THT Guy Looking For RLDT

Freebird · Post by **Freebird** » Apr 8th, '16, 12:59

Howdy fellers, long time no post. Just happened across this thread on THT the other day and suggested he stop in. Not sure if he did, but I thought some of you may have an interest in his thread.

http://www.thehulltruth.com/boating-for ... ost8907597

STraenkle · Post by **STraenkle** » Apr 8th, '16, 13:38

Haven't heard the term RLDT for quite a while, wonder what happened to Thudddd. wonder if his Hat is still a planter. Quiz for the new guys if they can guess what RLDT stands for.

Dug · Post by **Dug** » Apr 8th, '16, 14:30

I have to wait until some of the new guys take a guess. That is a classic acronym... Thuddddd is well and alive (believe it or not!!!). He spends most of his days luxuriating with high end drink, skiing on bum knees, and hunting with highly trained and skilled dogs for little birdies in the woods of northern new England and new York. All in all, living the life!

Not boating so much... unless its with others, which is not so dumb financially...

Cannot wait to see the guesses!!!!

D

Freebird · Post by **Freebird** » Apr 8th, '16, 15:48

I had wondered if the Thudddster was still playing on this forum, but I won't give away the acronym. He and I are Facebook friends, and he has become a political analist. Yes, I spelled it that way on porpoise.

Terry Frank · Post by **Terry Frank** » Apr 8th, '16, 21:17

I know the answer. Will hold out though.

Navatech · Post by **Navatech** » Apr 8th, '16, 21:55

Please enlighten me, what does RLDT mean?!...

Tony Meola · Post by **Tony Meola** » Apr 8th, '16, 22:59

Navatech wrote:Please enlighten me, what does RLDT mean?!...

Nav

Sorry, but you will have to wait until we have a guess or two.

Remember this, seek and yee shall find.

White Bear · Post by **White Bear** » Apr 9th, '16, 06:03

I'm not telling.

IRGuy · Post by **IRGuy** » Apr 9th, '16, 09:45

I remember!

Navatech · Post by **Navatech** » Apr 9th, '16, 09:47

I used the search function of the site...

Freebird · Post by **Freebird** » Apr 9th, '16, 10:02

Navatech wrote:I used the search function of the site...

CHEATER!!! :)

Well hell, now that the search thing has reared its ugly head, I'll spill the beans. After all, I'm the one who brought up.

RLDT = Rolling Little Death Trap

BTW, I talked to Thudddster and told him his ears should be burning. Also confirmed the Hatt is still a really nice piece of yard art. :)

Navatech · Post by **Navatech** » Apr 9th, '16, 16:00

Freebird wrote:CHEATER!!! :)

Cheating would have been pretending I hadn't used the search function!... ;-)

Bruce · Post by **Bruce** » Apr 9th, '16, 21:20

Hey Pat, where's that pic of the back of the fuel tank I dragged to the flop house we decorated with graffiti.

Tony Meola · Post by **Tony Meola** » Apr 9th, '16, 22:45

Memories

We used to have some good pot stirrers on here.

Freebird · Post by **Freebird** » Apr 10th, '16, 08:05

Navatech wrote:
Cheating would have been pretending I hadn't used the search function!... ;-)

No, that would have been lying. ;-)

If you boys miss pot stirring, I'll be happy to remind you of the superiority of a Hatteras. Well, except for Thuddd's, but that thing will never roll in his yard and kill all those pretty flowers he planted in the hull.

Yannis · Post by **Yannis** » Apr 10th, '16, 12:21

Newbies may not know what the acronym means; what if they dont even understand what the explanation is ! is it a boat? A 31 ?

Freebird · Post by **Freebird** » Apr 10th, '16, 14:20

Yannis wrote:Newbies may not know what the acronym means; what if they dont even understand what the explanation is ! is it a boat? A 31 ?

I just assumed that people would click on the link. Guy is looking for a 28 Bertram aka RLDT. Is Randall still playing with you guys after selling his?

Tony Meola · Post by **Tony Meola** » Apr 10th, '16, 23:43

Randall pops in from time to time. I guess we heard from a couple of months ago.

