On Tuesday, March 11, 2014 4:29:33 PM UTC-4, F*O*A*D wrote:
On 3/11/14, 3:18 PM, Poco Loco wrote:

On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 14:49:06 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:



On 3/11/14, 2:39 PM, Poco Loco wrote:

On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 08:36:26 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:



On 3/11/14, 8:23 AM, Poco Loco wrote:

On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 07:56:55 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:



On 3/11/14, 7:48 AM, Poco Loco wrote:

On Mon, 10 Mar 2014 21:17:40 -0400, Wayne.B wrote:



On Mon, 10 Mar 2014 14:02:48 -0400, Poco Loco

wrote:



BTW Harry, why would you of all people want to hang around a 'right-wing pigpen?"



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Every once in a while he gets to hear about real boats.



Well, he's not interested in hearing about your trawler. It's too slow, and there's no way he'd

spend all that time getting from one place to another. Of course, he is pretty quick on his Ducati

superbike.



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I guess we shouldn't tell him that slow trawlers are an excellent

platform for viewing skimpy bikinis in exotic locations. Of course

even a slow trawler is faster than an imaginary Ducati.





His trawler isn't slow. Remember, it's got twin Volvo diesels - probably turbocharged - to get him

to Florida at 727 speed.







The idea of spending a lot of time in exotic locations waiting for parts

to fix a broken down old trawler with failing generators, transmissions,

et cetera, has little appeal to me.



It's for sure that 'sitting on the hard' will be much easier on the generator, transmissions, et

cetera. You really should crank those Volvo diesels up every couple of years, just to move the oil

around.



And, if you're in an exotic location, what the hell's wrong with spending some time there while

waiting for a new generator to arrive? Sounds ideal to me....planned that way, maybe, eh?







You seem to think that what might appeal to you is of universal appeal.

Oh, and typically, you're not waiting for a new generator to arrive,

you're waiting for a part on your existing generator to arrive.



I get a kick out of you "full-time retirees." You've got nothing of

consequence to do all day long, all week long, all month long, so you

have to find a zillion little hobbies to fill out your dance card. Golf,

model airplanes, RV'ing, firearms, motorcycling, bluegrass festivals,

guitars. What's next, line dancing?



Personally, I think golf, airplanes, motorcycles, photography, RV'ing, firearms, Bluegrass

festivals, guitars, et cetera, are preferable to sitting in a basement trying to impress people with

what a spectacular person you are and how much spectacular stuff you own.







I don't think you have anything of significance to do with your life,

and you're bored, so you spend most of your time trying to keep busy

with your hobbies.



It's funny. My uncle, my dad's bro, worked hard most of his life, got

his two daughters through college and married, and then he and his wife

moved from a Massachusetts north shore town to Florida, near Boca. This

was at 55-56. He discovered golf, and in the next 10 years, he became a

par and sometimes better golfer, playing many days a week well into his

80's. He also liked to build electro-mechanical stuff, mostly strange

toys for his grandkids, and to buy trashed out houses and totally refurb

them. He didn't have to have a new hobby of the week to keep himself

busy because he couldn't attain proficiency in the ones he chose.



You're the jack of all hobbies and master of none.



I would never expect to be as good as you or any of your relatives at anything.



And you're right, unlike you I've not 'mastered' anything. You are the hero, FOAD!







I'm smart and tenacious enough to work at a hobby until I attain

proficiency at it, rather than brush it aside to try something else new.

How's your guitar playing coming along? You any competition for Norman

Blake:



http://tinyurl.com/luw8oct



He's the guy with the glasses.



Or perhaps a more modern copycat:



http://tinyurl.com/ktld6pa

Sure, liar....sure.