On Sat, 11 Jun 2011 00:16:26 -0400, Gerald Miller
wrote:

On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 17:45:48 -0700, "Jon Danniken"
wrote:

Larry Jaques wrote:
Kids nowadays just don't know how good they have it. Remember Mom and
Dad's budgets back then? Compare them to now. Mom and Pop are
dropping a few grand a year on toys today. UFR!

It used to be all a sportsman needed was an old pickup truck and a little
boat with a motor to go fishing with. Now there's an arms race of guys with
monster trucks and brand-new shiny boats showing up at the fishing holes.

I liked it better before.

Jon

And what, pray tell, was wrong with oars?

Leave the 'ores onshore and take the motorboat out for some quiet time
with the fishies.

--
The ultimate result of shielding men from the
effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.
--Herbert Spencer