Menzies

Happy Birthing Day loose-Cannon! The rest of you lumps need to make sure your date of birth is in the system so that I can be nice to y'all!

Most of the time I don't necessarily think they are being boneheaded. Case in point. At the local sandbar, if you want to go stern in to the beach with a bow anchor out as well, you really need to do it at slack tide/current, especially at springs. The current really rips through there. I see guys trying to do this when there is a good current and they line up directly out from where they want their stern. Throw out the bow anchor and then start to go straight in. That's when all hell breaks loose, especially when there are already other boats set up. I want to tell them to just anchor off the sand and wait until the top or bottom of the tide, or throw out the anchor and then start your stern well up current to let it bring you back to where you want to be. Tough conversation to start though, you never know when you have the weekend warrior who isn't at the listening stage!

Try the second without the shadowing. I always prefer clean lines for titles. Sometimes you can get a bit carried away with what the softwware will do and you lose sight of what you are trying to get across - ala PowerPoint!

So ol' Top Gun Kelly came out today. At first I thought OK, pity... Then I saw a current pic and I thought, OK, whatever! Weird Tom has aged a hell of a lot better!

Wanna know what boat gets the fish....

I'm a smooth kinda man!

See bottom of main forum pages - it shows today's birthdays! My woodies's birthday isn't until September!

Look at the Mike Ditka Runaway Resort. Their two bedroom suites are huge. Large bathroom, living room and full kitchen. Plus easher/dryer etc. Currently $90 plus plus per day. Good quality suites too. Staryed there for a basketball tournament two weeks ago and just booked for next week for another tourney. About 2-3 miles from WDW gate. Right near the Gaylord.

Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey!

Interesting. down here it would probably be called "SummerSux!"

Come on in, the water is fine. Post 'em up!

Just as well I'm good at finding Waldo! The Dockside Chatter is a sneaky little thang!

More ice cream?

The anchor thread got me thinking. Have you even see another boater doing something that won't work out on the water and want to shout out some advice or, after everything has settled down, go across and give a suggestion or two? There are plenty of times that I have seen guys try to put out a bow anchor and go stern in to a sandbar, or attempt to put out a stern anchor to hold the boat overnight in one direction, etc. and are simply setting everything up wrong to be successful. While I lend a hand if a guy needs someone to throw a line to at the slip or dock, or stand in the shallow and take an anchor to the beach and dig it in, I am always hesitant to start shouting out instructions, especially if he has a boat full. Thing is the guy may be a new boater and want the help, but how do you do this without risking totally P'ing someone off? Is simply being there to lend a hand when asked, or volunteering to catch lines etc. the best we can do? Only time I ever get involved is when I see a real safety threat, most of those times it's kids with their legs thrown out over the bow when underway and at speed. Then I radio across and just say in an even voice that they may not be aware that their kids are doing that and they need to get them inboard for safety, and in case the FWC see them because they will be written up.

Another technique, while not dangerous, that does make me shake my head. Where the guy stops the boat over where he wants to anchor, grabs the anchor and chain and a handful of rope and slings the whole lot off the bow. Sometime he will try and back down , other times he will just wait for the anchor to somehow hold. He is oblivious to the fact that it is probably tangled up in the 10 foot of chain and will never set. Guaranteed I will see this numerous times a day at the achorage.

Get him some Guinness. That help the ol' propulsion back across the channel!

At my yard repaint $34 per foot for one coat $42 for two.

Bit that gets me about grocery lines is being behind the lady, and ladies you know who you are, who has been in line for a while watching those in front of her get checked out. Then she watches as her stuff gets rung up and bagged. Then wait until the bill is totalled and the checkout girl tells her what the total is.... then... ...acts shocked and surprised that she has to pay, digs in her purse for her wallet, then counts out the right paper money then... instead of just slapping down another dollar and getting change, she asked the girl to remind her what the exact total was, then opens her little wallet zipper thang and starts digging for the exact change to the penny! Sheesh. It ain't the first time you have been through a line lady, you know you're going to have to pay at the end, and just let the girl make change already!!!!

It was until you dragged crap from another forum over here, and I suspect with the simple aim of attacking a Reel Boating member. But I'm sure wiley will sort you out. So what's your name on THT?

Who's Ian anderson?

Dammit, there's another excuse I could have used!

... and if he is reading this he needs to post a certain pic showing what he is doing with a melon!

SCAngler, where are you staying? If you don't already have a place I have a great recommendation for you.

What's a skinflute?

Kids all at a Taylor Swift concert Friday night so the missus and I will have a nice dinner out for two. Saturday we go to a Ronald McDonald House charity event here in Jax. Sunday might just be a day on the boat. 'bout time.