This was the perfect weekend for boating - clear blue sky, sunny, and not too oppressively hot. There is nothing better than boating across the lake, the wind in your hair and the sun in your face.
However, owning a boat is not as glamorous as one might think. There is a dark side - constant drama. Look at what happened to this poor guy:
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| This poor guy in NOT having a good day. |
Rumor has it the guy just bought the boat and put it in the water that day. It didn't even make it across the lake before it began to sink.
So my boat drama for the day involved the process of taking the fishing boat out of the water for some maintenance.
Step 1: Drive to location of trailer. Play with the key and lock before realizing the key you have doesn't actually work on the lock. Decide to go back home to find correct key. [Estimated Time Spent = 30 minutes]
Step 2: En route to home, decide you are hungry and make a detour to Subway for lunch.
Step 3: Eat lunch, stop at home, find every extra, random key. Make second trip to location of trailer. [Estimated Time Spent = 1.5 hours]
Step 4: Yeah - Key works! Drive trailer back home. [Estimated Time Spent = 20 minutes]
Step 5: Do routine maintenance on trailer -- fill tires with air, grease bearings. [Estimated Time Spent = 20 minutes]
Step 6: Divide & Conquer - Dave drives boat to boat ramp. Alicia drives big truck and trailer to boat ramp. No mailboxes were sacrificed.
Step 7: Load Boat on Trailer - that's Dave's job with a some small assistance from me. Then drive home. [Total Time Spent = An entire afternoon].
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| Boat safely loaded on the trailer |
The drama isn't over - Dave gets to spend his vacation trying to fix the boat.
So if you are thinking about buying a boat, remember what BOAT stands for -- Break Out Another Thousand. (thanks to Intern for that tidbit!)
you also need to become an auto mechanic and charge people lots of extra $$$ for stuff that doesn't need to be done so you can make your boat payment. (that's from car talk)
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