Labor Day Ramp Follies

[Razzman]

So we went to Lake Don Pedro in the Sierra Nevada foothills Saturday and Sunday. Knowing how it gets on holidays we went out early and pulled off the lake by 4:30pm both days. We never spent more than 20 minutes to launch or retrieve. Saturday wasn't too bad but Sunday was such a total cluster out there that we walked back to the top of the ramp to watch for awhile :ro: ! Here's just a few of the best ones we saw;

So what's with the freakin idiots who circle right in front of all six lanes after they launch! :mad: These dumbasses make it almost impossible to pickup your party after the truck is parked! Had one moron in a Moomba just hanging 50-60 feet off the ramp right in the way! Turns out he was just there posing with his buddies! :mad: Ended up yelling at him to move his freaking boat as he ignored our request for access!

Then of course there's the dumbasses that drive right through the marked hazard buoys! Talk aboy a TOTAL lack of brains! :eek: Saw one Malibu ground out, four guys jumped off in less than knee deep water to rock-n-lift it off! Another moron in an old I/O does the same and sits there and just churns up mud! Not once but TWICE did he do it! He actually circled around and came right back through it again! GEEZ!

So i'm waiting to load the boat on Sunday and there's a couple of idiots on the ramp with their boats totally sideways at about 45 degrees and of course this leaves me with a VERY narrow corridor to thread through to the trailer, i make it and load QUICKLY. The guy to the left with a very big I/O cuddy has just ground his outdrive to a pulp and has four guys in the water trying to lift the boat for whatever reason! The guy to the right has an old POS flatbottom jet that has no bow eye to secure the boat to the POS trailer that's missing bunks! :eek: He's yelling at the wife, their both in the water and both parties have now blocked lanes for almost thirty minutes!

The miscellaneous category; Some dumbass that kept driving his truck to the bottom of the ramp and sitting at waters edge for 20 minutes at a time, never retrieved a thing! The guy who got his trailer so cockeyed on the ramp he actually blocked four lanes of the ramp and then got out to survey the situation with his wife! :eek: The moron who tried to launch a 23 foot Centurion with a LOWERED Chevy truck and had to back in until the water was about 8" above the bottom of the doors! But wait! He then reopens the door because he forgot to release the winch strap while STILL in the water! :ro:

But i've saved the best for last, rememeber i said we watched at the ramp for awhile? Well by 6PM there was a single line of about 45-50 vehicles either waiting to launch or retrieve. AS we're watching this mayhem a big lifted Dodge Megacab comes FLYING down the ramp with a trailer and backs in and retrieves a Sanger V215 with a stripper pole attached to the pylon! He then comes FLYING up the ramp and of course everyone watching at the top is booing and giving visual signals, of course they're all laughing and raising their beers. Well it's a WHOLE truck full of flatbillers and their women (about 12 total) and they blow right through the cleanup area and head out. As we're leaving about thirty minutes later we see them at the back of the parking lot cleaning up and drinking. So we stop Mr. Ranger as we leave and explain and he proceeds to go put the screws to them along with a few of his buddies. Dumbasses.

Gotta love holidays!

[Domsz06]

ha ha ha freaking great!

[spharis]

Nice!

I think I saw 2 boats launching the same time as me this weekend.

[G-MONEY]

Some people just should never own boats.......



But with out dumba$$ people we would never be able to tell such great stories....:ro: :ro: :ro:

[Domsz06]

i didn't even go near a lake, first time in 4 years

[dogbert]

I had to stop and reprimand a jetski driver who came into our end of the lake. They almost hit me twice while I was wakesurfing some buddies and crossed my bow within 20' while I was underway 4 times. After the 4th time I had had enough, especially since we moved to a different area twice. I got some lame excuse how it was these 3 other girls, but I'd remembered the TX numbers. I didn't see them for the rest of the weekend...maybe they got pulled over.

