Back in the doghouse again

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wolftat

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I didn't use her favorite pot for removing wax...nope not again. I didn't cook any polymer in the kitchen oven without a vent on....nope not again..What did I do this time? I simply went to a boat show over the weekend. If I go to a woodworking show, I will probably buy some tools and who knows what so she seems to have some idea that I bought a boat because I went to a boat show...Silly isn't it? Almost like I have no self control and would do something like that without talking to her first. After all, this is a big decision and it's not something that a rational person would go and do.I can't believe she would even think that I would go out and randomly just buy a boat. Sheesh, what does she take me for?
















I can't wait until late spring when it gets delivered.:biggrin:
 
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Your wife has good reason to be mad

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Boat=a hole in the water you throw your money into
The two happiest days in a man's life:
When he gets his boat
When he sells his boat

I have been working on boats and dealing with boats for 4 years now. Get your money back.
 
Displaced Canadian said:
My neighbor did something like that. He left for work one day on his old Harley and came home on a fancy brand new one.
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Seems like I remember doing something that a few years ago when we had money, left with an old sportster and came home with a new Night Train, Chrome don't get you home!:biggrin:
 
I have been a boater all my life. I was always told that a boat is "a hole in the water in which you put money"
 
Neil pleading temporary insanity won't work, you're mad as a hatter!!
just stand up in the bow and shout Hoo Rah, she'll understand.
Be sure to wear a nice blue polyester leisure suit with your USMC cover, the men in the lab coats will be there shortly.
Down side is you'll get a few days rest, the up side is she will feel sorry for your demented soul and won't beat the crap out of you.
 
Displaced Canadian said:
My neighbor did something like that. He left for work one day on his old Harley and came home on a fancy brand new one.
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Damn, don't give away all my plans please.
Rchan63 said:
Can we have the next meeting on the new boat?
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It's a definete maybe.
bitshird said:
Neil pleading temporary insanity won't work, you're mad as a hatter!!
just stand up in the bow and shout Hoo Rah, she'll understand.
Be sure to wear a nice blue polyester leisure suit with your USMC cover, the men in the lab coats will be there shortly.
Down side is you'll get a few days rest, the up side is she will feel sorry for your demented soul and won't beat the crap out of you.
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She is incapable of feeling.

To the funny farm where life is fine and people are happy all the time.

The real problem here is that I am running out of driveway to fill very quickly. I'm not parting with my truck or the camper or the bike so maybe the Jeep will have to go.
 
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Balls to the Wall. If you don't she might cut them off. My wife has always told me if i come home with a boat it better have a place to stay inside because the locks will be change by the time i get there.
 
Bass, bay, fish-n-ski, runabout, cuddy cabin, bow rider, ski, wake, pontoon, troller, or cruise ship (I hear there is one in italy that might be going pretty cheap)? Inboard, outboard 4 stroke, outboard 2 stroke, IO, V drive? Merc, Volvo, Johnson, Evinrude, Yamaha, Honda, Inmar?

What did you get?
 
Once upon a time, my wife went to get the oil changed in her Paid for white Saturn, came home with a red one and five years of payments.

I change the oil from now on.
 
Haynie said:
Bass, bay, fish-n-ski, runabout, cuddy cabin, bow rider, ski, wake, pontoon, troller, or cruise ship (I hear there is one in italy that might be going pretty cheap)? Inboard, outboard 4 stroke, outboard 2 stroke, IO, V drive? Merc, Volvo, Johnson, Evinrude, Yamaha, Honda, Inmar?

What did you get?
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I am going to keep you all guessing for a while, but I will give you a hint. It has twin engines with jet drives.
 
Haynie said:
Your wife has good reason to be mad

Break
Out
Another
Thousand

Boat=a hole in the water you throw your money into
The two happiest days in a man's life:
When he gets his boat
When he sells his boat

I have been working on boats and dealing with boats for 4 years now. Get your money back.
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A few years back, my partner "gave" me his old boat when he bought his new one... still before I got rid of it I think it cost me a little over $2500... needed a new deck, new seats, overhaul the steering, two new power packs, new prop... while it was fun for a while, don't think I'm that much of a boat person.
 
Haynie said:
All that and it only cost you 2500. You got off cheap.
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I figured out how to get rid of it pretty quick... I was transferred from Houston to Dallas and took the boat to the warehouse in Dallas... no room at the house... one of my co-workers admired that old boat every day... it was a 1968 glastron Vhull with a 185 Johnson hanging on the rear end... when the company decided they needed me back in Houston instead and closed the Dallas office, I made a deal with him... it needed a new power pack (again) and I told him if he could fix it, send me some money... if not take it to the dumps... I never got any money -- I didn't have to haul the boat back to Houston and I've been a landlubber ever since. :biggrin::biggrin:
 
"Is it so nice as all that?" asked the mole, shyly...

"Nice? It's the only thing," said the Water Rat Solemnly, as he leaned forward for his stroke. "Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing -- absolutely nothing -- half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats."

"Simply messing...about in boats -- or with boats... In or out of 'em it doesn't matter. Nothing seems to matter, that's the charm of it. Whether you get away, or whether you don't; whether you arrive at your destination or whether you reach somewhere else, or whether you never get anywhere at all, you're always busy, and you never do anything in particular; and when you've done it there's always something else to do, and you can do it if you like, but you'd much better not."

"Look here! If you've really nothing else on hand this morning, supposing we drop down the river together and have a long day of it.?"
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From Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame
 
Neil.... that's what I like about you. In the face of adversity....you do it anyway. :biggrin: I can keep your Jeep for you.:rolleyes: Might get a little sand on the wheels, but I'll wash it off.:biggrin: Can't wait to see the boat.
 
I'm with you Neil!! I've got a Jeep, Camper, Hot Rod, and Lots of RC stuff. As I told Gwen, if I want it, i'm buying it:biggrin:.

My guess is a Boston Whaler.
 
wolftat said:
Haynie said:
Bass, bay, fish-n-ski, runabout, cuddy cabin, bow rider, ski, wake, pontoon, troller, or cruise ship (I hear there is one in italy that might be going pretty cheap)? Inboard, outboard 4 stroke, outboard 2 stroke, IO, V drive? Merc, Volvo, Johnson, Evinrude, Yamaha, Honda, Inmar?

What did you get?
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I am going to keep you all guessing for a while, but I will give you a hint. It has twin engines with jet drives.
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"Twin engines with jet drives" no wonder your in the dog house.
 
I wouldn't care if my husband came home with a boat (as long as he made enough money to pay for it)- maybe he'd get off the recliner and computer and actually do something.... I grew up fishing.. bass boat all the way! but he doesn't make enough and he won't get off of the computer so it's safe to say we won't be getting a boat - maybe he'll fix my lathe instead. I can dream can't I?
 
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