Boat Forum / Boats / July 2008

It was down a week or two ago for a few days, but it seems to be working
fine again. Of course, I've already switched to Easynews! Maybe I'll
develop some patience as I age.

A guy in another group is looking into harsh weather cameras, thought
someone here talked about them once.. Any reccomendations?

It was too rough on the Bay Saturday for me to want to extend the
"testing" to the higher RPM ranges, but I did note that the apparent
sweet spot for my little Parker and its Yamaha F150 is 4000 RPM. At that
engine speed, with three guys aboard, plus 75 gallons of fuel (3/4

U.S. Foreclosures Double as House Prices Decline (Update1)
By Bob Ivry
July 25 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. foreclosure filings more than doubled in the
second quarter from a year earlier as falling home prices left borrowers

Des Moines Catholic Worker: Second Arrest Attempt On Karl Rove In Iowa
Leads To 4 Arrests
7/25/2008
Date: July 25, 2008

If you are one of the Seven Dwarfs, you're now in the new, vastly
improved rec.boats "bozo bin," which means that if you are directing
your "bons mots" towards me, you are wasting your time and effort. I
don't see your diarrhea or your high-fiving the diarrhea of the other

In classic WAFA fashion I will announce that I have put them back into
the bin.  Since 2/3rds of the stooges got a temporary boot from Chuck's
place, I thought I would take a look to see how they were handling their
"time out".  Obviously, nothing has changed and back they go.

My son just emailed these pictures.  He was playing around with a metal
detector out in his backyard, near an old stone wall and cow pasture.
Not sure what it is.  Looks like some kind of old, metal button with leather
straps or something.

Anybody using these?
Anybody care to laugh at the very idea of them?
http://www.fendergrip.com/fg.html
--Vic

"Now, in terms of knowing my commitments, you don't have to just look
at my words, you can look at my deeds. Just this past week, we passed
out of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee, which is my committee, a
bill to call for divestment from Iran, as a way of ratcheting up the

Assisted in saving two sinking boats yesterday.
The first was a 20'  CC  (with a low transom engine cutout) that was just on
the verge of swamping.
The water was less than an inch from flowing over the cutout.  The two

Industry Gushed Money After Reversal on Drilling
By Matthew Mosk
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, July 27, 2008; A10

About 30 posts yesterday from Diseased Krueger (DK), almost all of which
I simply skipped. That boy sure knows how to drool.

Been having fun yesterday and today with this thing.   I opted for a small
engine, (it will take up to a 15 horse) and have been dutifully following
the break-in proceedure.  Today I finally had enough time on it that I could
"open it up".

24 pound striper w/live herring this morning off the new SCE&G beach
on Lake Murray this morning.
Nice fish - 80 feet of water and not hanging on structure.
Interesting.