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Do you like the Sea?

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JJChicken

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The "Are you happy with a normal life?" thread got me thinking. What do I want to do? What enthuses me most? What excites me most? What exhumes me from the dreary post-lunch lumber?

The answer was the sea. And I don't think I am alone. The most expensive real estate is on the coastline, boats and yachts are viewed as the ultimate luxury, a "must-have" for anyone making seven figures.

Why is almost every robust healthy boy with a robust healthy soul in him, at some time or other crazy to go to sea? Why upon your first voyage as a passenger, did you yourself feel such a mystical vibration, when first told that you and your ship were now out of sight of land? Surely all this is not without meaning. And still deeper the meaning of that story of Narcissus, who because he could not grasp the tormenting, mild image he saw in the fountain, plunged into it and was drowned.

So ATOT, I ask you: Do you like the Sea, do you prefer it to pastures, gardens, forests, cliffs and mountains?

Or do you prefer a city lifestyle. Fully engaged in your technology and metro living. Where would you live, and how would you live - in the idealest world?

Is progress worth it, or would you like to rewind the years back to mystic merchant voyages of the eighteeneeth and nineteenth centuries?
 
honestly the sea is probably my favorite thing there is.

i just got back from barbados and it was a chore to get me out of the water.

snorkeling is probably hands down the thing I enjoy doing the most.

i have yet to scuba dive (i have asthma) but before I go on my next trip to a tropical area I am going to get a dive physical to (hopefully) verify that I am okay to dive. that is the one thing that I have not done yet that I want to do more than anything.

i really have no desire to travel to europe to the likes of france, england, anywhere that does not have a nice beach. my wife wants to go there and we're gonna do it at some point, but we're also going to go to spain which has some nice beaches.

i'm all about traveling to warm clear water beaches. my dream vacatoin (which we will probably try to do our 5 year anniversary) is Tahiti and Bora Bora staying on an overwater bungalo.
 
The sea's nice. In the right circumstances (most importantly not too crowded), I could be very happy living by the sea. That said I'd still rate it second to a nice, reasonably thick temperate forest with a few open fields; or even a jungle, but preferably not too far away from a moderately sized town or large city.

Ideally speaking I wouldn't live in any one place for long. I love it all, and I'd be ecstatic if I could just live light and just travel for a year or three. Shove most of my possessions into a storage locker until I got back. Sadly monetary concerns dictate otherwise.
 
I want a little cottage Ireland style with a bunch of sheep to herd, but I'll have a fiber connection and a big ol' plasma as well.

I don't tire of sweet country air.

I personally think it is essential for your health to have some sort of connection to the outdoors, see central park. Ideally I would live a life like something above with my future family.

Boats/ships suck. They are expensive, unwieldy, and not worth the maintenance I feel. As much as I love the sea/ocean and to swim in it, boat maintenance is just bleh.

I'd rather take care of something living, such as the sheep, while being able to profit off of them as well, woo wool.

I think I'm a lot happier than other people as I try to keep my life old school. I try not to get caught up in modern living so much that it complicates my life.

People in these areas are probably much happier too, I doubt they are workaholics at that point and just enjoy the sea and their simple living.
 
RearAdmiral said:
I want a little cottage Ireland style with a bunch of sheep to herd, but I'll have a fiber connection and a big ol' plasma as well.

I don't tire of sweet country air.

I personally think it is essential for your health to have some sort of connection to the outdoors, see central park. Ideally I would live a life like something above with my future family.

Boats/ships suck. They are expensive, unwieldy, and not worth the maintenance I feel. As much as I love the sea/ocean and to swim in it, boat maintenance is just bleh.

I'd rather take care of something living, such as the sheep, while being able to profit off of them as well, woo wool.

I think I'm a lot happier than other people as I try to keep my life old school. I try not to get caught up in modern living so much that it complicates my life.

People in these areas are probably much happier too, I doubt they are workaholics at that point and just enjoy the sea and their simple living.
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I think you'd better change your user name...Maybe something like sheep fucker instead of rear admiral...😛


I love the ocean. I spent quite a bit of my career in heavy construction working on barges on the water, I've vacationed in tropical places where I can play in the ocean and listen to the surf at night. It relaxes me.

