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OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)
8. that is pretty awesome. I mean, REALLY effin awesome.
Thu Mar 14, 2013, 09:56 AM
Mar 2013

the only time I ever got to drive a boat it was my step-father's Carlson-Glastron - it was the same model used in James Bond Moonraker (007 drove it over a waterfall and escaped by deploying a hang glider built into the roof. Ours didn't have a hang glider. Or torpedoes but not for step-father's lack of trying).

He got tired of pulling everyone else for skiing and he wanted to ski so he finally decided to let me drive and we were running along at a pretty good clip when all of the sudden the boat just stopped. Dead still. I looked back and figured I was in trouble when I saw him walking to the boat.

Stupid sand bars. And maybe he shoulda explained what all those channel markers were for BEFORE he gave me the wheel.


At any rate I bet your trip was better than mine.

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This thread is 100% pope-free [View all] BB_Smoke Mar 2013 OP
Ok Paulie Mar 2013 #1
Anyone for a yummy AsahinaKimi Mar 2013 #2
Now you went and made me a liar BB_Smoke Mar 2013 #4
Why are little girls so scary? :) Separation Mar 2013 #3
I moved boats ......... In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #5
I think I'm gonna start walking by 66 foot boats OriginalGeek Mar 2013 #6
Mr. McBratney did love pie. In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #7
that is pretty awesome. I mean, REALLY effin awesome. OriginalGeek Mar 2013 #8
O.M.G. I saw a large boat run aground in the inland waterway. In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #10
What's that word in the title? hobbit709 Mar 2013 #9
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