Is anything ever free?

About four years ago my brother asked me if I was interested in a sailboat. He said, "Come get it." I was still a wee lad in my pursuit to accumulate other people’s treasures and replied, "You bet!" After reviewing the information, I realized that I would need two important things; 1) a trailer hitch, and 2) and place to park it. Being of frugal nature, I immediately concluded that I should store this thing on my own property. So I invested in some meager building materials, and set about to modify an existing backyard gate to accommodate the sailboat. I also bought a trailer hitch for my main source of locomotion that already had 160,000 "highway" miles. I estimate that the free sailboat cost me roughly $200 before I even went to get it. I do recall buying parts for the boat at the sailboat shop for what seemed like an extraordinary amount of money. There were some heated negotiations about $10 stainless steel pins. I also recall many frustrated days waiting for some kind of gust to get the rig going, and buying trailer tires... can anybody get excited about trailer tires?

"So JR what does this have to do with the price of strawberries in Stockholm?” you ask.

Well interestingly enough three things come to my mind;
One: I sold the trailer hitch on Ebay for more than I paid for it INSTALLED (still amazed).
Two: The guys who came to haul off my rubbish were able to back their trailer and truck through the gate.
Three: The guy I gave the sailboat to replied in friendly gesture with an old-school pool table.

I've wanted a pool table longer than I've wanted a sailboat. Playing pool relaxes me, while the other was just enough to boil my blood. Looking at the pictures, I'd say we traded circa 1970's lemons... At this stage, the new lemon hasn't squirted me in the eye.

Wait a minute... Did I resolve myself to finish projects before undertaking new ones? I think I baked that crow on this one.

Struggling for discipline,
JR