On Sat, 22 Aug 2009 10:29:55 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:
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The niece and her sons live in Edwardsville, and Lake Carlyle is a
good in between meeting spot. About an hr from them and an hr. from me
traveling time, so boating sems to be a natural thing to do and
everyone has a blast.

I like spending time with the kids because their dad is non existant.
(LOOOOOZER!), so I suppose I'm an uncle and a parent at the same
time.

I really enjoy the connection.
Good for you for being there for them. How old are they? I have two
granddaughters I adopted in '04 when they were 10 and 11. I had
raised them after their father became non-existent (LOOOOOZER, as you
would say, lol) Their mom, my daughter, passed away last year and I'm
now raising another child, age 12. In addition I raised an older
sibling, now age 29 and doing fine.
So you can see I've been pretty busy. And because of that I've
continued to work at age 71. Damn, they drink so much milk! lol
But it's worth it!

Back to a little on-topic. Today I found out by reading Craigslist
that the marina where I have my boat berthed is charging $4.00 a ft
for covered berth. I have been paying $150.00/mo for my 27 footer.
Hmm, 27 X 4 = $108. So it looks like I've been overcharged $42/mo for
the last three years. Next weekend I will move my boat to a land
storage that charges $68/mo. Damn cheats!
Eddie