cedric benson - moron

On May 5, 9:56*am, "Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers"
wrote:
"J.C. "Watts" Enslin" wrote in message SNIP

Dude, have you *seen* a lake? *They're ****in *HUGE*!

What kind of idot can't have a few and still manage not to hit
something?

Jon

Dude, have you ever seen the aftermath of a boating accident? *I spent
twenty years in Fire/EMS and have been to more than my fair share of boating
incidents, with at least four fatalities that I can think of off the top of
my head that will haunt me to my grave. *There were two alcohol related
fatalities in my home area last year, and in both cases, the drunken boat
drivers ran over other boats legally enjoying their time on the water. *Both
drunken boat operators were convicted of vehicular homicide and are now
serving long sentences, and rightfully so.

I don't care how *HUGE* a lake is. *When you take someone and put them
behind the wheel of a vehicle capable of highway speeds, without brakes,
then impair their judgment, reflexes and response times with alcohol, there
are going to be problems of the worst sort. *The bad thing is that usually
those injured are unfortunates that simply happened to be in the wrong place
at the wrong time.

Can you even imagine what a propeller spinning at three to five thousand
rpms does to a human body? *Stick your finger in a spinning blender and
you'll get something close to the same injury. *That doesn't even consider
the impact force of a two to four thousand pound boat slamming into another
boat! *Often times in a boating collision, one boat goes over the top of the
other, so you have impact injuries as well as slicing and dicing trauma.

And then there's the problem of increased response time by the emergency
responders and the difficulty of a water rescue.

There are more idiots out there than you can possibly imagine that feel they
can have a few and be all right. *Unfortunately, they're wrong. *Do the
world a favor and save having a few until the boat is tied to the dock.


I thought boating was supposed to be fun. You're making it sound kind
of dull. A few beers certainly sounds like it would be more
interesting.

Jon

"J.C. "Watts" Enslin" wrote in message SNIP

I thought boating was supposed to be fun. You're making it sound kind
of dull. A few beers certainly sounds like it would be more
interesting.

Jon

Jon,

Boating IS fun, just as driving scenic back roads in a car can be fun as
well. But if you need a few beers in order to have fun, you might want to
re-evaluate your priorities.

How interesting would it to live the rest of your life knowing you killed
someone? How interesting would it be to have your wife/girlfriend or child
dead because someone thought boating was dull and felt it necessary to drink
to make it more interesting?

There's nothing wrong with enjoying some adult beverages, the problem is
that "a few beers" all too often turns into too many, and that's when
accidents happen. I'm no teatotalling prude, I enjoy my evening cocktails,
but I limit it to after the day is done. I've seen too much death and
tragedy in my career to risk becoming part of the problem.
--
Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers
http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com
G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods
http://www.herefishyfishy.com

On May 5, 1:40*pm, "Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers"
wrote:
"J.C. "Watts" Enslin" wrote in message SNIP

I thought boating was supposed to be fun. *You're making it sound kind
of dull. *A few beers certainly sounds like it would be more
interesting.

Jon

Jon,

Boating IS fun, just as driving scenic back roads in a car can be fun as
well. *But if you need a few beers in order to have fun, you might want to
re-evaluate your priorities.

Oh, I would never drink and drive a car. Roads are narrow and can be
full of turns. But a lake isn't. Sometimes when I go boating I
actually see how long I can close my eyes. It's kind of
exhilerating!!!



How interesting would it to live the rest of your life knowing you killed
someone? *How interesting would it be to have your wife/girlfriend or child
dead because someone thought boating was dull and felt it necessary to drink
to make it more interesting?

There's nothing wrong with enjoying some adult beverages, the problem is
that "a few beers" all too often turns into too many, and that's when
accidents happen. *I'm no teatotalling prude, I enjoy my evening cocktails,
but I limit it to after the day is done. *I've seen too much death and
tragedy in my career to risk becoming part of the problem.

Maybe your'e just biased then.

Jon

"J.C. "Watts" Enslin" wrote in message
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On May 5, 1:40 pm, "Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers"
wrote:
"J.C. "Watts" Enslin" wrote in message SNIP

I thought boating was supposed to be fun. You're making it sound kind
of dull. A few beers certainly sounds like it would be more
interesting.

Jon

Jon,

Boating IS fun, just as driving scenic back roads in a car can be fun as
well. But if you need a few beers in order to have fun, you might want to
re-evaluate your priorities.

Oh, I would never drink and drive a car. Roads are narrow and can be
full of turns. But a lake isn't. Sometimes when I go boating I
actually see how long I can close my eyes. It's kind of
exhilerating!!!

Yet you still don't know.

How interesting would it to live the rest of your life knowing you killed
someone? How interesting would it be to have your wife/girlfriend or child
dead because someone thought boating was dull and felt it necessary to
drink
to make it more interesting?

There's nothing wrong with enjoying some adult beverages, the problem is
that "a few beers" all too often turns into too many, and that's when
accidents happen. I'm no teatotalling prude, I enjoy my evening cocktails,
but I limit it to after the day is done. I've seen too much death and
tragedy in my career to risk becoming part of the problem.

Maybe your'e just biased then.

Biased by reality is really a bias.

