Re: Craigslist find-should I even bother?

[Rob]

quote kevinrude:

quote Mr. Spock:

Count me in! I’ll be there!

I went to the 50th anniversary meet and had a blast. I met some really cool people. How will this meet in November compare to that one? Same size? Smaller? Can I bring my 12 foot boat and 57 Evinrude?

Thanks again!
Rob

And another addict, I mean member, is born!!!! Be careful, Rob. I went to my first meet in 2008 and purchased two motors. I now have 60+…..

I AM an addict!! 🙂 I want to buy them all. Even when I’m not tinkering with them or running them, I just enjoy looking at them. They’re all like art. The stuff they make today just has no style. Well, I suppose the new Evinrude G2 has it’s own style but it kinda looks like an angry storm trooper to me.
The old stuff has character and history. Sometimes I think it’s kind of fun to just imagine how happy some guy (or gal) was when they walked out of the dealership 50, 60, or 70 years ago with their new outboard. I can imagine how upset they got when it got its first scratch. I can imagine too how many really awesome fishing trips these old motors went on in their lifetimes. These old outboards are pieces of history and a look back at a much simpler time. Imagine what they would tell us if they could talk…or have I gone off the deep end? HAHA

Rob