Jcorstorphine
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Having modernised our study at home and fitted a new bookcase, I set a section aside for my 300 odd PBOs stemming the period 1967 to 2002. When they were all set up in chronological order I realised that by looking at the spines, it was possible to trace my personal circumstances by the number of PBOs per year,
Year no of issues Events
1967 11 Started to read PBO and took over fathers motor cruiser.
1968 10 Cruised West Coast of Scotland
1969 9 Sold motor cruiser, bought 4 ton sloop
1970 10 Great time spent sailing
1971 1 Got married!
1972 4 Bought caravan!
1973 7 Getting fed up with caravan
1974 4 Still no boat and getting even more fed up with caravan
1975 4 As above but bought bare hull in September
1976 10 Building new boat
1977 10 Launched new boat
1978 4 Daughter born January
1979 8 Changed jobs for more dosh
1980 8 Son born, boat laid up
1981 6 Boat still laid up
1982 12 Boat still laid up, suffering withdrawal symptoms.
1983 9 Boat still laid up
1984 4 Built extension, boat still laid up
1985 5 Changed jobs and launched boat
1986 8 Boat now in full commission and using for family holidays
1987 7 Children very busy swimming, not much time for boats
1988 6 Children even spending more time swimming, boat unused.
1989 7 As above, boat used even less.
1990 10 Children loosing interest in swimming, we go boating again
1991 11 Beginning to look for bigger boat
1992 11 Bought Westerly Pentland
1993 11 Now buying YM as well as PBO and enjoying sailing Pentland
1994 to 2002 average about 10 to 11 copies per year.
When I total up the number of issues I have bought at their present cost, it works out at about £3000 I have spent on PBO. Could have nearly bought a new engine! Will probably stop buying PBO as Book Case is now full.
JC
Year no of issues Events
1967 11 Started to read PBO and took over fathers motor cruiser.
1968 10 Cruised West Coast of Scotland
1969 9 Sold motor cruiser, bought 4 ton sloop
1970 10 Great time spent sailing
1971 1 Got married!
1972 4 Bought caravan!
1973 7 Getting fed up with caravan
1974 4 Still no boat and getting even more fed up with caravan
1975 4 As above but bought bare hull in September
1976 10 Building new boat
1977 10 Launched new boat
1978 4 Daughter born January
1979 8 Changed jobs for more dosh
1980 8 Son born, boat laid up
1981 6 Boat still laid up
1982 12 Boat still laid up, suffering withdrawal symptoms.
1983 9 Boat still laid up
1984 4 Built extension, boat still laid up
1985 5 Changed jobs and launched boat
1986 8 Boat now in full commission and using for family holidays
1987 7 Children very busy swimming, not much time for boats
1988 6 Children even spending more time swimming, boat unused.
1989 7 As above, boat used even less.
1990 10 Children loosing interest in swimming, we go boating again
1991 11 Beginning to look for bigger boat
1992 11 Bought Westerly Pentland
1993 11 Now buying YM as well as PBO and enjoying sailing Pentland
1994 to 2002 average about 10 to 11 copies per year.
When I total up the number of issues I have bought at their present cost, it works out at about £3000 I have spent on PBO. Could have nearly bought a new engine! Will probably stop buying PBO as Book Case is now full.
JC