Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
  #1   Report Post  
posted to rec.boats
Tim Tim is offline
external usenet poster
 
First recorded activity by BoatBanter: Nov 2006
Posts: 19,111
Default Boating on a budget? That's for me!

http://www.metro.us/newyork/life/art...ing-affordable

“Boats are a great investment for a family because it’s a way to
socialize and spend time together,” says Ellen Hopkins, a spokes*woman
for Discover Boating. “A lot of my friends who grew up boating said
that one of their best memories was going out with their dads on
Sundays and fishing — it’s a unique way to bond. It’s like a
minivacation, even just being on a kayak on the water.”

Yeah, beats driving 120 miles to 6 flags and paying $50 bucks each to
get in then end up standing on hot asphalt waiting an hr to ride some
whirlie-gig and eat $5.00 hotdogs....
  #2   Report Post  
posted to rec.boats
external usenet poster
 
First recorded activity by BoatBanter: Oct 2011
Posts: 3,020
Default Boating on a budget? That's for me!

On 1/4/12 9:30 PM, Tim wrote:
http://www.metro.us/newyork/life/art...ing-affordable

“Boats are a great investment for a family because it’s a way to
socialize and spend time together,” says Ellen Hopkins, a spokes*woman
for Discover Boating. “A lot of my friends who grew up boating said
that one of their best memories was going out with their dads on
Sundays and fishing — it’s a unique way to bond. It’s like a
minivacation, even just being on a kayak on the water.”

Yeah, beats driving 120 miles to 6 flags and paying $50 bucks each to
get in then end up standing on hot asphalt waiting an hr to ride some
whirlie-gig and eat $5.00 hotdogs....


Those $5.00 dogs will kill you, sooner or later!

I was chatting with some old friends about an amusement park with lots
of rides we used to frequent as kids. The park had no admission fee, and
all rides were 25 cents, and you could buy a lobster roll...a buttered
hot dog bun filled with real lobster meat, overfilled, really, for fifty
cents. Hot dogs were ten cents. Oh, and gasoline for our outboards was
..19 a gallon.

Obviously, it all went wrong somewhere.


  #3   Report Post  
posted to rec.boats
Tim Tim is offline
external usenet poster
 
First recorded activity by BoatBanter: Nov 2006
Posts: 19,111
Default Boating on a budget? That's for me!

On Jan 4, 8:45*pm, X ` Man dump-on-conservati...@anywhere-you-
can.com wrote:
On 1/4/12 9:30 PM, Tim wrote:

http://www.metro.us/newyork/life/art...ng-on-a-budget...


Boats are a great investment for a family because it s a way to
socialize and spend time together, says Ellen Hopkins, a spokes woman
for Discover Boating. A lot of my friends who grew up boating said
that one of their best memories was going out with their dads on
Sundays and fishing it s a unique way to bond. It s like a
minivacation, even just being on a kayak on the water.


Yeah, beats driving 120 miles to 6 flags and paying $50 bucks each to
get in then end up standing on hot asphalt waiting an hr to ride some
whirlie-gig and eat $5.00 hotdogs....


Those $5.00 dogs will kill you, sooner or later!

I was chatting with some old friends about an amusement park with lots
of rides we used to frequent as kids. The park had no admission fee, and
all rides were 25 cents, and you could buy a lobster roll...a buttered
hot dog bun filled with real lobster meat, overfilled, really, for fifty
cents. Hot dogs were ten cents. Oh, and gasoline for our outboards was
.19 a gallon.

Obviously, it all went wrong somewhere.


LOL!

no kidding!
  #4   Report Post  
posted to rec.boats
external usenet poster
 
First recorded activity by BoatBanter: Jul 2009
Posts: 2,581
Default Boating on a budget? That's for me!

On 1/4/2012 9:30 PM, Tim wrote:



Yeah, beats driving 120 miles to 6 flags and paying $50 bucks each to
get in then end up standing on hot asphalt waiting an hr to ride some
whirlie-gig and eat $5.00 hotdogs....


How would you know ?? I just don't see you doing the 6 flags thing...

  #5   Report Post  
posted to rec.boats
external usenet poster
 
First recorded activity by BoatBanter: May 2011
Posts: 1,786
Default Boating on a budget? That's for me!

On Jan 4, 10:45*pm, X ` Man dump-on-conservati...@anywhere-you-
can.com wrote:
On 1/4/12 9:30 PM, Tim wrote:

http://www.metro.us/newyork/life/art...ng-on-a-budget...


Boats are a great investment for a family because it s a way to
socialize and spend time together, says Ellen Hopkins, a spokes woman
for Discover Boating. A lot of my friends who grew up boating said
that one of their best memories was going out with their dads on
Sundays and fishing it s a unique way to bond. It s like a
minivacation, even just being on a kayak on the water.


Yeah, beats driving 120 miles to 6 flags and paying $50 bucks each to
get in then end up standing on hot asphalt waiting an hr to ride some
whirlie-gig and eat $5.00 hotdogs....


Those $5.00 dogs will kill you, sooner or later!

I was chatting with some old friends about an amusement park with lots
of rides we used to frequent as kids. The park had no admission fee, and
all rides were 25 cents, and you could buy a lobster roll...a buttered
hot dog bun filled with real lobster meat, overfilled, really, for fifty
cents. Hot dogs were ten cents. Oh, and gasoline for our outboards was
.19 a gallon.

Obviously, it all went wrong somewhere.


Might get worse..I was watching a program called 'Decoded' and they
were trying to investigate whether there is any gold left in Fort
Knox.
If the word got out that it's empty.... who knows what would happen to
the 'merican greenback.
BTW they claim that no civilian has actually seen the gold since 1974
when a Congressional group insisted on seeing what was in there.


