Once upon a time, a long time ago......
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Topic: Once upon a time, a long time ago......
Posted By: 62 wood
Subject: Once upon a time, a long time ago......
Date Posted: February-05-2008 at 4:49pm
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There were these guys from all over the United States with these hi-power lttle ski boats...........
(I figured this start would give you guys a place to intentionally "go off topic"... so...finish the story..) 
oh, dont forget to post pics with it when you can, for those of us that cant read...man, this winter is getting looooong... ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=1117&sort=&pagenum=6" rel="nofollow - 64 American Skier 62 Classic.. 73 Ski Nautique |
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Posted By: Kristof
Date Posted: February-05-2008 at 5:31pm
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This winter is very loooooong...
There were also a few guys on the other side of the ocean... in Europe... ------------- - 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: jbear
Date Posted: February-05-2008 at 8:18pm
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Man are you guys getting bored.
You ever heard of airplanes...they have winter flights to Florida. C'mon down..me and Eddie are ready. john ------------- "Loud pipes save lives" AdamT sez "I'm Canadian and a beaver lover myself"... |
Posted By: 62 wood
Date Posted: February-05-2008 at 8:21pm
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John,
flights are being cancelled .... 10 to 13" of snow predicted by tomorrow afternoon... I love winter, but am getting TIRED of plowing snow...  ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=1117&sort=&pagenum=6" rel="nofollow - 64 American Skier 62 Classic.. 73 Ski Nautique |
Posted By: boat dr
Date Posted: February-05-2008 at 8:35pm
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The roads must be closed too......
Ducks have a very small brain when compared to their body mass,BUT...... They do go south for the winter Karen and I leave in two days,do i feel sorry for all of the snow birds caught up there.NOT ------------- boat dr /diaries/details.asp?ID=4631 - 1949 Dart /diaries/details.asp?ID=1533 - 1964 American Skier |
Posted By: Riley
Date Posted: February-05-2008 at 8:38pm
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So, if you're enjoying warm weather all winter, what's there to look forward to? ------------- |
Posted By: 62 wood
Date Posted: February-05-2008 at 8:49pm
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Doc, let me think about that ...hmmm, if I didnt know better, I'd think you were saying ducks are smarter than me!?
Actually ,Im with Bruce and would normally LOVE to get that much snow, but, we've been so busy at work ...no time to play. Billy, you and Karen enjoy your trip... btw, you all "healed" from your GL dip in the water last summer?  ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=1117&sort=&pagenum=6" rel="nofollow - 64 American Skier 62 Classic.. 73 Ski Nautique |
Posted By: boat dr
Date Posted: February-05-2008 at 9:18pm
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Steve just so you know what kinda winter we have had here ,our water temp is still 58 degrees..
The trauma has eased a little but Karen and I still joke about"hidee-head" Mark Jessup was relating a cool story about a poisonous snake they have in Michigan that we dont have down here. He called it a "snow snake" and yes I fell for it hook line and sinker. This snake will crawl up you leg and into your butt and then you will freeze to death....................boat dr As far as you and the duck I have make the following observations..... #1 steve is still cold #2 the ducks aint ------------- boat dr /diaries/details.asp?ID=4631 - 1949 Dart /diaries/details.asp?ID=1533 - 1964 American Skier |
Posted By: 62 wood
Date Posted: February-05-2008 at 9:28pm
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Doc,
NO-WHERE did I say I was cold!! Im just tired of plowing and not being able to play. (however a few weeks ago at minus 18 and 30mph winds, I might have had different opinion.) .....and I thought everyone knew to keep your pant leg tucked inside your boot! ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=1117&sort=&pagenum=6" rel="nofollow - 64 American Skier 62 Classic.. 73 Ski Nautique |
Posted By: Waterdog
Date Posted: February-05-2008 at 11:19pm
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Back on task -
The boats up all put up and winterized,the boats in the south are waiting for the second morgage to fill up the tank. Next ------------- - waterdog - http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=3896&sort=&pagenum=2&yrstart=1978&yrend=1978" rel="nofollow - 78 Ski Tique |
Posted By: MaddMarxx
Date Posted: February-06-2008 at 12:09am
This is what I will be doing on the river in two weeks!
