tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12084454.post1194900930161247306..comments2023-09-22T07:59:01.569-04:00Comments on Dick and Libby's Tarwathie Cruising Log: This Subject Makes Me SquirmDick Millshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13258088586638718333noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12084454.post-19966133451524047942014-07-30T10:56:38.221-04:002014-07-30T10:56:38.221-04:00PS. btw, I disagree with this statement:
I think...PS. btw, I disagree with this statement:<br /><br />I think that most of us boaters are fully capable of making safe and rational choices about boat equipment, and also operating and maintaining the equipment safely. <br /><br />Really? Have you paid any attention to the boaters around you? Folks agonizing over every purchase. Choosing equipment and practices that are wholly illogical and based on aesthetic or popularity? Attending seminar after seminar on how to do it. And paying no attention whatsoever to just going out and doing it right. And if it wasn't right, figuring out how to do it right? <br /><br />My only conclusion is that you are out there with people who are still successfully cruising. That is your reality. My reality is, I am surrounded by wannabes, myself included. For every couple who manage to successfully cruise long term, there are probably 100 couples who don't make it a week, month or even a year. Just last week, I told a friend, "For the love of Mike... Just go."<br /><br />cheers. brigantinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12209370917771947352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12084454.post-64611794667262238652014-07-30T10:44:22.966-04:002014-07-30T10:44:22.966-04:00Reading your blog these past few yrs, I have recog...Reading your blog these past few yrs, I have recognized what I suspect to be a fellow INTJ. <br />http://www.keirsey.com/4temps/mastermind.aspx<br />http://www.keirsey.com/sorter/register.aspx<br /><br />Among the traits of an INTJ is the ability to rationally evaluate all aspects of a problem. Sometimes in your writing, I get frustrated as you lay out your logic for us... Get to the point, already. Bullets man, we want bullets... Bullets and Pictures. (A hard earned lesson for me. Sometimes we get lost and luxuriate in the intricacy of our logic, while others are just bored I have a son I am trying to teach that lesson to, now. I really am not interested in which order you added the legos, boy... sigh)<br /><br />But in today's missive, I followed your mind's meanderings with synchronous pleasure. I read your self evaluation a year or so ago when you concluded that you and Libby were getting careless and the steps you took to correct that. Bottom line is, when the time comes, I believe you will know when it is time to make a change. <br /><br />Whether you choose to make that change or not, will depend on how ready and willing you are to stay the increasingly difficult course of what you have concluded is the perfect life. For as long as that may last.<br /><br />Cheers.<br /><br /><br /><br />brigantinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12209370917771947352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12084454.post-29076955213216611312014-07-29T13:00:06.419-04:002014-07-29T13:00:06.419-04:00I am living this post. My heart disease has progre...I am living this post. My heart disease has progressively gotten worse as expected (severe or extreme family history of heart disease). My wife started recognizing changes in my mentation over the past ten years. I have lost many years of memories (some years are completely gone) along with mental abilities due to side effects of vascular disease (thank goodness for spell check!). I was fortunate to understand the process and sold the boat and moved to a small town with good end of life care for me and a safe place for my wife. My biggest fear was putting young men or women in danger, just to rescue me. I know that is their job, they volunteered for it, but I made the moral decision not to put them in danger because of my desire to go cruising, knowing that I had physical limitations. If I had been healthy and younger we would not be having this conversation. Now, I just tag along with those wonderful people that blog the cruising life. Being mostly housebound you and others make this life a little more bearable. I thank you and hope for many years for you and Libby. Ken formerly aboard Satori #223 Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com