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#1 2009-10-14 5:14 pm
- Nefarious
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On the breakwater
The other day in my new town of Petoskey, Michigan, my girlfriend and I witnessed a guy jogging on top of the breakwater of the marina during a storm. If he had been out there a few minutes later when the wind picked up, he would have been washed off into the harbor.
We guessed he was either paid to run out there or he was from out of town.
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#3 2009-10-14 10:57 pm
- jkahless
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Re: On the breakwater
Judging by your lat and long, you're on Lake Michigan, right? Fun place to be in an october gale... not!
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#4 2009-10-15 9:00 am
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Re: On the breakwater
Nefarious wrote:
We guessed he was either paid to run out there or he was from out of town.
You forgot, "He was an idiot."
Grandfatherly advice: You can drink 'em pretty, but you can't drink 'em smart.
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#5 2009-10-15 10:41 am
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Re: On the breakwater
jkahless wrote:
Judging by your lat and long, you're on Lake Michigan, right? Fun place to be in an october gale... not!
right-o. Little Traverse Bay area, southwest of the Macinaw Straits.
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#6 2009-10-15 5:55 pm
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Re: On the breakwater
I got washed off a break water once. Not something I would like to do again.
That rip rap is pointy.
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#7 2009-10-16 12:01 am
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Re: On the breakwater
Lakes like lac Michigan have always made me feel nervous. Something about having a potential lee shore to every side of you all the time just doesn't seem right...
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