Xanadu wrote:
It is tough to find frivolous things to compete with a boat. However, a horse qualifies.
A horse possesses many of the same qualities of a boat - initial expense, high maintenance, etc.
On the other hand, a horse will provide companionship unavailable in a boat. The price for that companionship is dealing with the "road apples".
Don't tell my sister that. She has a horse stable where she boards people's horses (mostly the ladies) and gives riding lessons, mostly to their daughters. Seems the ladies are the ones who are into horses. I think us guys (we guys?) had to depend on horses for centuries to earn a living so we don't want to be bothered with them anymore. Just a thought.