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 Posted: 06/17/04 - 12:35 Post subject: not my kind of fishing....
So I walk around the small lake in town at lunch, as I usually do, and there is a speedboat and two rafts on the water. And EMS and popo everywhere. They are trolling for some 21 yr old who attempted to swim the lake last night and came up short..... what's sick is the amount of people watching from shore in lawn chairs, etc. and seemingly using it as their afternoon entertainment until Jerry Springer comes on....
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Posted: 06/17/04 - 12:41 Post subject: Re: not my kind of fishing....
| robp wrote: | | what's sick is the amount of people watching from shore in lawn chairs, etc. and seemingly using it as their afternoon entertainment until Jerry Springer comes on.... |
where's the eyeroll without smirk smilie?
Yeah that's pretty sick. LAWN chairs? yeesh...
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Posted: 06/17/04 - 12:49 Post subject:
You'd be surprised at how many people turn out for that kind of stuff... There's usually a bunch of people to watch car accidents in the same fashion. 
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Posted: 06/17/04 - 12:51 Post subject:
Very sad indeed.
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Posted: 06/17/04 - 13:37 Post subject:
That's extremely disrespectful. Poor kid.
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Posted: 06/17/04 - 13:46 Post subject:
Just heard he was married with a kid due in two months. Now it's really sad. And very stupid.
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Posted: 06/17/04 - 13:54 Post subject:
| kristin31 wrote: | | That's extremely disrespectful. Poor kid. |
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Posted: 06/17/04 - 14:06 Post subject:
| robp wrote: | | Just heard he was married with a kid due in two months. Now it's really sad. And very stupid. |
And it bears stating: don't EVER EVER EVER swim alone.
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Posted: 06/17/04 - 14:55 Post subject:
it is long an tedious work too. Yeah I am amazed too at what people will watch. What gets me is how they are all experts too.
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Posted: 06/18/04 - 08:20 Post subject:
They found the guy yesterday at 1:30 pm. He was fishing with some family members the night before and decided to go for a swim to cool off.
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Posted: 06/18/04 - 08:28 Post subject:
Are the currents/undertow that bad in that lake?
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Posted: 06/18/04 - 08:47 Post subject:
| Cappy wrote: | | Are the currents/undertow that bad in that lake? |
I don't believe there are any real currents or undertow. It's a small lake, a couple of acres in size and it's spring-fed. There is a fountain in the middle that is used for aereation and he apparently was intending on swimming to the fountain and using it to rest up before he swam back. Never got to the fountain.
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Posted: 06/18/04 - 10:33 Post subject:
That's sad stuff. Wonder if there was liquor involved?
As for the 'spectators' in lawn chairs? Was the Peanut Guy around hawking peanuts as well? "PEANUTS! GOT YOUR HOT PEANUTS HERE!"
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Posted: 06/18/04 - 10:42 Post subject:
| shelflifers wrote: | That's sad stuff. Wonder if there was liquor involved?
As for the 'spectators' in lawn chairs? Was the Peanut Guy around hawking peanuts as well? "PEANUTS! GOT YOUR HOT PEANUTS HERE!"
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No peanut guy. An opportunity missed.
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