We lived in the mountains for many years. I also like the mountains and meadows, but not 1/10th as much as I like the ocean.

If money were no problem...I'd probably pack up and move to a small island in the South Pacific...somewhere like Tahiti (have to learn French) or Bora Bora...or even the Cook Islands.

Bora Bora LOOKS fabulous:

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BoomerD said:
I think you'd better change your user name...Maybe something like sheep fucker instead of rear admiral...😛


I love the ocean. I spent quite a bit of my career in heavy construction working on barges on the water, I've vacationed in tropical places where I can play in the ocean and listen to the surf at night. It relaxes me.

We lived in the mountains for many years. I also like the mountains and meadows, but not 1/10th as much as I like the ocean.

If money were no problem...I'd probably pack up and move to a small island in the South Pacific...somewhere like Tahiti (have to learn French) or Bora Bora...or even the Cook Islands.

Bora Bora LOOKS fabulous:

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Oh man you are right. My username has been holding me back all these years! Small islands sound fun but I'm wondering about supplies. I know in Hawaii stuff is crazy expensive, you would need millions or something. I've heard from islander people that it loses it's luster after a while. You only have a little piece of land to explore, then that's it you are stuck. You know every grain of sand on the island.
 
when i grow up i want to be
one of the harvesters of the sea
i live before my days are done
i want to be a fisherman
 
BoomerD said:
Bora Bora LOOKS fabulous:
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Bora Bora is pretty amazing, though it wasn't my favorite French Polynesia island (crown probably goes to Raiatea).

I love the ocean - probably the most relaxing place to be (assuming you're not on some crowded public beach). This is the view from my parents' backyard, who are both now retired:

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RearAdmiral said:
Oh man you are right. My username has been holding me back all these years! Small islands sound fun but I'm wondering about supplies. I know in Hawaii stuff is crazy expensive, you would need millions or something. I've heard from islander people that it loses it's luster after a while. You only have a little piece of land to explore, then that's it you are stuck. You know every grain of sand on the island.
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when i went to hawaii for my honeymoon in 08 it was not nearly as expensive as people made it out to be. gas was like 20 cents more than i was used to here in MD/VA, food and milk was maybe like 5 or 10 cents more per item.

it really was not much more than the continental us at all, it surprised me.

this was on Maui FWIW.
 
I love the sea and have spent most of my life sailing on boats up to 43' in length. I also used to surf quit a bit.

Would love to own a boat someday.
 
Heading to the beach this weekend. Actions speak louder than words🙂
Honestly, it is so powerful and humbling to stand by the surf, it grounds me.
 
Maybe it's the decades of being a land locked freshwater'er...but the salt water is hard for me to get used to in my infrequent travels to oceans/beaches.

I still love the beaches, sun, water, and everything else associated with the ocean and would love to someday retire near one.
 
vi edit have you ever traveled to a clear water beach?

i hadn't seen a clear water ocean until I was 23 and went to Aruba. everything else before that was the green/brown type of salt water where there were a lot of waves as well (ocean city, MD and cocoa beach, FL)
 
purbeast0 said:
vi edit have you ever traveled to a clear water beach?

i hadn't seen a clear water ocean until I was 23 and went to Aruba. everything else before that was the green/brown type of salt water where there were a lot of waves as well (ocean city, MD and cocoa beach, FL)
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I've done some snorkeling & scuba diving in Antigua. I'd assume that would be clear water? I've also done beaches in Tampa, Biluxi, South Padre.
 
My favorite food comes from the sea, and it is novel to view and swim in it once in a while, but I have no irresistible attraction to it.
 
Well, considering I moved from a land-locked northern prairie home to the West Coast where the ocean is only a block away ... I'll go with the sea. Can't say I ever really have had a huge urge to sail or anything.

Last night I took my 1 year old and three year old daughters down to the local boat launch, where we were entertained by a seal looking for a handout. We sat on the dock while he continually swam under us, and popped his head up almost close enough to touch. As we walked back home we also saw a sea otter swim by, and I've seen porpoises and orcas in the waters when I went sailing with a co-worker.
 
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