  #6   Report Post  
posted to rec.boats
Tim Tim is offline
external usenet poster
 
First recorded activity by BoatBanter: Nov 2006
Posts: 19,111
Default Boating on a budget? That's for me!

On Jan 4, 9:49*pm, JustWait wrote:
On 1/4/2012 9:30 PM, Tim wrote:



Yeah, beats driving 120 miles to 6 flags and paying $50 bucks each to
get in then end up standing on hot asphalt waiting an hr to ride some
whirlie-gig and eat $5.00 hotdogs....


How would you know *?? * I just don't see you doing the 6 flags thing...


Well, I did... you won't see me doing it again....
  #7   Report Post  
posted to rec.boats
external usenet poster
 
First recorded activity by BoatBanter: Jul 2009
Posts: 2,581
Default Boating on a budget? That's for me!

On 1/4/2012 11:05 PM, Tim wrote:
On Jan 4, 9:49 pm, wrote:
On 1/4/2012 9:30 PM, Tim wrote:



Yeah, beats driving 120 miles to 6 flags and paying $50 bucks each to
get in then end up standing on hot asphalt waiting an hr to ride some
whirlie-gig and eat $5.00 hotdogs....


How would you know ?? I just don't see you doing the 6 flags thing...


Well, I did... you won't see me doing it again....


Ha, that must have been funny....
  #8   Report Post  
posted to rec.boats
Tim Tim is offline
external usenet poster
 
First recorded activity by BoatBanter: Nov 2006
Posts: 19,111
Default Boating on a budget? That's for me!

On Jan 4, 10:08*pm, JustWait wrote:
On 1/4/2012 11:05 PM, Tim wrote:

On Jan 4, 9:49 pm, *wrote:
On 1/4/2012 9:30 PM, Tim wrote:


Yeah, beats driving 120 miles to 6 flags and paying $50 bucks each to
get in then end up standing on hot asphalt waiting an hr to ride some
whirlie-gig and eat $5.00 hotdogs....


How would you know *?? * I just don't see you doing the 6 flags thing...


Well, I did... you won't see me doing it again....


Ha, that must have been funny....


well, I don't know about 'funny' Scott, but getting a boat, even a
small boat, has proven to be a whole lot more fun and economical....
  #9   Report Post  
posted to rec.boats
Tim Tim is offline
external usenet poster
 
First recorded activity by BoatBanter: Nov 2006
Posts: 19,111
Default Boating on a budget? That's for me!

On Jan 4, 9:49*pm, JustWait wrote:
On 1/4/2012 9:30 PM, Tim wrote:



Yeah, beats driving 120 miles to 6 flags and paying $50 bucks each to
get in then end up standing on hot asphalt waiting an hr to ride some
whirlie-gig and eat $5.00 hotdogs....


How would you know *?? * I just don't see you doing the 6 flags thing...


I usd to pack up the family (5 of us) and make the anual trip to Mid-
America south of St.Louis, starting out at 7am, by the time we were
donefighting the crowds, heat, and walking all over the place... when
we finally got home about 8-9pm, we wondered really what kind of fun
we actually had for $300.00 .

Now, even the little 18 ft. Chris craft, we'd hook it up drive 60 mi
to Lake Carlyle , go tubing and swimming. If you got hot, you bailed
overboard for a while. Got hungry? made sandwich's in the boat. and
always had plenty of pop, juice, and bottle water aboard. When done,
load up, go home and think of the blast we had on less than a hundred
bucks. Time and money well spent.
  #10   Report Post  
posted to rec.boats
external usenet poster
 
First recorded activity by BoatBanter: Jul 2009
Posts: 2,581
Default Boating on a budget? That's for me!

On 1/4/2012 11:41 PM, Tim wrote:
On Jan 4, 9:49 pm, wrote:
On 1/4/2012 9:30 PM, Tim wrote:



Yeah, beats driving 120 miles to 6 flags and paying $50 bucks each to
get in then end up standing on hot asphalt waiting an hr to ride some
whirlie-gig and eat $5.00 hotdogs....


How would you know ?? I just don't see you doing the 6 flags thing...


I usd to pack up the family (5 of us) and make the anual trip to Mid-
America south of St.Louis, starting out at 7am, by the time we were
donefighting the crowds, heat, and walking all over the place... when
we finally got home about 8-9pm, we wondered really what kind of fun
we actually had for $300.00 .

Now, even the little 18 ft. Chris craft, we'd hook it up drive 60 mi
to Lake Carlyle , go tubing and swimming. If you got hot, you bailed
overboard for a while. Got hungry? made sandwich's in the boat. and
always had plenty of pop, juice, and bottle water aboard. When done,
load up, go home and think of the blast we had on less than a hundred
bucks. Time and money well spent.


Well, that's the beauty of the small boats I made. They were designed to
be a cheap day on the water... We could go out for a day with a bag
lunch, a bucket of dry clothes, a few beers, and 6 gallons of gas.
Reply
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules

Smilies are On
[IMG] code is Off
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Do you have an electrical budget? Buddy Cruising 3 August 19th 09 06:30 PM
Do you have an electrical budget? Buddy Electronics 0 August 6th 09 07:44 AM
There goes the budget JoeSpareBedroom General 4 June 25th 07 07:17 PM
US Sailing BUDGET Bart Senior ASA 2 March 22nd 06 07:47 PM
Toilet on a budget Stephen Trapani Cruising 9 May 18th 04 03:04 AM


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 06:31 PM.

Powered by vBulletin® Copyright ©2000 - 2025, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004-2025 BoatBanter.com.
The comments are property of their posters.
 

About Us

"It's about Boats"

 

Copyright © 2017