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hauptjm posted 02-28-2001 09:58 AM ET (US)
After reading the thread titled Long Island Sound in the Trips & Rendezvous section of the forum, I thought of a great way to show off Whalers. There is mention that someone had a picture of their 18OR in the harbor in NYC with the World Trade Center in the backround. What if we got everyone to photograph their boat in some unusual or famous place and created a section just for those pictures. With the international nature of the forum's participants, this can't be too difficult. Tobasco has been doing this for over 80 years. We'll let jimh be the judge of what qualifies to be famous, or historic, or landmark, etc. Just a thought.
Sam Collins posted 02-28-2001 11:05 AM ET (US)
Well I suppose your Whaler must have been captured by the Wild Tchoupitulous during one of their recent wardances !!! Is Tip-A-Tinas still open ?
hauptjm posted 03-01-2001 09:03 AM ET (US)
"Hey-pok-a-way"!! You know the Tips is still shakin'. Muddy Waters spirit still runs the joint. I thought about putting my 18 on the trailer and bringing it down to the Vieux Carre', and taking a picture of it in front of the St.Louis Cathedral. Since, it's the oldest Cathedral in the U.S., that should qualify as a famous place. I threw that idea out though, I think in the water shots are the way to go.
kingfish posted 03-01-2001 10:44 AM ET (US)
I wonder if you could get the right angle from a second boat in the Big River so you could see the spires of St Louis Cathedral over the Moonwalk with your boat in the foreground? If I ever get my boat close enough to N'awlins, I'd sure give it a shot!
C'est le bon temps roulette'!!
Kingfish
hauptjm posted 03-01-2001 12:01 PM ET (US)
Actually if the big mud has a really high tide, I could probably manage it. Let me tell you though, maneuvering in the Mississippi any time around the big turn here is quite amazing. Add in a few 600 ft. ships, a string of 100ft. river barges (usually 5 or 6 tied end-to-end) all trying to miss one another, and you have a great menu for fun. Interestly, some biologist have discovered some weird river-life in some of the holes created in the turns by the massive currents. Some of these holes are over 700 feet deep, and apparently contain really weird species. And believe me, we have some really weird species here in the Big Easy.
kingfish posted 03-02-2001 02:21 PM ET (US)
I've seen some of them - to me, crossing Canal and going into the Vieux Carre is like entering into another country (and, at times, like entering into another planet); but there is something about it that I have to get a fix of every so often,or I lose the fiyo in the bayou...
Lord, I could use a couple dozen big ones from Felix's or Acme right now!
hauptjm posted 03-05-2001 10:21 AM ET (US)
How is it you end up with the moniker of one of Louisiana's most infamous entertainers (read: politician), and know of such things as 'sliders from Acme'? You wouldn't be one of those displaced bayou boys lost in another land? Or are you one of the lucky, bitten by the hot, humid air, dripping with the intoxications of cuisine and libation? Either way, this year’s crop of bivalves are huge, salty and delicious.
kingfish posted 03-05-2001 10:59 AM ET (US)
Believe it or not, my moniker is only coincidentally related to the history of the Crescent City that I love to go back to (long and anti-climactic story). I'm a midwestern type born and bred, but *I know what I like*, and those oysters are part of what I like about the Big Easy. It's usually Felix's for us as soon as we are checked in, belly up to the oyster bar, 5 bucks to the shucker to get the big ones, and it's like coming home! Last time we were down we crossed the river on a tip, and drove down towards the Delta for an hour or two (Fort Jackson is down there, I think), and found a place whose name I have forgotten (name wouldn't have helped at the time, because it had blown off the roof in some previous storm and hadn't yet been replaced)but it was like a roadhouse along the highway, owned and operated by the fifth generation of the same family, as I recall. They had their own oyster beds, sold the oysters commercially, and of course stocked their place. *EVERY* one of their oysters were as big or bigger than the big ones at Felix's. Oh, this is tough stuff to be thinking about from so far away...gonna have to visit again, pretty soon.
I know this is all mostly Off-Topic, so jimh please don't send the forum police, I'll try to be good. It's just difficult, with the subject at hand...
And hauptjm, slide a couple for me!
whalernut posted 03-05-2001 08:38 PM ET (US)
Mr. Flook, may I see some ID? I am from the Classic Whaler Forum police department. It has been forwarded to me that you have violated the Classic Whaler Oyster Eating Forum Poting Code #12345! You`re penalty is to buy Whalernut a new Outboard Engine for his Currituck or be sent to WhalerGuys boat lot with lots of Cash to buy one of his Freshwater Whalers! And Mr. Flook please slow down on the roadways, I just can`t find Gull Lake! Regards-Jack Graner. He-He!
kingfish posted 03-05-2001 10:23 PM ET (US)
Jack, you cracked me up! People are gonna think you are a funny guy!
whalernut posted 03-06-2001 04:16 PM ET (US)
John, "funny" is my middle name! Glad you appreciated it! Wait a minate I just saw a flash of a Sport Utility with a 22` Outrage go by my window! Couldn`t tell who it was? Regards-Jack Graner.

