"KE" == Kirk Ellis writes:

KE On Sun, 18 May 2008 11:27:48 -0700, "RST Engineering"
KE wrote:

My hit on it is that you wanted a reason to stop flying and the
idiots in this ng gave you that reason.

KE I have never wanted to stop flying, ask my wife. She is tired
KE of hearing about it constantly, but she doesn't understand
KE what it means to me. All she wants is the boat and couldn't
KE care less about flying in a single engine spam can. Next year
KE the boat will be paid for.

Jim is right, you just don't know it yet. The vast majority of people
do not want advice even when they ask for it. They want to be
affirmed with a decision already made. You've decided to quit. But
you don't want the burden of that decision so you're placing it on
this ng, on price, cost, your wife, your boat, whatever.

KE But two years go by very quickly at this age. My pilot friend
KE and I only hope we will be able still fly into our eighties
KE (if we make it that far) as Bob Hoover was able to do. Maybe
KE then we will consider ourselves adequate pilots.

Quit whining. Sell the damn boat if that's really the obstacle, you
can buy another when you can't fly. You're gonna reach age 70 still
day-dreaming and complaining how you couldn't quite do the airplane
thing. It was the boat. My wife. Not enough cash on hand. Had to allow
for repairs at half the purchase price. Yada. Yada.

We made do with one car for years, packed lunches, didn't go out. Now
we have one 17 year old car, a 7 year car, and a 43 year airplane. We
all talk about what we want, but our actions show what is really
important.
--
We could have saved the Earth but we were too damned cheap.
~ Kurt Vonnegut