2 more Suggestions: (based on the Patrick McManus theory I was reminded of in Dave Seng's post) The ReallyGreatDeal. Tell her you bought the new boat for half price. (My wife loves a good deal). Bribe your FriendlyLocalPaddleshopOwner to go along with the "tale". Say you bought the boat for $600. Tell the FriendlyLocal PaddleshopOwner that if your wife calls, to tell her boat normally retails for $1200. Bag-o'-Parts. Buy a boat. Take it to a friend's house. Completely disassemble it. Take it home, piece by piece. Spouses are more forgiving of you buying a part to a boat "you already have" than a whole new boat. Good luck! Shawn Who can relate. I have one boat, building #2, but I seem to "get in trouble" for the 2 friends' boats I'm storing. "Why do you need a new boat, you already have 3 hanging in the garage?!" (There's no convincing her that #3 and #4 aren't mine. Of course, if I ever do buy another boat, my friends will have to find a new place to store theirs for awhile, and my wife won't be any the wiser! Phil Huck wrote: > > Does anybody have any suggestions for improving > my three-boat limit? Please understand, that I paddle 8-10 hours a week, > generally while teaching kayaking classes, the rest is on my own and with > other family/friends. -- Shawn W. Baker 0 46°53'N © 2000 ____©/______ 114°06'W ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^\ ,/ /~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ baker_at_montana.com 0 http://www.missoulaconcrete.com/shawn/ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Apr 30 2000 - 22:33:28 PDT
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