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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.... |
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. |
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! |
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... |
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. |
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.... |
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.... |
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.... |
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. |
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. |
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