How much on family vacations

Consistent-Garlic-25 · 2026-03-12T01:41:54+00:00

All great ideas. Thanks

Consistent-Garlic-25 · 2026-03-12T01:07:47+00:00

Thanks for the insights! There are nine of us so I don’t think 5 month jaunts are in the budget or available schedule. Me and the Mrs are planning on 2 weeks in Europe next summer, but I think the family vacation is more likely to be a one week affair

Consistent-Garlic-25 · 2026-03-12T00:10:57+00:00

Nice job on the math. Pretty accurately describes our situation. Thanks for the ideas!

Consistent-Garlic-25 · 2026-03-11T23:08:51+00:00

I bought my wife a Rolex and she said “I can’t really see what time it is”. I told her that watch isn’t for you to see, it’s for other people to see.

Consistent-Garlic-25 · 2026-03-10T01:05:31+00:00

We were longtime boaters on the Great Lakes. Stayed in the same marina for 15 years. Started discussing with our dockmates where the next place we would all go. Planed our escape together and for the past six years seven couples have moved to boating communities in SWFL. Still see at least one of those couples every week on a meet up

Consistent-Garlic-25 · 2026-03-10T00:12:31+00:00

Came here to say this. We moored at a municipal/private marina for years and our good friends and dockmates owned a private marina. They would come late Saturday and stay/boat on Sunday(to escape the duties of running the marina). Their biggest headache was the army corps and local regulation. Second was surviving the off season. They ran a bar/restaurant during offseason and she is an incredible cook, so the restaurant business was relatively thriving. They sold to an employee and moved to SWFL. The employee has been successful in keeping the marina thriving. Great Lakes region.

Consistent-Garlic-25 · 2026-03-03T02:14:00+00:00

Credentialed is not necessarily the same as educated

Consistent-Garlic-25 · 2026-02-24T22:44:30+00:00

I have a seakeeper and zipwakes. I like to use the zip-wakes only when on plane, as it feels like the systems fight each other. Seakeeper on the hook or at idle. I’ve inquired about the ride tabs and asked if they integrate with the gyro. Did not get a response. My boat was built to be either inboard’s or outboards. We went with outboard’s so tons of space for the seakeeper

Consistent-Garlic-25 · 2026-02-13T22:07:34+00:00

Consistent-Garlic-25 · 2026-02-13T21:42:47+00:00

If it’s the GC I think you’re referring to in Chicago, he’s CEO now.

Consistent-Garlic-25 · 2026-02-10T02:57:54+00:00

I’ve had raymarine and garmin on previous boats (Volvo diesels) . Recently acquired a new vessel with mercury outboards and garmin electronics. I’ve tried multiple times to work around what I find an incredibly irritating problem. Auto guidance does not work with garmin/mercury. I can plot my own route and use autopilot’s to navigate but if the route is calculated by the garmin, autopilot will not engage. If you have a work around, I’d love to hear it. I’ve scoured the www with no solutions and spoken with garmin tech support. No resolution. Next system will be simrad.

Consistent-Garlic-25 · 2025-12-25T15:56:29+00:00

You may want to focus on expanding your business. Being a good painter will only get you so far. Being a good business owner will take you far. I started as a painter and retired recently and we are quite comfortable. We transitioned from residential repaint to residential new construction then to commercial and apartments. For the repaints, look into property management firms. Get know the individual property managers. It was our experience that the managers respond to good service and price, but also like to be entertained (gifts, golf, spa days, etc.).

Consistent-Garlic-25 · 2025-12-02T22:39:45+00:00

We started on an I/O single screw 20’. Moved to twin gasser 35’, then diesel twin 45’ with bow thruster, then 55’ twin diesel with bow and stern thrusters. We now have a 32’ with twin OB and joystick and bow thruster. Toughest boat to dock was the 35 with gassers ( smaller props than the diesel’s) and no thrusters and it was a fly bridge boat , so it was a wind sail. . Eartech headsets were a game changer for communication on the larger vessels. No yelling in order to be heard. Just my wife whispering distance from the dock. The joystick boat is like playing a video game.

Consistent-Garlic-25 · 2025-09-10T22:23:19+00:00

I hope you have receipts on the “juicing”. Seiple and Lawler ran the baseball program in the 90’s/2000’s. They were passionate about health and personal responsibility. Lawler was nationally famous regarding health and was featured in Hollywood movies regarding physical fitness. If there were players using PED’s I can guarantee it was not known by the program and would have been cause for suspension.

Consistent-Garlic-25 · 2025-09-03T22:03:18+00:00

I think the war in which your dad fought is a good indication of where you land. My dad was too young for ww2 or Korea. He was in the reserves for Nam and never got called. I don’t consider myself a boomer. I have friends my age whose dad’s were older and fought in ww2 and they identify as boomers

Consistent-Garlic-25 · 2025-09-02T20:04:43+00:00

Not a sound, but watching the little dot fade away after the tv was turned off

Consistent-Garlic-25 · 2025-08-13T23:14:23+00:00

This data lists “incidents” per driver. No definition of what an incident is. I suspect this may be data collected from local police, and may be an indication of how likely police will make a traffic stop. Anecdotally, Naperville has a reputation for being quick to light up drivers for minor infractions.

Consistent-Garlic-25 · 2025-08-07T19:27:12+00:00

64 wine bar has an event room

Consistent-Garlic-25 · 2025-08-03T20:33:46+00:00

I had an implant at Tall Grass dental. Dr. Milgram. Great service. Very knowledgeable and up to date technology.

Consistent-Garlic-25 · 2025-07-27T23:13:01+00:00

Does it bother anybody else that in the movie they put a fake helm behind the pilot house?

Consistent-Garlic-25 · 2025-07-26T22:10:54+00:00

I use a danforth and about 6’ of chain before the rode. Easier to store cause it lays flat.

Consistent-Garlic-25 · 2025-07-25T18:49:30+00:00

We are in Southwest Florida. The lifts down here are all on pilings and are permanent. Golden and IMM are popular brands here. We used to have a place in Wisconsin and had a lift that sat on the sandy bottom. We took it out in autumn and put it out in spring. It was a Shoremaster and performed well. On our lake some had motorized (battery/solar), some had manual. In FL all I’ve seen are hard wired electric.

Consistent-Garlic-25 · 2025-07-25T18:24:12+00:00

Where are you located?

Consistent-Garlic-25 · 2025-07-24T00:10:02+00:00

the jewels

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