Skylune (or family relation) takes to the water...

"Floatplane Incident Results In Arrest
August 21, 2006
By CAROLYN MOREAU, Courant Staff Writer

MORRIS -- A local boater who repeatedly swerved in front of a floatplane on
Bantam Lake to prevent it from taking off was arrested on a warrant Sunday,
authorities said."

Remainder of story can be found he

http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc...eadlines-local

Could this be a relative of this group's "skylune"? ;-)

("Jim Logajan" wrote)
MORRIS -- A local boater who repeatedly swerved in front of a floatplane
on Bantam Lake to prevent it from taking off was arrested on a warrant
Sunday, authorities said."


http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc-planefight0821.artaug21,0,5923730.story?coll=hc-headlines-local

First of all, DeLoon DeLoon would not do that!

But ....it does remind me of the famous meeting between Ralph Waldo Emerson
and Henry David Thoreau - in a New England jail: g

(From the link)
This exchange was supposed to have taken place on July 23 or 24, 1846, in
the Concord, Massachusetts, jail where Thoreau was placed for nonpayment of
poll taxes.

“Henry, why are you here?” Waldo, why are you not here?


Montblack :-)
http://www.bartleby.com/73/1528.html
ATTRIBUTION:Attributed to RALPH WALDO EMERSON and Henry David
Thoreau.—Arthur Samuel Jones, Thoreau’s Incarceration [As Told by His
Jailer], p. 15 (1962).

"Jim Logajan" wrote in message
.. .
"Floatplane Incident Results In Arrest
August 21, 2006
By CAROLYN MOREAU, Courant Staff Writer

MORRIS -- A local boater who repeatedly swerved in front of a floatplane
on
Bantam Lake to prevent it from taking off was arrested on a warrant
Sunday,
authorities said."

Remainder of story can be found he

http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc...eadlines-local

Could this be a relative of this group's "skylune"? ;-)

What kind of nut swerves in front of an aircraft? First, that prop is
extremely dangerous to the boater. Second, if you ding the airplane, it'll
cost you. Third, if you hurt someone aboard the airplane, it'll cost you a
LOT. Even if the act is/was illegal, why would someone take matters into
his own hands instead of writing down the N number?

People never cease to amaze me.

KB

Kyle Boatright wrote:

What kind of nut swerves in front of an aircraft?

I'm local and familiar with that lake. It's a relatively quiet lake,
with an engine limit for boats to keep speed and noise down. Some
reports stated that the man had to be subdued by police, so I wonder if
alcohol was a factor.

On Fri, 25 Aug 2006 11:30:35 GMT, B A R R Y
wrote:
I'm local and familiar with that lake. It's a relatively quiet lake,
with an engine limit for boats to keep speed and noise down. Some
reports stated that the man had to be subdued by police, so I wonder if
alcohol was a factor.

Alcohol involved with boating? SAY IT AIN'T SO !!!

burp

("Grumman-581" wrote)
Alcohol involved with boating? SAY IT AIN'T SO !!!


2006 - Minnesota Boating Guide
Boating While Intoxicated (BWI) .....Page 34

"BOATING WHILE INTOXICATED (BWI) - The alcohol concentration for impaired
operation is now .08."

http://files.dnr.state.mn.us/rlp/regulations/boa****er/boatingguide.pdf
(Page 35)
"The BWI law does not prohibit drinking alcoholic beverages aboard boats nor
having an open bottle. The law applies to operators of motorboats that are
not anchored, beached, moored, docked or being rowed or propelled by
non-mechanical means at the time of the offense."


Montblack

On Sat, 26 Aug 2006 00:49:06 -0500, "Montblack"
wrote:
2006 - Minnesota Boating Guide
Boating While Intoxicated (BWI) .....Page 34

"BOATING WHILE INTOXICATED (BWI) - The alcohol concentration for impaired
operation is now .08."

http://files.dnr.state.mn.us/rlp/regulations/boa****er/boatingguide.pdf
(Page 35)
"The BWI law does not prohibit drinking alcoholic beverages aboard boats nor
having an open bottle. The law applies to operators of motorboats that are
not anchored, beached, moored, docked or being rowed or propelled by
non-mechanical means at the time of the offense."

Yet another really stupid law... I do not see the harm that it might
present to anyone else if a guy is cruising along with a trolling
motor while drinking a beer...

They mention motorboats... Are they saying that sailboating while
intoxicated is acceptable? Oh well, probably easier to not spill your
beer that way...

"Jim Logajan" wrote in message
.. .
"Floatplane Incident Results In Arrest
August 21, 2006
By CAROLYN MOREAU, Courant Staff Writer

MORRIS -- A local boater who repeatedly swerved in front of a floatplane
on
Bantam Lake to prevent it from taking off was arrested on a warrant
Sunday,
authorities said."

Remainder of story can be found he

http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc...eadlines-local

Could this be a relative of this group's "skylune"? ;-)

Naaah, the loon is off pondering the fact the US set a record for traffic
deaths last year. In round numbers 43,000. Ought to keep him busy for a
while.

Dave Stadt wrote:


Naaah, the loon is off pondering the fact the US set a record for traffic
deaths last year. In round numbers 43,000. Ought to keep him busy for a
while.


That's no record. I remember when it was over 50,000 not too long ago.

In article ,
Newps wrote:

Naaah, the loon is off pondering the fact the US set a record for traffic
deaths last year. In round numbers 43,000. Ought to keep him busy for a
while.


That's no record. I remember when it was over 50,000 not too long ago.

The following are all years in which the traffic fatalities were over 50,000
(not all years between 1966-1976 where in the 2004 report)

1966
1970
1978-1980

But the 43440 in 2005 is the highest since 1990.

(source www.nhtsa.dot.gov)

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Bob Noel
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