"Gary" wrote:
Freedom is not having to suck the blackwater out of your
tank, paint the bottom, change the oil and fill the tanks.
Freedom is owning the dock, the boat, a house, condo in
Aspen and a travel agency. Freedom is someone else getting
up to check the lines at 0200.

That's not freedom, that's just bigger bills.

Living on a boat is the pain that some of us ordinary
people are willing to put up with to have a small taste of
freedom but freedom it ain't

Living on a boat is a choice like anything else in life.
Some of us love it, and don't see the "pain" you speak of.

Seahag
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