On your ship? I thought you said you were outboard...Why were Gompers
people on your ship, what were they fixing?

Joe

Well, we still have the taxes since we haven't sold our house yet, but the
rest is true. Was going to go fishing this afternoon but a storm brewed up
and we had a stint of 25-30 knot gusts blowing and then some rain. Went to
see Harry Potter instead. Will fish tomorrow...my minnows are growing in my
minnow bucket and I don't want them to get so large tht they attract a bull
shark or barracuda, ya know.

"Joe" wrote in message
oups.com...
It's nice to have a boat thats more than a weekend toy costing money
isn't it?

No more School Tax, no more property tax, a home that rocks you to
sleep.

Take 10 min to go sailing, great sunsets and sunrises on the water
every day.

Only us liveaboards enjoy the true value a fine sailing vessel
provides.

I think I'll stroll the decks now, perhaps feed the birds and have
another cup of fresh Hills Brothers coffee up on the forecastle.
Charlie the crab man should be making his rounds anytime now. Going to
see if he has a soft shells for us.

Joe
RedCloud the perfect home

We'll be going down "the Ditch" probablt in June...or maybe up...one way or
ta other, we'll be going somewhere....and our dock fees are no where near
the amount we pay in property and school taxes at home....also, discovereing
that you will not kill each other when forced into close cap(even after 27
years of living together) is a reassuring thing...
tivity

"Bob Crantz" wrote in message
k.net...
Don't forget no kids, no lathe, no mill, no MIG/TIG, no extensive library,
no appreciating asset (in some markets houses have doubled in value over
the
last 7 years), boats are more work than houses, a large yacht is smaller
than an efficiency condo in square footage, etc.

Dock fees are higher than school/property taxes.

A boat is not a house. On lives aboard to travel, not to remain in one
place.

Amen!

"Joe" wrote in message
oups.com...
It's nice to have a boat thats more than a weekend toy costing money
isn't it?

No more School Tax, no more property tax, a home that rocks you to
sleep.

Take 10 min to go sailing, great sunsets and sunrises on the water
every day.

Only us liveaboards enjoy the true value a fine sailing vessel
provides.

I think I'll stroll the decks now, perhaps feed the birds and have
another cup of fresh Hills Brothers coffee up on the forecastle.
Charlie the crab man should be making his rounds anytime now. Going to
see if he has a soft shells for us.

Joe
RedCloud the perfect home

So far, we've seen both those seeking freedom and those who are
freeloaders....the freeloaders are strange creatures....

"Thom Stewart" wrote in message
...
Joe,

Is living on a Sailboat really about "Freedom" or "Free Loading?"



http://community.webtv.net/tassail/ThomPage

Joe wrote:
On your ship? I thought you said you were outboard...Why were Gompers
people on your ship, what were they fixing?

Joe

Fixing nothing, drinking.

"Bob Crantz" wrote
It's ok Joe, they'll let you sail on the cooler portions of the lava.

Which, upon cooling, might become solid ground, albeit hot ground, which
would put Joe in his own special hell because he'd now be on solid ground?
I think I'm following your logic here.

btw Bob, though I usually agree with your posts, I have to disagree
regarding Neal. Brilliant as his posts may be, each one exudes a waft of
some pale, yellow, nonmetallic element that occurs widely in nature in
several free and combined allotropic forms.

Scout

"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
..

Were you on a tin can? What was her name?

Makes sence we would be emptying your bar before we shoved you off.

Did you see the pictures I posted of the Gompers girls that were in
playboy?

They make Bubbles Ghost girls look rather dull and plain and weekend
warriorish.

http://pickle235.tripod.com/cgi-bin/Page.html

Lisa Ann Wolf was a good friend we use to hang out together on the
fishing barge in Deigo Garcia

Joe

But from that matter allotropic springs all life. It is the fertilizer of
greatness.


"Scout" wrote in message
. ..
"Bob Crantz" wrote
It's ok Joe, they'll let you sail on the cooler portions of the lava.

Which, upon cooling, might become solid ground, albeit hot ground, which
would put Joe in his own special hell because he'd now be on solid ground?
I think I'm following your logic here.

btw Bob, though I usually agree with your posts, I have to disagree
regarding Neal. Brilliant as his posts may be, each one exudes a waft of
some pale, yellow, nonmetallic element that occurs widely in nature in
several free and combined allotropic forms.

Scout

No Beer?

Well that somewhat true, however while in Deigo Garcia in 1980 during
the Iran Hostage time, we had a cargo ship tie next to us. They had a
busted cargo boom, so we had to offload her across the boat deck of the
gompers. luckly the ship had all the booze for the island for 3 mo.
Needless to say some of the cargo was lost and damaged while
transferring it. So much so we filled a 40 ft utility boat to the
gunnels. It was a 3 week drunk. Every crane and boat, the Bos'n locker,
the paint locker, tool room all had bars.

Even so you could go on to atoll and get a 5th of Jack for 3.50..No
taxes.

I'll always have good memories of Deigo Garcia. Mike who is a Merchant
Marine and sailor just sent me some post cards showing how developed
the island is now. It was nearly pristine in the early 80's.

Joe