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Posted: 9/23/2001 7:05:44 PM EDT
It said it would hold 165 pounds, and I weigh 215. That should've been my first clue that something bad was going to happen.
I was just relaxing, floating around in the lake behind my house, being "neighborhood watch"; and it sprung a leak in the main chamber. I think it might've happened when i was using the oar to scare off the attacking ducks, I dunno.
I barely made it back to my back yard, and I came out like the Swamp Thing. I got back just in time for dinner, but now I need a shower since I'm covered in lake water.


And now I need a new boat.


[:(][:)]
Link Posted: 9/23/2001 7:08:23 PM EDT
[#1]
When you going to tell the backpack story?
Link Posted: 9/23/2001 7:10:23 PM EDT
[#2]
If you would have had your rifle along.You could have shot a hole in the bottom to let the water out.
Link Posted: 9/23/2001 7:10:58 PM EDT
[#3]
Some other time. Right now I had to tell the boat story instead.
Link Posted: 9/23/2001 7:11:27 PM EDT
[#4]
You needed a good dunking to extinguish the backpack.
Link Posted: 9/23/2001 7:35:20 PM EDT
[#5]
If nobody cares about my little boat story, how am I supposed to tell the backpack one?
Link Posted: 9/23/2001 7:37:24 PM EDT
[#6]
Treetop. Dont most boats have a safety factor built in?  I think you might want to reweigh yourself.
Link Posted: 9/23/2001 7:37:56 PM EDT
[#7]
I once used a ladder with a 200 lb. max limit and I was pegging 275. Guess what happened?
Link Posted: 9/23/2001 7:39:52 PM EDT
[#8]
Quoted:
I once used a ladder with a 200 lb. max limit and I was pegging 275. Guess what happened?
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Like TT, you need to buy another?
Link Posted: 9/23/2001 7:42:04 PM EDT
[#9]
You didn't build up the proper level of interest in your boat story. Maybe a teaser thread, then a poll to tell your boat story, then maybe people will care.
Link Posted: 9/23/2001 7:44:54 PM EDT
[#10]
i enjoyed the boat story...even without any hype.
Link Posted: 9/23/2001 7:48:48 PM EDT
[#11]
I still don't think a flaming backpack story exists.
Link Posted: 9/23/2001 8:01:05 PM EDT
[#12]
ALL YOUR FLAMING BACKPACK STORY ARE BELONG TO US!
ALL YOUR FLAMING BACKPACK STORY ARE BELONG TO US!
ALL YOUR FLAMING BACKPACK STORY ARE BELONG TO US!!!

Better hurry and tell the friggin' story, before I pull out the Big Book of Annoying Teenage Phrases.
[soapbox]
Link Posted: 9/23/2001 8:03:21 PM EDT
[#13]
Where'd ya find water in Az?
In this part of the state a lake is anything that holds more than 10 gals of water long enough to tell someone about.[:D]

Edited to add:
The backpack story sounds interesting, been reading about it forever.
Link Posted: 9/23/2001 8:04:12 PM EDT
[#14]
... lake? backyard? Arizona?

[0j] [0j] [0j] [0j]
... sounds like a fishy story to me!
[0j] [0j] [0j] [0j]
Link Posted: 9/23/2001 8:07:28 PM EDT
[#15]
Quoted:
Quoted:
I once used a ladder with a 200 lb. max limit and I was pegging 275. Guess what happened?
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Like TT, you need to buy another?
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It was aluminum, so it bent, collapsed, and I fell into a rose bush. Luckily, I had on a heavy jacket so I only had to pull thorns out of my ass.
Link Posted: 9/23/2001 8:12:24 PM EDT
[#16]
Quoted:
... lake? backyard? Arizona?
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It's a man-made lake, and not exactly huge. There's a few of them in my neighborhood, joining all of the neighbors by their back yards.
I've got a picture I took in the daytime, I'll upload it and post it here.
Link Posted: 9/23/2001 8:19:01 PM EDT
[#17]
Quoted:
ALL YOUR FLAMING BACKPACK STORY ARE BELONG TO US!
ALL YOUR FLAMING BACKPACK STORY ARE BELONG TO US!
ALL YOUR FLAMING BACKPACK STORY ARE BELONG TO US!!!
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Let the BACKPACK hit the floor
Let the BACKPACK hit the floor
Let the BACKPACK hit the floor
Let the BACKPACK hit the floor

One - Nothing wrong with me
Two - Nothing wrong with me
Three - Nothing wrong with me
Four - Nothing wrong with me

One - Something's got to give
Two - Something's got to give
Three - Something's got to give
Now Tell the FLAMING BACKPACK Story, Please[50]
Link Posted: 9/23/2001 8:21:39 PM EDT
[#18]
Here's a daytime pic of the lake where my boat sank tonight.
[img]wsphotofews.excite.com/033/7b/6S/ck/iN44539.jpg[/img]

It curves around the other side of the houses on the left, it's kind of a "U" shape.
It's pretty cool to float around out there when it's dark out...



