I'm a bit fired up about the amount of boater trash at the San Juan hole. There is always a problem with litter there (especailly on the clay bank side) but recently I've been seeing a lot of boater specific trash. Power bar wrappers, minicell foam, duct tape, etc. I know that place can get to be a mess but that's no reason for us to contribute. I consider that spot my backyard. It gets losts of use and it can show it at times. I think I can speak for most boaters that use that spot when I say YOU ARE NOT WELCOME IF YOU CAN'T PICK UP AFTER YOURSELF.

not too long ago some boaters drank, then left, a bunch of beer bottles on the bank there. now i'm all for beer post-boating, but come on...

Any time officialdom sees people having too much fun they decide it must be illegal; or at least immoral. Don't give 'em an excuse to restrict access to the wave. Pick up after yourself. If possible, carry out more than you brought in. Besides all that, it's just the right thing to do.

After only a few months, trash is starting to accumulate at the Reno park. Along with the San Juan guys, lets make a conscience effort to keep our playspots clean!

Hear Hear!!! Boaters who litter ARE scumbags. But we need to change their behaviour rather than slit their throats.

On a side topic, it seems that fewer and fewer people in America know how to use an apostrophe correctly.
"Are boater's that litter scumbags?" Is an incorrect useage of the apostrophe. The apostrophe is generally used to denote posession. As in "it was Bob's boat that had all the trash flying out of it") Occasionally, the apostrophe is used in the case of a contraction. as in it's not time to slit Bob's throat for littering just yet". The contraction, in this case, is the joining of "It" and "Is" to produce "it's". Very well, gentle readers, you see how this inappropriate useage can lead to miscommunication....

Sincerely, Miss Manners.

Yep I never submit a comment without jacking it up somehow.

Could you please explain how it works with it's? Is it, it is or the possessive for it?

Also could you help me out with the difference between you'ns and you'll?

As far as the throat slashing goes I'm with you...that is (boy, was I tempted to use that's but thought I'd make sure) a bit over board. It reads slash spray skirt though.

I actually do try to proof read my posts before throwing them out to the world but I always miss something.

see, something always gets messed up...

Why, Ceoitainly:

"Could you please explain how it works with it's? Is it, it is or the possessive for it?"

Of course, dear reader, this circumstance can call for either the possesive or the contraction, whichever is intended. And as intended is as intended does, more often the contextual appreciation of the sentence structure in question is of paramount importance....

"Also could you help me out with the difference between you'ns and you'll?"

You'll is, of course, the contraction of "you will" (slang). you'ns can be either "you ones", or, in the case of corn liquor drinkers in the deep, deep south, (say, near the Ocoee) an severely inebriated contraction for "young'uns"

As ever,
Miss Manners.

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Have you ever wondered what an apostrophe is good for? It seems like an unnecessary waste of time to use it. I cant < think of a single instance where the context of the sentence wouldnt <(oops--double negative AND no apostrophe) tell me whether the words < possessive, plural or a contraction.

Another question. If our current grammatical rules are the "correct" way to communicate, how did we get from Geoffrey Chaucers < use of the language to todays < style? I'll answer my own question: Truly talented people, who understood the art of communication, realized that grammar should be used only as a rough guideline. The genuinely gifted wordsmiths (I don't pretend to be one) refused to be restrained by the abitrary rules of the day. I suspect that many authors didnt < even bother to learn much more than the basics. Why let a series of illogical rules get in the way of true artistry?

Anyway, back to trash on the river. I "play" at the San Juan wave fairly regularly and know many of the boaters who show up there. Most are responsible in their actions. Because the trash is so visible, however, the few irresponsible boaters can leave quite an impact. I only see two possibilities. One is to carry out more trash than you brought in. The other is, when you catch someone littering, you beat the shit out of them.

Actually, I think it is a savior of time.

In the classic Orwell novel "1984", the language has been parsed down to include only a few hundred words, so that even the most feeble minded sub-epsilon semi-moron class can speak the native tongue with ease....Is this, gentle reader, the type of linguistic "evolution" you propose???

As ever,
Miss Manners.

This is one of the reasons why message boards turn sour. The grammer police.
If you don't uderstand what I am trying to say, just move along.
This board is about boating, it isn't a grade school grammer class.

Back to the original topic...
Well thanks to the help of rising flows a lot of the trash at the Juan is now headed to a better place. I'm sure a new equilibrium will be set though and the piles will start building again.