I've been posting my wood and tool gloats of late, so...
I went to an estate auction because I've been looking for a beater
pick-up truck to haul stuff and they had one listed. When I got there,
it had a work body so the bed was pretty useless for my needs, BUT..
They had a 16' tri-hull fiberglass boat with a 75 HP Johnson and nice
galvanized double axel trailer. I asked if that was going to be
autioned and it was, so I thought, heck, why not hang around and see
what it goes for.
It was the 11th item auctioned and I opened the bidding at $100 - 1
person bid against me for $110 - I countered with $120 and that was it
- no more bids!!!!
Got me a fishing boat for $120 and, when I checked it out further, the
motor turned right over and spit water all nice and everything!
Saw one just like it in the paper for $1800 a week ago, but when I
called back about it, it was sold.
Plus I picked up a 2HP PC Plunge router and a 2HP PC fixed based
router (motor on both) for $7.00 and $11.00 (with a 6 inch cast iron
bench vice and an assortment of handsaws, hammers, and large diameter
drill bits thrown into the lots. (don't know what I'm going to do with
the portable sewing machine tho.
Yeah - I pretty much sucked on Saturday, so when the auction was over
I was trying to figure out how I was going to haul the boat home when
I found a '80 F100 4x4 that looked aweful and ran great for $1100, got
it for $900. Towed the boat home today.
Tillman
tillius wrote:
>>
> Yeah - I pretty much sucked on Saturday, so when the auction was over
> I was trying to figure out how I was going to haul the boat home when
> I found a '80 F100 4x4 that looked aweful and ran great for $1100, got
> it for $900. Towed the boat home today.
Yes, you defintely suck. Nice catch.
--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN
[email protected]
http://www.mortimerschnerd.com
They had a 16' tri-hull fiberglass boat with a 75 HP Johnson and nice
galvanized double axel trailer
"Larry Jaques" <novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com> wrote in message =
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> On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 20:58:47 -0400, "Mortimer Schnerd, RN"
> <[email protected]> calmly ranted:
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> >tillius wrote:
> >>>
> >> Yeah - I pretty much sucked on Saturday, so when the auction was =
over
> >> I was trying to figure out how I was going to haul the boat home =
when
> >> I found a '80 F100 4x4 that looked aweful and ran great for $1100, =
got
> >> it for $900. Towed the boat home today.
> >
> >Yes, you defintely suck. Nice catch.
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> Yeah, and I really need to know how it ran at $900 if it
> ran great at $1,100. (My '60 F-100 looked like hell and
> ran great. I picked it up for $300, did the body work,
> painted it, and helped a restauranteur get his steamer
> over the Carlsbad Motocross track to the center field=20
> AFTER they had tilled and watered it. It amazed me, too.)
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> BTW, was that a wooden boat?
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> --=20
> "Excess regulation and government spending destroy jobs and increase=20
> unemployment. Every regulator we fire results in the creation of over
> 150 new jobs, enough to hire the ex-regulator, the unemployed, and=20
> the able-bodied poor." -Michael Badnarik
>
"tillius" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I've been posting my wood and tool gloats of late, so...
>
>>
> Yeah - I pretty much sucked on Saturday, so when the auction was over
> I was trying to figure out how I was going to haul the boat home when
> I found a '80 F100 4x4 that looked aweful and ran great for $1100, got
> it for $900. Towed the boat home today.
>
> Tillman
I agree, you do suck.
Just remember the old saying...
Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and
he'll spend all his time in a boat drinking beer.
Have fun.
Pete
"tillius" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> They had a 16' tri-hull fiberglass boat with a 75 HP Johnson and nice
> galvanized double axel trailer.
> Got me a fishing boat for $120 and, when I checked it out further, the
> motor turned right over and spit water all nice and everything!
Buying a boat at any price does not qualify as a gloat.
Signed,
Former boat owner.
LRod wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 04:55:12 GMT, "Edwin Pawlowski" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>"tillius" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>
>>> They had a 16' tri-hull fiberglass boat with a 75 HP Johnson and nice
>>> galvanized double axel trailer.
>>
>>> Got me a fishing boat for $120 and, when I checked it out further, the
>>> motor turned right over and spit water all nice and everything!
>>
>>Buying a boat at any price does not qualify as a gloat.
>
> Selling it might.
Depends on the boat--with the right one you've got a pretty big stock of
project wood . . .
> - -
> LRod
>
> Master Woodbutcher and seasoned termite
>
> Shamelessly whoring my website since 1999
>
> http://www.woodbutcher.net
--
--John
Reply to jclarke at ae tee tee global dot net
(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)
tillius wrote:
<snip>
> I went to an estate auction
<snip>
> Plus I picked up a 2HP PC Plunge router and a 2HP PC fixed based
> router (motor on both) for $7.00 and $11.00
Congrats on your great buy. I hope to find a Chevy Corvette the same
way.... <g>
<seriously>
However, it appears someone didn't know the values of the routers.
I have told SWMBO she should be able to get most of the $ back on my shop in
the event of my untimely demise, because I bought much of the equipment used
or at "fire sale" prices.
I *should* make a spreadsheet of all my major tools, what I paid for them,
what she should be able to get for them, and put that spreadsheet in our
fire safe along with the other info that's already in the safe that she will
need in the event I quit breathing before she does.
</seriously>
-- Mark
On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 04:55:12 GMT, "Edwin Pawlowski" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>
>"tillius" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>
>> They had a 16' tri-hull fiberglass boat with a 75 HP Johnson and nice
>> galvanized double axel trailer.
>
>> Got me a fishing boat for $120 and, when I checked it out further, the
>> motor turned right over and spit water all nice and everything!
>
>Buying a boat at any price does not qualify as a gloat.
Selling it might.
- -
LRod
Master Woodbutcher and seasoned termite
Shamelessly whoring my website since 1999
http://www.woodbutcher.net
On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 20:58:47 -0400, "Mortimer Schnerd, RN"
<[email protected]> calmly ranted:
>tillius wrote:
>>>
>> Yeah - I pretty much sucked on Saturday, so when the auction was over
>> I was trying to figure out how I was going to haul the boat home when
>> I found a '80 F100 4x4 that looked aweful and ran great for $1100, got
>> it for $900. Towed the boat home today.
>
>Yes, you defintely suck. Nice catch.
Yeah, and I really need to know how it ran at $900 if it
ran great at $1,100. (My '60 F-100 looked like hell and
ran great. I picked it up for $300, did the body work,
painted it, and helped a restauranteur get his steamer
over the Carlsbad Motocross track to the center field
AFTER they had tilled and watered it. It amazed me, too.)
BTW, was that a wooden boat?
--
"Excess regulation and government spending destroy jobs and increase
unemployment. Every regulator we fire results in the creation of over
150 new jobs, enough to hire the ex-regulator, the unemployed, and
the able-bodied poor." -Michael Badnarik