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Posted By: TRBenj
Date Posted: February-06-2008 at 12:36am
Cleaning your hull?  ------------- |
MaddMarxx wrote:Posted By: p/allen
Date Posted: February-06-2008 at 1:08am
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Good one Tim
Billy some of the ducks around here dont go south. ------------- Pat http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w146/72ccfan/100_5977-1.jpg - My 72 Skier Rock River Dixon,ILL. |
Posted By: reidp
Date Posted: February-06-2008 at 1:17am
...and being filmed from the transom of a faster boat? ------------- ReidP /diaries/details.asp?ID=231&yrstart=1971&yrend=1975 - 1973 Mustang |
Posted By: 62 wood
Date Posted: February-06-2008 at 1:20am
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Hey Pat,
Got the snow shovel ready? Havent talked with you for a while...been working on any of the project boats? ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=1117&sort=&pagenum=6" rel="nofollow - 64 American Skier 62 Classic.. 73 Ski Nautique |
Posted By: Gary S
Date Posted: February-06-2008 at 1:21am
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Pat not only that I bet Doc goes duck hunting too!
Steve, I'm with you,ya work all day then come home and move snow. ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=1711&sort=&pagenum=1&yrstart=1966&yrend=1970" rel="nofollow - 69 Mustang HM SS 95 Nautique Super Sport |
Posted By: 62 wood
Date Posted: February-06-2008 at 1:25am
Gary, actually, I get up around 4am to plow snow before work... You guys expecting much tonight? ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=1117&sort=&pagenum=6" rel="nofollow - 64 American Skier 62 Classic.. 73 Ski Nautique |
Posted By: 62 wood
Date Posted: February-06-2008 at 1:28am
Must be from a bowtie powered tug? Reid, havent talked with you for a while, hows everything your way? ...speaking of faster(read bowtie powered) boats, you guys been working on the skiff? ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=1117&sort=&pagenum=6" rel="nofollow - 64 American Skier 62 Classic.. 73 Ski Nautique |
Posted By: jbear
Date Posted: February-06-2008 at 1:34am
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Bruce: Duh...thats the point...we don't have to "look forward" to something...it is always nice. This Saturday for instance..me and Eddie....fast Am Skier Barefooter...Lake Elbert, Winter Haven Florida...82...sunny...noone else out...water as flat as your kitchen table. Nice.
MM: So..you must have got your tranny back from eric...and plan to have it in by the 16th? Cool. Can't wait to see you guys. Gonna be fun. Keith coming too? john ------------- "Loud pipes save lives" AdamT sez "I'm Canadian and a beaver lover myself"... |
Posted By: Gary S
Date Posted: February-06-2008 at 1:37am
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Steve they are talking a foot but,right now nothing is happening.It started to snow about 3pm then turned to rain.I talked to Reid today,he was telling me how nice it was there and he didn't even rub it in! ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=1711&sort=&pagenum=1&yrstart=1966&yrend=1970" rel="nofollow - 69 Mustang HM SS 95 Nautique Super Sport |
Posted By: boat dr
Date Posted: February-06-2008 at 1:45am
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Gary, not to rub it in BUT,highs today 78, winds out of the south @ 25 to 35. nice day to be on a Hobie, and leave the CC in her toy shed........
But dont get me wrong , cause I aint RUBBING IT IN...boat dr Two days to blast off, Key West here we come ------------- boat dr /diaries/details.asp?ID=4631 - 1949 Dart /diaries/details.asp?ID=1533 - 1964 American Skier |
Posted By: jbear
Date Posted: February-06-2008 at 1:49am
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Well Gary...not to rub it in......aw forget it.
john ------------- "Loud pipes save lives" AdamT sez "I'm Canadian and a beaver lover myself"... |
Posted By: Gary S
Date Posted: February-06-2008 at 1:58am
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Well like everyone who has to be here,we like the changes of seasons,right Pat and Steve?
John, every time I talk to my Dad and he tells me how nice it is,I ask him how much gas is there.That seems to get to him! It's the only comeback I got ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=1711&sort=&pagenum=1&yrstart=1966&yrend=1970" rel="nofollow - 69 Mustang HM SS 95 Nautique Super Sport |
Posted By: jbear
Date Posted: February-06-2008 at 2:04am
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Gas here in Lake Wales is $2.99/gal at Shell at the end of my street. At BP in town it is $3.05/gal. Is it much cheaper up there?
john ------------- "Loud pipes save lives" AdamT sez "I'm Canadian and a beaver lover myself"... |
Posted By: 62 wood
Date Posted: February-06-2008 at 2:38am
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John,
Filled the truck tonight 2.09 gal at full service... ....oh, alright..actually its 2.99/gal here also. ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=1117&sort=&pagenum=6" rel="nofollow - 64 American Skier 62 Classic.. 73 Ski Nautique |
Posted By: Kristof
Date Posted: February-06-2008 at 6:44am
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Wow, those are great prices compaired to us Belgians...
