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To: Travis McGee
Hmmmm. My boat never leaves the river.

I was at the marina, this summer, working on engine #2, and about 25 fire trucks showed up. Everybody went running toward the lodge - I poked my head out of the engine deck, thinking, "What the heck?"

Seems a young couple went out on the river in a rowboat, to do some fishing. Net result, two dead kids. Rough water.

I am glad I did not have to see the father carry his dead child to the rescue workers, begging for help.

And I have not mentioned any of this to my wife.

16 posted on 09/24/2002 8:32:03 PM PDT by patton
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To: patton
Hey, you can drown in a wading pool.

But boats just float, that's what they do, and they don't care if they're tied to a dock or mid Pacific.

Actually, more boats sink unmaintained and unwatched at the dock when a hose connection slowly corrodes apart.

Mid ocean, upkeep of the parts which keep out the ocean is VERY high on your "to do all the time" list.

26 posted on 09/24/2002 9:17:09 PM PDT by Travis McGee
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