Yannis

Timmy or better known as Thudd, because of the sound he made after hitting the floor from trying to hoist one to many,was or maybe still is a hatterass lover. He called our beloved 31 a rolling little death trap.

Old Uncle Vic God rest his sole had another name for the 28. By the way old Uncle UV was a 31 lover and was know to tell the boys at Bertramthst they lost their way.

Yannis · Post by **Yannis** » Apr 11th, '16, 00:12

Tony, thanks.

So, I was right by assuming that this acronym referred to a 31 !

As for UV's nickname for the 28, was it a "Hyena boat" or something along these lines?

Freebird · Post by **Freebird** » Apr 11th, '16, 07:48

Tony Meola wrote:Randall pops in from time to time. I guess we heard from a couple of months ago.

Yannis

Timmy or better known as Thudd, because of the sound he made after hitting the floor from trying to hoist one to many,was or maybe still is a hatterass lover. He called our beloved 31 a rolling little death trap.

Old Uncle Vic God rest his sole had another name for the 28. By the way old Uncle UV was a 31 lover and was know to tell the boys at Bertramthst they lost their way.

Hmmm, my bad. I thought RLDT was devoted to the 28 (which would be much more appropriate), but maybe RLDT in regard to a 31 means Rolling Larger Death Trap. ;-)

Rawleigh · Post by **Rawleigh** » Apr 11th, '16, 14:29

Yes, UV called the 28 the Hyena boat because it always looked like it was dragging its @$$!

scot · Post by **scot** » Apr 11th, '16, 14:41

What did happen to the Thuddster?? He was good for a laugh. Even worse if you talked to him on the phone LOL

TailhookTom · Post by **TailhookTom** » Apr 11th, '16, 16:05

Scott:

He's fallen and can't get up?

Tom

CaptPatrick · Post by **CaptPatrick** » Apr 11th, '16, 17:47

Bruce wrote:Hey Pat, where's that pic of the back of the fuel tank I dragged to the flop house we decorated with graffiti.

Don't know, I tried searching it up but no luck. It's buried somewhere on a Ft Lauderdale boat show post pertaining to Capt. DQ

Tony Meola · Post by **Tony Meola** » Apr 11th, '16, 20:20

TailhookTom wrote:Scott:

He's fallen and can't get up?

Tom

Appropriate

Someone please tell Timmy he is being picked on. Maybe he will come back for a laugh or two.

34Hatt · Post by **34Hatt** » Apr 13th, '16, 12:47

Boy this place is really going to hell now !

Thuddd knows we still talk about him talked to him a month or two ago he helped me with some technical question on replacing my side windows. His boat is still a planter he should have taken Capt Pat's offer of his chain saw dam shame but things change and he has been staying busy. I tried to get him to Greenport last summer during the 2 rendezvous offered him a bunk and all but no go, maybe one day?

Tony Meola · Post by **Tony Meola** » Apr 13th, '16, 21:41

34Hatt wrote:Boy this place is really going to hell now !

Thuddd knows we still talk about him talked to him a month or two ago he helped me with some technical question on replacing my side windows. His boat is still a planter he should have taken Capt Pat's offer of his chain saw dam shame but things change and he has been staying busy. I tried to get him to Greenport last summer during the 2 rendezvous offered him a bunk and all but no go, maybe one day?

Dan

To get him to Greenport, just tell him the boys are saying he is afraid to play with the big boys.

STraenkle · Post by **STraenkle** » Apr 14th, '16, 07:23

Dan, next time your see Timmy, tell him I said hi and I'm still down on the cape. Hell if you can get him to Greenport, I may make the run there.

Scott

Stephan · Post by **Stephan** » Apr 14th, '16, 09:20

Gentlemen-
Am I mistaken or is gas power implicit to being an RLDT?
... Just want there to be no question as to my pedigree...
Thanks,
Stephan

Freebird · Post by **Freebird** » Apr 14th, '16, 13:07

34Hatt wrote:Boy this place is really going to hell now !

Thuddd knows we still talk about him talked to him a month or two ago he helped me with some technical question on replacing my side windows. His boat is still a planter he should have taken Capt Pat's offer of his chain saw dam shame but things change and he has been staying busy. I tried to get him to Greenport last summer during the 2 rendezvous offered him a bunk and all but no go, maybe one day?

