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Lakeman
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3/16/2006 8:21:02 AM
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CatBoat said in a previous post that after reading all the posts what we all had in common is that we all owned a boat. Big, little, fast, slow, wide and narrow. I know where Cat was coming from or going to and I respect that and all the posts everyone has made on the forum. But I submit to the people that what we all have in common is Lake Martin. During the cleanup this past fall in my slow toonboat I picked up 5 bags of trash floating in the lake and washed up in the sloughs. Oil cans, beer cans, wine and whiskey bottles, juice bottles, plastic bags ( ice ), toys and the list goes on.
I've heard your posts that you have all the finest equiptment in the best operating condition and such. I love speed myself. I've been 80mph in a bass boat and 90+mph in one of yalls fast loud motorboats. I once road in a Corvette at over a 120mph just on the other side of Camphill, going to the beer joints. " First And Last Chance " if any of can remember that far back.
I guess my point is that we have a responsibility to care for the lake that we enjoy year after year. And that can only be done while we are using it. We teach our kids as they see us doing what we should do and in turn they will care for the lake in the years to come. Let's all get along no matter the outcome of the Bills passing or not, and be responsible in our actions. Remember when you use the lake, wheather you are a resident or not, you are in somebodys back or front yard. How would you want people to act around your house.
Lake Martin is fastly becoming a resident lake. Peace.
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Osms
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3/16/2006 8:26:29 AM
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AMEN!!
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BigFoot
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3/16/2006 8:46:46 AM
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...are we referring to the historic "Alamo Club" or the one across the street?
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Lakeman
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3/16/2006 9:09:43 AM
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LOL. The Alomo Club was over the next hill on the left going towards Opelika. The First and Last Chance was the first joint on the left as you entered Lee County. Tallapoosa was dry back then. There were a couple more less lively joints on the right across from the Alomo. In reverse, the First And Last Chance was the last joint on the right just before entering " dry " Tallapoosa county.
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BigFoot
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3/16/2006 9:25:01 AM
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I have been safely on the sidelines throughout this heated discussion but I might as well throw in my 2 cents..........I have never been fond of the big, fast boats on LM since one Sunday during the mid tto late 90's. My wife and I were in a 16' Glastron heading North near Pleasure Point when we saw two big long monsters coming at us from the opposite direction. I quickly veered left to get as far away from the impending
disaster as possible. When the waves hit us, it threw both of us and the boat up in the air. Luckily, the boat landed bottom first and we fell back down into the boat escaping with only bruises and bad memories. Those waves also threw a pontoon boat parked at Pleasure Point Marina up onto their dock. However, through this forum, I have found that
big boat owners can be very nice people. I have enjoyed the posts from
Cat, Scarab, and most of the other big boat owners. I have mixed feelings about the pending legislation. It appears that Gerald Dial is
overreaching by trying to solve a problem in his district and throwing
in all the other landlocked lakes in Alabama. Most of all, I hate to see
a few people with their own agendas deciding what is best for us on
Lake Martin. I might have favored such a law had it been done in
a timely fashion....not after the horses are out of the barn. I think it
is grossly unfair to pass a law now that would hurt people whose
investments were acquired in a legal fashion. Perhaps, more can
be done in the area of liscensing, enforcement, etc. I think we have
been lucky not to have more boating fatalities on LM than we have. In
a state with no watercraft speed limits and allowing 14 year old kids
to operate 185 HP pwc's, bad things are going to happen as the lake
becomes more populated. I don't see Dial's proposed law as addressing this issue at all and hope that it is defeated.
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BigFoot
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3/16/2006 10:51:43 AM
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Yes, I well remember the two across the road....I was in one of them one night at the innocent age of 24 sitting at a table when a big ole drunk woman sat in my lap.......before I could get out from under her, she
peed all over me........ah, yes, those were the good old days.........
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CAT BOAT
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3/16/2006 12:12:35 PM
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The last news I heard (waiting on conformation) is the proposed changes to the bill were 26' in length and any watercraft capable of over 60mph. Now, that is how rediculous it has gotten. I'll let yall know when i get the correct facts.
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SCARAB MAN
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3/16/2006 12:20:15 PM
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Bigfoot you have made my morning , very funny!
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Lakeman
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3/16/2006 12:25:24 PM
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I know the one you're talking about Big. Also I think Dial is making a little extra money by sponsering BGills for out of state interests.
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BigFoot
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3/16/2006 1:11:33 PM
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If that were the case, it would surely be the death of that bill.........probably, most of the legislators would not be able to use their boats in Alabama
with those restrictions!
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CAT BOAT
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3/16/2006 1:38:52 PM
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That is what we are hopeing.
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roswellric
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3/16/2006 3:33:07 PM
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Surely he jests....
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