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Created by petermac33 > 9 months ago, 2 Dec 2009
petermac33
WA, 6415 posts
2 Dec 2009 10:11PM
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got caught downwind as breeze dropped and unable to get back to carpark. around 7.15pm so i asked a kiter with 4 door ute if he could give me a lift back to carpark.
took one look at me and said your too wet.
it was a late model 40k ute but reckon karma is heading that guys way shortly.

doggie
WA, 15849 posts
3 Dec 2009 10:19AM
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I would have givin u a lift Pete

DunkO
NSW, 1150 posts
3 Dec 2009 1:26PM
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Karma already has him....he kites

upwind
QLD, 166 posts
3 Dec 2009 5:30PM
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what a warm kind wunnerful human being

leftfield
WA, 200 posts
3 Dec 2009 4:37PM
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petermac33 said...

got caught downwind as breeze dropped and unable to get back to carpark. around 7.15pm so i asked a kiter with 4 door ute if he could give me a lift back to carpark.
took one look at me and said your too wet.
it was a late model 40k ute but reckon karma is heading that guys way shortly.


How far was the walk...

cisco
QLD, 12365 posts
3 Dec 2009 8:45PM
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No bad karma for the $40k dual cab driver, particularly if his seats are cloth or leather.

He has created his own set of problems.

You chose to be a windsufferer, so learn to suffer what a windsufferer suffers.

Have you ever had to drag a landyacht a kilometer or more back up the beach?? Not fun.

As with everything, the upside makes the downside worth it.

P.S. I have actually wind surfed in the dim dark past of 1980 at Club Med Noumea at which time I determined that wind surfing was not an activity I would persue long term. Cheers.

saltiest1
NSW, 2575 posts
3 Dec 2009 11:38PM
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soft bogan.

petermac33
WA, 6415 posts
3 Dec 2009 8:57PM
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walk was not long around a 1km,just tired.
yes you appreciate the upside more when you can remember.
the downsides.

tried my 6.7m severne c/ red today for first time,what a heavy feeling mother/f..er.

now thats a real downside, cant wait to get back on my rs6 5.8m. half the weight, way more topspeed.

6.7m c/red near new $425.00

Idiot
WA, 577 posts
3 Dec 2009 10:42PM
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petermac33 said...

...took one look at me and said your too wet.
it was a late model 40k ute but reckon karma is heading that guys way shortly.


Come on man, if you buy an expensive car would you let some stranger dude sit with his wet wetsuit on your car's sit?

It wasn't me but ... , bring your expectation from people down and live easier mate

petermac33
WA, 6415 posts
4 Dec 2009 1:20AM
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most people for a stranger no. for a fellow sailor 50/50.

it would have been a nice thing to do all the same, for a really nice person.

saltiest1
NSW, 2575 posts
4 Dec 2009 10:22AM
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Idiot said...

petermac33 said...

...took one look at me and said your too wet.
it was a late model 40k ute but reckon karma is heading that guys way shortly.


Come on man, if you buy an expensive car would you let some stranger dude sit with his wet wetsuit on your car's sit?

It wasn't me but ... , bring your expectation from people down and live easier mate


i do. thats what towels are for.

Radmac
WA, 201 posts
4 Dec 2009 8:07AM
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Would have been a 4x4 ute ...... not allowed to get them dirty.

Poor fella would have copped it from his missus on the school run next morning

Now it had been my old commode, no problems ..... that goes everywhere.

Sailhack
VIC, 5000 posts
4 Dec 2009 5:52PM
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Wouldn't he even let you sit on the tray?

To add, I don't even let myself sit in the seats in my old ute (cloth seats) when I'm wet...

NowindSurfer
WA, 163 posts
4 Dec 2009 2:56PM
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i have a bunkie peice of snot i use my good car is in the shed its cheap of feul and often i drive home in my wetsuit !!!! your lucky is want a long SWIM lol

Mark _australia
WA, 23746 posts
4 Dec 2009 3:43PM
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Sailhack said...

Wouldn't he even let you sit on the tray?

To add, I don't even let myself sit in the seats in my old ute (cloth seats) when I'm wet...


agreed, I thought maybe I was missing something here..... why not sit in the tray?
The ute driver could at least have said "yeah no problems but you have to go in the back cos you're wet"

Gestalt
QLD, 14995 posts
4 Dec 2009 5:50PM
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it must be a WA thing [}:)]


i had to ditch my gear in the bay and got a lift from a guy in a ute who also cracked me a beer!

top bloke that one.

doggie
WA, 15849 posts
4 Dec 2009 3:53PM
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Ive got a L300 4x4 van, hehe I could have taken you and all ya gear no matter how wet and sandy thats what I love about my van chuck all ya gear in the back done, oh and wet windsurfer blokes who cant get back to their car

Mark _australia
WA, 23746 posts
4 Dec 2009 3:54PM
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Gestalt said...

it must be a WA thing [}:)]


i had to ditch my gear in the bay and got a lift from a guy in a ute who also cracked me a beer!

top bloke that one.




Nah think it is a kiter and perth thing.
Gestie you'd get the same great treatement at any of the non metro wavesailing spots that are not secret (both of them)

Gestalt
QLD, 14995 posts
4 Dec 2009 5:57PM
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lol,

petermac33
WA, 6415 posts
4 Dec 2009 6:17PM
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it was a tray that had a open + close on it.a hardtop i think they call it.

i thought he probably would say no, was so tired thought i ask anyway.

were i ever to own a new car and someone dripping wet were to ask nicely for a lift, i would not have the heart to say no.

its a crazy world, people will gladly drink the fluoride in the water, the artificial sweetners in soft drinks but will be aghast at sitting in there precious car in a wet wetsuit.

your health is all that matters.



cisco
QLD, 12365 posts
5 Dec 2009 4:29AM
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petermac33 said...

most people for a stranger no. for a fellow sailor 50/50.

it would have been a nice thing to do all the same, for a really nice person.


If it had been me I would have at least let you ride in the tray as long as you agreed to pay the possible fine.

DunkO
NSW, 1150 posts
5 Dec 2009 10:24AM
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cisco said...

petermac33 said...

most people for a stranger no. for a fellow sailor 50/50.

it would have been a nice thing to do all the same, for a really nice person.


If it had been me I would have at least let you ride in the tray as long as you agreed to pay the possible fine.


then you could keep the misus company...oops, i meant dog.



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