On May 28, 8:45*am, wrote:
On May 28, 8:30*am, "jamesgangnc" wrote:





"John H." wrote in message

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On Tue, 27 May 2008 09:24:32 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On May 27, 11:39 am, (Richard Casady)
wrote:
On Tue, 27 May 2008 05:58:02 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
Is it still low?? Around here in NC the lakes are briming. Kerr is
like 5
or 6 feet over pool and the Corp is letting water out of the rest to
keep
them from being too high.

Here in central Iowa, the local flood control/recreation lake is
twenty feet above normal. Lots of beaches and boat ramps are closed.

Casady

It was a zoo at Falls Lake in Raleigh NC on Saturday. *Boats
everywhere.

That's good news! It makes my plan to move to the Wake Forest area more
tenable. (Sure hope I used that word properly!)
--
John *H*

The start of summer around here is usually busy with a high percentage of
newbees crowded around at the ramp. *It's entertaining if you don't let it
get to you. *But the high boat traffic made the lake a bit choppy. *After a
month or so traffic will drop off a bit. *I suspect that some number of
people get into boating and decide it's not really their cup of tea.- Hide quoted text -

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I tend to help them so they'll know what to do next time.- Hide quoted text -

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Back on track, I was just watching a news strory on how the boat
reposessions are way up. Folks overloaded with cheap debt, have to
choose between the boat and the house. There will be a lot of marina
sitting this year I bet...

On Wed, 28 May 2008 08:30:18 -0400, "jamesgangnc" wrote:


"John H." wrote in message
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On Tue, 27 May 2008 09:24:32 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On May 27, 11:39 am, (Richard Casady)
wrote:
On Tue, 27 May 2008 05:58:02 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
Is it still low?? Around here in NC the lakes are briming. Kerr is
like 5
or 6 feet over pool and the Corp is letting water out of the rest to
keep
them from being too high.

Here in central Iowa, the local flood control/recreation lake is
twenty feet above normal. Lots of beaches and boat ramps are closed.

Casady

It was a zoo at Falls Lake in Raleigh NC on Saturday. Boats
everywhere.

That's good news! It makes my plan to move to the Wake Forest area more
tenable. (Sure hope I used that word properly!)
--
John *H*

The start of summer around here is usually busy with a high percentage of
newbees crowded around at the ramp. It's entertaining if you don't let it
get to you. But the high boat traffic made the lake a bit choppy. After a
month or so traffic will drop off a bit. I suspect that some number of
people get into boating and decide it's not really their cup of tea.


Most of my boating would be on weekdays. That's the great thing about
retirement.
--
John *H*

On Wed, 28 May 2008 05:45:58 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On May 28, 8:30*am, "jamesgangnc" wrote:
"John H." wrote in message

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On Tue, 27 May 2008 09:24:32 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On May 27, 11:39 am, (Richard Casady)
wrote:
On Tue, 27 May 2008 05:58:02 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
Is it still low?? Around here in NC the lakes are briming. Kerr is
like 5
or 6 feet over pool and the Corp is letting water out of the rest to
keep
them from being too high.

Here in central Iowa, the local flood control/recreation lake is
twenty feet above normal. Lots of beaches and boat ramps are closed.

Casady

It was a zoo at Falls Lake in Raleigh NC on Saturday. *Boats
everywhere.

That's good news! It makes my plan to move to the Wake Forest area more
tenable. (Sure hope I used that word properly!)
--
John *H*

The start of summer around here is usually busy with a high percentage of
newbees crowded around at the ramp. *It's entertaining if you don't let it
get to you. *But the high boat traffic made the lake a bit choppy. *After a
month or so traffic will drop off a bit. *I suspect that some number of
people get into boating and decide it's not really their cup of tea.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I tend to help them so they'll know what to do next time.

If they seem approachable, I'll do that. But many of them are macho young
guys showing off.

One guy was gunning his engine to push the boat up on the trailer. I did go
over to him and ask him to read the sign which explained why using the
winch was the rule at the launch ramp.

