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Boy finds Lime scooter in Lake Michigan while fishing for carp
MIlwaukee Journal Sentinel ^ | 8/8/2019 | Keith Schubert

Posted on 08/08/2019 4:30:58 PM PDT by UB355

A Lime scooter was discovered in Lake Michigan by 12-year-old Will Baumann on Tuesday while he was fishing for carp near the Milwaukee Art Museum.

Retrieving the electric scooter was too much for Baumann to handle on his own, so he recruited the help of Tim Ritter, who works nearby at Lakeshore Rentals, which rents paddleboats and other watercraft.

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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

LMAO!


21 posted on 08/08/2019 5:08:26 PM PDT by Howie66 ("...Against All Enemies, Foreign and Democrat.....")
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To: UB355

So I am not saying it could work....
But if you find a lime scooter abandoned....
You can buy a controller that replaces all the Lime electronics for $30 on Ebay, maybe, possibly and it could happen.
But that you can find instructions and links to the Ebay auctions online are really none of my business.
Where I live those things are like more litter...


22 posted on 08/08/2019 5:10:34 PM PDT by glasseye ("24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence? I think not." ~ H. L. Mencken)
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To: Williams

“How do people get your scooter and throw it in the water?”

That’s what the —— do...they steal a scooter or bike or something, play with it for awhile then throw it in the drink. Sort of giving the finger to society.


23 posted on 08/08/2019 5:12:21 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: LIConFem
What flavor were the carp?

I would prefer strawberry.

24 posted on 08/08/2019 5:12:29 PM PDT by alancarp (George Orwell was an optimist.)
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To: UB355

He caught some crap instead?


25 posted on 08/08/2019 5:19:49 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: UB355
It was not equipped with a proper flotation system.


26 posted on 08/08/2019 5:21:20 PM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
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To: ChildOfThe60s

Then there are the inter-sectional scooter dangers.


27 posted on 08/08/2019 5:22:27 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: steveo

Tweet AOC and ask if she can make one.


28 posted on 08/08/2019 5:23:40 PM PDT by kanawa (Trump Loves a Great Deal (NorthernSentinel))
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To: UB355

You don’t need to fish for carp. The will jump in the boat. I’ve seen the pictures.


29 posted on 08/08/2019 5:24:44 PM PDT by bk1000 (I stand with Trump)
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To: Bonemaker; Williams
The city provides them. It's a program they instituted in cooperation with the Lime e-scooter company. It costs $1.00 to unlock them and $.25 cents per minute to ride them.

Lime scooters have launched in Milwaukee

You rent it from the city and throw it in the lake. :)

30 posted on 08/08/2019 5:27:36 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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To: UB355

Milwaukee’s version of Evil Knievel, Awful Knawful, tried to jump Lake Michigan on his scooter.

He almost made it.


31 posted on 08/08/2019 5:27:39 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: Bonemaker

That’s why I thought til I tried smoked carp.


32 posted on 08/08/2019 5:32:46 PM PDT by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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To: UB355

I am so glad this was posted, I had to stop everything else I was doing to devote my full attention to reading it as a must read article...

/S

Why in the world is this posted here ??


33 posted on 08/08/2019 5:44:48 PM PDT by 100American (Knowledge is knowing how, Wisdom is knowing when)
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To: UB355

>>Retrieving the electric scooter was too much for Baumann to handle on his own, so he recruited the help of Tim Ritter

Tim’s first response when he handled the fishing line was “what a load of carp!”


34 posted on 08/08/2019 6:26:37 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: Williams

The riders abandon them everywhere on streets.


35 posted on 08/08/2019 6:27:35 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: real saxophonist

“and relegate them to bike lanes”

well, at least there’ll be SOMETHING using the bike lanes if they do that ... I’ve never seen a single bike on any of the very expensive bike lanes in my town ...


36 posted on 08/08/2019 9:12:26 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: bigbob

I love good smoked fish like salmon, whitefish etc. The concept of carp just turns me off but could be ok.


37 posted on 08/09/2019 5:22:51 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: UB355

Stolen and abandoned in the lake, no doubt.


38 posted on 08/09/2019 8:25:14 AM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: UB355

They can’t ban those things soon enough.


39 posted on 08/09/2019 8:28:46 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: UB355

When I was 12 (1975) I found a Yamaha 125 dirt bike in the woods. Pushed it over 2 miles home. My mom made me call the police. Police picked it up, if owner not found in 30 days it was ours.

I didn’t get in the news
I didn’t get the bike


40 posted on 08/09/2019 8:30:31 AM PDT by VastRWCon (Fake News)
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