We pay: 1,49 euro per liter or 5,65 euro per gallon or 8,36 USD per gallon That's why most skiboats run on propane here... (So we do not have to take a second mortgage to be able to ski )------------- - 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: Riley
Date Posted: February-06-2008 at 10:32am
John, sounds nice, but at this point, not having summer to look forward to would be like not having work in the morning to look forward to. Sounds like a new way of life. If I ever get there, I hope I can enjoy it like you do. ------------- |
Posted By: JoeinNY
Date Posted: February-06-2008 at 11:19am
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I still don't know when you guys find time to work on the boats and cars down there...
The ducks may be smart enough to fly south for the winter but they also know better than to stay there year round... ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=1477 - 1983 Ski Nautique 2001 1967 Mustang 302 "Decoy" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO5MkcBXBBs - Holeshot Video |
Posted By: Hollywood
Date Posted: February-06-2008 at 11:22am
Speaking of snow, no work today office closed due to the weather. ------------- |
Posted By: 75 Tique
Date Posted: February-06-2008 at 11:27am
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I think I just as soon be a cold water skier than a duck.....I've never seen cold water skier alaronge on the menu. ------------- _____________ “So, how was your weekend?” “Well, let me see…sun burn, stiff neck, screwed up back, assorted aches and pains….yup, my weekend was great, thanks for asking.” |
Posted By: 62 wood
Date Posted: February-06-2008 at 11:52am
 Love that comeback Joe!! ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=1117&sort=&pagenum=6" rel="nofollow - 64 American Skier 62 Classic.. 73 Ski Nautique |
Posted By: 62 wood
Date Posted: February-06-2008 at 12:00pm
Gary, I guess thats what we try to reason... Actually, Im like you and do like the changes...and believe us when you live in the midwest you get 'em. A week ago it was almost 50 one afternoon, woke up to 0 the next morning.. BTW, Currently 34 degrees,Snowing like a bear-VERY WET and HEAVY. wind around 30mph ...depending who you listen to ,predictions of 8-15+"not going to be fun to plow. ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=1117&sort=&pagenum=6" rel="nofollow - 64 American Skier 62 Classic.. 73 Ski Nautique |
Posted By: eric lavine
Date Posted: February-06-2008 at 12:05pm
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These guys have no idea what it is in early spring to see the buds pop or the smells in the air, or the first blast of warm air, its a feeling that you only get in the spring up here in the north, anticipation, it would be hard to trade, its a cycle that you grow use too over the years and you learn to deal with the cold and for some strange reason the wifes always get knocked up this time of the year (northern secret)
Ive worked down in that heat and that is the equivalant of our winters, no thanks ------------- "the things you own will start to own you" |
Posted By: 62 wood
Date Posted: February-06-2008 at 3:06pm
Heres a pic of 5 township plow trucks taking a break from plowing this am. Only had a few inches at that time..wasnt snowing to hard yet. Most of the goverment offices and a lot of businesses have since closed for the day..
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Posted By: RainDog
Date Posted: February-06-2008 at 5:28pm
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The two most rewarding things I do with my wife and kids are boat/wakeboard and snowboard/ski.
I wouldn't give up either, ever. Besides, untracked powder is as beautiful as glass at sunrise. I get both up here. ------------- 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: 62 wood
Date Posted: February-06-2008 at 9:50pm
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Well,
about 6pm...snow is down to flurries... ended up with a little over a foot of snow. The winds reached over 35mph for a while this afternoon. Made for an interesting drive home. What did anyone else end up? ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=1117&sort=&pagenum=6" rel="nofollow - 64 American Skier 62 Classic.. 73 Ski Nautique |
Posted By: SNobsessed
Date Posted: February-06-2008 at 10:26pm
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We only got about 6 in. in Waterloo but they got a foot of snow in Dubuque - good for the ski slope there.
