Missed my calling in life

[cs]

The more I think about it the more I realize that I should have possibly set my sights a little higher. That just maybe my true calling in life is to be a Beach Bum.

Chad

[Popeye]

ooh yah , beach bum .. tis the season

how many times have i driven past the old roadside vw westfeelya , 'for sale' .. and wondered if i could hook a dirt bike on the back , load up with some beans and beer and a couple hundred bucks gas money and hit the road

too cool

[Joe ( Cold Spring on Hudson )]

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m320/fosterhere/Chad.jpg

[Popeye]

http://www.leelau.net/2005/newfoundland/norrispointtoportlandcreek/portlandcreek08a.jpg

[cs]

With Popeye's micro bus and Joe's map Nirvana is just around the corner. :)


But alas although the desire and the need is there the means is not.

Chad

[Popeye]

we can always get you a metal detector from radio shack and some long white support knee highs , you could comb the beach for coins and nails and stuff

long as you're back before dark

[Tar Devil]

http://www.learnnc.org/lp/media/collections/cede/resized/cedebwr06.jpg

[ccmanuals]

Who was it that said (for a guy) their are only 2 occuptions worth having in this world and that's either a fighter pilot or a rock star? :D

[Sue H.]

Do you need an assistant? Mike can play guitar to keep you entertained and I can paint you sitting around doing nothing.....Will work for food :D

[Memphis Mike]

I think we should sell the houses and buy a 70ft. Schooner and live aboard. Certainly, between the lot of us, we could figure out ways to make enough dough to make it work.

[Vince Brennan]

I think we should sell the houses and buy a 70ft. Schooner and live aboard. Certainly, between the lot of us, we could figure out ways to make enough dough to make it work.

I can do knotwork for the other boaters.... should make acceptance of "our scow" a bit easier.... and I'm GREAT for ballast in a storm....

[Leon m]

You could always join the Shriners...I hear they have a lot of fun.

[Memphis Mike]

I can do knotwork for the other boaters.... should make acceptance of "our scow" a bit easier.... and I'm GREAT for ballast in a storm....


As Sue said, I can play the guitar.:D

[Joe ( Cold Spring on Hudson )]

I can fill this position ;)

http://www.miss-charming.com/bartender/celebrityfunloveboat.jpg

The Loooooooooove Boat :D

[Memphis Mike]

So we gots a guitar player, a knot tyer and a bar keep. What else do we need?:D

[Katherine]

A cook.

[Memphis Mike]

A cook.

Are you volunteering? There ain't gonna be any Walgreens nearby.:eek:

[Katherine]

I just polished off a piece of Apple/Peach/Walnut pie that I made from SCRATCH myself. I think I'll survive.:D

[cs]

So let me get this straight. All you folks are voluntering to be my support staff while I lay around and become a beach bum?

Sounds good to me. :D

Chad

[Kaa]

So let me get this straight. All you folks are voluntering to be my support staff while I lay around and become a beach bum?

Sounds good to me. :D

Chad

Sounds to me like they're planning to live aboard on a 70' schooner and you will be their beach support :D

Kaa

[Popeye]

All you folks are voluntering to be my support staff while I lay around and become a beach bum?

well , we are not going about this half-assed , we would be your beach bum entourage , your bumourage as it where , support network for the bumily inclined

[PatCox]

I am a good forager, and a great cook. I can even make jailhouse hooch from canned fruit cocktail (thats the good stuff) or raisins, in a pinch. Ramshackle construction and jury-rigging are additional skills I bring.

[cs]

What I'm envisioning here is kinda like the Verizon wireless network. ;) :D

Chad

[Memphis Mike]

I want Lefty as the cook or it's no deal. Now all we need is a skipper and a couple of people that know how to sail the damn thing.:o

[Paul Pless]

Now all we need is a skipper and a couple of people that know how to sail the damn thing.:o

Gareth, John B, Jack Dillon

[stumpbumper]

Is there still a market for macrame? I wasted two years of my life on it in the sixties!

[stumpbumper]

....and seven years on wheel-thrown pottery in the '80s.

[Memphis Mike]

Gareth, John B, Jack Dillon

Those three just might be able to do something with this ragtag bunch of misfits.:D

[Paul Pless]

I think we're gonna need a schooner... a big one.:)

[Katherine]

Time for Ken to open up his photo collection so that we can pick one.

