User Tools
jet_ski_runin_7_27_2006
Differences
This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.
| Next revision | Previous revision | ||
|
jet_ski_runin_7_27_2006 [2020/03/14 01:27] preavley created |
— (current) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| - | ==== Wed. incident ==== | ||
| - | |||
| - | **Morris Arthur <marthur@...>** \\ | ||
| - | 07/27/06 #1607 | ||
| - | |||
| - | I was paddling parallel to shore in front of the park inside the no-wake\\ | ||
| - | buoys.\\ | ||
| - | A jet-ski was coming into the beach making zig-zags; the operator\\ | ||
| - | staring down at the water in front of him. | ||
| - | |||
| - | I dragged my paddle in the water, slowed down, and yelled at him before\\ | ||
| - | he slammed into my bow, knocking me into the water.\\ | ||
| - | The outer skin was cracked, but the overall structure of the boat seems\\ | ||
| - | ok. Sterling is working on it now. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Morris | ||
| - | |||
| - | \\ | ||
| - | **Re: Wed. incident** \\ | ||
| - | Dale McKinnon\\ | ||
| - | 07/27/06 #1608 | ||
| - | |||
| - | Morris, who is paying for the repair work? | ||
| - | |||
| - | \\ | ||
| - | **Morris Arthur <marthur@...>** \\ | ||
| - | 07/27/06 #1609 | ||
| - | |||
| - | The operator "Eddie" will hopefully compensate me.\\ | ||
| - | He was contrite at the time... and the owner of the PWC assured me he'd\\ | ||
| - | pay (when he saw me jotting down the registration info.) | ||
| - | |||
| - | It was a bunch of kids partying... and the operator's first time using\\ | ||
| - | the craft. <sigh> | ||
| - | |||
| - | \\ | ||
| - | **Re: Wed. incident** \\ | ||
| - | Dale McKinnon\\ | ||
| - | 07/27/06 #1610 | ||
| - | |||
| - | You are demonstrating great restraint. I commend you. If the operator and owner, however, recant on their promises I trust you will squeeze parts of their anatomy for them to comply. | ||
| - | |||
| - | \\ | ||
| - | **Re: Wed. incident** \\ | ||
| - | CHARLES SNYDER\\ | ||
| - | 07/27/06 #1612 | ||
| - | |||
| - | Sorry to hear about the incedent Morris. I bet when he got a look at you he was quite contrite.\\ | ||
| - | \\ | ||
| - | Chuck S. | ||
| - | |||
| - | **Wed. incident** \\ | ||
| - | Reivers Dustin\\ | ||
| - | 07/27/06 #1600 | ||
| - | |||
| - | As a young man I studied confrontation and violence. Perhaps there\\ | ||
| - | is no cure because I still lose it once in a while in little ways.\\ | ||
| - | But I'm getting better at looking more carefully at situations now.\\ | ||
| - | The guys who hit the surfski with their jetski were drinking, young,\\ | ||
| - | and perhaps had other limitations in their reasoning and maturity.\\ | ||
| - | (I'm attempting to avoid prejudicing any claims by this message.) | ||
| - | |||
| - | From the student of violence I would say: Whatever outrage might be\\ | ||
| - | warranted, this is a case of force. If one of us is on open water\\ | ||
| - | with no witnesses there no supervision or remedy. Your idea of\\ | ||
| - | civilized society might not be aplicable always. It's foolish to\\ | ||
| - | polarize these type of people. It's much better to use available\\ | ||
| - | leverage discretely. | ||
| - | |||
| - | From the older part of me I would say: Nature has certain ways of\\ | ||
| - | saying don't touch. You see a guy wearing a shoe on his head, you\\ | ||
| - | don't muck around with him. (You try to get somebody else to do it.) | ||
| - | |||
| - | Anyway, it seems to me, we all should smile and nod to the folks with\\ | ||
| - | big machines and horsepower. There's no value to logical\\ | ||
| - | discussions. Your loved ones will be sharing the water with them.\\ | ||
| - | Meanwhile, make a note of boat numbers, and any violations, and\\ | ||
| - | complain to the right people. | ||
| - | |||
| - | rd | ||
| - | |||
Except where otherwise noted, content on this wiki is licensed under the following license: CC Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International
