i'm talking about a sailboat. I want to sail, but they're expensive. I wrote the following e-mail to my father, who's now retired, about a project I think we ought to do together.
Being this is a family oriented community, I figured I'd ask you folks.
the letter...
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I'm saying we ought to make one.
its always good to have some project to be working on. It keeps you mentally healthy. You know, some rote motion to go through toward some larger goal. Maybe you're just waxing the hull or something like that, but it lets your mind wander while still being productive. And the best part is when you're done you have a sail boat. As a man of English and Spanish ancestry, its almost a homage to those who came before you to learn how to sail. Between the two nations they owned the sea for close to 600 years.
its something I've always wanted to do - sailing - but for obvious reasons, could never really afford. But to build something like a sailboat, while it will be taxing and forever, is a fairly great accomplishment that no one really does any longer. I like big long projects. Some guys go out to their garage on the weekend and fix up a car, some of them paint...but I think to build something from scratch, however long or laborious that might be, is something that makes you a better person.
Manual labor has always been a healthy thing for people. thats why I think cubicle-nation is slowly driving everyone mad. Thankfully I walk everywhere and get some time to myself. But I like making things and I think i'm going to try and build a boat. If you want to help out, I think its going to be fun.
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you're going to have to forgive the inanity in there, we share blood and we understand one another a little more easily.