[Wake Bandits]

PWC rental guy with the super long trailer with 8 PWC's on it.
Picks everything up & done for the day, but stays on the ramp chatting with the customers, long line of folks waiting to use the ramp.

[Domsz06]

I do miss the good stories.

[scoot18]

Bring on the ramp stories, they are always entertaining. I myself have not seen a good one in a while. Thanks for sharing with us so I know what I am missing.

Man you gotta love morons, they are so entertaining, and they really shine like superstars when a boat and trailer is involved!:ro:

[chpthril]

I was too busy today to take a pic, maybe in the morning, but someone ripped the axles off thier trailer at the ramp this weekend. :eek: :confused: With the low water, it's easy to back the wheels off the concrete.

[laketime]

sorry not a ramp story,,, but the closest call we have ever had boating... so we were at east camyon on monday along with everyone else in utah. there were tons of people on the lake and it was hard to even kep a leagle distance from other boaters.. of course the water is bad so it's surfs up. we had some family with us that had never surfed and they were way exited to try it. the close call was while my aunt was out learning. she ggets up a few times, and on the 4th try she falls after a while. well we look back to see a boat coming from the side staight at her. they were pulling a tube(of course) and everyone including the driver was looking back at the tube. we all jumped up and started screaming, then my aunt looked back and saw what was coming, and just sat helpless. the driver finally turned around becouse he was so close he could hear us screaming. when he stopped he was no further than 20 feet away, and would have hit her had he kept going. honestly that was the most helpless feeling we have ever had while on the boat. it was so close that i thought that was it. right in front of alll of us.. we all were standing up with our hands up and the driver just waved and turned the other way...

then there was some idiot on a 19 foot rienell going full throttle all around the lake for three hours straight. every time he came by his outdrive came out of the water about 3 times, and they did this all day. i cant believe a ranger didn't see. they came in between me and another wakeboarder later in the day, he ended up driving rite where our wake and the other boats wake met. it rocked them so hard that they had to stop. it was the first time they stopped all day..

when a lake is that crowded you HAVE to be WATCHING every second and not be careless and stupid. you put everyone in danger and you will kill people with your boat if you hit them. a person just doesn't stand a chance agaisnt a moving boat... that was the first time i wished there was more rangers out to see stupid people..!!

[ragboy]

@razz and @laketime

Thats some crazy stuff. The ramp on Lake Oroville was pretty nuts also. We decided to just take out our pontoon and 2 waverunners, swim, picnic and relax. The waverunners are a blast in the chop, and we went to an area where it was still choppy, but not as crowded.

@razz

Just curious, what lake was that on?

[Carter13]

Hey Lake,

Basically had the same thing happen to my wife last year by a guy pulling a kneeboarder and I had to put our boat between him and her. He couldn't hear us and only turned because his kid fell. After that I went and bought a portable air horn for 10 bucks, boy can people hear that horn now.:D

[Razzman]

@razz and @laketime

Thats some crazy stuff. The ramp on Lake Oroville was pretty nuts also. We decided to just take out our pontoon and 2 waverunners, swim, picnic and relax. The waverunners are a blast in the chop, and we went to an area where it was still choppy, but not as crowded.

@razz

Just curious, what lake was that on?

Lake Don Pedro

[dogbert]

the close call was while my aunt was out learning. she ggets up a few times, and on the 4th try she falls after a while. well we look back to see a boat coming from the side staight at her. they were pulling a tube(of course) and everyone including the driver was looking back at the tube. we all jumped up and started screaming, then my aunt looked back and saw what was coming, and just sat helpless. the driver finally turned around becouse he was so close he could hear us screaming. when he stopped he was no further than 20 feet away, and would have hit her had he kept going. honestly that was the most helpless feeling we have ever had while on the boat. it was so close that i thought that was it. right in front of alll of us.. we all were standing up with our hands up and the driver just waved and turned the other way...



This is the only time I will do a power turn...to get between the oncoming boat and my rider. My boat's red and if they don't see me, then it's going to be a bad day for everyone. Sounds like there might not have been enough time to do this, especially when you're weighted for surfing.

