APS --
Start reading the threads instead of reading what you want into them ..... i.e "pushing buttons"
Patiently wrote: "I know the adult boat driver - he is a lifetime resident of Winter Harbor and very responsible."
No where does it mention "friend"! The inference is pretty clear, he's a neighbor ..... now, if he also happens to be a "friend", as Upthesaukee so eloquently put it -- those are people I want around me !
Time to take that 5 minute break from your keyboard !
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