He wasn't appreciative of my suggestion.
--
John *H*

On Wed, 28 May 2008 06:24:03 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On May 27, 5:37*pm, John H. wrote:
On Tue, 27 May 2008 09:24:32 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
On May 27, 11:39*am, (Richard Casady)
wrote:
On Tue, 27 May 2008 05:58:02 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
Is it still low?? *Around here in NC the lakes are briming. *Kerr is like 5
or 6 feet over pool and the Corp is letting water out of the rest to keep
them from being too high.

Here in central Iowa, the local flood control/recreation lake is
twenty feet above normal. Lots of beaches and boat ramps are closed.

Casady

It was a zoo at Falls Lake in Raleigh NC on Saturday. *Boats
everywhere.

That's good news! It makes my plan to move to the Wake Forest area more
tenable. (Sure hope I used that word properly!)
--
John *H*

Not to worry, if the cast of fools finds any typo, misused word, etc.
they'll certainly admonish you, call you names for months, insult you
forever and on and on.

LOOGY!!!
--
John *H*

On May 28, 10:40*am, John H. wrote:
On Wed, 28 May 2008 08:30:18 -0400, "jamesgangnc" wrote:

"John H." wrote in message
.. .
On Tue, 27 May 2008 09:24:32 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On May 27, 11:39 am, (Richard Casady)
wrote:
On Tue, 27 May 2008 05:58:02 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
Is it still low?? Around here in NC the lakes are briming. Kerr is
like 5
or 6 feet over pool and the Corp is letting water out of the rest to
keep
them from being too high.

Here in central Iowa, the local flood control/recreation lake is
twenty feet above normal. Lots of beaches and boat ramps are closed.

Casady

It was a zoo at Falls Lake in Raleigh NC on Saturday. *Boats
everywhere.

That's good news! It makes my plan to move to the Wake Forest area more
tenable. (Sure hope I used that word properly!)
--
John *H*

The start of summer around here is usually busy with a high percentage of
newbees crowded around at the ramp. *It's entertaining if you don't let it
get to you. *But the high boat traffic made the lake a bit choppy. *After a
month or so traffic will drop off a bit. *I suspect that some number of
people get into boating and decide it's not really their cup of tea.

Most of my boating would be on weekdays. That's the great thing about
retirement.
--
John *H*- Hide quoted text -

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Yea, the difference betyween weekdays and weekends is amazing on most
lakes. Sometimes I'll take a Friday or Monday off during the summer
and go then to avoid the crowds.

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On May 28, 8:45 am, wrote:
On May 28, 8:30 am, "jamesgangnc" wrote:





"John H." wrote in message

.. .

On Tue, 27 May 2008 09:24:32 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On May 27, 11:39 am, (Richard Casady)
wrote:
On Tue, 27 May 2008 05:58:02 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:
Is it still low?? Around here in NC the lakes are briming. Kerr
is
like 5
or 6 feet over pool and the Corp is letting water out of the rest
to
keep
them from being too high.

Here in central Iowa, the local flood control/recreation lake is
twenty feet above normal. Lots of beaches and boat ramps are closed.

Casady

It was a zoo at Falls Lake in Raleigh NC on Saturday. Boats
everywhere.

That's good news! It makes my plan to move to the Wake Forest area
more
tenable. (Sure hope I used that word properly!)
--
John *H*

The start of summer around here is usually busy with a high percentage
of
newbees crowded around at the ramp. It's entertaining if you don't let
it
get to you. But the high boat traffic made the lake a bit choppy. After
a
month or so traffic will drop off a bit. I suspect that some number of
people get into boating and decide it's not really their cup of tea.-
Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I tend to help them so they'll know what to do next time.- Hide quoted
text -

- Show quoted text -

Back on track, I was just watching a news strory on how the boat
reposessions are way up. Folks overloaded with cheap debt, have to
choose between the boat and the house. There will be a lot of marina
sitting this year I bet...

Will be hard for a lot of people. I towed the boat to Sacramento yesterday,
and used a little more than a 1/2 tank of diesel == about $50 @$4.99 gallon
and since I was not going very far up the river and did not need a lot of
extra weight I only put in 42 gallons of gas at $4.029 $174 at Safeway
stores gas station. Could have saved 3 cents by going to Costco, but
probably cost that much to tow the extra distance. If people are trying to
keep the kids in clothes and food, they are not going to be able to afford
too many trips to the lake.