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Maxprop

"Gogarty" wrote in message
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In article ,
says...

Long time ago, I bought a small sailing boat, for some amount of money,
my brother in law a financial wizard said: I would not but my money in
boats, I get much better return in buing some stock from the market.

(Snip)

My wife, a former banker, runs the money in this house. She has done very
well
and had huge gains in her portfolios back at the peak of the dot com rage.
I
could see the bust coming. "Sell all," says I, "and buy a Super Marimu,"
which
in those days was going for about $500,000. But nooooo....

Well, we can't afford to buy a Super Marimu today and we don't have the
stocks
either. We would be way ahead had we bought the boat. And having fun, too.

Too bad. The Super Marimu is an outstanding cruiser--fast, comfortable, and
strong as the proverbial brick relief facility . . .

Max