But I need a new boat now.
Link Posted: 9/23/2001 8:38:55 PM EDT
[#19]
Nice Digs.

It's good to be the king, even when you have to go down with your ship. If you come by Arkansas I can fix you up with a leaky duck boat. It may sink but it'll be slow.

Btw. Tell the backpack story, I'v been following the threads for too long now.
Link Posted: 9/23/2001 8:39:24 PM EDT
[#20]
That's pretty cool...
you should get a paddle boat, they sell them at costco sometimes for around $450 you and the wife could paddle around in it....
take it easy...


John
Link Posted: 9/23/2001 8:44:11 PM EDT
[#21]
If you had been sitting at your computer typein gth eflaming backpack story, none of these bad things would have happened - you'd still have your boat, you would be dry for dinner, and wouldn't need a shower ...

Moral of the boat story is:

Tell one story before living another

Give with the backpack story before something really bad happens :)

Link Posted: 9/23/2001 10:41:39 PM EDT
[#22]
If you would have gone to taco bell before going on that boat, you would have had an emergency reserve of 20psi to make your pants boyant. I used to play submarine in the pool like that.
Link Posted: 9/23/2001 10:50:02 PM EDT
[#23]
If you get breast implants say the size of pam anderson's, you could use them as flotation devices.
Link Posted: 9/24/2001 1:45:56 AM EDT
[#24]
Link Posted: 9/24/2001 1:59:32 AM EDT
[#25]
If we're not supposed to eat animals, why are they made out of MEAT?

Oh yeah. Sorry about the S.S. Minnow, little buddy. [;)]
Link Posted: 9/24/2001 6:09:08 AM EDT
[#26]
Quoted:
I was just relaxing, floating around in the lake behind my house, being "neighborhood watch"......
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Well, I'm impressed. I've never known anyone in the Neighborhood Watch [i]Navy[/i] before.[:D]
Link Posted: 9/24/2001 5:10:51 PM EDT
[#27]
It's the new Covert Ops neighborhood watch Seal Team......
Link Posted: 9/24/2001 5:15:17 PM EDT
[#28]
Link Posted: 9/24/2001 5:38:07 PM EDT
[#29]
Looks like a mosquito nest to me.
Link Posted: 9/24/2001 6:08:00 PM EDT
[#30]
Huh?  Treetop's in AZ?


*checks out user profile*


Hmmm...maybe the neighbors know about this alledged flaming backpack story...

Is that pic at like Val Vista Lakes or something?
Link Posted: 9/24/2001 6:49:40 PM EDT
[#31]
I know for sure there's big stinking Catfish in there. I was watching 2 of them yesterday when I was feeding the ducks from the back gate.
One of the neighbors said they caught a [brown]brown trout[/brown] a while back. I laughed, but didn't explain why. I guess there's really such thing as a [brown]brown trout[/brown].

[:D]
Link Posted: 9/24/2001 9:42:22 PM EDT
[#32]
Can you run R/C boats in that lake, gas boats specifically? Or would everyone complain? These boats are a lot more fun. [;D]
Link Posted: 9/24/2001 9:49:50 PM EDT
[#33]
Quoted:
I know for sure there's big stinking Catfish in there. I was watching 2 of them yesterday when I was feeding the ducks from the back gate.
One of the neighbors said they caught a [brown]brown trout[/brown] a while back. I laughed, but didn't explain why. I guess there's really such thing as a [brown]brown trout[/brown].
[:D]
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No no no...we don't want to hear a [b]Neighborhood Watch Navy Recon Mission story[/b], we want to hear [b]the[/b] flaming backpack story...

..teehee
Link Posted: 9/24/2001 9:54:19 PM EDT
[#34]
Quoted:
If nobody cares about my little boat story, how am I supposed to tell the backpack one?
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Man that BOAT STORY that Treetop told was AWESOME!!

I'll be telling that one to the grandkids.

