Scott Smith called me yesterday about my boat. He said I was next up..........finally! It has been almost a year. To be fair I told him I was in no hurry........ His call was a response to an Email I sent where I said I need the boat this May or I need my dough. Money (or lack of it) tends to get peoples attention. Trial run this spring in Georgian Bay is the plan.

Been reading the book "Nothing is impossible"........the story of Verlen Kreuger. Amazing guy. I figured since I will be for all intents and purposes paddling a boat he designed I should become familiar with the man and get a sneak peek of the boat.

Seeing pics of him launching in heavy surf created quite a stir in me. I couldn't imagine launching and paddling in conditions even close to that (and I still can't!).

He also slept in the boat with some frequency.........nap time anyone? Anyway I'm looking forward to it. He said he would send some pics of construction which I will try and figure out how to post. I've been to his shop and seen the molds and his workmanship. Should be a nice ride.

wally wrote on Dec 13^th, 2011 at 5:18am:


Not as long as the bills get paid

Back on topic you guys 

Saturday I sold my QCC. Yesterday we picked up our kayaks for our Lake Superior trip. A Valley Nordkapp for me, and a P&H Cetus MV for her. Merry Christmas 

I still have some boats to sale. Trying to make room for new boats. Everytime I sell one, I buy another. 13 under roof in various locations. Watch the gear for sale area. Can't keep them all. 

I do enjoy the stories/jokes though.

Mrs. Wally never cares if I leave, never asks where I'm goin' or when I'll return???

Problem?

Quote:


If you suspect foul play, you move to Texas and catch them on the "rise"
I think that old law is still on the books?
Reminds me of this joke. I'll clean it up a bit.

A guy is in the clubhouse after a round of golf.
One of the other members asks him why he hasn't been around lately?

"My Wife passed away do from suffocation brought on by having a STD".
The member  offered his condolences then after a short pause said " Wait a minute, you don't die of that from a STD?
The newly single guy replied " You do when you GIVE it to me!

OUCH!! A self fulfilling prophecy............

A buddy of mine got kicked out of his house (divorce/court order) because his wife wanted to re-live her youth. She moved a young stud in fresh out of high school into HIS house with his 3 young daughters.

He was in a bad way for quite a while. Not sure how I would of handled some guy in my house, in my bed, with my woman and I couldn't set foot in the place that I worked my as@ off to pay for. That would be tough.

MT,

Sounds like a plan 
I didn't mean to imply your mate might bolt.
I was just saying that sometimes what you think is doing the right thing, isn't what they think the right thing is.

The guy I was referencing used to have a running joke when anyone said he was gone to much and working too hard.
He'd say " When my wife re-marries, her new husband will say " What a fine fellow your first husband was to leave ME with all this good stuff" 
Sadly the joke really was on him

While we have a tiff once a year or so I don't think my gal would ever bail. Murder maybe, but divorce is not part of her vocabulary. She convinced me to go to "husband school" (marriage encounter seminar... (You need to Login or Register to view media files and links) ) where we had a great time. After that I just kept doing what I had always done but she kept saying how much I had changed

The maddest I had ever seen her was when I told her I was going to Isle Royale for a few weeks and then most of August to WCP. "your not doing that" she said..........I got real quiet (a soft answer turns away wrath) and said "yes I am"................

She was OK in about an hour but said I had to "make it up to her"..........Expensive trips as I had to put in a new covered patio complete with all the goodies. OK fine, you do what you want and I get to do what I want........works for me.

MT,

I had a friend who did the same thing for years.
He was a millwright for GM in the Golden Years.
From his mid-twenties he worked 7 days/12 hrs a day/Holidays and took little vacation time.
He was bringing in 100k a year plus. Paid off his mortgage in 10 yrs. Had all the toys paid off and a cabin up north paid for. Her and the kids wanted for nothing, except his time. He thought he was giving them the American Dream.

After his 2 kids were high school, he came home to find his wife had filed for divorce ( she never worked). Nobody could believe she did it.
Their lifestyle was the envy of their married friends.
She had the best and shopped at the best places.
Turns out she said he worked to much and she found a someone who would do things with her
The guy worked himself into the ground so they could have a good life and he could retire at 50 with a great pension.
Instead she got 50% of everything including his pension. Since she didn't work, he had to pay alimony. He also paid big child support until the kids turned 18 and now he's paying for their college.
She moved her boyfriend in to their house that he couldn't sell becasue of the kids.
He retired now, living a modest retirement and not enjoying the fruits of HIS labor for 20+ years
It gets better
When she turns 62, even though she never worked in her life, she gets SS becasue she was married to someone who was paying in.
That amounts to almost a $1000 a month.
Like he jokes, I'd kill her, but I can't afford to pay for the funeral
Not saying it happens to everyone, but  ALL work and little co-play is a dangerous mix

Yea ST.........I think I have worked 2 lifetimes already. My wife complains but I told her that going in that I work a lot. I hate sitting around anyway. (I used to be a lot taller but I'm wearing down )

The 90 hour weeks are the weeks I have shows on the weekends. Get up at 3 A.M........4 hour set up.......talk to to people all day, maybe go to their houses that night.......very long day At least I'm sitting for 2 days.

No wonder I'm tired. Kinda sucks.........just about the time I get good at what I do it will be time to check out. Not Fair!!