One silver lining about the artic air (below zero) is that when it warms up to the 30's it feels balmy. Something about your blood thickening up I guess. This has been a long winter for me being cut off fom my new baby - wish I had a heated garage & the $ to heat it! |
Posted By: RainDog
Date Posted: February-06-2008 at 10:41pm
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Steve,
Milwaukee has 12" and still coming down and blowing pretty good (6:30 pm). I put the over/under for this area at 18". I spent about 5 hours total blowing snow and shoveling between my business and home, with more to come tomorrow. It is friggin gorgeous up here. Especially at night with the street lights on. ------------- 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: RainDog
Date Posted: February-06-2008 at 11:19pm
Looking out of my house
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Posted By: 62 wood
Date Posted: February-07-2008 at 12:11am
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Steve,
Great pic...looks like it should be a painting.. This is a pic I had posted earlier of our place taken on New Years day after a fresh snow... 
hard not to enjoy this! ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=1117&sort=&pagenum=6" rel="nofollow - 64 American Skier 62 Classic.. 73 Ski Nautique |
Posted By: rleinen79
Date Posted: February-07-2008 at 12:49am
What the hell are you talking about? I work in a lumber yard, and it's never once been closed for weather. I have been keeping my delivery drivers in the yard until at least daylight though the last couple of mornings. Rob ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=7744" rel="nofollow - 2006 Ski 206 http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=1123" rel="nofollow - 97 SNOB |
Posted By: 05 210
Date Posted: February-07-2008 at 1:10am
3" yesterday,turned to rain,all gone.Been raining since.Just turning back over to snow now,due for 6-10" before tomorrow A.M. I'm with you northern guys,I miss my boat,but there's something to be said about a good winter with lots of snow.Breathe that cold crisp air.....AAHHH! Plus,you always have someplace cold to set your beer down. Mike ------------- http:/diaries/details.asp?ID=2219" rel="nofollow - Air Nautique 210 Team 640 hours, not 1 regret |
Posted By: SNobsessed
Date Posted: February-07-2008 at 1:16am
| Just read about the 48 people who died from tornados yesterday. What a tragedy. Makes a little snow seem kinda minor . . . |
Posted By: Gary S
Date Posted: February-07-2008 at 2:04am
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Yes and if we wait awhile it will all melt,but those poor people will have to deal with those effects for a long time.
We got 9" here, just came in from digging out.My work actually pulled us off the streets at 3 today,but now they want us to work 10 hrs a day thru the weekend.At 52 it's not getting any easier. I come home today to find my better half stuck in the drive with her Jeep,I cooley go around her as she's shoveling and drive up to the garage.I can't sleep with one eye open,so I guess momma gets new tires. And I wanted to use the ot for the boat  ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=1711&sort=&pagenum=1&yrstart=1966&yrend=1970" rel="nofollow - 69 Mustang HM SS 95 Nautique Super Sport |
Posted By: jbear
Date Posted: February-07-2008 at 3:00am
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Ahhhh...those magic words...overtime!
Cannot believe the company pulled ya off the streets at 3. That never happened in my 33+ years. If momma was stuck with the Jeep...whadda you drive? For me it was 3 Broncos and 3 F-150's...all 4 wheel. Never stuck or couldn't make it in. Stay warm. john ------------- "Loud pipes save lives" AdamT sez "I'm Canadian and a beaver lover myself"... |
Posted By: Gary S
Date Posted: February-07-2008 at 9:38pm
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She's got a Grand Cherokee and I've got a Cherokee.She needs a new car so I did not want to buy new tires just to trade it in,but now we think we'll give it to our son.it's a 98 with 150K so I won't get much for it.My Mom and Dad felt sorry for him and had bought him a nice 95 Cherokee,trouble is it's from the Key's and is only 2wd.Dad now wants to buy a car to leave down there and fly back and forth so I'm going to work the deal with our son,it should work out good for both of them. ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=1711&sort=&pagenum=1&yrstart=1966&yrend=1970" rel="nofollow - 69 Mustang HM SS 95 Nautique Super Sport |
Posted By: jbear
Date Posted: February-08-2008 at 2:03am
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I would have to say you guys are a Jeep family.
john ------------- "Loud pipes save lives" AdamT sez "I'm Canadian and a beaver lover myself"... |