wrigley
Full time employment: Posting here.
an engagement ring!
1972 Chevrolet Vega- Motor Trend Car of the Year 1971 What a POS.
Ouch! And just imagine - - anyone they hooked you up with paid $1200, too.
I have never paid for a dating service, but that seems like a lot of money! Setting up a dating service like that might be a good part time ER job for someone, though.
The saying: the happiest day in a man's life is the day he buys his first boat, the second happiest is the day he gets rid of the damn thing, is true
My 27' clinker planked wooden Jersey skiff could be rated as a dumb buy. It was very enjoyable for the time it owned me.
It was very nice to bail out at lunch time dash down to the Hudson River marina, tear across the river to a nice dockside restaurant, eat, then reverse the process and back tow*rk.
Its un-glorious end began on a rough day with fairly good sized waves on the river, when I heard the hull groan, felt it bend on a large wave. Made instant beeline for the docks, had it hauled out, and later transported home.
Its fate was sealed. I cut it apart, found significant and unrepairable (at any semblance of reasonable cost) rot in both keelsons.
It did keep the house warm through the winter feeding the stove.
By the way the boat was thirty some odd years old.
My least favorite four letter word: boat.
Worst yet - I repeated the mistake at least four times over several decades before I got it thru my thick skull - for me -
Dat's a No! No!
heh heh heh -
2001 Hyundai Accent
Elliptical exercise machine. Only cost us $300 per use.
Why did it seem cool at the store yet felt so ridiculous at home, having your arms and legs swinging back and forth.
Ok, I'll 'fess up. A GIGANTIC weight machine/body builder...we call it "The Monster." DH was the one that purchased it. We've had it for 11 years and have used it maybe 50 times. He's said his job takes up too much of his time, so it sits there collecting dust. Well, in about 2 months he'll be retiring. We'll see what happens....
Scrap metal anyone?
I've been cured of the boat thing, well almost. I do have a kayak, much enjoyed. It does not eat dollar bills by the minute.
A 1975 Corvette as my only car in 1977 when I was 23 years old, single, and knew everything. .