[laketime]

no there wasn't enough time. we had allready powered down and it was like he was almost parralell to us then took an immediate 90 turn before any of us even saw him coming. then he was jyst rite there and we could't have put ourselves in between them.

[anhaney]

i didn't even go near a lake, first time in 4 years


You had the chance and AMAZINGLY it was butter at 6:00am to about 7:00 then the --------- started to come out as we left. Water temp was 92 degrees.:D

We watched an idiot with an XSTAR4 back his boat down the ramp right into a Bayliner that was tied up to the dock. Everyone was yelling at him to stop but I guess he owned the lake and ramp because he has an XStar4 with a Cady pulling it. Oh and that was a great thing to do to show off to the girls in his boat.

[dogbert]

Nice...I see an upgrade in the future for the Bayliner owner. :D

[Razzman]

Nice...I see an upgrade in the future for the Bayliner owner. :D

Haha! :D So i wonder what happened to the M/C?

[Domsz06]

You had the chance and AMAZINGLY it was butter at 6:00am to about 7:00 then the --------- started to come out as we left. Water temp was 92 degrees.:D

We watched an idiot with an XSTAR4 back his boat down the ramp right into a Bayliner that was tied up to the dock. Everyone was yelling at him to stop but I guess he owned the lake and ramp because he has an XStar4 with a Cady pulling it. Oh and that was a great thing to do to show off to the girls in his boat.

yeah I know, but I was worn out, I had only sletp 5 hours in 4 days, and an hour the night before so I just choose to sleep.

[anhaney]

Haha! :D So i wonder what happened to the M/C?

It snapped off the swim deck and the dove down to get it out of the launch area. Then they said oh well I guess we will do things on he lake with out a deck for the day. The bayliner owner was pissed. The ranger cited the mastercrap with a moving violation.

[anhaney]

yeah I know, but I was worn out, I had only sletp 5 hours in 4 days, and an hour the night before so I just choose to sleep.

heading out in one hour. Go do some field work for an hour or two.:D

[Ruune]

well, last year we were sitting at Red's Cove on Medina Lake, watching the hilarity of all the john boat and skeeters that have forgotten to put their outboards up (scraping the skeg all the way up the ramp) and others forgetting to tie on their bow clip. After it had started slowing down, I see this big white duramax crew cab pull about halfway down the ramp and turn around.
-Keep in mind that there isnt anyone waiting though-

So anyways, attached to this big truck is a triple axle trailer with one of those big 32-35 foot sea rays on it. "This ought to be good" I said to myself, trying to see who was driving... however the windows were all blacked out. I did see a mid-60s aged gentleman in the captain's chair of the boat though. Guess we figured out who owns it...

Well, the truck heads straight down, turns around, and backs this mammoth rig in one pass. Total of maybe 2 minutes, max.

Taking into perspective how tight the area this was done in, I watch in astonishment as the driver then pulls straight up the ramp and backs into a parking spot- again on the first try.

At this point, I have GOT to find out who the driver is, so I'm watching to see who gets out of the truck....

Out jumps the gentleman's wife.

Flawless.... we give her a standing ovation.

[dogbert]

Chicks who can back a trailer are it! :ro:

[Razzman]

Chicks who can back a trailer are it! :ro:

YUP! The wife is getting pretty good at it, it usually only takes 1 or 2 corrections and she's in and we're loading. Maybe by next year she'll have it down pat! :ro:

[xpjim1]

One time at ramp camp ...................:D :ro:

[noworries]

At Castaic in the mid-70's with the water way down so the ramp's at its longest and narrowest at the water this guy pulls his boat out and about halfway up that really long ramp. His lady, just to be helpful, gives the trailer hitch latch a quick tug, just to make sure its latched, I suppose. The latch instead comes up and the trailer loaded with boat pops off the ball and takes off down the ramp.

