Re: JB update
I am soooo grateful for all my loyal, supportive friends in my iboats family. An old guy who lives alone out in the country is always at risk of feeling useless. . . as though he no longer matters outside his immediate family.
I have good fortune to have all of my descendants nearby and they are a very tight bunch who are very supportive of the "Patriarch". Even my ex-wife (I hate that term. I would much rather call her what she is: the love of my life) is at the core of the family.
That I have such a huge family of dear friends on iboats and in iboats is perfect protection from that risk.
Each of your messages hits home and reminds me that I matter. That is priceless. Thank you all from the bottom of my heart.
I need to correct one thing: The quote was from a John Wayne film, but it was True Grit, and the character played by Glen Campbell said it when The Duke needed his help and shouted at him from the bottom of a snake pit asking him if he was still alive and if he could pull him and the female lead girl out of the pit. Campbell's character was severely injured, but replied, "I ain't dead yet, you bushwhacker!"
Well, I ain't either and I have no plans to change that.
