Scott Vernon wrote:
If you're trying to decide between buying a boat or feeding your children,
you should give the kids up and buy a boat. They'll be better off.

Sv


The kids are educated, married, and gone. The current choice is between
getting and maintaining and paying marina fees for a boat and things
like taking more trips to Europe, buying a small place on the Riviera,
getting a new HDTV home theater, buying a second home in the country,
opera performances in Milan and Vienna, etc., etc.

Jim





"Jim Cate" wrote

won't get what I expect to get from the boat) that could otherwise go to

a number of other worthwhile purposes. - Like, as one example, helping
children who would otherwise starve to death