There's a bunch of vehicles lined up the side of the ramp waiting their turn to pull out, a full complement of trailers in the water loading boats, various people and vehicles milling about on the ramp, and also a couple of kids fishing off the boulders at the bottom edge of the ramp. I was parked right next to his rig putting the lights on my trailer and saw the woman grab the latch. We who saw this all unfold start hollering and yelling as the trailer picks up speed down the ramp. The dang trailer manages to thread through all the activity on the ramp and makes a right turn away from the vehicles in the water and toward the boulders and kids at the bottom of the ramp, but fortunately below the lineup of vehicles waiting to enter the water. The trailer crashes onto the boulders about 20 feet from the kids; the boat flies up into the air and lands in the lake depositing cushions, ice chest, fishing gear, etc. in the water.

For some seconds the only sound on the ramp was from the woman who'd pulled the latch. She had a nervous breakdown on the spot and the EMTs finally arrived and hauled her away. Everybody else was struck dumb. Ever since then I've religiously checked my safety chain (that he was missing), and had a lock or bolt in the hitch latch. Its a true miracle that no one was hurt.

[Domsz06]

You had the chance and AMAZINGLY it was butter at 6:00am to about 7:00 then the --------- started to come out as we left. Water temp was 92 degrees.:D

We watched an idiot with an XSTAR4 back his boat down the ramp right into a Bayliner that was tied up to the dock. Everyone was yelling at him to stop but I guess he owned the lake and ramp because he has an XStar4 with a Cady pulling it. Oh and that was a great thing to do to show off to the girls in his boat.

At Castaic in the mid-70's with the water way down so the ramp's at its longest and narrowest at the water this guy pulls his boat out and about halfway up that really long ramp. His lady, just to be helpful, gives the trailer hitch latch a quick tug, just to make sure its latched, I suppose. The latch instead comes up and the trailer loaded with boat pops off the ball and takes off down the ramp.

There's a bunch of vehicles lined up the side of the ramp waiting their turn to pull out, a full complement of trailers in the water loading boats, various people and vehicles milling about on the ramp, and also a couple of kids fishing off the boulders at the bottom edge of the ramp. I was parked right next to his rig putting the lights on my trailer and saw the woman grab the latch. We who saw this all unfold start hollering and yelling as the trailer picks up speed down the ramp. The dang trailer manages to thread through all the activity on the ramp and makes a right turn away from the vehicles in the water and toward the boulders and kids at the bottom of the ramp, but fortunately below the lineup of vehicles waiting to enter the water. The trailer crashes onto the boulders about 20 feet from the kids; the boat flies up into the air and lands in the lake depositing cushions, ice chest, fishing gear, etc. in the water.

For some seconds the only sound on the ramp was from the woman who'd pulled the latch. She had a nervous breakdown on the spot and the EMTs finally arrived and hauled her away. Everybody else was struck dumb. Ever since then I've religiously checked my safety chain (that he was missing), and had a lock or bolt in the hitch latch. Its a true miracle that no one was hurt.



wow someone was looking out for everyone!!

[dogbert]

One time at ramp camp ...................:D :ro:

LOL

[Ruune]

One time at ramp camp ...................:D :ro:

you stuck a bayliner up your transom?

[hoopykat]

Bayliner...the Geo Metro of the boat genré....

Mike

[anhaney]

Bayliner...the Geo Metro of the boat genré....

Mike

Man I am glad my wife insited on buying TIGE' right of the get go.:D :D

[xpjim1]

you stuck a bayliner up your transom?

Now thats funny:D

[Moki]

:D I laughed, :( I cried.

I laughed because I have seen most of this personally, I cried because I have seen most of this personally.

[dogbert]

:D I laughed, :( I cried.

I laughed because I have seen most of this personally, I cried because I have seen most of this personally.

So the bayliner hurts when you stuck it up there?

