
....there are some very interesting replies on here. Thank you.
Jenn, I'm glad I'm not alone in being a
closet bluefish blitzen...

...."
we all change throughout life and so do our desires",...honey, I still haven't figured out whether it's our life that changes our desires or if it's our desires that change our life??
Ross, ..."get -

- another -

...boat" .....although I'm not so sure that would solve my problem or add to it. Buddy, luckily you're past my stage as far as raising kids...I first need to get through the diaper stage before engaging in different types of bilge pumps. and pix?

NO TIME
Dad, Tim and Rick...I will definitely have to try this ice-fishing stuff one of these years. Gonna have to borrow the bottle of human anti-freeze from Milo though....
JR - I don't have to.. "make myself much more available this time of year for things other than fishing"....I have a wife that does that for me. LOL....
Mike - YOU RULE, and yeah...you're right, life has never been the same since I entered the twilight zone!!, and the memories of Tommys on the Hix are just that...memories.
Benny, before I start reading your posts again,...you need to come out of left field and do some relief pitching again.
...and my beloved Goose

Thanks for the words of encouragement...but balance I don't have. You see my friend, balance is when things evenly weigh themselves out...the balance you see in my life is me lifting the side that needs to be lifted in order to get that balance. That's not a happy way of achieving life's necessary balance. Perhaps 18 years from now I'll have that figured out a little better. For now...I'll keep learning about this new life of mine. With the help of my family & friends, I'm sure to survive it.
Winter List revisited:
Go periwinkling ** I've always had a hard time sh#^^^^^&g them off the rocks, can you assist?
Tie flys** I don't tie flies, I swat them
Paint the walls for the missus ** if she cooperated more often, I wouldn't have to paint the walls or ceilings...

*** I've often thought about writing a book or two....gonna call one of em' "Secret Spots", I'm still gathering the necessary information though
**Wax your boat???

...and with korkers on!!!
** Wings???....Let's do it!!!!
...and lastly.....quahogs. All I gotta say is........