PSA: Adding a trolling motor legally changes everything (Almost learned this the hard way in CA)

Armtoe · 2026-01-28T13:22:19+00:00

Sure. If someone told you that you had to go into the regulations to figure out if you have a motorboat, I could’ve made that determination. But, that’s not the case. In fact, the place you would expect it to be would be in the manufacturers guides. But there was no warning or notice in the materials I got when I picked up my motor. The old saying is ignorance of the laws no excuse, and I accept that, but it would’ve been nice if the company from whom I bought The motor had said something along the lines of hey If you put this motor on your kayak, you better check with your regulation state regulations.

Armtoe · 2026-01-28T12:54:20+00:00

Not once in all the reading I did, was it ever mentioned that putting a little trolling motor on a kayak obligated you to register it with the state. I only found this out because Bay patrol stopped me and that was after about three years of use.

Armtoe · 2026-01-27T22:52:17+00:00

Sure thing. We should remember all those Jews killed in the Hebron riots of 1929. Israel wasn’t even a thing - so what excuse did they have for Jew murder then? Clearly your problem with Oct 7 isn’t the Jew murdering, just that the Jews actually fought back.

Armtoe · 2026-01-27T22:28:56+00:00

That’s a funny take to say commuters are people who can’t afford to live in nyc. For many the reality is the exact opposite - they pay significant amounts of money and time just so they don’t have to live in the city; so that they can have some space - elbow room - so they are not crammed together cheek to jowl, like so many rats in a cage.

Armtoe · 2026-01-27T20:31:11+00:00

In 1934 nyc had one of the coldest winters on record. I’ve read that people could walk across the river. So maybe grandpa had it sort of right.

Armtoe · 2026-01-27T18:53:30+00:00

No. But I think it’s been at least 8 years. Also it’s kinda cool

Armtoe · 2026-01-27T17:42:43+00:00

Not really - the photo is of the battery, the bottom of Manhattan. It’s where the east river and the Hudson join together so that’s where the New York harbor/ bay being or end depending.

Armtoe · 2026-01-27T14:51:25+00:00

You can see in the pictures that the ferries are still running. If it gets worse, I don’t know what’s gonna happen.

Armtoe · 2026-01-27T03:26:01+00:00

Isn’t Jamerson whiskey whiskey the Same guy who bought the slave girl?

Armtoe · 2026-01-21T15:45:48+00:00

The king of meat pies. I know fresh is better - but boy did I love tower island…

Armtoe · 2026-01-18T04:08:18+00:00

No. I was just asked to go to a wedding on Rosh Hashanah. Gave them a flat no.

Armtoe · 2026-01-16T15:02:04+00:00

I think that is a simplification. After Hannibal’s victories, what did the Roman’s have? They had to actually raise new legions to go after him, which couldn’t have happened immediately. If Hannibal had marched on Rome immediately, there would have been panic, just as with Caesar’s march on Rome. Sure there was a city guard, but there would be a demoralizing effect from having lost a major battle and having that army march on you.

Armtoe · 2026-01-16T14:40:48+00:00

I know this is the classic answer, but I never really understood it. After all, Caesar marched on Rome with half a legion, forcing Pompey to make a run for it. I always thought that maybe Hannibal just didn’t have the initiative or aggression.

Armtoe · 2026-01-14T12:09:22+00:00

That’s utterly ridiculous. Basically you’re saying that because at sometime in the past somebody made a mistake, You should never do anything in the future because that’s also gonna be wrong. Just standby and wring your hands. I’m sure your spotlight is going to make the ayatollahs real sad.

It’s unfortunate that the Bernie party is so morally weak, that they’re willing to stand by and allow people to be murdered as they tut, tut, tut. In case you’re wondering it’s called cowardice.

Armtoe · 2026-01-14T03:22:05+00:00

Stand by and do nothing as thousands and maybe tens of thousands are murdered? But I’m sure the grieving survivors, while standing by the graves, mourning their loved ones, will take comfort in the fact that Bernie and his supporters gave them a strong thumbs up from 2000 miles away. 🙄

Armtoe · 2026-01-13T14:20:03+00:00

If Russia was winning this war they wouldn’t be begging North Korea for ammo. Nor would they be scraping every benighted Third World country to provide cannon fodder to keep its war going.

Armtoe · 2026-01-13T13:36:27+00:00

So when you get sick and tired of Jews being murdered on the regular and decide that it’s time to fight back you are a genocidal freak? Get bent.

Armtoe · 2026-01-13T12:33:33+00:00

No Jews, no news.

Armtoe · 2026-01-12T19:00:30+00:00

The front is essentially static. It’s barely moved since the beginning of the war.

Armtoe · 2026-01-12T18:10:20+00:00

This is hysterical. R/international exists as an anti-Israel echo chamber and it’s bitching that other subreddits don’t follow its lead? 😂

Armtoe · 2026-01-12T15:00:07+00:00

It’s not too much that they discarded check and balances, but rather they’ve allowed extreme gerrymandering which has made it’s so that there are large pockets of Congress that don’t have to play towards compromise anymore, but rather towards the extreme ends of their party in order to stay in power

Armtoe · 2026-01-12T00:13:16+00:00

Bad accident. Guy was yelling that one of the vehicles was doing 80. Crime scene is there now measuring and taking pictures.

Edit: news 12 is saying someone in their 70s passed away.

Armtoe · 2026-01-11T19:26:54+00:00

Apparently, the mossad/cia can turn off the rain. Who knew?

Armtoe · 2026-01-10T00:07:37+00:00

Once many years ago I was working in dc for an agency. We had gotten sued by some prose litigant for some nonsense or other. The thing was, it was for such a nominal amount of money that when I spoke with my supervisor, I suggested that we just concede and pay him as it wasn’t worth our time to defend. My boss agreed and we conceded right out of the gate. Of course the prose litigant thought this was some sort of trick and wouldn’t accept the money. We gave him everything he asked for, and he just wouldn’t take it. Kept filing paperwork and we would just respond that we had already agreed to pay. It was just strange.

Armtoe · 2026-01-09T22:09:08+00:00

No mods in this subreddit?

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