The Official, Unofficial Thread About Absolutely Nothing

[Perlmudder]

I'll take our boat out in some pretty rough water. Once it starts to stuff the front on every wave, they are to big!

[Ratickle]

when you get a hurricane up in there call me,.


then I might find those facts interesting

Doesn't count. You chickens all pack up and leave.

[Ratickle]

Man, I'm glad the pacific doesn't throw big stuff at ya...

Maverick's or Mavericks is a world-famous, but for some a notorious and deadly, surfing location in Northern California. It is located approximately one-half mile (0.8 km) from shore in Pillar Point Harbor just north of Half Moon Bay at the village of Princeton-By-The-Sea. After a strong winter storm in the northern Pacific Ocean, waves can routinely crest at over 25 feet (8m) and top out at over 50 feet (15m). The break is caused by an unusually-shaped underwater rock formation.

I was out over the Columbia River bar once and a big storm came up. We came back across escorted by Coast Guard in 35 to 40 foot waves in our 18 foot fishing boat. Running almost wide open in-between waves going the same way as us. If the motor had died so would we of. Used to fish out there every summer.

As I said before, south of Vancouver Island in the Strait of Juan De Fuca I got in stuff worse than that. Lucky to be here at all. It was like a rip-tide with 15 to 20's going every which way.

[Dude! Sweet!]

I was out over the Columbia River bar once and a big storm came up. We came back across escorted by Coast Guard in 35 to 40 foot waves in our 18 foot fishing boat. Running almost wide open in-between waves going the same way as us. If the motor had died so would we of. Used to fish out there every summer.

As I said before, south of Vancouver Island in the Strait of Juan De Fuca I got in stuff worse than that. Lucky to be here at all. It was like a rip-tide with 15 to 20's going every which way.

Juan de Fuca is where all those crazy picture of the Coasties rolling and polevaulting 44's and 47's come from as I recall...

[Ratickle]

Juan de Fuca is where all those crazy picture of the Coasties rolling and polevaulting 44's and 47's come from as I recall...

There and the Columbia River Bar.


Used to go watch them all the time. My uncle was a coastie.

[Dude! Sweet!]

And also the place where all the feet have been washing up on shore right?

[Bobcat]

Doesn't count. You chickens all pack up and leave.

we never leave, we make sure we got plenty stuff though

[Dude! Sweet!]

I think he meant your chickens pack up and leave you behind...

[fund razor]

And I grew up on Ontario, boated a bit on Erie... I have a ton of respect for the Great Lakes. I'm just busting chops. One of the nice things with the pacific is that you generally get some warning before it really jumps on ya...

Yeah. You don't get 60 foot rogue waves here... but being on the western shore and having the weather move west to east can make running home a non-option.

[Buoy]

but being on the western shore and having the weather move west to east can make running home a non-option.

Puzzy...
I've done it.
And had to keep the transom out of the water once to keep from taking water on while I limped to PIB.
That was in the Baja, you should be fine in the Apache
Don't be afraid to run that boat.
You never know your limitations until you've exceeded them.

[Bobcat]

I think he meant your chickens pack up and leave you behind...

that chicken was the love of my life, and I don't appreciate you making light of the situation

[Dude! Sweet!]

You know what they say Bobcat, as tasty as a chicken may be to you, there's some other guy out there who thinks its just a bucket of original recipe...

[fund razor]

Puzzy...
I've done it.
And had to keep the transom out of the water once to keep from taking water on while I limped to PIB.
That was in the Baja, you should be fine in the Apache
Don't be afraid to run that boat.
You never know your limitations until you've exceeded them.

First, please accept this pass on calling me a puzzy.

