[Mee-n-Mac]

No doubt I'll regret stepping into your whine session but just to clarify a few things ...

Originally Posted by Acres per Second

It's the "Driver"?
If Acres per Second became a really, really, REALLY drunk "driver", it is impossible to endanger 13 passengers in my "boat". (Or, for that matter, slice through even one dock).

Errr, OK but what exactly is your point ? Are you trying to say that everyone should be restricted to rowboats and 10HP O/Bs ? Much beyond that and well within the "Madrasah limit" you'll can find boats that endanger passengers and docks. Besides I bet you could cram at least 10 people into your boat if you applied yourself I counted 8 in a 12' aluminum rowboat this last July 4'th in Wolfeboro, c'mon you could beat that !

Originally Posted by Paugus Bay Resident

My frustration is that APS often hijacks threads, tries to take them off topic, and promote his own agenda.

Originally Posted by Acres per Second

Ever try to follow a thread at the old Forum?

Threads aren't stabile by nature; especially as they get "stale-dated". A sinister agenda would be to limit expression of ideas or opinions.

I fully agree with PBR ! While threads may tend to diverge from the original topic in this case I can't even see the stretch to get from Fountain flipping (a reasonable joke on prior post's wording) to a FL boating "accident". You simply saw this a opportunity to step on your favorite soapbox to the detriment of the person asking the original question. This is what I would label as "boorish". After all you could have simply started a new thread on your fav topic (except for 1 detail to be mentioned below), nothing sinister or limiting in that is there ?

Originally Posted by Acres per Second

Besides, it's a NEWS story, reported from a BOATING forum. This story has everything:
1) Too much boat
2) Too much liquor
3) Deputy refuses Breathalyzer
4) Racing: There were two GFBLs (Go Fast Be Loud) racing each other -- found in "comments", not article.
5) Racing in No-wake zone
6) Boat overloaded
7) Risk-taking behavior
8) Nothing goes wrong until the dock gets in the way

OK, there's no sex.

You missed one other thing it didn't have .... any relation to the Lakes region. Frankly since this news story has nothing to tie it to here or the topic that was being discussed you should count yourself lucky that Webmaster Don didn't yank it.

BTW - if you read the comments you've notice the boat is reputed to be a Baja 280 Sportfish, a center console fishing boat. With it's max of 2 x 250 HP outboards, it doesn't seem to be your stereotypical GFBL boat. I'd guess it'd top out over 60 mph, but below 70 mph, so I might say it's GF but with OBs it won't fit the definition of BL. And re: 1) too much boat ... Am I wrong or haven't you said you don't dislike the boats, you just think they don't belong here on Winni ... that they belong on the ocean ... like in FL ?

Originally Posted by Acres per Second

It's everybody's soap box/opinion/2¢/IMHO.
It's my humble opinion that Winnipesaukee is no place for boors.

I agree with both points above and would add it's also no place for bores. See I can play funny word games too, do I get a candy now