Since I haven't had a mid-life crisis yet, does that mean I have at least 58 more years left?
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John
Ontario 32 - Aria
Free, is the heart, that lives not, in fear.
Full, is the spirit, that thinks not, of falling.
True, is the soul, that hesitates not, to give.
Alive, is the one, that believes, in love. JCP
If buying a cruising sailboat, casting off solo and casting away all land ties is NOT a mid-life crisis ( life-changing action as denial of old-age ), then what is?
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sold the Nauticat
It must have broke by the time I tried it. Say's my real age is in the thirties, but my wife (who has known me for 30+ years) says it should be closer to a 5 year old. Is that good?
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Ray
S.V. Nikko
1983 Fraser 41
La Conner, WA
So it says that my real age is 14 years yunger that I am and that I will live for another 40+ years. Any fire sales out there on a good used boat that you don't think that you will be using much longer?
Well TB, since it's a long held dream, I was already solo, and I didn't revive or establish any new ties when I moved back to Indiana to take care of my Mom, it isn't really life-changing. And far from denying my age, I wish I was 3 years older so I could collect SS.
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John
Ontario 32 - Aria
Free, is the heart, that lives not, in fear.
Full, is the spirit, that thinks not, of falling.
True, is the soul, that hesitates not, to give.
Alive, is the one, that believes, in love. JCP
I just posted this on the thread "How Old Are You?" but it is probably better posted here.
Speaking of age and getting older and cruising until you die, last year we had to deal with putting my wife's father into a nursing home during his last days. After that ordeal, my wife turned to our son, Alex, and said, "Don't worry Alex, when we get to be that age, your father and I will just get on Tamure, sail out to the middle of the ocean and pull the plug!"
Alex looked at her and said, "Wait! I have a better idea: why don't I just sail you our there and drop you off!" No sense in waisting a good cruising boat.
Actually, all of us are dying. It's only a matter of time. (No one gets out of here alive)
Careful with that gerund, Eugene.
We are not dying, just as we are not being born. Each is a process -taking minutes or hours.
Living is what we are in the process of doing - it takes a lot longer and it's a lot harder.
And if you can do a bit of messing about in boats between the first and the last - it's a lot more fun.
