It's cheaper to keep her.
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 12:59 PM
Subject: Re: M_Boats: Bob, spouses, Pinto Lake, passing Potters
Grace,
What can I say.............keep the narratives coming, they keep me
laughing.
Oh, by the way.......wouldn't divorce be cheaper then converting the spouse
from land lover to nautical dream girl??
-----Original Message-----
From: Grace Coville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 2:05 pm
Subject: M_Boats: Bob, spouses, Pinto Lake, passing Potters
Thanks for the kind replies to my "first sail" post.
The "Bob" name was intended to mean "bob," like a cork, of course, with a
ide reference to a family in-joke. We're always dragging home puppies,
ittens, guinea pigs, lost birds, etc and if the animal doesn't already have
a
ame, we call it Bob. We've had quite a few Bobs in the family. We like to
do
his to infuriate my husband's long-time business partner Bob (who doesn't
uite get the size of this boat and is expecting my family to invite his
family
n board for cocktail hour). M15 #478 is pre Bob Eeg, but if he wants to
join
e in some mischief, he's welcome to name his next boat "Grace" and we can
both
ehemently deny that we have ever met.
I salute your wife for reading something about sailing. Here is my plan
for
usbands to get non-sailing wives interested in sailing: You must remind her
hat she is a saint to put up with you. You must fearlessly account for
every
enny that you spend on sailing and insist that she spend twice that amount
on
er own interests. All the time spent working on the boat, dreaming about
the
oat or sailing the boat must be matched minute for minute by asking how her
ay went, cleaning the bathroom, and entertaining your in-laws. If she
onsents to go on the boat with you, you may not say anything, I repeat
NYTHING, critical about how she sails; that includes all commands,
nstructions, teaching and "helping." Each time she takes the helm, she gets
a
iamond. If she falls in at the dock, she gets a new car. If she suggests
oing for a sail, you fly her to Hawaii to renew your vows.
Yes, Pinto Lake is near Watsonville, CA. Today, when the kids are done
with
heir last day of school, they and I go on our second sail, trailering "Bob"
bout 60 miles to Del Valle Lake for a couple of days. We feel very daring
hat since we're not allowed to be on the lake after dark, we're camping in
a
pull through" space and sleeping on the boat. At least, I'll be sleeping
on
he boat. The kids will be on the ground, pulling bucket duty, providing
the
oothing splash-against-the-hull sounds that I like.
I bought a temporary-style swim ladder and a bucket-attach potty seat, and
ollowing my "spouse laws" this provides my saint husband with enough money
to
ake a friend to drink about a dozen $10 beer at a Giants game and stay home
to
ake care of Bob the bird and Bob the dog. Unfortunately, he won't be there
to
ack the boat into the water, but I figure I'm getting pretty good at going
round and around the parking lot; and if one of those power boaters gets
mpatient with me clogging up the launch ramp, they can get a bunch of their
riends, and we'll all hand carry the boat down.
And no, I swear, I wasn't letting no Potter 15 pass me. We were
approaching
rom opposite ends of the lake, and each time we passed, I made sure we were
on
starboard tack, so that we could cut devastingly close to his bow, and
fire
ff the cannons and brandish our cutlasses and let Bob the parrot scream
autical obscenities at him.
Happy sailing!
grace M 15 #478 "Bob" (maybe)
No, I have never met Bob Eeg in my life. I don't even know how to
pronounce
is name. Does it rhyme with "lobe"?
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