Quote Originally Posted by mudwitch
Usually if you have a lot of friends, you are paying the bill, but i have a partner who has helped me build a barn.He shows up like clockwork.I am going to have it buttoned up by winter.and what a relief it will be.HE HAS SEEN MY HIGHS AND LOWS.When he says LETS GO, we go fishing. Fishing, reading bout fishing, and eating fish rank high in my house.Its a cleansing, near religious experiance. I have been lucky to have grown up on the same lake that my boy will hopefully grow up on.At 6:00pm, its time to go. Bout a quarter till, i hear a dodge truck a comin. I got the old pontoon loaded. He is a GOOD friend.I drive for a living. He wants me to go to NY and back next week.I am feeling bad just thinking bout it, but sometimeswe got to payback a debt.
Sounds like you have a "keeper" there, allright.
Know what you mean about paying the bill though. My most disturbing
problem though, was not about money - I usually have the attitude "I was
going anyway, just glad for the company", but a few years back, went a
few times with an older man I met on the ramp one day, and my problem
was, he was new to the area, and didn't know how to catch fish up here.
I took him, and we slew 'em. Then he no longer had time/use for me.
A few months later, the seasons changed, and he wasn't able to catch fish
anymore, so here he comes again - got him on fish again, and again got
dropped like a bad habit. Finally, I hadn't seen him in a long time, so I
stopped by to vistit him. Gave me a sad story about how his health was
so poor, he just didn't feel up to fishing anymore. I felt terrible for him.
Then I started getting reports about him fishing all my "holes" during the
week when I was at work, caught him at it one day. Not that I own the
Lake, just don't lie to me, you know what I mean?