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by Gink
Wed Aug 04, 2010 3:55 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Is Rockport all that safe??
Replies: 71
Views: 8931

Re: Is Rockport all that safe??

Now you are probably wishing you never would have called me :chicken: as I'd be long gone. Yes, I may have went a little overboard -- so hot I can't stay in the boat without a bimini -- and its not that I don't even share Ryan's concerns -- I think we all share them -- it's just that I could easily ...
by Gink
Wed Aug 04, 2010 11:12 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Is Rockport all that safe??
Replies: 71
Views: 8931

Re: Is Rockport all that safe??

Jeremy -- and after all the beer we have shared and business we have done over the years. Shame, shame.
by Gink
Wed Aug 04, 2010 11:10 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Is Rockport all that safe??
Replies: 71
Views: 8931

Re: Is Rockport all that safe??

I'll have to remember -- no posts after midnight cuz' no tellin' what I might say -- diplomacy is not my forte' and I know even without ever meeting them that in my heart Ryan and his lady are as good as gold. Sorry for being overly defensive. In align with the conversation -- My youngest daughter -...
by Gink
Wed Aug 04, 2010 12:51 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Is Rockport all that safe??
Replies: 71
Views: 8931

Re: Is Rockport all that safe??

And thanks -- the day has just started and I learned a new word: goosfraba. Kewl!! I will most certainly do so. Peace bros.
by Gink
Wed Aug 04, 2010 12:48 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Is Rockport all that safe??
Replies: 71
Views: 8931

Re: Is Rockport all that safe??

Ryan - You are right I know nothing about you and thus cannot filter your words through any type of screen but simply take them at face value -- which to me suggest that girls dressed like skanks are whores, guys on motorcycles are violent gang menbers, people that talk about "stuff" are d...
by Gink
Tue Aug 03, 2010 10:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Is Rockport all that safe??
Replies: 71
Views: 8931

Re: Is Rockport all that safe??

You gotta remember that Rockport -- the centerpiece of a public city park -- isn't just for folks that can throw down $1000.00 or more for boat and gear and drive to all corners of the state on recreational pursuits. Malvern is a chiefly a blue collar city with a per capita income of $14,848 lying i...
by Gink
Sun Aug 01, 2010 12:33 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Rendezvous (9/10 - 9/12) Schedule Available
Replies: 43
Views: 6541

Re: Save-the-Date: Rendezvous September 10 – 12

That Red Bull Drinking Contest got my attention as well especially if its one of the "children's activities" (promotes binge eating and consumerism,plus high doses of methylxanthines such as caffienehave clear pharmaceutical properties). IMHO such "energy drinks" should not be dr...
by Gink
Thu Jul 29, 2010 12:14 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Canoe Rental at Cooks landing in Little Rock
Replies: 6
Views: 893

Re: Canoe Rental at Cooks landing in Little Rock

As long as you're not in for a profit, its a go -- because by the time you purchase a business license, procure needed liability and business insurance, develop a marketing and advertising program, set up the accounting for tax preparation, purchase equipment, maintain said equipment, deal with thef...
by Gink
Thu Jul 29, 2010 9:16 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Forest Service shoots down fee hike for seniors
Replies: 9
Views: 1383

Re: Forest Service shoots down fee hike for seniors

I like the way you think PanicMan!! Indeed if we don't make our great outdoors more accessible to families and young children -- in another generation there won't be a need for campgrounds or national parks.
by Gink
Thu Jul 29, 2010 7:00 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Forest Service shoots down fee hike for seniors
Replies: 9
Views: 1383

Re: Forest Service shoots down fee hike for seniors

Goes to show that once you give away an entitlement it's tough to take it away. Sadly our generation -- baby boomers -- have handed out entitlements way beyond our ability to pay. It's not our tax dollars that keep our national parks open -- it's deficit spending, borrowing and printing more money. ...
by Gink
Wed Jul 28, 2010 4:20 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Forest Service shoots down fee hike for seniors
Replies: 9
Views: 1383

Re: Forest Service shoots down fee hike for seniors

Agreed! Don't see many young families in 30 foot RVs going down the road -- mostly greyed hair people like us (or should I say "me") driving those rigs. Tangent: For years we have been told that with the passing of the baby boomers we'd see the biggest generational transfer of money ever t...
by Gink
Wed Jul 28, 2010 2:40 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Surf & Turf
Replies: 34
Views: 3730

Re: Surf & Turf

The wave won't be much fun -- or should I say it will entail more work -- to play the wave at Rockport -- great for the float and any fishing you might do -- but the multichined hull just isn't designed for play-baoting. What that means? It means your boys are going to want a playboat once they see ...
by Gink
Wed Jul 28, 2010 11:05 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Surf & Turf
Replies: 34
Views: 3730

Re: Surf & Turf

Sounds like "Surf and Turf" is where you should be this weekend. The trip down from the Remmel Dam to Rockport/Turner bridge is a pleasant "float" with no water features of note -- you could sleep and drift -- until you reach the water park where there is a river wide rock ledge ...
by Gink
Thu Jul 22, 2010 11:12 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Just Curious
Replies: 4
Views: 740

Re: Just Curious

Not yet -- still at nine feet.

The bids to deepen this section of the river were due on July 7 of this year. To my knowledge the contract has not yet been awarded to a successful bidder -- any time now.
by Gink
Thu Jul 22, 2010 10:53 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Just Curious
Replies: 4
Views: 740

Re: Just Curious

The main channel is dredged to a depth of 9 feet (2.7 m) and the river in the vicinity of Little Rock can be less than a foot outside of the main channel -- I believe the greatest depth recorded on the river in the vicinity of Little Rock was 27 feet at normal pool depth. Given that a safe jump/dive...