gone with the water.
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Topic: gone with the water.
Posted By: kapla
Subject: gone with the water.
Date Posted: March-08-2010 at 1:42pm
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Sure its normal to lost things in the water..but this weekend waters swallowed a nice piece of Rayban Aviators that belonged to my mother. She bought them back in the late 80´s and I took them from her say 10 years ago..so they had quite emotional value!!! It think those were the sun glasses that lasted the long before loosing them....plus they were original BL USA made!!!
Now you can get them but made in Italy, and have to be carefull were to buy them as lots of fakes going around!!!! 
sad day for me!!! ------------- <a href="">1992 ski nautique |
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Posted By: Okie Boarder
Date Posted: March-08-2010 at 1:57pm
| Sorry to hear it. It seems I tend to lose the more expensive more meaningful glasses than I do the cheap ones. |
Posted By: Morfoot
Date Posted: March-08-2010 at 2:11pm
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Sebastian, I feel your pain my friend. I've have a pair of Aviators on the bottom of my favorite lake too. Okie is right, buy the cheapo's you'll hang on to those forever. I'm still on the same pair. Going 3 years strong now. ------------- "Morfoot; He can ski. He can wakeboard.He can cook chicken.He can create his own self-named beverage, & can also apparently fly. A man of many talents."72 Mustang "Kermit",88 SN Miss Scarlett, 99 SN "Sherman" |
Posted By: kapla
Date Posted: March-08-2010 at 2:12pm
I didn´t tell her yet..But i´m sure she´s gonna get angry 
------------- <a href="">1992 ski nautique |
Posted By: Morfoot
Date Posted: March-08-2010 at 2:16pm
E-bay???????  ------------- "Morfoot; He can ski. He can wakeboard.He can cook chicken.He can create his own self-named beverage, & can also apparently fly. A man of many talents."72 Mustang "Kermit",88 SN Miss Scarlett, 99 SN "Sherman" |
Posted By: Waterdog
Date Posted: March-08-2010 at 2:18pm
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Last summer we were swimming off the pontoon and had to move a little, my buddy Mark pulled the anchor up and it had some plastic "Marty Graw" beads on it. He was all happy, til he threw the anchor back out and it pulled a $400- braclet off his wrist. He was sick, I just said the sea givith and the sea takeith away ! (It"s still funny!) ------------- - waterdog - http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=3896&sort=&pagenum=2&yrstart=1978&yrend=1978" rel="nofollow - 78 Ski Tique |
Posted By: kapla
Date Posted: March-08-2010 at 2:30pm
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true..water gave a nice session of wake surf, wake board and barefoot!! haha for the price of the glasses....fair trade!!!
------------- <a href="">1992 ski nautique |
Posted By: Hollywood
Date Posted: March-08-2010 at 2:31pm
That's why I bought the ones with the ear hooks, they never all of!
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Posted By: Kristof
Date Posted: March-08-2010 at 3:01pm
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Seb,
My sunglasses from Serengetti are on the bottom of the Maas... Lost them the week after you stayed with us... By now they must have drifted of till Rotterdam LOL (Damn, I really liked those sunglasses!) ------------- - Gun control means: using BOTH hands! - Money doesn't make one happy, but when it rains cats and dogs, it's still better to cry in a Porsche than on a bicycle... |
Posted By: quinner
Date Posted: March-08-2010 at 3:07pm
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Too bad my car keys didn't have "Ear Hooks" at GL 08', LOL.
------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=1143" rel="nofollow - Mi Bowt |
Posted By: kapla
Date Posted: March-08-2010 at 4:38pm
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The thing this was the second set of RB I´ve lost in 2 years..
other item I lost: 2 cell phones...lots of fat sacs plugs...gas tank cap (almost is it went down at the marina and I was able to dive it and get it back from the muddy bottom) at lots of other stuff... ------------- <a href="">1992 ski nautique |
Posted By: kapla
Date Posted: March-09-2010 at 8:29pm
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i was looking to replace those RB..I was searcing on ebay...mine where the ones that came with leathered frames..and it seems they were gold plated..unfortunately the leather in mine went of..
but I see then on ebay in mint condition for no less than $150 and some asking $300+ I feel sick I´m now using some 80´s carrera porsche design..whick I think i will put in the drawer..they can go for $120, don´t want them to finish in the water.... I´m heading to buy some cheapos to leave in the boat!!! jajaja ------------- <a href="">1992 ski nautique |
Posted By: Tomski
Date Posted: March-10-2010 at 11:33am
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Standing there watching stuff sink just makes you sick, doesn't it?
I've always worn Bolle glasses and have had about 5 pairs of Orvet style ones and am currently on a pair of crystal blue Cane Brakes. I think I must have been in the lake at least once after each pair! I no have a pair of these that live on the boat 
They are surprisingly good to wear, always raise a smile and I'm not bothered if they go over the side. My worst was nearly losing this 
Tag F1 that I got for my 21st off my parents, it's 16 years old and has hardly been off my wrist in that time. A quality timepiece that looks as good now as it did then. I was getting back into the boat and caught it on the platform edge. I felt it go and, by some freakish good luck, when I'd been riding I'd fogotten to put my vest on, so I managed to dive down after it and get it back - I've never swum so fast straight down! The bit of the lake we usually ride in is over 200 feet deep, so it would definitely have been bye-bye Tag if I hadn't caught it up! ------------- Easily Parted From Money |
Posted By: Hollywood
Date Posted: March-10-2010 at 1:10pm
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Wow, what a story with the watch. Your unlucky/lucky day!
