Putin says...
 

On 3/11/2014 11:20 AM, F*O*A*D wrote:
On 3/11/14, 9:37 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 3/11/2014 8:23 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 07:56:55 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 3/11/14, 7:48 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Mon, 10 Mar 2014 21:17:40 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Mon, 10 Mar 2014 14:02:48 -0400, Poco Loco
wrote:

BTW Harry, why would you of all people want to hang around a
'right-wing pigpen?"

===

Every once in a while he gets to hear about real boats.

Well, he's not interested in hearing about your trawler. It's too
slow, and there's no way he'd
spend all that time getting from one place to another. Of course,
he is pretty quick on his Ducati
superbike.

===

I guess we shouldn't tell him that slow trawlers are an excellent
platform for viewing skimpy bikinis in exotic locations. Of course
even a slow trawler is faster than an imaginary Ducati.


His trawler isn't slow. Remember, it's got twin Volvo diesels -
probably turbocharged - to get him
to Florida at 727 speed.



The idea of spending a lot of time in exotic locations waiting for
parts
to fix a broken down old trawler with failing generators,
transmissions,
et cetera, has little appeal to me.

It's for sure that 'sitting on the hard' will be much easier on the
generator, transmissions, et
cetera. You really should crank those Volvo diesels up every couple of
years, just to move the oil
around.

And, if you're in an exotic location, what the hell's wrong with
spending some time there while
waiting for a new generator to arrive? Sounds ideal to me....planned
that way, maybe, eh?



A new boat is not a guarantee that you aren't going to have issues or
breakdowns that you may be required to address yourself while underway.

That's true, but so far maintenance has been minor, with no issues that
left us stuck anywhere.


Have you run it hard for 10-12 hours a day for over a week or two?
That's what shake things up, causes things to vibrate loose or cause
components that are going to fail prematurely to do so.

Putin says...
 

On Tuesday, March 11, 2014 7:36:26 AM UTC-5, F*O*A*D wrote:

I get a kick out of you "full-time retirees." You've got nothing of

consequence to do all day long, all week long, all month long, so you

have to find a zillion little hobbies to fill out your dance card. Golf,

model airplanes, RV'ing, firearms, motorcycling, bluegrass festivals,

guitars. What's next, line dancing?


Sounds like a great life to me. I can hardly wait to do the same..

BTW, Harry, as much time as you've spent in here over the last several years, how do you find enough time to wear out a back tire on your "Super bike?"

Putin says...
 

On 3/11/14, 5:57 PM, Tim wrote:
On Tuesday, March 11, 2014 7:36:26 AM UTC-5, F*O*A*D wrote:

I get a kick out of you "full-time retirees." You've got nothing of

consequence to do all day long, all week long, all month long, so you

have to find a zillion little hobbies to fill out your dance card. Golf,

model airplanes, RV'ing, firearms, motorcycling, bluegrass festivals,

guitars. What's next, line dancing?


Sounds like a great life to me. I can hardly wait to do the same..

BTW, Harry, as much time as you've spent in here over the last several years, how do you find enough time to wear out a back tire on your "Super bike?"



Gee, Timmy, I guess I am just lucky. How many miles do you get on
knobbies on your Cushman?

Putin says...
 

On 3/11/14, 5:56 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 3/11/2014 11:20 AM, F*O*A*D wrote:
On 3/11/14, 9:37 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 3/11/2014 8:23 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 07:56:55 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 3/11/14, 7:48 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Mon, 10 Mar 2014 21:17:40 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Mon, 10 Mar 2014 14:02:48 -0400, Poco Loco
wrote:

BTW Harry, why would you of all people want to hang around a
'right-wing pigpen?"

===

Every once in a while he gets to hear about real boats.

Well, he's not interested in hearing about your trawler. It's too
slow, and there's no way he'd
spend all that time getting from one place to another. Of course,
he is pretty quick on his Ducati
superbike.

===

I guess we shouldn't tell him that slow trawlers are an excellent
platform for viewing skimpy bikinis in exotic locations. Of course
even a slow trawler is faster than an imaginary Ducati.


His trawler isn't slow. Remember, it's got twin Volvo diesels -
probably turbocharged - to get him
to Florida at 727 speed.



