Dumb things people say to you at the boat ramp
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Re: Dumb things people say to you at the boat ramp
Originally Posted by masher44
Kid at my marina in TN would always make it a point ot come see me when I put her in the lake.... He seriously had something wrong with him mentally, his family was super nice and I asked his Mom if he could come out with me for a ride... she agreed and I told her we would give the marina a fly by and she should take some video... she did and when we flew by her houseboat at 70 I ducked down behind the bolster and the video looks like he is driving it alone... A few weeks later she told me he brought the tape into school for show and tell... he was the most popular kid at school.
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Re: Dumb things people say to you at the boat ramp
Originally Posted by show-n-go h2o
I always get "is that yours or your dads" i guess you cant be in your 20's and own a 100k boat.
maybe people are used to young guys with fast boats down here in s. florida. The only questions I get are how fast but they dont seem too shocked when i tell them 100. maybe I should start lying.
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Re: Dumb things people say to you at the boat ramp
Originally Posted by DayTripper
I had a guy pull next to me at a stop light while trailoring the boat.
He looked at me and said "boats like that suck".
I replied "your Mother sucks too, but that didn't keep me from riding her".
Then I just drove off...
He looked at me and said "boats like that suck".
I replied "your Mother sucks too, but that didn't keep me from riding her".
Then I just drove off...
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Re: Dumb things people say to you at the boat ramp
Originally Posted by masher44
Kid at my marina in TN would always make it a point ot come see me when I put her in the lake.... He seriously had something wrong with him mentally, his family was super nice and I asked his Mom if he could come out with me for a ride... she agreed and I told her we would give the marina a fly by and she should take some video... she did and when we flew by her houseboat at 70 I ducked down behind the bolster and the video looks like he is driving it alone... A few weeks later she told me he brought the tape into school for show and tell... he was the most popular kid at school.
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Re: Dumb things people say to you at the boat ramp
Originally Posted by surf n turf
After a day of boating my girlfriend and I were washing/detailing the boat and trailer out in the street in front of my house. A couple walk by and the wife mutters, "why even bother washing it, it goes in the water anyways". We both looked at each other and rolled our eyes.
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Re: Dumb things people say to you at the boat ramp
Originally Posted by masher44
Kid at my marina in TN would always make it a point ot come see me when I put her in the lake.... He seriously had something wrong with him mentally, his family was super nice and I asked his Mom if he could come out with me for a ride... she agreed and I told her we would give the marina a fly by and she should take some video... she did and when we flew by her houseboat at 70 I ducked down behind the bolster and the video looks like he is driving it alone... A few weeks later she told me he brought the tape into school for show and tell... he was the most popular kid at school.
Nice!
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Re: Dumb things people say to you at the boat ramp
I use to talk to them and try to make the dumb ones a little smarter, but now I have a 50 foot boat with 3 850 hp motors, it can burn over a $1000.00 in fuel before the sun goes down. NOBODY needs a boat like mine but I wanted it and I am willing to pay for it .
So when the dip**** comes over and says something stupid I just tell them it's my Bosses boat and he is making me take it somewhere for him and I don't no anything about it, then I just don't say anything and they just leave.
But one time I had a guy telling me how dumb my boss was because of what his (my) boat could do and you really had to no what you are doing to operate it and I could sink it or worse. He wanted me to take him so he could so me how to do things...... It's a good thing shooting people isn't legal.
So when the dip**** comes over and says something stupid I just tell them it's my Bosses boat and he is making me take it somewhere for him and I don't no anything about it, then I just don't say anything and they just leave.
But one time I had a guy telling me how dumb my boss was because of what his (my) boat could do and you really had to no what you are doing to operate it and I could sink it or worse. He wanted me to take him so he could so me how to do things...... It's a good thing shooting people isn't legal.
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Re: Dumb things people say to you at the boat ramp
I live near a lake, close enough to hear the boat motoring around in that lake. On a Sunday I could hear a boat with a big inboard throttling up in the lake . So I went to the ramp area to see the boat making the racket and perchance to meet the boat owner. I saw that it was a jet boat with a Pontiac motor { I had never seen a jet boat with a Pontiac motor } I asker the about the Pontiac motor in the boat and how it ran. He smugly responded “ its fast “ and sought to ignore me . I told him that I also had a performance boat , he responded “Yea I am sure , you go get your performance boat“. He must have thought that I was some kind of ramp clown. So I acted humble and asked him if he would not mind waiting ,so we could run together. So that I could personify the ramp clown he wanted me to be I asked a dumb question “ how fast dose that Jet Boat go.? He puffed up and responded “faster than anything you got“. So I went home and brought back my ride {not the Bayliner]. I put in the water and chased and passed him twice and pulled along side and waved “ come on lets GO “ I yelled, and speeded away . I saw him at the ramp later as he was loading his boat to leave .All he was doing was yelling at his wife and brother . I welcomed him to return to the lake soon . He responded “yea what ever” As he left he had to squeal the tires on his truck to also show me that It also was faster than any thing I got.
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