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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: Mik01 on July 04, 2014, 08:28:42 PM
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ok, so I am forced to sell my first love - yes, my beloved boat! Wife wants a house and after much umming and arring and delaying, I realised we needed the $$ for that more than I selfishly needed my boat.
she's not pretty, but to me she's the apple of my eye. :'(
I'm actually feeling pretty low at the moment - like I just lost my best mate. :'( :'(
so - in the spirit of me totally feeling like crap - tell me about something you love that you had to give away or sell, and share in my misery!
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ok, so I am forced to sell my first love - yes, my beloved boat! Wife wants a house and after much umming and arring and delaying, I realised we needed the $$ for that more than I selfishly needed my boat.
she's not pretty, but to me she's the apple of my eye. :'(
I'm actually feeling pretty low at the moment - like I just lost my best mate. :'( :'(
so - in the spirit of me totally feeling like crap - tell me about something you love that you had to give away or sell, and share in my misery!
This wont help ;D ;D ;D
I have a wife and not my dream boat....
my mate has no wife and his dream boat/car/gear/and everything else...
i try to win the argument but he even gets more action than me ..so he tells me ... so really I think he wins....
jet ;D ;D
PS - i do feel for ya mate :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:
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A few years back now I had to hand in my semi-auto and pump action firearms...got reimbursed pretty well ;D
Then a few more years later I had to hand in my larger calibre handguns...ended up getting rid of all my handguns and equipment...get even better reimbursement than the longarms. 8)
Missed it at the time as it was a club thing with mates - and had been shooting competitively for so long.....but got back into camping and 4WD'ing so the family were happy...and me ;D
Tim
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This wont help ;D ;D ;D
I have a wife and not my dream boat....
my mate has no wife and his dream boat/car/gear/and everything else...
i try to win the argument but he even gets more action than me ..so he tells me ... so really I think he wins....
jet ;D ;D
PS - i do feel for ya mate :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:
Thanks! Maybe I can sell the wife and keep the boat - is that what you're telling me to do????
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About to sell my house which for the past 7 years I have almost built all by myself. Got it just about right but its time for a change. Will be hard to walk out of it after all the sweat and tears poured into it.
The upside is the family is moving to something with more room and hopefully a much better lifestyle, its scary but cant wait
GG
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Put a ridiculous price on the boat so it won't sell..... :laugh:
Then you can say at least you tried :angel:
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The upside is the family is moving to something with more room and hopefully a much better lifestyle, its scary but cant wait
Come on GG we know you really bought it so you can host myswag sleep overs :)
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Thanks! Maybe I can sell the wife and keep the boat - is that what you're telling me to do????
I could never tell another bloke to try something I lacked the courage to do myself ;D ;D ;D ;D
sell the boat ..keep the mrs happy and find a single mate to live vicariously through ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
jet ;D
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she's not pretty, but to me she's the apple of my eye. :'(
I'm actually feeling pretty low at the moment - like I just lost my best mate. :'( :'(
Which one are you talking about here, wife or the boat?
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Hard to say but if the time is right for the house then go for it, you will find the op for another boat will come around soon enough. I've had 17 boats so have got used to passing them on (usually after spending lots of money on them)
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l hope the kids get over it , but they are needed fro medical research >:D :cheers:
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Just trade the wife in. Ya don't need a house that bad.
You can never get a perfect wife, but if you have the perfect boat.... must tell you something.
If God wanted us to stay married for ever until death boat do us part, why did the big fellow invent divorce?
Food for thought huh.
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At the end of the day its only a boat. We did the same thing 20 odd years ago, and I was more than happy to use the funds from the boat to help finance the purchase of a home. Nowadays we use the equity in our home to finance the toys, happy days.
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I sold my valiant a few years ago. It was a great car, purple, v8, loud, fast. I had a company car at the time and due to my wife getting car sick in it due to the old school fumes it didn't get out of the garage a lot. Not sure where the cash went in the end, probably the bottomless mortgage. Wish I still had room for a project/classic car but I don't and wouldn't get time to play with it. Sinking my hobby funds into push bikes now, at least I can fit a dozen in the garage at once.
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Which one are you talking about here, wife or the boat?
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>:D
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Why not buy a houseboat? That would be a win win :)
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I sold my beloved twin cockpit skiboat that restored myself to buy my first house, along with a go kart and bike.
11 years later I still miss the boat, but don't regret the decision.
(http://i689.photobucket.com/albums/vv260/kylarama/CCF15112009_00003_edited.jpg) (http://s689.photobucket.com/user/kylarama/media/CCF15112009_00003_edited.jpg.html)
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I sold my beloved twin cockpit skiboat that restored myself to buy my first house, along with a go kart and bike.
11 years later I still miss the boat, but don't regret the decision.
(http://i689.photobucket.com/albums/vv260/kylarama/CCF15112009_00003_edited.jpg) (http://s689.photobucket.com/user/kylarama/media/CCF15112009_00003_edited.jpg.html)
Cool boat!!!!!
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Nice, must have been hard to part with that one.
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About to sell my house which for the past 7 years I have almost built all by myself. Got it just about right but its time for a change. Will be hard to walk out of it after all the sweat and tears poured into it.
The upside is the family is moving to something with more room and hopefully a much better lifestyle, its scary but cant wait
GG
Where are you moving to?
Had to give back three german shepherds, Etch,Patton and Klaus.
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Hard to say but if the time is right for the house then go for it, you will find the op for another boat will come around soon enough. I've had 17 boats so have got used to passing them on (usually after spending lots of money on them)
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sold up everything to move to tassie including my boat which i thought i would replace as soon as we settle here - 3 years later each time i bring up the subject about getting a boat the other half uses the "PRIORITIES" word :'(
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Nice, must have been hard to part with that one.