Funny, I have no recollection of you making me such an offer for YankeeFest. I'm thinking that deserves a salute, and you know what kind I'm talking about. :)

STraenkle · Post by **STraenkle** » Apr 14th, '16, 13:21

Stephan, RLDT covers all 31's, no matter the power, according to Timmy aka Thuddd (by the way, at least three 'd's are required in the pronunciation, the number of times he bounced according to Timmy) , just like UV and the Hyena boats, who by the way, gave Timmy the name thuddddd. I miss them both on this site.

Mike correct me if I am wrong, but wasn't it Predator that started that?

mike ohlstein · Post by **mike ohlstein** » Apr 14th, '16, 13:57

It did. Timmy would drink himself into a coma, wake up at 4:15 to a breakfast of 5 eggs, 3 sausages, 8 strips of bacon, and 6 cups of coffee..... and then we would head to the canyon.

Randall and I would eat lunch while Timmy puked over the rail.

We always caught a load of fish. I nearly changed his name to Chumley.

mike ohlstein · Post by **mike ohlstein** » Apr 14th, '16, 14:01

Of course, I was also present when he got his nickname from Uncle Vic. Even Ric had passed out by that point.

The funny thing was that Timmy passed out from watching Vic drain a water glass full of vodka. His eyes just rolled up into his head and he hit the ground. The bartender came around the bar and drew a chalk outline around him.

STraenkle · Post by **STraenkle** » Apr 14th, '16, 14:13

Yup, I remember Timmy telling the story, but his recollection was slightly different, the first time he told the story to me when he was almost sobber, I asked again after his 6th or 7th drink and the part about "he might have been a tad hung over" crept into the story.

I remember going Tuna fishing on Hun's Old Hat. Took an hour long nap and when I woke, I could still see the Merrimac Inlet and I had black lung disease from the station wagon effect. 9 hours later we had covered 40 miles and no fish, but at least the one engine (aka Oil slinging Dump truck engine) was still running well enough to get back. Ahh the good old days...

Tony Meola · Post by **Tony Meola** » Apr 14th, '16, 21:31

mike ohlstein wrote:Of course, I was also present when he got his nickname from Uncle Vic. Even Ric had passed out by that point.

The funny thing was that Timmy passed out from watching Vic drain a water glass full of vodka. His eyes just rolled up into his head and he hit the ground. The bartender came around the bar and drew a chalk outline around him.

Mike

Without pictures it did not happen.

34Hatt · Post by **34Hatt** » Apr 15th, '16, 06:20

Oh I can picture it.
He told me the story but he did leave out the Chalk line but maybe he could remember that?

thuddddddd · Post by **thuddddddd** » Apr 15th, '16, 17:36

gawd.. reading this thread reminds me Springsteens glory days song.... you guys need to get lives.... and real boats...... Dug's right... I'm into high end bird dogs... heloskiing and paying more than my fair share to the BLM crew... ..

CaptPatrick · Post by **CaptPatrick** » Apr 15th, '16, 18:26

Damn Timmy, you really are still alive and not just a fig newton of our imagination!

Freebird · Post by **Freebird** » Apr 15th, '16, 20:52

thuddddddd wrote:gawd.. reading this thread reminds me Springsteens glory days song.... you guys need to get lives.... and real boats...... Dug's right... I'm into high end bird dogs... heloskiing and paying more than my fair share to the BLM crew... ..

Glory Days as in when Springsteen didn't worry about transgender bathroom legislation? I never donated to Bertram Lives Matter, but I did try to send that guy this way since he seemed to have his heart set on one. That should count for something.

Tony Meola · Post by **Tony Meola** » Apr 16th, '16, 00:39

If only UV was here. I can imagine just what he would be saying right about now. Might have to about the second thread the Capt. would have to lock down.

Rawleigh · Post by **Rawleigh** » Apr 18th, '16, 08:18

thuddddddd wrote:gawd.. reading this thread reminds me Springsteens glory days song.... you guys need to get lives.... and real boats...... Dug's right... I'm into high end bird dogs... heloskiing and paying more than my fair share to the BLM crew... ..

ITS ALIVE!!!!! Good to hear from you Timmy!!