Text 10406, 62 rader
Skriven 2013-09-23 18:28:50 av Roy Witt (1:387/22)
  Kommentar till text 10370 av Stewart Arnett (3:772/100)
Ärende: Official Language of Fidonet
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 Brer Stewart Arnett wrote to Brer Roy Witt about Official Language of
Fidonet:

 SA> 21 Aug 13 16:40, you wrote to Bart Verhaeghe:

 RW>> Bart Verhaeghe wrote to Stewart Arnett:

 BV>>>>>  not everyone is a Jerk Stewart.

 RW>> Except for one thing; Stewie couldn't possibly sail is little boat
 RW>> to my local, because there is no port to put in. If that dingy can
 RW>> sail upstream against the flow, he might make it to the first dam on
 RW>> the river that flows towards the Gulf of Mexico, just two hundred
 RW>> yards down the road.

 SA> No way your local creek is too shallow the MTU's would have no
 SA> trouble with the tide though.

Creek? It's a river and it has motor-boats, jet-skis and kayaks that use
it above the dam that would block you from access. And then there are the
several man-made lakes between here and where the river dumps into
Guadalupe Bay. Don't make the mistake of sailing up the Guadalupe Canal,
as it only leads to a resevoir that doesn't go upstream. The Guadalupe
River enters Guadalupe Bay from the West...then, when you get to the San
Marcos River, make a left, not a right. Stay in the right channel when you
reach Nolte Island, else you'll be going under the paddle wheels attached
to the generators on the south side. Then there's a dam at Lake McQueeny,
which you'll have to port around. Then follow the right channel around the
dam at Lake Dunlap. Then it's free sailing to my river lot or you can
keep going (preferred) to the public boat ramp.

 SA> If you want to live so far from San Antonio Bay that's your fault not
 SA> mine.

That's not a fault, it's a choice.

 SA> I see a dredged channel I can get into and a marina that may have a
 SA> berth I can fit into there, so if I get the inclination and do come I
 SA> can be that close to your local, but I am not trying any of your
 SA> local creeks! ;)

Look a little more on your maps, find Canyon Lake. You can drop a sail
boat into that lake, but you would have a hell of a time riding it down
the earthen dam to the river...

 SA> But I still recon it would be a fun time if we did meet ;)

Well, I suspect that you could 'recon' it on foot or by water, but then
you'd have to use dead 'reckoning' to find your way up the river.

Lemee know when you arrive and I'll buy the first case of Texas brew. If I
remember right, you'll pass that brewery on your way up the river. Never
mind, you'll pass it but the closest you'll get to Shiner is Gonzales,
about 18 miles to the west...


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