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On Wed, 29 Aug 2018 08:44:12 +1000, Druce >
wrote:

>On Tue, 28 Aug 2018 18:38:51 -0400, wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 27 Aug 2018 16:18:17 -0300, wrote:
>>
>>>If you had a sump pump in Florida the damn thing would be running
>>>nearly all the time.
>>
>>Not all that long ago most of Florida was below sea level, now it's
>>built mainly on dredged sand that's pumped from the sea floor by giant
>>barges to use as fill. A good hurricane can put it all back below sea
>>level, another reason I wouldn't live on that swamp land.
>>The best kind of house on Florida is a houseboat. A fellow I worked
>>with lives on a lovely house boat... when he tires of the scenery he
>>can very easily move.
>
>Most house boats can only do one thing after many years: stay put.

That was in the days of wooden boats. Birch bark canoes are short
lived too, but an Aluminum Grummen cannoe will last three lifetimes,
unless your ex sells it on yoose.