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Ken James wrote:
> ... anyway the water police here
> 'intercepted' me as I rowed out to check the bilges and put me through
> the little dance they do wanting to see my boat operators lic/drivers
> lic/picture ID., registration, all my flares, horn and bell, life
> jackets, fire extinguishes, head, dingy papers and numbers, etc. then
> asking if I was living aboard (I was not at that time) and at last the
> young lady doing all the asking asked me in obvious frustration (since
> they had found no violations to give them a lever I think) "do you
have
> a job?" NOT "where are you employed?" obviously already having made up
> her mind that I was a "bum" and as such deserved less respect if not
> less rights than everybody else. In answer to her question I told
her I
> did not have a job, and just before she could spit out her next
sentence
> added I was retired and made just enough to keep me in beans,
whereupon
> the older guy in charge called her off and they left.
> I think the entire incident says a lot about the water cops attitude.
If you want to send a shiver up the back side of a pig, car, bike,
water, take your pick, you can always make the following statement
after a reasonable period of time:
"If you have probable cause, then book me, otherwise we're done here."
I've used it more than once.
Lew
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