[P.I. Stazzer-Newt]

Gareth, John B, Jack Dillon

Two born racers, and the other one - I predict a mutiny - and sheep jokes.

[R.I.Singer30]

I think we should sell the houses and buy a 70ft. Schooner and live aboard. Certainly, between the lot of us, we could figure out ways to make enough dough to make it work.


Well I've got the 60 foot White Wings on the market right now but there is slow action at the moment.Perhaps we can do a WBF group effort to make her all she should be.:D ...I have subliminally mentioned it but if there is a great organizer amungst us they/he she should step up.

http://newimages.yachtworld.com/1/6/6/7/0/1667056_1_thumb.jpg?1170525261000

I'm not kiddin either:) I've got to do something soon.

[JBreeze]

Is White Wings the boat that was moored in Potter's Cove for a couple of summers?

Damn, I always envied that......even envy the campers at Ft. Getty....dropped off some free firewood Tues. aft. to a Ft. Getty camper, and the breeze was 20 degrees cooler than my house!

[R.I.Singer30]

Yup .That was me.After I got divorced she was offered to me for a good price.But my mom passed away 1 1/2 years ago and my dad is 84 and has little or no domestic skills so I live at home with him now.He has no idea of the effort needed to keep her going.Last year I was in Newport(after Jamestown evicted me).Just going down to do a couple of hours work he was like ,why will you be gone so long?.So my priorities have shifted but I really would hate to see her go.A group thing could be so cool,I know it could be a major problem too.But I DO take my chances.I stayed at Fort Getty a few times in the interum.It's a nice spot if the wind isn't to strong.

[Nanoose]

With Popeye's micro bus and Joe's map Nirvana is just around the corner. :)


But alas although the desire and the need is there the means is not.

Chad

Life is short.

There is usually a way to make the dreams happen if you just think about it for a bit.

Our dream was to sail away with our kids for a year. Sold the house - bought a boat - and away we went!

We didn't wanna be on the porch swing in our 80's and have those regrets..."Remember that crazy idea we had to sail away with the kids? Why didn't we...."

Make it happen!!! You absolutely can. Whatever the dream is...these days I find myself lookin at that VW bus too, popeye!....

[Katherine]

That pesky need to eat keeps getting in the way.

[Hughman]

That pesky need to eat keeps getting in the way.

Fish, the other white meat.

[Kaa]

Life is short.

There is usually a way to make the dreams happen if you just think about it for a bit.

Yes. But there's a price.

Make sure you're willing to pay the price before you commit.

Kaa

[ishmael]

Gawd, the thought of all of you on the same boat! That's gonna take some getting used to. LOL

I'm a decent boat carpenter when I put my mind to it, and cook pretty well the same. Also a copacetic shipmate. I don't yak like I do here, don't need much stuff and keep track of it, and am ready for whatever chore comes along. But I think we're gonna need a bigger boat.

Chad,

You're what, forty? Robet Bly once remarked that somewhere between your age and mine a man discovers he's been climbing the wrong ladder. Not a unique observation. He often ends up with a sports car, a new wife, and hair plugs, but you can set up a new ladder with less drastic measures. As Brad is fond of saying, do what you love and the money will come. It often takes more than a single leap of faith.

FWIW, you've occasionally struck me as a fellow who takes on too many projects. That can be distracting. Maybe all you have to do is winnow a bit.

[Memphis Mike]

Well I've got the 60 foot White Wings on the market right now but there is slow action at the moment.Perhaps we can do a WBF group effort to make her all she should be.:D ...I have subliminally mentioned it but if there is a great organizer amungst us they/he she should step up.

http://newimages.yachtworld.com/1/6/6/7/0/1667056_1_thumb.jpg?1170525261000

I'm not kiddin either:) I've got to do something soon.

That's a hell of a boat, Dan but do ya think it will hold us all?:eek: :D

[JimD]

Sometimes a person just needs a little solitude. Pacific Rim National Park, Vancouver Island:

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid215/p85a53c9e35273788f6b80c49b1359a6f/ecf8e360.jpg (javascript:viewExifData())

[R.I.Singer30]

That's a hell of a boat, Dan but do ya think it will hold us all?:eek: :D

I think we would need some type of scheduling miracle.;) I said I need an organizer.