Re: Almost finished with the console.
 

Ken, You and ESD both make excellent points and are correct!!!! The idea is to spread it out over time and have differenf projects going at once.......kinda the baffle with BS routine. When you have a transom replacement, windlass install, electronics improvement, rebuild of the console, etc., etc. it gets confusing for them. However to be quite honest, I really don't want to know the actual $$$ amount either.

Santa SNEAKING in boat parts.
 

Sorry for the continued High-jacked thread, but the above got me laughing and I can't resist.....

Sneaking boat and motor parts past the wife, also carefully & creatively "cooking the books" on the prices is half the fun of restoring boats!! My wife thinks, SST props cost $35, and my new lower unit was on sale for $89---What a Deal!!!

I know I'm safe w/ my admissions here...on CSC. She would never look here on as she would say "that boring boat site" after all she is on FACEBOOK 24/7 with all of the rest of the wifes/sorority girls....geees.

Those are some of my best "sneaks"

Anybody else go some good ones???

Re: Santa SNEAKING in boat parts.
 

Wait till you die and she sells all your chit to the people on CSC for those ridiculous prices you told her you paid for them http://forums.floridasportsman.com/s...y/biglaugh.gif

Re: Santa SNEAKING in boat parts.
 

Mirage + 100 clams after mail in rebate.

Nice used bimini really was 100 clams. Score.

Furuno 100 clams after instant rebate.

New springs, hubs, wheels, harness, leds etc 60 books of S&H green stamps

Resin, glass, core, thru hulls, pumps, vhf, stereo, livewell, leaning post all covered by federal stimulus program for improved "infrastructure".

Blood , Sweat, and Tears in the driveway: Priceless.

Merry Christmas,
GFS :)

Re: Almost finished with the console.
 

Funny but true. Constant jabbering about boats 24/7 will wear them down and they will tune you out after a while. If you can get to the point were you have 3 boats in various states of dis repair then you are good to go because they have a tendency to not care much after that. Another trick I learned is to buy them an expensive piece of jewelry about 10 days before your next boat purchase.

Ken thanks for the tip about different colors :D

strick

Re: Santa SNEAKING in boat parts.
 

Sandy.....man you are really telling your age!!!! What was the other ones, "Top Value"??

Notice how this thread is going all over the place?? :)

Re: Santa SNEAKING in boat parts.
 

Actually Chuck I have a rider in my will that if she gets an offer from any of you guys for anything from my SeaCraft......she is to multiply the offer by a minimum of 10 to 20 times. She knows what a cheap ass I am, I will shop for days to save a buck, however I don't hold a candle to some of you folks!!!!! As an example, Strick's $829 "find".

Re: Santa SNEAKING in boat parts.
 

Actually it was $821... and then we found about $21.00 in small change inside the cabin so theoretically we paid $800 [img]/forum/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

Nice work on the consel BTW

strick

Re: Santa SNEAKING in boat parts.
 

"As an example, Strick's $829 "find."

Damn, I Forgot about that! Well, I guess we all know who's house Santa won't be stopping at AGAIN this year!!

Merry Christmas there Strick!

Re: Santa SNEAKING in boat parts.
 

Note to self, try to refrain from derailing threads.
Sorry, I was diagnosed as hyper as a kid , but the Doc was nice and didn`t put me on ritlin.

Nice work on the console there Don. How many books of Top Value stamps have you invested?
GFS