw
manatees a few times in them. I was glad to slow down for the miles
required. The world doesn't exist just for us, you know. Or maybe you don't know. |
HK
May 17
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| >The world doesn't exist just for us, you know. Us? It exists solely to keep me entertained. Period. End of discussion. |
Short
May 17
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| Do they serve a purpose beyond being a rallying point for
environmentalists? |
Short
May 17
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| >The world doesn't exist just for us, you know. Thanks, that's very thoughtful of you. |
Wayne.B
May 17
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| The speed zones? There is a rationale for some of them but manatee
protection is the hot button that gets them implemented - even where
there are few or no manatees. There is a notable example 2 miles south of here on the Caloosahatchie
River. A fellow with a house directly on the river was tired of being
buzzed by jet skis and speed boats with straight thru exhaust. He
donated a big pile of money to the "Save the Manatees Club" and they
lobbied (successfully) for a 1 mile slow speed zone in front of his
house. Government at its best. :-) |
Wayne.B
May 17
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| They will have no impact on Harrie's boating. |
John
May 17
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| When we lived along the ICW in Florida, I did my best to make life
miserable for the "cruisers" going by with their huge wakes, and the
speedboats going by unmuffled. So did a lot of others in that immediate
vicinity. We actually got one airboater arrested for disturbing the peace. |
HK
May 17
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| That's where my parents honeymooned a few years back, I had to learn
to spell it once when I was young to get an ice cream cone from dad.
Apparently the indians were fighting over fishing rights in the lake
from both sides long ago and they made an agreement:
"You fish on your side, I fish on my side, no one fishes the middle".
That's what the indian name of the lake means, or so I was told. Looks
very nice, I have never been there. |
justwaitafreki...
May 17
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