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04/03/2006 08:05:00 PM · #1 |
There have been a number of "where's the skiff?" comments. In the interests of full disclosure, I must admit that I dragged the skiff to shore, dismantled it, and constructed the cattails from the shards of the skiff. I was extremely fortunate to have completed the task before sunset. I'm currently being sued by the owner of the skiff, but it was worth it for a virtual blue ribbon :-)
Robt.
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04/03/2006 08:09:46 PM · #2 |
ok I'll bite.
What is skiff?
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04/03/2006 08:12:00 PM · #3 |
A skiff is a small boat, and I am famous for having them in my high-scoring images.
Robt.
  
Message edited by author 2006-04-03 20:14:44.
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04/03/2006 08:13:29 PM · #4 |
A skiff is a small boat, such as the rowboat seen in many of the great images Robert has previously shared with us.
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04/03/2006 08:15:19 PM · #5 |
Huh....I have always heard it called a "boat" or a "small boat"
Great shot anyway. Maybe not having a boat gave you the ability to win.
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04/03/2006 08:26:01 PM · #6 |
| Congrats on the win. Lucky skiff... |
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04/03/2006 08:27:37 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
I must admit that I dragged the skiff to shore, dismantled it, and constructed the cattails from the shards of the skiff.
Robt. |
I am totally lost by that statement.
But congrats, its an awesome photo. |
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04/03/2006 08:32:42 PM · #8 |
FWIW, when I scored this (high) I almost commented that it was a Bear_Music image, but decided against it.
(gasp) There was a slight possibility I could have been wrong!
However, I do know a skiff when I see one, and those cattails are NO skiff!
;-)
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04/03/2006 09:02:53 PM · #9 |
Brother Bear...dude.
I thought we were with the understanding that that skiff was the flagship to our invasion of England. WHAT HAPPENED?
You dismantled the flagship for a prop? My god bro, what ever you are drinking I want some.
As for England, I guess 'Plan 9' is going to have to do for now.
Anyway, nice cattails, good on ya getting the blue. I just hope we can get some zombies to make 'Plan 9' work.
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04/03/2006 09:10:35 PM · #10 |
Lloyd Bensen put it in perspective back in the 1988 vice presidential debates when he said, "Cattails, I served with the Skiff, I knew the Skiff, the Skiff was a friend of mine. Cattails, you are no Skiff!"
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04/03/2006 09:14:56 PM · #11 |
| Bear, the phragmites makes the shot (not cattails, this time of year they would have blown up in your face picking them) Van |
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04/03/2006 09:46:27 PM · #12 |
Damn invasive species!
Originally posted by vtruan:
Bear, the phragmites makes the shot (not cattails, this time of year they would have blown up in your face picking them) Van |
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04/03/2006 10:33:20 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
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So what did the original look like, huh? Afraid to show us, aren't ya? Go ahead, make our day!
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04/03/2006 10:37:32 PM · #14 |
| Oh, my, you're so inventive. And here I thought the cattails were all natural. |
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04/03/2006 10:49:10 PM · #15 |
| It has been rumored that there are indeed several skiffs in this photo. Clever camoflaging, a skill plied early on in the colonies, has made them virtually impossible to see by human and duck eyes. One of the conspiracy theories even argues this picture was taken from one of the skiffs serving as a deviously disguised duck blind. The truth will out... |
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04/03/2006 11:09:10 PM · #16 |
A slip of the pen can be forgiven, Bear, didn't you mean to say 'infamous'? :D |
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04/03/2006 11:25:47 PM · #17 |
Originally posted by vtruan:
Bear, the phragmites makes the shot (not cattails, this time of year they would have blown up in your face picking them) Van |
Van's actually got it right. These are Phragmites, and they are not a native species. "Cattails" sounds so much better though, and they certainly are picturesque. Nevertheless, there's a concerted attempt going on to get them out of our local wetlands.
R.
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04/04/2006 05:48:29 AM · #18 |
Something is rattling around in my skull about a skiff possibly being a flat-bottomed boat... Is that in any way accurate or is it just a tumbleweed rolling through seld used territory?
Incidentally, I'm kinda surprised it didn't get a DQ request for removal of major objects on the assumption that a skiff would be present... : |
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04/04/2006 06:08:12 AM · #19 |
yes...huge congrats bear on a very well deserved, and very long time commin' ribbon.I must admit, as soon as i saw the shot i was pretty sure it was yours, but the missing skiff did throw me off. I thought for a second someone found your honey spot and claimed it for themselves
;) heehee
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04/04/2006 06:30:35 AM · #20 |
My dictionary says that a skiff is a "small light boat". None of the boats in Bear's pictures seem to have lights, so it's my theory that they are not skiffs at all. Perhaps they are dinghies, or maybe even dories. I'd even take a runabout.  |
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04/04/2006 06:39:51 AM · #21 |
Originally posted by Pug-H:
My dictionary says that a skiff is a "small light boat". None of the boats in Bear's pictures seem to have lights, so it's my theory that they are not skiffs at all. Perhaps they are dinghies, or maybe even dories. I'd even take a runabout. |
Being raised on the Bay, I see tons. Pug, I think they mean "light" as in not "heavy". It is a small boat, can even have a motor, or can just be used with oars. Skiffs are generally very light in weight and can usually be carried by hand. Nowadays, they even call a boat with a good sized motor on it a skiff.
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04/04/2006 06:46:21 AM · #22 |
You could also call them a punt I think. Like in the navy, we had 'paint punts', which were little boats the deck apes would use to go around and add layers of paint to the hull of the ship.
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04/04/2006 06:51:07 AM · #23 |
Van's actually got it right. These are Phragmites, and they are not a native species. "Cattails" sounds so much better though, and they certainly are picturesque. Nevertheless, there's a concerted attempt going on to get them out of our local wetlands.
R. [/quote]
And here as well. Our beachline and creeks are covered with them. They come thru each year and thin them out, yet they make for wonderful additions to a photo.
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04/04/2006 07:53:48 AM · #24 |
The term "skiff" properly refers to a small, flat-bottomed boat with a pointed bow. If the bow is squared off, it becomes a "pram". The boat in "skiff at sunset" is actually a skiff. The others are just small boats. But speaking more generally, where I come from (Southern California) we'd refer to any smallish, outboard-powered craft as a skiff, so I tend to do that. I'm sure the locals here on the Cape would not agree with me :-)
Robt.
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04/04/2006 07:57:26 AM · #25 |
Bear...not to change the subject on what a 'skiff' is.
Don't you ever sleep? My god man, I am up early because my career demands it. But, when I went to bed, you were still on line.
Come on now, get some shut eye. We are depending on you for the invasion of England.
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