engsol wrote:

On Wed, 08 Jun 2005 04:55:15 GMT, Rosalie B. wrote:

" wrote:

The boat should be a place to get away from all that stuff. Use a cell
phone and plug into your laptop when you absolutely have to be online.
Skip TV completely!

Why do you think it necessary to impose your opinion on the rest of
us? I like watching TV on the boat and I really like doing wireless
internet on the boat, and I'm old enough not to have to pretend that I
don't like it just because someone like you says I should be getting
away from it.

I'm retired after all. I'm not going out on the boat to relax from
being at work.

I don't particularly like cell phones. If I was going to get away
from something, that would be it.

grandma Rosalie

Some people like string beans, some like beets, others can't stand either.
The bottom line is to do whatever makes *you* happy, and ignore
the comments of eggplant eaters.

I just objected to his 'holier than thou' attitude

Me? No TV....I'll get news from a radio.

I like the radio too - not just FM, but also VHF, which I tend to
leave on all the time on scan.

If I want to watch a movie, I'll play a DVD on one of those 7" players.

I NEVER watch movies. And I don't watch situation comedies or drama
TV shows either. If I did, life would probably be easier. We have to
have two TVs everywhere because I don't want to watch the same things
that he does.

(With a 30 foot boat it's about all that will work space-wise)

No experience with a 30 foot boat. But we have a TV/VCR (dual
voltage) that's not that big. My son had one that we gave him when he
was an long haul trucker for the sleeping cab.

Do I need internet in the marina? Still trying to decide....email and weather would be nice.
Is a stereo a "must have" for me? You betcha...

Bob has a stereo - I don't like listening to the same tunes (i.e. the
ones I have bought in CD form) over and over.

Different strokes and all that..
Norm B

grandma Rosalie