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	Name:	Lakewood -
	Subject:	No Wake buoys--
	Date:	4/23/2012 1:13:32 PM

Not disagreeing, just being nostalgic, I guess; as a 56-year Lake Martin enjoyer, it seems certainly true to me that a combination of greatly increased boat/PWC traffic and many many MUCH larger and more powerful craft than in "olden times" has combined to make the lake pretty unpleasant to ride on much of the time due to wakes (not to mention inexperienced boaters). A ride from our place down to the dam area past Kowaliga Marina has become an exercise is tooth-rattling, butt-breaking discomfort nowadays. It didn't use to be that way.

My point being, I can sorta understand why every once in awhile ANY lakeside resident looking forward to some nice smooth water and peace and quiet would just snap under the relentless pounding. You have to enjoy your water well before 10 AM nowadays to enjoy the Lakeside that much. It has to be almost an emergency to get my bruised fanny and loose teeth into a boat after 10 AM nowadays.