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Yes and no. The last 2 years prior to selling it didn't get used as much as it used too. Had about 5 mates with boats, mine being the smallest and slowest I started leaving it at home and chipping in for fuel to my mates. Still was a hard decision, as I had it for 8 years and spent a solid 12 months doing a hull up restore, but I wanted a house more.
Cool boat!!!!!
Thanks. Started off like below and at the time (mid 90's) I thought a pearl blue/white paint job looked cooler. If I had my time over I'd paint it the same colour and keep the period (we think the boat was late 60's) steering wheel, screen and interior.
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Had a Holden 186S with twin strommies, Yella Terra head and a Wade cam. Direct drive (no dog clutch), probably struggled to crack 35 - 40mph and handled like junk, but man we had some fun with it!
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About 8 years ago i had to sell my Honda VFR, with one young child and another on the way we just couldnt afford the 3rd rego. I almost cried as it rode off down the street, but sort of glad i sold it at the time. Fortunately i wasnt forced to sell my pride and joy which is a 1958 FC Special sedan that i have had since i was 17, VFR has been replaced with a Triumph Daytona T595 :)
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:'( sold my motorcycle last week it was my pride and joy and the nicest bike I have ridden for ages. The upside my wife agreed to take the kids out of school for a term next year and travel the country in the camper. Funds are needed for the trip. So yep I get it happy sad??
Win win brother. Can't complain about that. So many special memories to be had.
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About 8 years ago i had to sell my Honda VFR, with one young child and another on the way we just couldnt afford the 3rd rego. I almost cried as it rode off down the street, but sort of glad i sold it at the time. Fortunately i wasnt forced to sell my pride and joy which is a 1958 FC Special sedan that i have had since i was 17, VFR has been replaced with a Triumph Daytona T595 :)
Great car, I got my licence in one of those ;D ;D
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When I sold my truck, bobcat and excavator :'( :'( I loved the job, meeting new people, different place every day, it was my lunch room, office, source of income and a lot of entertainment every day for nearly 30 years :cup: :cup:
Sadly missed
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When I sold my truck, bobcat and excavator :'( :'( I loved the job, meeting new people, different place every day, it was my lunch room, office, source of income and a lot of entertainment every day for nearly 30 years
Yep, but you can see your back fence now!!
:cheers:
When you coming for a visit?
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Well a deposit has been taken. I think I have sellers remorse - sold in 48hrs - too cheap??? Oh well, I did need to offload it, and the price I was happy with before I listed it, so all parties are happy.
Told the bride that we need to start saving for my next boat - she agreed!!! But that won't happen for a number of years.
Will definitely be sad to watch her drive away tomorrow. Lots of great memories. Well at least we get the new house on acreage, which settles in a month. So the funds are sorely needed.
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About 8 years ago i had to sell my Honda VFR, with one young child and another on the way we just couldnt afford the 3rd rego. I almost cried as it rode off down the street, but sort of glad i sold it at the time. Fortunately i wasnt forced to sell my pride and joy which is a 1958 FC Special sedan that i have had since i was 17, VFR has been replaced with a Triumph Daytona T595 :)
G'day mate, do you have a pic of the FC :cup:
:cheers:
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G'day mate, do you have a pic of the FC :cup:
:cheers:
Has been together and apart a few times, this time for a driveline upgrade. VN discs all round, VB Salisbury diff with VN discs, HQ stubs with VN discs.
LH torana rack and pinion steering, Hadfiled chassis kit.
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Mate tough decision but sell the boat and buy a house, as when you retire you cant live in the boat and for some of us that wont receive a pension we will need to own our house as we wont be able to afford rent.. I had this conversation with my brother the other week he is 32 and has never purchased a house as yet and I told him that if he brought a house today and only paid the minimum mortgage payment he will not own his house until he is 62 years old...
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I sold 3 dirt bikes all my gear and bike trailer for our first "home" if you could call it that but it was the smartest decision most toys go down in money and suck more into them but a house holds its own most of the time or makes money now 3 yrs on I have a bike again and all my gear again (new stuff too) and with the right mortgage makes financing the toys easier then the banks
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:'( sold my motorcycle last week it was my pride and joy and the nicest bike I have ridden for ages. The upside my wife agreed to take the kids out of school for a term next year and travel the country in the camper. Funds are needed for the trip. So yep I get it happy sad??
Happy sad, but you'll all enjoy the trip.
I have sold a few motorbikes over the years, for maternity leave and baby furniture. I miss my BMW GS.
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Nearly had to sell my pride and joy. My old 89 gq td42 patrol.
Shes ruff around the edges and nothing special but def my baby.
But had few issues with new house and was looking like we were gonna be 10k short which meant finding another house design.
We had struggled enough to get design we wanted.
Believe it or not but the wife refused to let me sell it.
She said she didnt want to put up with me winging about losing it haha. Top woman there. Think it even led to a minor argument cause I didnt want her to be upset about house.
In the end our mortgage broker was able to get it approved by bank so win win.
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Every bike that I've sold has been a sad occasion, but especially the last one as I only managed to put 900km on it after lots of mods, and I have been bikeless since. The bikes did part fund our move to, and trip around, Australia though, so was for a very good cause. Now I have my eye on the new 1290 Superduke R :)
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Sell it with a fond memory and yearning heart, then 10 years from now when the property price has doubled, use the equity to go bigger and better.
Memories are exactly that. Memories. Life must go on though.
Just make sure the new house has room for a man cave............... then its all worth it.
Skinning knuckles adding extras to the camper, spending weeks looking for tools you lost then finding them within 10 minutes when you stop looking, beer appreciation nights weeks, years lifetime....
yep - time to move on.