[my86stanggt]

Man, you guys in CA,TX have it bad. I went to the lake last weekend and thought I would try a new ramp I usually don't go to on the north side of the lake and there was no one there. I couldn't believe it, no boats, trailers, trucks. You ever have one of those moments when you just can't believe your luck? I drop out, my wife drives the boat for loading/unloading, and this whole section of lake is devoid of boats. We were out all day and we come back and there were a couple of trucks there parked with mine but noone at the ramp. It's the ramp I'm using from now on.

I promised myself I wouldn't cry...I did have tears in the eyes though.

Course when we were loading up, my wife eases the boat up close to the ramp and I step off the bow not realizing the water is still about 4-5 ft deep. My truck key has one of those chips on the key. That almost sucked. Course they were laughing as they are backing away.

[dogbert]

Course they were laughing as they are backing away.

Hope you were laughing right with them :D

[hoopykat]

I learned the hard way Sunday that one should keep ones head low as one is winching up ones boat onto the trailer...ever had the bow of a 20i in your ear?

I don't recommend it.

Mike

[anhaney]

I learned the hard way Sunday that one should keep ones head low as one is winching up ones boat onto the trailer...ever had the bow of a 20i in your ear?

I don't recommend it.

Mike

That is not very pleasant

[third timer]

No, seriously, I am fortunate to not have those problems any more, but I had the mother of all bone head experiences 20 years ago with my first boat. I was getting ready to put in at a paved but steep ramp with a buddy of mine. My buddy decided he would take of the bow hook and unlock the tilt feature on the trailer before I backed it in. I shouldn't have left this to anyone else but live and learn. Well The boat rolled off the trailer and crash landeed about a foot from the water. That ended my first summer with that boat.:o

[spharis]

I know a guy that bought a bunch of that "release grease" for bunks. He lubed his up after pulling out one day, and headed home. Next trip to the lake, he unbuckled the boat while waiting to launch. The guy with him hits the gas to move up in line, and the boat slides right off the trailer and hits the pavement........the grease works!

[chpthril]

I know a guy that bought a bunch of that "release grease" for bunks. He lubed his up after pulling out one day, and headed home. Next trip to the lake, he unbuckled the boat while waiting to launch. The guy with him hits the gas to move up in line, and the boat slides right off the trailer and hits the pavement........the grease works!

LOL, not quite the Testimonial that the company wanted :D :ro:

[third timer]

I learned the hard way Sunday that one should keep ones head low as one is winching up ones boat onto the trailer...ever had the bow of a 20i in your ear?

I don't recommend it.

Mike

Maybe we should start wearing a helmet when launching, HA,HA.:02: A neighbor of mine slipped on the ramp the other day and broke his arm.:02:

[Ruune]

reading these reminded me of something I saw at the 360 bridge on lake austin last year. Some guy with a waverunner (the pink 650, dont remember the model number) forgot to tie off the nose of the 'runner when he was pulling it out of the water.

did you know that waverunners bounce? :eek:

[mcd]

On sunday afternoons we hang out by the launch on our lake. If a storm is comming, it's better than any comic routine that I've ever seen.

[third timer]

Thats the stuff great videos are made of:D

[dogbert]

Yeah, I was out one weekday this summer when decked out Supra Launch 224 SSV was having trouble getting the boat to sit on the trailer correctly. They spend about 20 minutes trying to get that thing right on the trailer. The boat was listing to the one side. I'd seen them surfing earlier that afternoon and it looked like they were still ballasted for surfing. Only after they got the boat on the trailer all cockeyed did they think to drain the ballast. Then they tried to rock the boat back to its rightful position. Definitely comical.

