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Re: Preview - BMP2DHR - BMP to DHGR - full screens and sprites

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On Saturday, 8 November 2014 05:04:49 UTC-6, Bill Buckels  wrote:
>
>  >My guess is that you bought the company, sold it for a tidy profit, and 
> now you can afford to retire and go fishing. (and program on your computers 
> :)
> 
> Retire? I just worked almost 3 months straight. Hard physical labour, high 
> waves and high winds.
> 
> I do my best to harvest 70,000 pounds of Walleye a year. Lake Winnipeg is 
> the 10th largest freshwater lake on the Planet. We use nets. We are 
> commercial fishers, not anglers.
> 
> But since I have no money just cash flow I will need to work forever and it 
> won't be behind a desk. 10 years ago I started my exit and went fishing to 
> feed people (not angling). 5 years ago I abandoned the desk altogether.
> 
> My writing replaces useless activities like drinking beer and watching 
> television. I'm plagued by chronic illness like the rest of humanity but the 
> hard physical labour of commercial fishing seems to overcome. I am certain 
> that I would be dead already if I were still behind the desk.
> 
> >I am not there just yet.  My busiest times are spring and fall with 
> >virtually no room to spare for hobbies.
> 
> This is not a hobby to me. It's part of my day.
> 
> Bill



Just so you know Bill, I know your livelihood is commercial fishing.  That's what was supposed to make what I wrote in my post a little bit humourous.  In Saskatchewan, when someone retires, they usually buy a cabin at the lake and tell everyone they've gone fishing.

So, what does a fisherman by trade tell their friends and family when they retire?  Would you tell everyone that you have gone to the Mohave desert?

Rob

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