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On Sun, 27 Aug 2006 19:09:03 GMT, Don White

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JohnH wrote:
On 27 Aug 2006 10:47:03 -0700, "basskisser"

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JohnH wrote:

On 27 Aug 2006 09:12:34 -0700, "basskisser"

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NOYB wrote:

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Think small
No thanks. Thinking small is for the unmotivated in life.
You think that because someone has a boat that they really
like,
although it may be smaller than yours is "unmotivated"? Do
you
think
that just because someone isn't financially overextended is
"unmotivated"? I think that people who overextend just for
appearances
are fools.
bk, do you think that NOYB was trying to be controversial in
his
statement?
Maybe he was just saying how *he* feels about life, and not
passing
any
judgements on others.

Why the attacks?

It's a nice Sunday...chill out.
--
No, John, he certainly was, and always has, passed judgements
on
others.
I'm discussing only the post you responded to, not the past few
years.

I'm surprised that you'd take a philosophical comment like,
"Thinking
small
is for the unmotivated in life" as a personal attack or the
passing
of
judgement on you.
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John
Since I was the one who advised to "think small", I thought NOYB
was
jabbing at me. Maybe I should have said 'think modestly'.
Obviously some here have no need to even consider that, but I
stand by
my common sense advice.
Nah. He came back with a bit of philosophy to counteract the bit
you
gave
him. He's already bought his boat, so 'thinking small' wouldn't
work
for
this one anyway. Thinking small is what I'm doing for my *next*
boat -
maybe a 17-18'er.
It's actually what I'm thinking for my next boat too. Instead of
having
a
30 foot offshore boat, and 17' nearshore/inshore boat, I'm
thinking about
buying something in the 25-26 foot range to replace both boats. I
could
get
a trailer for it, and tow it to the keys or the east coast for a
change
of
scenary.
Thinking small is for the unmotivated.
Good point. I'll get the 25-26 footer to tow to East Coast on
weekends, and
look into buying a 40-something foot sportfish for over here.



You could buy my Parker. Let's see, nothing down, interest only
payments
for, oh, 25 years... :) I charge two points over the vig, which
these
days is about 10 points less than the average credit card company.
He'll go for it! According to him, interest only payments on tangibles
is a great and wise investment!
On appreciating (or non-depreciating) assets only. You haven't been
paying attention.



My Parker doesn't seem to be depreciating. Strange.

No boat owner likes to think of his boat as a depreciating asset.

So you keep telling yourself that you could sell it for what you paid, if
that makes you feel better. ;-)





I know boats are depreciating assets, but when I look at boats like mine
(same year, same model, same "low miles," same "superior" condition), I
don't see much depreciation, even when you discount the asking price of
these other boats.

There are four or five '03 Parkers on traderonline.com right now with single
engines. They range in price from $39k to over $60k in *asking* price. But
a boat is worth only what someone is willing to pay for it.