Quote Originally Posted by rdlangston13 View Post
I guess that's what you get on a forum where 80% of the members are 40+ and rocking boats made in the 80s...sorry Mike! Lol
Hey, I resemble that remark - and proud of it. Sure, I'm more 50- than 40+ and my boat is 24 years old but I'm happy about both (glad to have made it this far & nobody makes big DD's anymore). I've been young & old, in & out of debt, boat & boatless - but the water has always held the same enjoyment. I highly recommend boating if you're so inclined and can find a way - just be smart about it and your own situation/wants/needs. Sorry if you caught some flack from my fellow geezers - you know how codgety us old farts can get when you young whippersnappers won't stay off our lawn/lake with all that newfangled boat stuff ...

Personally, I don't care how others make or spend their money or how they came to be driving that nice new boat - only how they operate that nice new boat. With years has come the wisdom that I don't know jack sh!+ about other people and their finances. I don't presume to know if daddy or the recently departed grandma's insurance bought that boat, or if junior worked his a$$ off & paid cash or is mortgaged to the hilt - so I don't care. Just don't be a d!ck about it and think your money (or the appearance thereof) make you better than anybody else on the water. Of course, "you" and "your" are not directed at anyone particular (well except maybe those douches in the white sunglasses that pulled up in the "murdered" Supra at the TX Jam). You know what I mean if you were there...