tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35324813.post4188473370175561513..comments2024-03-23T03:39:09.089-07:00Comments on Construction Marketing Ideas: Change order boat mystery solvedConstruction Marketing Ideashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16968597544299489425noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35324813.post-13607513092064103452016-09-21T14:02:24.091-07:002016-09-21T14:02:24.091-07:00The "Change Order(s)" boat name is not u...The "Change Order(s)" boat name is not unique. I passed such a boat/name combination on the I-5 highway in Oregon 30 years ago. Five years later I talked to a contractor with the same boat/name combination in Watsonville, California. He assured me that his boat had never been to Oregon.<br />Parenthetically, I used to own a print shop and sometimes printed change order forms for contractors.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128640504730638655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35324813.post-48769745561447720962016-02-19T06:57:53.296-08:002016-02-19T06:57:53.296-08:00I can say "MYSTERY SOLVED" with certaint...I can say "MYSTERY SOLVED" with certainty. That photo is taken in Charlevoix, MI on Lake Charlevoix in the harbor ( called Round Lake). The gas dock is on the south side of the marina and when you leave it that is the view you get. When leaving the gas dock, I am guessing it was sometime in the 2006 - 2008 time frame, I saw the same boat and dingy there tied up in just about that same location. I took a photo because I thought - who would actually be in the business and name their boat that - unless it was a joke. I am looking for my original photo to see if it might be this one, but I am unable to locate it. I will keep looking to see if I might actually be the one who took it. Even if it is not my photo I am quite sure of the location. MSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35324813.post-57019379683194931932015-05-21T12:42:42.839-07:002015-05-21T12:42:42.839-07:00I saw this picture for the first time in 2004, not...I saw this picture for the first time in 2004, not solved...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35324813.post-17799384543262675132012-11-21T11:44:48.385-08:002012-11-21T11:44:48.385-08:00I thought I snapped this picture at Seaport Marine...I thought I snapped this picture at Seaport Marine on the Mystic River in Mystic, CT. Could be wrong. Harry Gates Gates Construction Little Ferry, NJ Now Great Lakes dredge & Dock.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02496556364658815360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35324813.post-77993539582070273322012-11-21T11:43:00.227-08:002012-11-21T11:43:00.227-08:00If I am not mistaken I shot this picture on the My...If I am not mistaken I shot this picture on the Mystic River in Mystic, CT. Harry Gates Gates Construction Corp. Little Ferry, NJ. I could be wrong.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02496556364658815360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35324813.post-84430897167015349522010-03-03T09:28:11.654-08:002010-03-03T09:28:11.654-08:00One other thing. I've seen a different photo ...One other thing. I've seen a different photo of the same boat, without the girl pictured here. Instead a tall blond guy is leaning against the boat. Just and FYI.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00823071303694811094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35324813.post-43576888171540467672010-03-03T09:24:35.237-08:002010-03-03T09:24:35.237-08:00I, for one, am not surprised the owner of this boa...I, for one, am not surprised the owner of this boat has not come forward. Change orders play prominently in many construction disputes. For an active contractor to have this photo circulating (or to own the boat in question) could prove a real credability problem in front of a jury.<br /><br />Naturally this is a joke... but so are dozens of stupid emails and comments that result in litigation or materially alter a party's position in litigation.<br /><br />Maybe this guy's made a killing and doesn't need to work. Or maybe he's an accountant, attorney or other consultant who doesn't actually issue change orders. Otherwise, I'd change the name of my boat in a big hurry!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00823071303694811094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35324813.post-60084576784594697332009-06-04T16:43:35.659-07:002009-06-04T16:43:35.659-07:00Brian Ernest responded in an email to me: "Ma...Brian Ernest responded in an email to me: "Mark<br /> <br />I can assure you that the boat was in Vermillion. I am absolutely not mixed up on the location. The picture was shot around the latter end of July 07. I attach an excerpt of my credit card record (not for publication) for the period. So I am pretty sure that it was Vermillion. I was also accompanied by another consultant who remembers the situation. So your blog friend is not correct. I don’t know if the waterway next to the Red clay is actually the Vermillion River or a canal dredged in from Lake Erie but I am positive about the restaurant location.<br /> <br />Regards<br /> <br />Brian"Construction Marketing Ideashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16968597544299489425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35324813.post-46311785602515145552009-06-04T12:51:31.537-07:002009-06-04T12:51:31.537-07:00I live in Vermilion Ohio on the river and assure y...I live in Vermilion Ohio on the river and assure you this boat is not picured in the Vermilion river across from the Red Clay. It is not the Vermilion river. Mystery not solved.trini@rpcarbone.comnoreply@blogger.com