Hey Connie- Thanks for the analogy about the mixer; it makes me feel good!
Jerry jerrymontgomery.org ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 8:50 AM Subject: Re: M_Boats: Working, working, cruising, cruising - long > Hi Bill > > Thanks for the kind words.............. > > Over the years I've found that true happiness is having something that > fits your requirements as best as can be found, and damn the cost. > > The pleasure you get from using a superb tool (boat, car, etc.) each time > you use it, far outweighs what it originally cost. The cost is long > forgotten, but the pleasure of it's use remains. > > My parents bought a Hobart three speed mixer back in the early '30. It > had been doing faithful duty, mixing cake batter, shredding veggies, > grinding meat; till about '77. Then I totally overhauled it, and my > daughter is still enjoying a wonderful machine, today. > > When my wife started making gingerbread houses and holding workshops, I > went to Hobart and tried to buy her a new machine. > > To buy one you almost have to break down the Hobart office door and yell, > "I want an N50 Mixer!" Hobart's answer is not, "Oh we'd be pleased to > sell you one, but rather; a sharp intake of breath and then, > ............but they are expensive! We only sell them to Home Economics > Classes at Universities." > > After almost hauling the man behind the counter over the counter and > slapping him on both cheeks, I told him I WANT ONE, and I never asked you > how expensive they were. > > Finally I got the new machine and it has been doing yeoman service ever > since. > > I guess the moral is, buy the best and enjoy it every time you use it. > > The Montgomery is in the same category. It may be small, but the design > is elegant; you have excellent storage; and it has great performance! > (and makes the big boat owners jealous because we can sail at any time we > want to, and anywhere we want; they can't..............) > > Connie > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
