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WCDT 4166-4170 (Dec 30th, 2019 to Jan 3rdb 2020)

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DSL:

--- Quote from: JimC on 03 Jan 2020, 04:48 ---
--- Quote from: BenRG on 02 Jan 2020, 23:09 --- he couldn't afford the boat that he has just drunk-bought!
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Affording to *buy* boats is not hard. Go and look at the lower end of your local classifieds and you'll be amazed at how cheap they are: just right for a drunk buy. The cost of ownership on the other hand, renting a place to store/park it, annual maintenance, can be truly horrendous, and is much the same for your 500 dollar drunk buy as it is for the brand new $50,000 deluxe-o-craft. Which is why there are drunk buys available for $500.

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There is also the stereotypical significant-other's reaction to the purchase of a boat: "You're going to be spending more time with (your drunk buddies on) that thing than you will with me!" I've seen boats (more often cars, but also the occasional airplane) wreck plenty of relationships.

Gus_Smedstad:
When I first read this strip, I had some real problems with believing in drunk-buying a boat. I'm OK with jet-propelled Roombas, but somehow that's a dividing line for me. I've always thought of boats as super expensive, and the process of buying one roughly on par with buying a car.

Then I remembered you can buy cars on eBay now, which means drunk buying a car is definitely possible. So I looked it up, and sure enough, eBay sells boats. More, a lot of them are fairly inexpensive. Though I expect that when you're buying a 25' Chris Craft for $500 - a boat I gather runs $100k new - you can expect about the same results as buying a Porsche for $500. You're lucky if it runs and it can stay afloat.

(EDIT: I expect $500 Porsches don't stay afloat).

rtmq0227:

--- Quote from: Gus_Smedstad on 03 Jan 2020, 11:02 ---(EDIT: I expect $500 Porsches don't stay afloat).

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I think it still tracks, since you can still end up underwater (financially) with the car if it's a total lemon.

Gyrre:

--- Quote from: Dngrsone on 03 Jan 2020, 02:30 ---I'm hoping to see much more Millefueille...

I thought maybe Lonely Island was the name of the boat.

As a child of two long lines of alcoholics, I am in agreement on the teetotaling front.  I am alkways the designated driver/walker

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Also thought Lonely Island to be the name of the boat. If itçs just an SNL reference, then I'd lime to suggest 'Regret and Moderation'.

Also from two families that struggle with alcohol. My parents weren't alcoholics, but multiple uncles and cousins have known the struggle.
Thankfully, I don't like being drunk and I'm very picky about my alcohol, so I don't drink much.

Near Lurker:

--- Quote from: BenRG on 03 Jan 2020, 04:51 ---From Cossette's reaction, 'affordable' wasn't part of this transaction. Neither were 'reasonable hire purchase terms'.

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There are two senses of "affordable," that you have the money to spend, or that there won't be long-term consequences for spending it.  The price of a low-end boat is just enough to walk the line, especially for a low-grade civil servant.

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