True story. I trained the wife to drive our first boat on the trailer and she did a fabulous job. Each time, I'd ask her if she raised the out drive (it was an I/O). I'd always get a grumpy response (afterall, how could I question her). One time, we were on this really long ramp on Lake Travis and I got the same grumpy response. So I start hauling up the ramp with the boat and near the top I start seeing some guys waving me to stop. Turns out she forgot to raise it and I dragged the skeg the entire 100 yards up the ramp. Needless to say, after that, I didn't get the grumpy response and she would actually check. :D

[Juiceman831]

So we went to Lake Don Pedro in the Sierra Nevada foothills Saturday and Sunday. Knowing how it gets on holidays we went out early and pulled off the lake by 4:30pm both days. We never spent more than 20 minutes to launch or retrieve. Saturday wasn't too bad but Sunday was such a total cluster out there that we walked back to the top of the ramp to watch for awhile :ro: ! Here's just a few of the best ones we saw;

So what's with the freakin idiots who circle right in front of all six lanes after they launch! :mad: These dumbasses make it almost impossible to pickup your party after the truck is parked! Had one moron in a Moomba just hanging 50-60 feet off the ramp right in the way! Turns out he was just there posing with his buddies! :mad: Ended up yelling at him to move his freaking boat as he ignored our request for access!

Then of course there's the dumbasses that drive right through the marked hazard buoys! Talk aboy a TOTAL lack of brains! :eek: Saw one Malibu ground out, four guys jumped off in less than knee deep water to rock-n-lift it off! Another moron in an old I/O does the same and sits there and just churns up mud! Not once but TWICE did he do it! He actually circled around and came right back through it again! GEEZ!

So i'm waiting to load the boat on Sunday and there's a couple of idiots on the ramp with their boats totally sideways at about 45 degrees and of course this leaves me with a VERY narrow corridor to thread through to the trailer, i make it and load QUICKLY. The guy to the left with a very big I/O cuddy has just ground his outdrive to a pulp and has four guys in the water trying to lift the boat for whatever reason! The guy to the right has an old POS flatbottom jet that has no bow eye to secure the boat to the POS trailer that's missing bunks! :eek: He's yelling at the wife, their both in the water and both parties have now blocked lanes for almost thirty minutes!

The miscellaneous category; Some dumbass that kept driving his truck to the bottom of the ramp and sitting at waters edge for 20 minutes at a time, never retrieved a thing! The guy who got his trailer so cockeyed on the ramp he actually blocked four lanes of the ramp and then got out to survey the situation with his wife! :eek: The moron who tried to launch a 23 foot Centurion with a LOWERED Chevy truck and had to back in until the water was about 8" above the bottom of the doors! But wait! He then reopens the door because he forgot to release the winch strap while STILL in the water! :ro:

But i've saved the best for last, rememeber i said we watched at the ramp for awhile? Well by 6PM there was a single line of about 45-50 vehicles either waiting to launch or retrieve. AS we're watching this mayhem a big lifted Dodge Megacab comes FLYING down the ramp with a trailer and backs in and retrieves a Sanger V215 with a stripper pole attached to the pylon! He then comes FLYING up the ramp and of course everyone watching at the top is booing and giving visual signals, of course they're all laughing and raising their beers. Well it's a WHOLE truck full of flatbillers and their women (about 12 total) and they blow right through the cleanup area and head out. As we're leaving about thirty minutes later we see them at the back of the parking lot cleaning up and drinking. So we stop Mr. Ranger as we leave and explain and he proceeds to go put the screws to them along with a few of his buddies. Dumbasses.

Gotta love holidays!



You know what I do whenever that happens here locally for me...as soon as I unload and the wife goes to park the truck I hit the gas and make a 007 1/2 power turn and chops the water up BIG TIME! LOL gets them furious cause those that are hanging out at the ramps just parked get swamped with rollers and someone ends up falling down into that murky grotesque water. DOWN WITH MORONS!

[hoopykat]

So does doing that make you any better that the folks at the ramp?

Mike

[my86stanggt]

Hope you were laughing right with them :D

I wasn't laughing but I was definately surprised. I don't mind falling in at all, but I hate getting my truck seat wet. I try to stay dry the last half hour or so coming in so I don't get it wet but not that day.

