Adirondack Marine in Lake George

Dreaming wrote: Pete, did you get some new pants recently?   They must have come from the cranky pants pile...

Kris,
Actually Chris (79) sent me his old pants when he stopped visiting the site, told me to take over but man, his waistline is at least 24" more than mine!! Even the tailor told me I could never fit in his pants even with major modifications! Seriously, I do try to word my responses carefully but there are many times they just don't come out with what's in my mind. I guess I can be very blunt!! I'm sorry for that. However, in this case I was simply confirming what had already been stated. I always welcome new members but in this case, he joined for what seems like to only "air out his dirty laundry" with a personal dispute with a CC dealer. At 58, I would have thought a better judgement call could have been made?   

Zone 5,
I say shrugg it off, chaulk it up, don't burn bridges at Adirondack Marine, stick around this site and move on to the next prospect nautique. I'll bet the best boat find is right around the corner.

Pete,
I sure do miss 79 Nautique's wisdom and sensitive way with words! Glad you are taking over.

Yup, hang around long enough, and ask enough dumb questions, you can eventually become a Grand Poobah, as I found out

quinner wrote: Hopefully he sticks around and also adds his name to his profile, sounds like he certainly could share some great stories with us, if nothing else what it was like to ski with Mapple!!

Not going anywhere. Still looking.

Skiing with Mapple was amazing. I learned more in that day than I learned in the prior 4 years. Or in a slalom context, I go from 2 balls at most at 15 off before, and 1st try after I got home, I ran a full pass.

He is a fantastic guy. He brought a brand new TSC2 boat (before they were released for 2002) to a private lake in Orlando. Not even his demo. Another CC team's demo. First thing he did was take my wife and I out and do 2 bat turns. One in each direction.   This was back in the days when people claimed Nautiques could only turn hard one way. Took me skiing, let me play with the boat until my wife told me enough bat turns, and spend probably 2/3 of the day with us. Then laughed at me when I had him sign about 10 things for me, and the friends I skied with, because if I forgot one of them, I would have been toast.

For those that aren't as old as some of us, the TSC2 hull was a major deal at the time for slalom hulls.

Needless to say 10 years later probably one of the best days I've had.

quinner wrote: Had I not had a boat to sell between then and now I might just be an annoying "newbie" as opposed to a really annoying poopbah!!

And who said you were not annoying anyway

Grand Poobah always reminds me of the "Flintstones". Chris you could almost be "Fred's" twin. I mean that in a nice way though, always the joker of the party.

lewy2001 wrote: Grand Poobah always reminds me of the "Flintstones". Chris you could almost be "Fred's" twin. I mean that in a nice way though, always the joker of the party.

So would that make me "Grand Imperial Poobah" of the Loyal Order of Water Buffalo's, nice!!

On the down side, Betty is way Hotter then Wilma!!

quinner wrote: On the down side, Betty is way Hotter then Wilma!!

+1 on that brother, and Mary Ann was way hotter than Ginger.

8122pbrainard wrote: Dreaming wrote: Pete, did you get some new pants recently?   They must have come from the cranky pants pile...        Kris, Actually Chris (79) sent me his old pants when he stopped visiting the site, told me to take over but man, his waistline is at least 24" more than mine!! Even the tailor told me I could never fit in his pants even with major modifications! Seriously, I do try to word my responses carefully but there are many times they just don't come out with what's in my mind. I guess I can be very blunt!! I'm sorry for that. However, in this case I was simply confirming what had already been stated. I always welcome new members but in this case, he joined for what seems like to only "air out his dirty laundry" with a personal dispute with a CC dealer. At 58, I would have thought a better judgement call could have been made?

nice response!     I am not sure that you want to be filling anyone's britches... oh wait, that's different    Again, I do appreciate your passion for these boats, and your passion for helping us to keep them original (and running).I was a lurker for quite a while before I signed up, so I knew there would be an initiation period, but I don't think that is the norm ... I don't want to loose quality people interested in CC's because we get or give a poor first impression. I love these boats, and have really grown to appreciate the depth of this site.   I think others will also benefit from this site if we use kindness and light heartedness to work through our differences. Appology accepted, Standing down from my soap box . Z5 - welcome to the party, I'm glad you are sticking around and am excited to see what you come up with for a better boat.   Tis the season for good deals here in a couple of weeks    

Z5 -   check out the interesting craigslist finds. The 206 that BHectus just posted may fit your bill?

I'm sorry but I've been waiting for the proper time to use this: