Re: [Paddlewise] confessional

From: Jim <jimtibensky_at_fastmail.fm>
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 08:06:14 -0500
On Fri, Jun 8, 2012, at 01:49 PM, Jim wrote:   Luckily being married
generally means you have a built in sanity checker. I was told a few
years ago that if I wanted another boat I had > to get rid of a boat.
This rule has been obeyed for the most part.




I am married and don't have that sanity checker. Fortunately (for me,
anyway, not for our fiscal soundeness) my spouse's hobby is riding a
horse. And being owned by a horse. So, compared to what she spends on
the horse (board, routine medical stuff, shoes, hunt dues, trail
license) I could buy a new kayak, paddle, lifejacket, and spray skirt
every year and still not spend more than she does.

Right now I'm down to nine kayaks and pretty happy with the collection
as it is. So I'll spend the $ on something nice like another trip to
Greenland.

Like the old joke "Do you suffedr from insanity?"    "No, I rather enjoy
it."



Jim Tibensky
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