[ddmracing05]

Labor day... omg... I hate it (HATE IT) when people just think they have the right to go start Tanning on the boat ramp and have their kids go swim on it when they know that boats are trying to put in... Especially when there are 4 signs that says no swimming in big letters. Then u have the kids swimming off the loading dock So I can never get to it to pick up who ever went to go park so instead I have to yell or threaten to run em over when they refuse to get out of the water for 30 seconds... People these days have no god freaking since.

[Memphis]

Man, you guys in CA,TX have it bad. I went to the lake last weekend and thought I would try a new ramp I usually don't go to on the north side of the lake and there was no one there. I couldn't believe it, no boats, trailers, trucks. You ever have one of those moments when you just can't believe your luck? I drop out, my wife drives the boat for loading/unloading, and this whole section of lake is devoid of boats. We were out all day and we come back and there were a couple of trucks there parked with mine but noone at the ramp. It's the ramp I'm using from now on.

I promised myself I wouldn't cry...I did have tears in the eyes though.

Course when we were loading up, my wife eases the boat up close to the ramp and I step off the bow not realizing the water is still about 4-5 ft deep. My truck key has one of those chips on the key. That almost sucked. Course they were laughing as they are backing away.

ah, the advantage of already having the boat in a slip there ;)

[Memphis]

Labor day... omg... I hate it (HATE IT) when people just think they have the right to go start Tanning on the boat ramp and have their kids go swim on it when they know that boats are trying to put in... Especially when there are 4 signs that says no swimming in big letters. Then u have the kids swimming off the loading dock So I can never get to it to pick up who ever went to go park so instead I have to yell or threaten to run em over when they refuse to get out of the water for 30 seconds... People these days have no god freaking since.

youre in east TN, what do you expect :D

I kid, because my buddy has his boat up there, and I see it regularly too

[Ruune]

well, down here you have to have signs in English AND Spanish. Some people seem to think that our country has two official languages. Good thing I speak both.

[hoopykat]

well, down here you have to have signs in English AND Spanish. Some people seem to think that our country has two official languages. Good thing I speak both.

Don't get me started on the whole English/Spanish thing...you're here in America...speak ENGLISH! Do you see English signs in Mexico City? Hell no!

[Ruune]

even all good sci fi aliens speak English!

[dogbert]

well, down here you have to have signs in English AND Spanish. Some people seem to think that our country has two official languages. Good thing I speak both.

Who needs Spanish...a few choice 4 letter words and everybody understands what you're saying :D

[raythompson]

Sign language, sign language. It is all in the delivery.

[Razzman]

:ot: A WHOLE 'nuther subject here! Let's stay on track, back to ramp follies!

[da.bell]

Sign language, sign language. It is all in the delivery.

I hear you on this one. Nothing like the one finger solute!!!! he he he

Then there are other signs that are nice also.

[philwsailz]

On sunday afternoons we hang out by the launch on our lake. If a storm is comming, it's better than any comic routine that I've ever seen.

That is absolutely the best.

I am about 200 yards away from our ramp. IF a storm is coming in, the binocs are coming out. It is HILARIOUS!!!!

[mcd]

What a great place for a divorce atty to hang out!

[Juiceman831]

I agree on the spanish/english problem people seem to be having on the lake. obviously before they get on the lake they NEVER read the instructions BEFORE using jetskis or boat. Another thing is they dont ever read the information booklet they give you when you enter the lake cause they either dont keep the required distance from other vessels or are going the wrong way on a directional lake. ITS FRUSTRATING!:mad: :mad: :mad:

PINCHES ESPALDAS MOJADAS!

Juiceman(mexican by the way so I can say something like that) :cool:

[ddmracing05]

youre in east TN, what do you expect :D

I kid, because my buddy has his boat up there, and I see it regularly too

Formerly Floridian :)

[kirk]

At one of the busy ramps we go to at Crescent Bar, there were 4 guys in lawnchairs on a hill above the ramp holding up cards with #'s 1-5 rating the launches and retrieves. Wish I had a camera...
We scored all 5's...