I fact I'll have to tell them about the time Treetop was at the airport and ..........
?????????????????????????
Link Posted: 9/24/2001 9:58:08 PM EDT
[#35]
Quoted:
[img]wsphotofews.excite.com/033/7b/6S/ck/iN44539.jpg[/img]
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Is that a BACKPACK I see on the back porch of that house on the right ??????
Link Posted: 9/24/2001 10:02:28 PM EDT
[#36]
Quoted:
Quoted:
[img]wsphotofews.excite.com/033/7b/6S/ck/iN44539.jpg[/img]
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Is that a BACKPACK I see on the back porch of that house on the right ??????
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and it's on fire.[flame]
Link Posted: 9/24/2001 10:05:06 PM EDT
[#37]
BigPig- No gasoline engines of any kind on the lake. [:(]

I'm pretty sure that means Jet-Skis too.
Link Posted: 9/24/2001 10:27:52 PM EDT
[#38]
Quoted:
Is that a BACKPACK I see on the back porch of that house on the right ??????
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Y'know...I think that [b]is[/b] a backback over there...the one on fire...just past the sinking [b]Neighborhood Assault Boat![/b]

[img]http://www.southwick.org/pb2/treetopsadventure.jpg[/img]
Link Posted: 9/24/2001 10:33:43 PM EDT
[#39]
Quoted:
Quoted:
Is that a BACKPACK I see on the back porch of that house on the right ??????
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Y'know...I think that [b]is[/b] a backback over there...the one on fire...just past the sinking [b]Neighborhood Assault Boat![/b]

[img]http://www.southwick.org/pb2/treetopsadventure.jpg[/img]
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God damn yall are quick.
Link Posted: 9/24/2001 10:43:43 PM EDT
[#40]


Y'know...I think that [b]is[/b] a backback over there...the one on fire...just past the sinking [b]Neighborhood Assault Boat![/b]

[img]http://www.southwick.org/pb2/treetopsadventure.jpg[/img][/quote]

ROFLMAO!!!

Tyler
Link Posted: 9/24/2001 10:53:54 PM EDT
[#41]
OK, let's start the sing-along...

Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale,
A tale of a fateful trip
that started at this desert port
aboard this tiny ship.

The mate was a mighty sailing man,
the skipper brave and sure.
Five passengers set sail that day for a three hour tour.
A three hour tour...

The weather started getting rough.
the tiny ship was tossed.
If not for the courage of the fearless crew, the Minnow would be lost.
The Minnow would be lost.

The ship set ground on the shore of this uncharted desert isle,
With TREETOP,
The Skipper, too.
The Millionaire and his wife,
the Movie Star,
the Professor and Mary Anne.

Here on TREETOP's Isle!!
Link Posted: 9/25/2001 5:20:45 PM EDT
[#42]
All he needs now is a hat...

[img]http://www.southwick.org/pb2/capntreetop.gif[/img]
Link Posted: 9/25/2001 8:01:44 PM EDT
[#43]
[:D] You guys are too much!!
Link Posted: 9/25/2001 8:13:48 PM EDT
[#44]
Quoted:
All he needs now is a hat...

[img]http://www.southwick.org/pb2/capntreetop.gif[/img]
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... Hey Treetop. Is that a 9/16" diameter tongue stud???
Link Posted: 9/25/2001 8:26:27 PM EDT
[#45]
We will wear you down!  And get the flaming backpack story!  Resistance is futile!

muahahahahaha!



*still laughing maniacally as men in white lab coats drag me off*

Link Posted: 9/25/2001 8:52:31 PM EDT
[#46]
Fire up the grill. Bratty's a fine fisherwoman.

mmmm....grilled catfish.

D.
Link Posted: 12/25/2001 3:48:24 PM EDT
[#47]
Link Posted: 12/25/2001 4:40:32 PM EDT
[#48]
Ummm guy's whats up with the :Posted 09-25-01 and 09-26-01 ???

It stopped with Striker's reply...back to 12-25-01.



Any hooo...TREETOP, You did clean your Trouser Trout...Didn't you??? [:O]
Link Posted: 12/25/2001 5:01:15 PM EDT
[#49]
oh my god, he is trying to smuggle water on the boat!!!SIR YOU CANNOT BRING WATER ON THE BOAT!!
Link Posted: 12/25/2001 7:12:36 PM EDT
[#50]
Thanks Striker!

I asked him to bring it up, since it was beyond my search abilities.

The reason this thread has a new interest to me is:

[green][size=4][b]I got a brand new boat for Christmas!!![/b][/size=4][/green][:D]

Wahooooo!!!

My mom sent out a 4-person inflatable that's over 9 feet long, to replace my little one-man raft that popped. I'd forgotten that I even mentioned it to her, and it was a great surprise. She told me I'm supposed to take my fiancee out on a "romantic cruise" around the neighborhood lakes, and included an Andrea Bocelli CD, a bottle of sparkling cider, and some chocolates. What a great mom.[:)]

I'll post some new pics once it's on the water. It's a little cold out right now...
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