About that debt crisis, something interesting from a young Kurt Vonnegut, and a really good post on why rollup dinghies make a lot of sense...
Speaking of rollup dinghies, we've been considering shelling out for a new inflatable for a while now. The problem is that we're just that little bit leery because the last three dinghies of the inflatable variety really sucked.
It's not like we skimped and went with a cheap seats dinghy either but bought established brands (AB and Caribe) but it just seems that top quality these days is more about the price you pay rather than utility...
Want to know what's really frustrating? Having to pump up your expensive hypalon dinghy every time you use it while folks on cheaper PVC dinghies just hop in theirs and use them.
A couple days ago walking by the dinghy dock I noticed of the half-dozen inflatables tied to the dock, the only one that looked properly inflated was a PVC... This no longer seems to be an unusual experience but something approaching the norm.
So much for the whole you get what you pay for thang...
Anyway, West Marine has their cheap rollup, the RU3, on sale for the moment at a pretty unbeatable price so we may just bite the bullet and buy one. It's quite an improvement on the old model it replaces with bigger tubes and a much better UV resistant Heytex fabric. So, it is tempting.
Then again maybe we won't... I expect it will all depend on shipping.
Listening to Ryan Bingham
So it goes...
Bruce+
11 hours ago
