Oil changes, I think I am going to start doing it on my own

[VegasGuy]

Originally Posted by HummerMann

You're my hero! That is my dream, to retire and live aboard a sailboat in the Florida Keys. My wife says we have too much "stuff" to do that, but you can always rent a storeage unit. She also says I could never part with the Corvette or leave the Hummer outside and not in a garage. One of my best friends retired and lives on a sailboat with his wife in Bora Bora and I look at his postcards and drool while I'm sitting at my desk in the office.

You find there is much you can do without as far as material possessions when you are living a dream. There were many aspects of the lifestyle that more than compensated for the minimalist living. Least of which was being on the ocean tends to make women's clothes fall off.