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B R · 07-12-2004, 03:10 PM

time for the tubing rant!!!

i too have just come back from 9 days on the lake. besides the 150' rule, who in their right mind takes their kids tubing in Paugus Bay on Saturday before the 4th and yesterday during high boat traffic times???? Yesterday's boat traffic rivaled the 3rd. i saw boats trying to pull kids on tubes in the middle of all that. one guy held up his arms asking me what i was doing. i pointed to the 10 or so boats i was holding up because i was trying to anticipate his move, asking him what he was doing tubing here!!!! i hope he realized how stupid that was after he saw all the traffic. but, probably not, he was already tubing there wasn't he? there isn't room for that when there's a lot of traffic in Paugus. for their own safety, they need to go somewhere else or pick a better time to tube.

then there was the guy who pulled his two kids in between the makers for governors island and the little island (can't remember the name of that island) during "rush hour traffic" yesterday. i couldn't believe it. the man should have his kids taken away from him for being such a moron. did i slow down? of course. but that didn't stop people from passing me and going through the makers while he was doing about 20 mph going in the opposite direction dragging two kids on a tube. unbelievable.

people need to look around them before putting their kids on tubes and weaving in and out of high traffic lanes. it's not safe for anyone.

07-12-2004, 03:10 PM	#5
B R Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 140 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 1 Post	tubing common sense time for the tubing rant!!! i too have just come back from 9 days on the lake. besides the 150' rule, who in their right mind takes their kids tubing in Paugus Bay on Saturday before the 4th and yesterday during high boat traffic times???? Yesterday's boat traffic rivaled the 3rd. i saw boats trying to pull kids on tubes in the middle of all that. one guy held up his arms asking me what i was doing. i pointed to the 10 or so boats i was holding up because i was trying to anticipate his move, asking him what he was doing tubing here!!!! i hope he realized how stupid that was after he saw all the traffic. but, probably not, he was already tubing there wasn't he? there isn't room for that when there's a lot of traffic in Paugus. for their own safety, they need to go somewhere else or pick a better time to tube. then there was the guy who pulled his two kids in between the makers for governors island and the little island (can't remember the name of that island) during "rush hour traffic" yesterday. i couldn't believe it. the man should have his kids taken away from him for being such a moron. did i slow down? of course. but that didn't stop people from passing me and going through the makers while he was doing about 20 mph going in the opposite direction dragging two kids on a tube. unbelievable. people need to look around them before putting their kids on tubes and weaving in and out of high traffic lanes. it's not safe for anyone. __________________ "You ain't gonna learn what you don't want to know"