A couple things come to mind.... there must be something going on out there for somebody like Betty Cook to say "never again." There's just something spooky about 2 footers two feet apart becoming 7 footers 4 feet apart in 15 minutes. I am mostly a fair weather boater... but in the summer, things change. I sometimes wish that I had radar on the boat so I could see the exact direction of the storm so I could choose the best route between hazards coming back west as the storm goes east. Thought about an air card for my laptop and a remote lcd screen. I could have full time animated doppler for kind of cheap.
I have outrun my share.... but always concerned about lightning being close to a storm. Hail would kind of suck too.
While I won't be afraid to run that boat, I will do so knowing that the boat can take more than any skipper. Should be a good boat for that lake.
Come on spring!! Come on engine parts!!

[Ratickle]

I have outrun my share.... but always concerned about lightning being close to a storm. Hail would kind of suck too.

Lightning, hail, and friggin tornado's. On Gun Lake when I lived there, saw a storm coming, ran back to the house quick and tied the boat up. A tornado hit the other side of the lake and sucked our half dry for about 4 or 5 minutes. Strangest looking thing. It hit over by where we had been......

[fund razor]

That would have been scary but fascinating too. (Once you were off the lake, of course.)

[Buoy]

First, please accept this pass on calling me a puzzy.

A couple things come to mind.... there must be something going on out there for somebody like Betty Cook to say "never again." There's just something spooky about 2 footers two feet apart becoming 7 footers 4 feet apart in 15 minutes. I am mostly a fair weather boater... but in the summer, things change. I sometimes wish that I had radar on the boat so I could see the exact direction of the storm so I could choose the best route between hazards coming back west as the storm goes east. Thought about an air card for my laptop and a remote lcd screen. I could have full time animated doppler for kind of cheap.
I have outrun my share.... but always concerned about lightning being close to a storm. Hail would kind of suck too.
While I won't be afraid to run that boat, I will do so knowing that the boat can take more than any skipper. Should be a good boat for that lake.
Come on spring!! Come on engine parts!!

I was just bustin' on ya...
I know, I've gotten caught out there in some scary stuff.

Lightning, hail, and friggin tornado's. On Gun Lake when I lived there, saw a storm coming, ran back to the house quick and tied the boat up. A tornado hit the other side of the lake and sucked our half dry for about 4 or 5 minutes. Strangest looking thing. It hit over by where we had been......

I've seen water spouts out there before too. Very wild to see.

[mosi]

Erie is the devil of lakes, one minute it's your best friend but can turn on you in the blink of an eye. wave patterns created by Maytag... ad it has a never ending hunger for props.... it has humbled many a great man and has turned lessor men into cowaring, crying, worthless pond scum in need of depends.

That's why we refer to Erie as "SHE" and "HER".

[Dude! Sweet!]

Nothing!!

[Dude! Sweet!]

that chicken was the love of my life, and I don't appreciate you making light of the situation

I was referring to the talking chicken's in your yard by the way... No offense intended, amigo.

[Dude! Sweet!]

Got a "ticket" for parking in a "reserved" lot yesterday...

My office in Irvine doesn't have any parking garages/lots that accomodate a vehicle over abou 6'11" high and my F250 is 7'4" high. So, I have to park about a half mile away on the street in an office park nearby. Unfortunately, all the TSA employees at John Wayne Airport have also figured out that if they park there, they don't have to pay to park at work (street is about half way between my office and the airport). So, even when I arrive at 6:30am nearly all the street parking is gone (today, 6:30, 5 spaces left of roughly 200 available).

When the street parking is full, I have to park in one of the lots in the office park (there are about 15 of them, all open air lots, not garages) which are implicity or explicity reserved for the tennants of those buildings.

So, yesterday I parked in one of the lots that was implicitly reserved (meaning that it doesn't say "Only tennants and guest of 1234 Orifice Park Way may park here, others will be towed", it says "Parking in reserved spots will result in towing") and got a threatening letter on my truck from the management.

I considered writing "F*UCK YOU!" on it and leaving it on the ground or on the front of the building, but that seems sort of childish... So instead, I ran over all their plants (in the planters in each of the median strips in the lot) on my way out of the lot. Much more mature... FU very much!