I feel guilty drinking a beer watching people fish on TV!!!brownbomber wrote:Drinking and Boating,...wow,..people never cease to amaze me!
TroutCowboy wrote:If I'm not mistaken, a Tahoe might be a little overmatched pulling a 30' boat
Gee, do you think? I'd never pull a load like that.
With some quick thinking and being totally sober, I was able to recover from the swaying. When I got to the other side of the bridge and started up the hill, I discovered that my cheeks were sucking vinyl!!:shaking: That is a scary feeling with on coming traffic. Thanks for the kind words, Kevin. I spent months agonizing over what I could have done to save that boy. I should have grabbed my foam camping pad and jumped in with it. I should have just risked it to get those extra couple of feet from shore. How long could my fly line have held out if I'd used it as a lifeline? But it was spring run-off so it was cold and fast and there was likely nothing I could have done. And there may have been two of us dead. You know how some folks say that when things get really crazy intense (3 seconds to drive to the basket, 3 seconds to avoid an obstacle on the road, an impulse move to disarm somebody, etc) things kind of go in slow motion? Well I saw this kid coming downriver and I jumped out of my chair, told my wife (then girlfriend) to get on the cell phone, I grabbed an umbrella I had under the seat (don't laugh but it was one of those long, hook-handled Mary Poppins-style umbrellas, and it was going to give me something to hook him with) and I go thundering off thru this nasty brush downriver and wade out and wait for him to go by and...kevinb wrote:No worries there TroutCowboy,hearing your story makes me sad and angry. I think your right,it would seem that common sense is slipping away from more and more individuals.To bad they end up hurting/endangering others.
Thanks for sharring,I'm sure that is not easy to tell. Makes me want to start drinking....
but that doesn't do anyone any good.
Dude, Same here. I will not allow my 7yr old boy in the boat with out it and he cant be on the dock unless I'M there, and he swims (lessons).TroutCowboy wrote:My girls (3 and 6) wear lifejackets ANYWHERE near ANY water. I'm the embarrassing paranoid dad on the water.
Some people just shouldnt be parents! I would duct tape and barb wire (not really) my life jacket to my kid before I would selfishly put him in without one so that I could have fun.kevinb wrote:About 8 years ago,we responded to a call where mom and dad had been drinking,decided to go rafting and took their 3 year old daughter. We arrived to find mom and dad with pfd's and they both informed us that their daughter did not because they had forgotten it and didn't want to drive home. We found the girl a few hours later but sadly,she was gone.
Nothing wrong with venting....trust me,better to let it out.It took me several years to figure that out and you always feel guilt,it sucks but remember that it was not you that put that child in that situation. ITS NOT YOUR FAULT.TroutCowboy wrote:Thanks for the kind words, Kevin. I spent months agonizing over what I could have done to save that boy. I should have grabbed my foam camping pad and jumped in with it. I should have just risked it to get those extra couple of feet from shore. How long could my fly line have held out if I'd used it as a lifeline? But it was spring run-off so it was cold and fast and there was likely nothing I could have done. And there may have been two of us dead. You know how some folks say that when things get really crazy intense (3 seconds to drive to the basket, 3 seconds to avoid an obstacle on the road, an impulse move to disarm somebody, etc) things kind of go in slow motion? Well I saw this kid coming downriver and I jumped out of my chair, told my wife (then girlfriend) to get on the cell phone, I grabbed an umbrella I had under the seat (don't laugh but it was one of those long, hook-handled Mary Poppins-style umbrellas, and it was going to give me something to hook him with) and I go thundering off thru this nasty brush downriver and wade out and wait for him to go by and...kevinb wrote:No worries there TroutCowboy,hearing your story makes me sad and angry. I think your right,it would seem that common sense is slipping away from more and more individuals.To bad they end up hurting/endangering others.
Thanks for sharring,I'm sure that is not easy to tell. Makes me want to start drinking....
but that doesn't do anyone any good.
Well anyway, sorry for the self-therapy session but I tell the story because before anyone thinks about putting the family in the car or boat with you after a bender, or even just yourself out on the road where other people are driving with their families, think about how long you'll agonize over that decision if you hurt/kill somebody. The life you take may not only be your own.
Wow!! I first saw this and didn't give it much thought but you want to give me crap in my reports. You must be the alpha male? Welcome to WL,.....I guess...outfishUnetime wrote:Hi y'all. New member here! Don't know why I started out at this thread. I guess I just care about people, their health, safety, and especially kiddos. This is a great DestinNation site and you all should be proud of your contributions to it. Make sure you thank the founders and moderators for keeping it well organized and clean. I, especially, thank them for immediately responding to my complaint of having trouble logging in, the 1st time, after registering. I'm looking forward to getting to know you all better, and using my ImagineNation to help add some more excitement and F.U.N. to an awesome site. Keep up the DeterminNation it requires to go out and bring back all the great stories that make this site what it is. Some sites are an ObamaNation and their mismanagement causes AlienNation from what should be F.U.N. Nice to meet you all.