The idea of spending a lot of time in exotic locations waiting for
parts
to fix a broken down old trawler with failing generators,
transmissions,
et cetera, has little appeal to me.

It's for sure that 'sitting on the hard' will be much easier on the
generator, transmissions, et
cetera. You really should crank those Volvo diesels up every couple of
years, just to move the oil
around.

And, if you're in an exotic location, what the hell's wrong with
spending some time there while
waiting for a new generator to arrive? Sounds ideal to me....planned
that way, maybe, eh?



A new boat is not a guarantee that you aren't going to have issues or
breakdowns that you may be required to address yourself while underway.

That's true, but so far maintenance has been minor, with no issues that
left us stuck anywhere.


Have you run it hard for 10-12 hours a day for over a week or two?
That's what shake things up, causes things to vibrate loose or cause
components that are going to fail prematurely to do so.



No, of course not. Why would I want to do that? That sounds like work,
like a boat delivery service operator.

Putin says...
 

On Tuesday, March 11, 2014 4:50:20 PM UTC-5, F*O*A*D wrote:
I'll drop her off the Pit Bulls and take a ride.

What's that mean? I have to ask since I don't have a liberal arts degree...

Putin says...
 

On 3/11/14, 6:10 PM, Tim wrote:
On Tuesday, March 11, 2014 4:50:20 PM UTC-5, F*O*A*D wrote:
I'll drop her off the Pit Bulls and take a ride.

What's that mean? I have to ask since I don't have a liberal arts degree...


Sorry...it's a brand name of motorcycle stands, but the name seems to be
slipping into a generic.

http://www.pit-bull.com/

Putin says...
 

On 3/11/2014 12:28 PM, F*O*A*D wrote:
On 3/11/14, 12:16 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 08:36:26 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:


You seem to think that what might appeal to you is of universal appeal.
Oh, and typically, you're not waiting for a new generator to arrive,
you're waiting for a part on your existing generator to arrive.

I get a kick out of you "full-time retirees." You've got nothing of
consequence to do all day long, all week long, all month long, so you
have to find a zillion little hobbies to fill out your dance card. Golf,
model airplanes, RV'ing, firearms, motorcycling, bluegrass festivals,
guitars. What's next, line dancing?

I guess that liberal arts degree did not leave you with the
intellectual curiosity sufficient to keep yourself amused without
someone telling you what THEY want you to do,

... or maybe you just need the money



I like the sort of work clients pay me to do. It's intellectually
challenging, in some cases it makes a difference for various groups of
people, I get to meet and work with interesting people, it provides me
with travel opportunities, I get to wear dress suits and ties ( :) ), et
cetera.

I'd go crazy trying to fill up my days and weeks with golf, model
airplanes, stamp collecting, et cetera. I'm sure many of you find
intellectual and psychic rewards in such pursuits, but I don't.

I really enjoy what I do for a living. I guess you didn't.



Different strokes for different folks. Some people are content to spend
their whole working career doing the same basic thing over and over,
day after day. Others get bored with that kind of career and seek out
new challenges and interests.. including hobbies in their retirement years.

Many years ago I had to attend a retirement party or transfer party for
a guy who worked at a major engineering company. We were seated with an
older couple (I was only 30 at the time) and he told me he had joined
the company 30 years ago as a purchasing agent. I asked him what he
did now. He said, "I am a senior purchasing agent."

Always stuck with me.

Putin says...
 

On Tuesday, March 11, 2014 5:05:22 PM UTC-5, F*O*A*D wrote:
On 3/11/14, 5:57 PM, Tim wrote:

On Tuesday, March 11, 2014 7:36:26 AM UTC-5, F*O*A*D wrote:



I get a kick out of you "full-time retirees." You've got nothing of



consequence to do all day long, all week long, all month long, so you



have to find a zillion little hobbies to fill out your dance card. Golf,



model airplanes, RV'ing, firearms, motorcycling, bluegrass festivals,



guitars. What's next, line dancing?





Sounds like a great life to me. I can hardly wait to do the same..



BTW, Harry, as much time as you've spent in here over the last several years, how do you find enough time to wear out a back tire on your "Super bike?"







Gee, Timmy, I guess I am just lucky. How many miles do you get on

knobbies on your Cushman?

