Peeled carrots?
Hmmmm...in Cajun country an important ingredient in gumbo is filet powder.
Filet powder looks a lot like funny weed. Wonder how a Coastie from Kansas
would react to seeing that in a galley cupboard?
Dennis C.
Touche' 35-1 #83
Mandeville, LA
>________________________________
> From: Martin DeYoung <[email protected]>
>To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
>Sent: Thursday, December 6, 2012 1:48 PM
>Subject: Re: Stus-List Coppercoat
>
>
>
>Pretty dog gone liberal out here on the far northwest corner of the US .
>
>If one was so inclined they could smoke a joint while getting married to a
>dude, especially in the city of Seattle . I was relieved to read the text of
>the new legislation and realize they are not going to force me to marry a
>dude. The lovely Mrs. Calypso seemed a less relieved; I need to ask her about
>that.
>
>However, the Feds do not see things the same way and having any trace of a
>banned substance on board a boat is asking to have the boat confiscated with
>little recourse.
>
>The last time I took Calypso across the US border I had a very direct
>discussion with the crew regarding what could and could not be on board. The
>Canadian Customs lady was exceedingly polite but gave me a warning over having
>a bag of peeled carrots.
>
>The US Customs lived up to their well deserved reputation of being
>inconsiderate and down right a**holish. Maybe it was because Calypso had been
>in Canada for 6 weeks. Maybe it was because we had a motley crew with a mix
>of passports, accents, and skin colors, maybe it’s because they are a bunch of
>power mad bureaucrats who have been given free range to act as they please. I
>don’t know for sure, but I do know it is an embarrassment to me, a US citizen
>that people bringing in a boat from Canada or anywhere else will be treated
>the same way or worse.
>
>>end of rant, uh thanks for listening<
>
>Martin
>Calypso
>1970 C&C 43
>Seattle
>
>________________________________
>
>From:CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Joel Aronson
>Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2012 11:00 AM
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: Stus-List Coppercoat
>
>What do you expect from a bunch of potheads?
>
>Joel
>35/3
>Annapolis
>
>On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 1:57 PM, Martin DeYoung <[email protected]> wrote:
>Out here on the US West Coast there is governmental activity to ban copper in
>recreational boat bottom paints.
>IIRC the legislation was moved to the back burner in Washington and California
>to allow for more study. The last draft I saw allowed for several years of
>phase in before the copper based paint was to be completely banned.
>When looking at a 10 year payback for copper based coating it may be a good
>idea to consider what legislation could pop up in the next year or so in your
>area.
>Martin
>Calypso
>1970 C&C 43
>Seattle
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