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	Name:	longtimer -
	Subject:	private property
	Date:	2/17/2008 1:42:39 PM

It was discourteous of them to leave pools of motor oil on your dock. They should have cleaned up after themselves, and maybe they are planning to; if they're anything like me they don't carry a lot of cleaning supplies in their fishing boat.

I hope I never attain the mindset that allows me to be upset with someone who is in distress. Pools of oil can't signify anything positive; obviously these guys had some sort of mechanical problem. It's too bad that solving it soiled a small part of your pier; on the other hand, you could think of "the other guy" and be thankful that you were, in some way, there to help.

Engine problems are never fun, and fixing them is always a messy affair. But being able to get them fixed is always preferable to paddling, or to towing your boat behind you while you swim. There was a time when you knew that someone would come along and rescue you; it seems strange now, but even though there are more people and more boats on the water, the number who will go out of their way to save your day has gotten smaller. I guess many of them don't want to do anything that might get their boats, or their hands-- or their docks-- dirty.