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babygirl
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Think for a minute!!!!!!!
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10/13/2005 10:12:24 PM
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We have had many assumptions and opinions about the accident last week. We all need to be thankful that COBALT is still alive, because it could have ended very differently (If you know what I mean?). Would we be attacking the ACCIDENT the same way if that was the case?????????. Probably not, we would all be saying "Man I can't believe a person would turn right into a BIG rock because he thought he saw something in the water". Unfortunately, bad things happen on the lake(DAY or NIGHT). I have not read a post where someone (drunk or just a dang idiot) jumped off the rock and broke his/her back. Is that not just as important???????? Speed is not always an issue, things just happen.
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Feb
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Think for a minute!!!!!!!
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10/13/2005 11:46:50 PM
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Not sure of your post or its intent. I have read every post, and I have not heard anyone voice that they were anything other than thankful that the individual lived through his ordeal.
Many of us do believe that speed was a factor in this situation, and I seem to recall Cobalt looking back at it and thinking the same. There is such a thing as operating at an unsafe speed which is not all that fast but is too fast for the situation. Over thirty years ago I had a vehicle accident and was cited and found guilty of operating a vehicle at an unsafe speed. I was traveling 50MPH in a 60MPH speed zone, but it was raining with a slick an poorly paved road. I could not deny and still can not deny that it was not a valid citation since I did have the accident. Did I think I was driving too fast at the time? No. Did I later? Yes.
Maybe I missed the intent of your post, but I am not in total agreement with its content.
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Ulysses E. McGill
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Very well stated Feb (NT)
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10/13/2005 11:55:38 PM
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babygirl
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I knew
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10/14/2005 3:46:29 AM
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that I would regret that last sentence. The word speed seems to get people going. Reread my post with a open mind and think about it. Maybe then, you will understand my intent.
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Feb
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I knew
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10/14/2005 6:15:25 AM
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The key objective to effective writing is to get your point across to the reader. To do otherwise is not a failure on the part of the reader but rather that of the composer. A reader should not have to strugle to understand your communications. To then infer to the reader(s) that they did not get your point since "THEY "do not have an "open mind" will not sell your position but will leave a sting from the slap in the face that will be long remembered as defensive behavior.
You had the opportunity to clarify your position in your second post. You chose to attack your reader(s) instead. My reply to you was an attempt to understand your message, correct some confusion in our opposing thoughts, and not a solicitation for you to belittle me or anyone else.
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searay
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I knew. I LOVED this forum
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10/14/2005 7:30:48 AM
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Where else can we attack others and have so much fun doing it? Reading this forum is like a wrestling match. WWF has nothing on us. Maybe we should start out own TV show. CAT BOAT could be the director. I'll furnish the "CROWN" (inside joke for CAT BOAT)
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CAT BOAT
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NO Way
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10/14/2005 7:40:26 AM
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There is one thing you don't have to worry about Searay, and that's fixing me a crown drink. Been there and done that once already. Your drinks directly effect ones balance, state of mind and make for a hurting tummy. Plus, they tend to make you think of pistols as hand tools or wrenches used to work on cars. I'll just have a cold Miller Lite instead.
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CAT BOAT
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I knew
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10/14/2005 7:41:05 AM
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That is some pretty serious writing feb.
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Feb
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I knew. I LOVED this forum
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10/14/2005 7:48:10 AM
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So true searay in a number of post, and as you just so aptly pointed out humerous at times. I also think we learn from each other and often help each other in our post.
Then, there are times when people need help finding things like lost dawgs, alligators, snakes, cheap Lake property, and the notorious lost a$$.
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Feb
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I knew
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10/14/2005 7:57:09 AM
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Not meant to offend but preferable to clarify and improve communications.
Could be a personal problem since I am insane and don't like other folks discussing my "State of Mind".
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Drewski
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Think for a minute!!!!!!!
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10/14/2005 8:10:28 AM
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"Things just happen" That's the answer? I was cruising along at 35 MPH, couldn't see my hand in front of my face, and just happened to run into a big rock. That's how it works? I guess I do need to look at things from a different light (or no light at all).
