I started this business to offset the cost of yacht ownership for myself, thought if I was aggressive I could actually turn a profit. I never thought it would turn into what I have today.

I have no problem with the vacations, I have a problem ending them

 

Life IS Good.........

 

Only sometimes Roy, health is priority

 

Like I said, maybe you should consider retiring if it's too rough for ya. Granted, what you consider a job with your new business is what most of us would call retirement, but I think we all agree you're way ahead of the rest of us in that department, so what's the drawback to going full time retirement (again)?

Of course looking at the fuel consumption of some of your toys, I guess it's understandable that some form of income might be beneficial.

 

This has actually been done for some days.



This one's going to be two stories on top of this basement


And we have another basement dug ready to lay out the footer as soon as the weather breaks. We've had LOTS of rain.

 

What are the little square boxes that are framed in both inside and outside? Too big for a column to be poured and too small for a safe room.

Also, why didn't you carry the wide CMU all the way to the corner on the top right?

 

Now I've seen everything

 

The squares are for a fireplace. That's the brick ledge at the corner. Just because of the contour of the ground.

 

a chase for a wood stove pipe?

 

Not a hundred percent sure, but it looks to be rock inside and out.

 

Spam is actually very popular in Hawaii. In some stores in have seen as much as a dozen pallets of spam each pallet a different flavor

 

I actually like some fried spam! They have a generic here, believe it or not. It's called Treat. As if spam wasn't cheap enough!

 

Somethin' ta do with WWII, everything food wise was rationed, beef, coffee, sugar, etc and/or everything else was in short supply. Spam wasn't, and was shipped all over the world and a few folks started to take a liking to it. Plus, it tastes just like long pork.

Another island, Great Britain had trouble feeding itself as well - here's the food ration, for one person, during the war for one week. Rationing didn't end there till 1954.

 

I spent $9,886.00 in diesel on my 8 day getaway, but I won $7,450.00 at black jack in the Atlantis resort. Guess I did ok