July 27, 2025Jul 27 46 minutes ago, bofhlusr said: For me, these two have one thing in common which is why I turned away from them. IMHO, they both have poor ROIs (return on investment in terms of time and treasure). It's the same thing with good or gourmet cooking. One could spend an hour preparing and cooking, and everything you did the previous 60 minutes gets eaten, and it disappears and turns into sh!!t in 10 minutes. 🙂 All those things you mentioned are the joys of fishing. Not one wasted moment.😀 Edited July 27, 2025Jul 27 by tdflightsim Tom MAKA = Make America Kind Again
July 27, 2025Jul 27 Author 1 hour ago, bofhlusr said: For me, these two have one thing in common which is why I turned away from them. IMHO, they both have poor ROIs (return on investment in terms of time and treasure). It's the same thing with good or gourmet cooking. One could spend an hour preparing and cooking, and everything you did the previous 60 minutes gets eaten, and it disappears and turns into sh!!t in 10 minutes. Well, Bofhlusr, different people have different values. Time and treasure alone aren't real measures of wealth. The joy of life is a treasure not measured in time or wealth. One of my other hobbies was cooking. I could spend dollars and hours preparing a meal for my family to savor and enjoy. I enjoy preparing good food, be it or spending a goodly sum in a good restaurant for a gourmet meal. Cruising 7,000 feet above the ground all by yourself in a Cessna or Piper is a joy of life you can't really explain. But to someone who can't appreciate that I would not recommend the time or money spent to achieve it. The joy of wading a river in the wilderness trying to catch a rainbow trout with a hook on which you tied a pattern of feathers is not something you can put a price on in either time of wealth. And the thrill of hooking a large one and playing it to the net before releasing it is not something you measure in time or wealth. Creating and writing a good short story or a biographical essay on a part of your life that you do not intend to sell has no intrinsic value. It simply has the satisfaction of accomplishment. I write poetry, not for sale, but for the enjoyment of creating something and sharing it with friends. IMNSHO focusing your life on ROIs is not living, it is simply existing. We obviously have different values. Noel The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
July 28, 2025Jul 28 Noel, thank you, couldn't be better said. Better to fish in shallow waters than live a shallow life. Tom MAKA = Make America Kind Again
July 28, 2025Jul 28 21 hours ago, birdguy said: IMNSHO focusing your life on ROIs is not living, it is simply existing. We obviously have different values. What you said is true. But it makes me wonder why I like the movie "Ikiru". (Perhaps because I've been closer to experiencing death than the 99.9%?) I strongly suspect you might like the movie too?🤷♂️ (shrug) You might want to check out the YouTube trailer and the Wikipedia entry for the movie Ikiru - Wikipedia... Which can be rented from Amazon... Watch Ikiru (English Subtitled) | Prime Video (If you really like watching old classic movies) Watch Living | Prime Video (1922 English version, if you prefer a version in English) C'est la vie ----- ------ Hardware: i7-8700k, GTX 1070-ti, 32GB ram, NVMe/SSD drives with lots of free space. Software: latest Windows 10 Pro, P3Dv4.5+, FSX Steam, and lots of addons (100+ mostly Orbx stuff).
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