Sorry dude, I never have had a Cushman. How's yours? BTW, last bike I had that was equipped with a 'knobbie' was a 500 Yamaha XT like this one.

http://www.carsstone.com/images/yamaha-xt-500_key_3.jpg

Great mud tractor, but early 70's-mid 80's Yamahas didn't have the best engines. At lest it was better than the disastrous TX 500 twin that liked to break cam chains, which hammered the valves right into the pistons. (This task would usually perform at even minor acceloration with no given notice!)

http://www.cyclechaos.com/images/5/5...lue-5954-0.jpg

But it's big brother the TX 750 twin was beknownst to allow a connecting rod to ventilate the engines lower end.

http://motoprofi.com/imgs/a/a/d/p/c/...1974_7_lgw.jpg



I traded my Yamaha TT at a Yamaha/Honda dealer for a used Kawasaki KZ750.
http://kzrider.com/archive/images/pu...1123101578.jpg

Excellent bike. 4 years and about 30,000 mi. later it was about done .
But it was a fun bike.

Putin says...
 

On 3/11/2014 10:12 AM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 08:36:26 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

The idea of spending a lot of time in exotic locations waiting for parts
to fix a broken down old trawler with failing generators, transmissions,
et cetera, has little appeal to me.

It's for sure that 'sitting on the hard' will be much easier on the generator, transmissions, et
cetera. You really should crank those Volvo diesels up every couple of years, just to move the oil
around.

And, if you're in an exotic location, what the hell's wrong with spending some time there while
waiting for a new generator to arrive? Sounds ideal to me....planned that way, maybe, eh?



You seem to think that what might appeal to you is of universal appeal.
Oh, and typically, you're not waiting for a new generator to arrive,
you're waiting for a part on your existing generator to arrive.

I get a kick out of you "full-time retirees." You've got nothing of
consequence to do all day long, all week long, all month long, so you
have to find a zillion little hobbies to fill out your dance card. Golf,
model airplanes, RV'ing, firearms, motorcycling, bluegrass festivals,
guitars. What's next, line dancing?

===

Those grapes must really be sour this morning.

Harry is a perfect example of not financially preparing for his golden
years. Unfortunately there are many more like him who will eventually
end up on the public dole because of poor planning.

Putin says...
 

On 3/11/14, 6:37 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 3/11/2014 12:28 PM, F*O*A*D wrote:
On 3/11/14, 12:16 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 08:36:26 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:


You seem to think that what might appeal to you is of universal appeal.
Oh, and typically, you're not waiting for a new generator to arrive,
you're waiting for a part on your existing generator to arrive.

I get a kick out of you "full-time retirees." You've got nothing of
consequence to do all day long, all week long, all month long, so you
have to find a zillion little hobbies to fill out your dance card.
Golf,
model airplanes, RV'ing, firearms, motorcycling, bluegrass festivals,
guitars. What's next, line dancing?

I guess that liberal arts degree did not leave you with the
intellectual curiosity sufficient to keep yourself amused without
someone telling you what THEY want you to do,

... or maybe you just need the money



I like the sort of work clients pay me to do. It's intellectually
challenging, in some cases it makes a difference for various groups of
people, I get to meet and work with interesting people, it provides me
with travel opportunities, I get to wear dress suits and ties ( :) ), et
cetera.

I'd go crazy trying to fill up my days and weeks with golf, model
airplanes, stamp collecting, et cetera. I'm sure many of you find
intellectual and psychic rewards in such pursuits, but I don't.

I really enjoy what I do for a living. I guess you didn't.



Different strokes for different folks. Some people are content to spend
their whole working career doing the same basic thing over and over,
day after day. Others get bored with that kind of career and seek out
new challenges and interests.. including hobbies in their retirement years.

Many years ago I had to attend a retirement party or transfer party for
a guy who worked at a major engineering company. We were seated with an
older couple (I was only 30 at the time) and he told me he had joined
the company 30 years ago as a purchasing agent. I asked him what he
did now. He said, "I am a senior purchasing agent."

Always stuck with me.



Absolutely. I like what I do professionally, and I have some hobbies. I
don't need a dozen hobbies to fill out my days. I can appreciate that
some people do.