On May 5, 3:35*pm, "Bob La Londe" wrote:
"J.C. "Watts" Enslin" wrote in ...
On May 5, 1:40 pm, "Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers"
wrote:

"J.C. "Watts" Enslin" wrote in message SNIP

I thought boating was supposed to be fun. You're making it sound kind
of dull. A few beers certainly sounds like it would be more
interesting.

Jon

Jon,

Boating IS fun, just as driving scenic back roads in a car can be fun as
well. But if you need a few beers in order to have fun, you might want to
re-evaluate your priorities.

Oh, I would never drink and drive a car. *Roads are narrow and can be
full of turns. *But a lake isn't. *Sometimes when I go boating I
actually see how long I can close my eyes. *It's kind of
exhilerating!!!

Yet you still don't know.

I don't know what?



How interesting would it to live the rest of your life knowing you killed
someone? How interesting would it be to have your wife/girlfriend or child
dead because someone thought boating was dull and felt it necessary to
drink
to make it more interesting?

There's nothing wrong with enjoying some adult beverages, the problem is
that "a few beers" all too often turns into too many, and that's when
accidents happen. I'm no teatotalling prude, I enjoy my evening cocktails,
but I limit it to after the day is done. I've seen too much death and
tragedy in my career to risk becoming part of the problem.

Maybe your'e just biased then.

Biased by reality is really a bias.

My god what a downer you guys are. What's wrong with throwing down a
few cold ones while boating around some? Wait...let me guess...your'e
some of those non-wake kind of guys huh?

Jon

"Jon Enslin" wrote in message SNIP

My god what a downer you guys are. What's wrong with throwing down a
few cold ones while boating around some? Wait...let me guess...your'e
some of those non-wake kind of guys huh?

Jon

Actually no, and anyone that knows me knows I'm probably the furthest from a
"non-wake kind of guy." I love high performance bass boats and love to go
balls out across a lake at 80 mph. I don't even mind someone having "a cold
one or two" during a day. I just get my hackles up at people that don't see
a problem with slamming down a bunch of alcohol and then getting behind the
wheel of of a boat.

Until you've pulled a mangled body from a lake, you'll probably never
understand my feelings towards those that drink and drive a boat.
--
Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers
http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com
G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods
http://www.herefishyfishy.com

On May 5, 6:36*pm, "Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers"
wrote:
"Jon Enslin" wrote in message SNIP

My god what a downer you guys are. *What's wrong with throwing down a
few cold ones while boating around some? *Wait...let me guess...your'e
some of those non-wake kind of guys huh?

Jon

Actually no, and anyone that knows me knows I'm probably the furthest from a
"non-wake kind of guy." *I love high performance bass boats and love to go
balls out across a lake at 80 mph. *I don't even mind someone having "a cold
one or two" during a day. *I just get my hackles up at people that don't see
a problem with slamming down a bunch of alcohol and then getting behind the
wheel of of a boat.

Until you've pulled a mangled body from a lake, you'll probably never
understand my feelings towards those that drink and drive a boat.

What a negative guy you are. Always looking at the bad side of
drinking and driving....

Jon

Steve, Please don't feed the flamers!!!


"Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers" wrote in message
...

"Jon Enslin" wrote in message SNIP

My god what a downer you guys are. What's wrong with throwing down a
few cold ones while boating around some? Wait...let me guess...your'e
some of those non-wake kind of guys huh?

Jon

Actually no, and anyone that knows me knows I'm probably the furthest from
a "non-wake kind of guy." I love high performance bass boats and love to
go balls out across a lake at 80 mph. I don't even mind someone having "a
cold one or two" during a day. I just get my hackles up at people that
don't see a problem with slamming down a bunch of alcohol and then getting
behind the wheel of of a boat.

Until you've pulled a mangled body from a lake, you'll probably never
understand my feelings towards those that drink and drive a boat.
--
Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers
http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com
G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods
http://www.herefishyfishy.com

"Jon Enslin" wrote in message
news:5bdf4d0e-25bc-4364-9e6a-

Sometimes when I go boating I
actually see how long I can close my eyes. It's kind of
exhilerating!!!

Yet you still don't know.

I don't know what?

How far you can go with your eyes closed. You won't know until you stop.

"Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers" wrote in message
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"J.C. "Watts" Enslin" wrote in message SNIP

I thought boating was supposed to be fun. You're making it sound kind
of dull. A few beers certainly sounds like it would be more
interesting.

Jon

Jon,

Boating IS fun, just as driving scenic back roads in a car can be fun as
well. But if you need a few beers in order to have fun, you might want to
re-evaluate your priorities.

How interesting would it to live the rest of your life knowing you killed
someone? How interesting would it be to have your wife/girlfriend or
child
dead because someone thought boating was dull and felt it necessary to
drink
to make it more interesting?

There's nothing wrong with enjoying some adult beverages, the problem is
that "a few beers" all too often turns into too many, and that's when
accidents happen. I'm no teatotalling prude, I enjoy my evening
cocktails,
but I limit it to after the day is done. I've seen too much death and
tragedy in my career to risk becoming part of the problem.
--

I prefer firing up a reefer when I'm driving my boat drunk.


winnard