T&T: Diesel or gas

[Al Dente]

You make a very good point. Fun is what you do with a thing, not the thing
itself. Although you might have pushed the point with a Bayliner :) .

On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 12:05 AM, Faure, Marin <marin.faure at boeing.com>wrote:

> >Terry said: The most fun is had at the edges of the envelope: the
> smallest, the newest, the biggest, the oldest, the weirdest, the cutest,
> the fastest, the slowest, the most complex, the simplest,,,
>
>
> This is the only part of Terry's post I don't necessarily agree with.
> Fun is what you make of it.  I know people with bone-stock Bayliners who
> have more genuine fun with their boats than people I know who have
> unique, classic, one-of-a-kind wooden boats from the 30s and 40s.  Fun
> is an attitude, not a possession.  Granted, having the right boat (car,
> motorcycle, airplane, fly rod) can certainly add to a person's
> experience so that they get more fun out of it, although it's not a
> requirement for fun.  But a unique "thing" and fun are not, in my
> opinion, mutually dependent.
>
> If all a person is willing to spend, or if all they want to deal with,
> dictates a fiberglass production boat identical to 67 other boats of the
> same make and model in the marina and has what to some people is zero
> character, the sales contract will not say "Fun is an unavailable option
> on this boat."   I'm not saying that people at the edges of the envelope
> don't have loads of fun with their unique boats. I'm just saying that
> people right smack in the middle of the envelope can have every bit as
> much fun.  So a potential boat owner should never get the idea that
> unless he or she buys a boat that's unique in some way they will be
> missing out on some important aspect of the boating experience.
>
>
> ______________________________
> C. Marin Faure
> GB36-403 "La Perouse"
> Bellingham, Washington
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