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for the babygirl
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Smitty
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Think for a minute!!!!!!!
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10/14/2005 10:45:15 AM
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I'm with Drewski as I look forward to my first Brewski.
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SCARAB MAN
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Think for a minute!!!!!!!
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10/14/2005 11:16:34 AM
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IM WITH YOU SMITTY,FRIDAY IS HERE AND FEB NEEDS A BEER!!HA HA
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JIM
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Think for a minute!!!!!!!
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10/14/2005 4:55:47 PM
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Are you a Blond, you have all the qualifications..
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JIM
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Think for a minute!!!!!!!
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10/14/2005 4:58:06 PM
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Refuring to Baby gril. No one else.
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Drewski
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Think for a minute!!!!!!!
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10/14/2005 5:28:03 PM
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She's not responding to you. Remember? Another thing that ';just happened'.
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| Name: |
Drewski
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Think for a minute!!!!!!!
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10/14/2005 5:38:59 PM
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I just happen to have a brewski (or twoski) in my near future too.
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Osms
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Think for a minute!!!!!!!
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10/14/2005 6:45:50 PM
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Wonder how much night boat driving time 'babygirl' has? Speed is directly proportional to reduced reaction time. Maybe she's just a baby girl!!
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roswellric
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Think for a minute!!!!!!!
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10/14/2005 7:05:17 PM
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I'll bet she looks so good nobody would care.....besides she might be the sweetest girl on the lake and hey! Jim is the sweetest man on the lake :-)
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JIM
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Think for a minute!!!!!!!
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10/14/2005 7:51:38 PM
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You are right Roswellric, My wife of 44 years tells me that I am the sweetest person in the world every nite when we go to lah,lah, land. Hope you are as lucky at your 44th anniversity. Hope that is what you meant about me being sweet.
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babygirl
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Dang!!!!!!!
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10/14/2005 8:38:53 PM
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You have all given me a beating on this one. Now I know how JIM feels when he is taking one. First of all, Feb, I apologize for the open minded comment on my second post. It was 3:00 in the morning and that was all I could come up with at the time. Also, I am impressed with your writing skills, that was one heck of a post. You were right, no one has posted anything other than being glad COBALT was O.K. MY POINT, you asked. Bottom line: All the assumptions of him being drunk, speeding and being an idiot pissed me off. People are human and make mistakes and sometimes those mistakes lead to accidents. Speed, and lighting could be the mistake COBALT was making when he hit that rock. I do not know, I wasn't on the boat with him. I will bet that every boater out there has made a mistake at some point when navigating on the water. Unfortunately, COBALT's lead to an accident. BTW, after reading my post again when I got home, I know now that there was no way you could have gotten the point stated above. May have been the Silver Bullets!!!! We were celebrating the liquidation of one of our assets.
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roswellric
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Yes
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10/14/2005 9:42:20 PM
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I did! You are a lucky man!
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roswellric
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And
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10/14/2005 9:44:05 PM
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You are the sweetest babygirl on the lake! Just misunderstood :-)
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roswellric
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Oh Yes
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10/14/2005 9:46:01 PM
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If you made # 44 you ARE a nice guy. I made 22 and flunked out the first time - but now I have the sweetest wife in Roswell!
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| Name: |
lakefun
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Think for a minute!!!!!!!
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10/14/2005 10:12:31 PM
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Jim, since my other half (Baby Girl) is not responding to you any longer, which I don’t understand. I will. Yes she is blonde. Others have implied she may be ignorant, she is not. A beer or three or four or twelve may cloud her better judgment from time to time but ignorant she is not. As far as her night time boat driving experience, she has none, but she does have 15 years of night time boat riding experience which has saved us from several accidents. We have been lucky over the years not to have any accidents. We have run up on floating piers out on the lake, people with no lights on, floating logs, probably driving too fast after too many adult beverages, and no telling what else. He!! Half the time I don’t know what she is trying to say. JIM just keep on keeping on. You stir the pudding with the best of them.
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