pws wrote:

> Speaking of gasoline, I was paying the other day and heard the clerk
> tell a lady $347.00. I looked out and she had a large pickup truck
> hooked to a large boat.
> Yikes! I think that I will stick to paddling for a while....

Power boating is an amazingly expensive hobby. I have a friend that
was basically given full use of a moderate-sized boat with an in-board
V8, only to find he couldn't afford the gas to use it.

Dana