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hauptjm	posted 02-28-2001 09:58 AM ET (US) After reading the thread titled Long Island Sound in the Trips & Rendezvous section of the forum, I thought of a great way to show off Whalers. There is mention that someone had a picture of their 18OR in the harbor in NYC with the World Trade Center in the backround. What if we got everyone to photograph their boat in some unusual or famous place and created a section just for those pictures. With the international nature of the forum's participants, this can't be too difficult. Tobasco has been doing this for over 80 years. We'll let jimh be the judge of what qualifies to be famous, or historic, or landmark, etc. Just a thought.
Sam Collins	posted 02-28-2001 11:05 AM ET (US) Well I suppose your Whaler must have been captured by the Wild Tchoupitulous during one of their recent wardances !!! Is Tip-A-Tinas still open ?
hauptjm	posted 03-01-2001 09:03 AM ET (US) "Hey-pok-a-way"!! You know the Tips is still shakin'. Muddy Waters spirit still runs the joint. I thought about putting my 18 on the trailer and bringing it down to the Vieux Carre', and taking a picture of it in front of the St.Louis Cathedral. Since, it's the oldest Cathedral in the U.S., that should qualify as a famous place. I threw that idea out though, I think in the water shots are the way to go.
kingfish	posted 03-01-2001 10:44 AM ET (US) I wonder if you could get the right angle from a second boat in the Big River so you could see the spires of St Louis Cathedral over the Moonwalk with your boat in the foreground? If I ever get my boat close enough to N'awlins, I'd sure give it a shot! C'est le bon temps roulette'!! Kingfish
hauptjm	posted 03-01-2001 12:01 PM ET (US) Actually if the big mud has a really high tide, I could probably manage it. Let me tell you though, maneuvering in the Mississippi any time around the big turn here is quite amazing. Add in a few 600 ft. ships, a string of 100ft. river barges (usually 5 or 6 tied end-to-end) all trying to miss one another, and you have a great menu for fun. Interestly, some biologist have discovered some weird river-life in some of the holes created in the turns by the massive currents. Some of these holes are over 700 feet deep, and apparently contain really weird species. And believe me, we have some really weird species here in the Big Easy.
kingfish	posted 03-02-2001 02:21 PM ET (US) I've seen some of them - to me, crossing Canal and going into the Vieux Carre is like entering into another country (and, at times, like entering into another planet); but there is something about it that I have to get a fix of every so often,or I lose the fiyo in the bayou... Lord, I could use a couple dozen big ones from Felix's or Acme right now!
hauptjm	posted 03-05-2001 10:21 AM ET (US) How is it you end up with the moniker of one of Louisiana's most infamous entertainers (read: politician), and know of such things as 'sliders from Acme'? You wouldn't be one of those displaced bayou boys lost in another land? Or are you one of the lucky, bitten by the hot, humid air, dripping with the intoxications of cuisine and libation? Either way, this year’s crop of bivalves are huge, salty and delicious.
kingfish	posted 03-05-2001 10:59 AM ET (US) Believe it or not, my moniker is only coincidentally related to the history of the Crescent City that I love to go back to (long and anti-climactic story). I'm a midwestern type born and bred, but I know what I like, and those oysters are part of what I like about the Big Easy. It's usually Felix's for us as soon as we are checked in, belly up to the oyster bar, 5 bucks to the shucker to get the big ones, and it's like coming home! Last time we were down we crossed the river on a tip, and drove down towards the Delta for an hour or two (Fort Jackson is down there, I think), and found a place whose name I have forgotten (name wouldn't have helped at the time, because it had blown off the roof in some previous storm and hadn't yet been replaced)but it was like a roadhouse along the highway, owned and operated by the fifth generation of the same family, as I recall. They had their own oyster beds, sold the oysters commercially, and of course stocked their place. EVERY one of their oysters were as big or bigger than the big ones at Felix's. Oh, this is tough stuff to be thinking about from so far away...gonna have to visit again, pretty soon. I know this is all mostly Off-Topic, so jimh please don't send the forum police, I'll try to be good. It's just difficult, with the subject at hand... And hauptjm, slide a couple for me!
whalernut	posted 03-05-2001 08:38 PM ET (US) Mr. Flook, may I see some ID? I am from the Classic Whaler Forum police department. It has been forwarded to me that you have violated the Classic Whaler Oyster Eating Forum Poting Code #12345! You`re penalty is to buy Whalernut a new Outboard Engine for his Currituck or be sent to WhalerGuys boat lot with lots of Cash to buy one of his Freshwater Whalers! And Mr. Flook please slow down on the roadways, I just can`t find Gull Lake! Regards-Jack Graner. He-He!
kingfish	posted 03-05-2001 10:23 PM ET (US) Jack, you cracked me up! People are gonna think you are a funny guy!
whalernut	posted 03-06-2001 04:16 PM ET (US) John, "funny" is my middle name! Glad you appreciated it! Wait a minate I just saw a flash of a Sport Utility with a 22` Outrage go by my window! Couldn`t tell who it was? Regards-Jack Graner.