I have a couple pairs of cataract glasses in Powers Lake, one pair was green tinted, I especially miss those, and a few pairs of boxers in Green Lake.  ------------- |
Posted By: RainDog
Date Posted: March-10-2010 at 5:49pm
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$129 is a drop in the bucket for us prescription guys. The first two CCF reunions at GL I attended I lost a pair of glasses in the drink each year. 07 was sunglasses, 08 was regular glasses. ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=1868&sort=&pagenum=1 - 62 Classic http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=5242&sort=&pagenum=1 - 2002 Super Air |
Posted By: kapla
Date Posted: March-10-2010 at 6:08pm
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Yeah good luck on the watch..actually I almost jumped to grab the lenses...but i said to late..then they floated due to the air produced by the boat wake and prop..but I was to far...and you know diving them in our milk chocolate water Is like finding a nail in the hay!!!
sometimes it´s not even deep, just a couple of feet, but the bottom is soft mud that likes to swallow everything!!! ------------- <a href="">1992 ski nautique |
Posted By: gn6027
Date Posted: March-13-2010 at 9:11pm
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Losing thing in the drink is not uncommon here either...
Lost a nice divers watch (I was 13 or 14 at the time), and just a couple of years ago, my son dove into the water (100+ ft deep) with his glasses on. There's a 30 lb striper bass with a pair of Kasey Kahne glasses lurking... He was so worried about telling me what happened when I got back to the boat, but I shrugged it off. Nothing I could do about it, and getting angry wasn't going to help the situation. Result: he's very careful with his glasses now!! One of those life lessons. Oh, and plenty of wrenches and sockets lost in Sandusky Bay putting in the dock for our ski club... jbear, remember those cold days with Jim E and me in the water??? I talked to a guy in TN who lost a Rolex while tubing. Same day, the distributor shaft on his I/O broke. What a streak of bad luck, but served him right for wearing his Rolex while tubing. He was going to see if he could hire a scuba diver to try to find it, but I never heard the result. Common sense isn't too common!! What things have other's lost? Besides props & rudders, there has to be a ton of stories out there. Glen ------------- GN6027 http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=2562 - 1987 Ski Nautique 2001 |
Posted By: SNobsessed
Date Posted: March-13-2010 at 9:22pm
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Last summer had some friends out at a sand bar. I like to tie to the boat offshore. Had a danforth-style anchor out further, used a bumper as a mooring buoy. Wouldn't you know that bumper came loose? & what idiot would use non-floating line on an anchor?
6 weeks later I troll for it using a big magnet left from my dad (who also used it to find such items) & found the anchor in about 12 feet of water. Dove down following the magnet line, got it back! ------------- “Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.” Ben Franklin |
Posted By: harddock
Date Posted: March-13-2010 at 10:08pm
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I bought Blake a fishing pole/reel combo for his birthday. Got it all rigged up and went down on the dock to try it out. First cast seemed fine. Explained to him about holding the button while you swing until your ready to let the line go..... like this.... casted and the reel exploded into pieces and went swimming. I was Bullshot, Blake was ok with it. I took him right to the store and replaced it because I felt so bad. I was able to retrieve most of the pieces diving early in the morning the next day. Wrote to Daiwa and told them the story and they sent me the parts that I couldn't find. I ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=4487" rel="nofollow - 1998 Ski Nautique |
Posted By: MartyMabe
Date Posted: March-14-2010 at 12:10am
I lost my virginity in(on) the water  ------------- 66 Skylark http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=5041" rel="nofollow - 93 SN If you're not living in NC, you're just camping out! |
Posted By: SNobsessed
Date Posted: March-14-2010 at 1:48am
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& you didn't dive in to try & get it back? ------------- “Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.” Ben Franklin |
Posted By: eric lavine
Date Posted: March-14-2010 at 12:43pm
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and to think you were by yourself that day marty ------------- "the things you own will start to own you" |
Posted By: jbear
Date Posted: March-15-2010 at 2:52am
Got no idea how many tool sets I threw away that were only missing the 1/2 & 9/16 sockets! Your Dad used to make us tie a string on the open end wrenches and tie the loose end to our suits. Jim E....the footin' dentist. Been a long while since I thought of him. Man could he foot...huh? Wonder whatever happened to some of the other families from that era. john ------------- "Loud pipes save lives" AdamT sez "I'm Canadian and a beaver lover myself"... |
gn6027 wrote:Posted By: gn6027
Date Posted: March-16-2010 at 10:55am
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John,
Yes, Jim had some natural talent. Fearless to try anything, too... but youth will do that!! I think he'd be a little intimidating as a dentist. Give his name a google, you'll find his practice. There's a pic of him, too. Glen ------------- GN6027 http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=2562 - 1987 Ski Nautique 2001 |
Posted By: jbear
Date Posted: March-17-2010 at 2:16am
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Thanks for the tip Glen. Sent him an e-mail. Hope he gets to read it and remembers! Awful lot of good times back there on the Bay huh?
john ------------- "Loud pipes save lives" AdamT sez "I'm Canadian and a beaver lover myself"... |
Posted By: eric lavine
Date Posted: March-17-2010 at 7:25am
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I think of you West Shore boys every time I go over the bridge, plus in the back of my mind i see all the rock tops sticking out and all the boats hitting them. its pretty shallow in there ------------- "the things you own will start to own you" |
Posted By: jbear
Date Posted: March-18-2010 at 12:24am
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Shallow it was and is. The rocks were marked but you still had to be careful. I know of a couple of boats that got into them, my bro's being one. He was not driving it, me neither, fortunatly. Worse problem east of the old 2 lane RT2 bridge that went thru Bayveiw. Un-marked rock walls over there.
BTW: What in heck are you doing up at 4:25am and posting? If you wake up that early don't you just roll over and get closer to the Mrs? john ------------- "Loud pipes save lives" AdamT sez "I'm Canadian and a beaver lover myself"... |