- Dec 25, 2009
- 269
I have a serious question to bring up for discussion.
I have an older neighbor. He is around 71-72, he has a 26' Cabin Cruiser of some sort and he keeps it on a trailer and takes it to the Mississippi occasionally.
He also has a large female German Shepard dog that is getting elderly as well. He is divorced and lives alone, just him and the dog. I have become friends of a fashion with him since we are both trailer boaters.
He moved back to Iowa to be close to family from the West Coast, he brought his boat and dog with him. He has been telling me that he believes that he has been put on some kind of Homeland security watch list, because his dog barked and got aggressive toward the wrong person once on a beach in San Diego Ca. a couple of years ago. He says now no matter where he goes he is confronted by people who make it their business to get in his face and complain and threaten him about his dog.
He took his boat to the Mississippi last weekend and while on a sandy beach he was tied off to a tree and the dog was tied to the anchor line to run on the beach. Several boats came and boxed him in and started being rude and abusive verbally to him about his dog who barks, but I have never seen her do more than that.
He tells me that now no matter where he goes, he is confronted by strangers who take it upon themselves to make his life miserable.
My question to you my fellow trailer boaters, is this.
Have you encountered what you would consider more rudeness while on the water in the last few years. I haven't been on the water enough to have a point of reference.
The reason I am thinking he is suffering from age related paranoia, is that my father had the same problem back in 1990 at about the same age. Is this just something that some people go through. Honestly I don't know what to make of it. Other than this, he is a very nice guy and a good friend to help out on his boat or he helps me with mine as the case may be.
I have an older neighbor. He is around 71-72, he has a 26' Cabin Cruiser of some sort and he keeps it on a trailer and takes it to the Mississippi occasionally.
He also has a large female German Shepard dog that is getting elderly as well. He is divorced and lives alone, just him and the dog. I have become friends of a fashion with him since we are both trailer boaters.
He moved back to Iowa to be close to family from the West Coast, he brought his boat and dog with him. He has been telling me that he believes that he has been put on some kind of Homeland security watch list, because his dog barked and got aggressive toward the wrong person once on a beach in San Diego Ca. a couple of years ago. He says now no matter where he goes he is confronted by people who make it their business to get in his face and complain and threaten him about his dog.
He took his boat to the Mississippi last weekend and while on a sandy beach he was tied off to a tree and the dog was tied to the anchor line to run on the beach. Several boats came and boxed him in and started being rude and abusive verbally to him about his dog who barks, but I have never seen her do more than that.
He tells me that now no matter where he goes, he is confronted by strangers who take it upon themselves to make his life miserable.
My question to you my fellow trailer boaters, is this.
Have you encountered what you would consider more rudeness while on the water in the last few years. I haven't been on the water enough to have a point of reference.
The reason I am thinking he is suffering from age related paranoia, is that my father had the same problem back in 1990 at about the same age. Is this just something that some people go through. Honestly I don't know what to make of it. Other than this, he is a very nice guy and a good friend to help out on his boat or he helps me with mine as the case may be.