Right after Ted and Marybob returned home, the swamp was drained the Marybobber sat high and dry for many months. It was not until the new year that the swamp waters returned to float the vessel again.
Then one morning Ted learned the vessel had sunk.
This following posts are taken again as Ted wrote it:
OK, stop the madness! LOL.
We are SO touched & emotional about all this outpouring & support. Marybob is buying tissues in bulk. First she cries over the boat, then she cries over the friendship on this forum. She has to take salt pills.
Hey, everyone, we will be fine. JUST your kind thoughts are comforting. Thank you so much.
I let BananaTom know about the Merrybobber, in part, to give a ending to his thread. We humans have a need for closure. She is the "little boat that did".
Good by Miss Merrybobber.
Based on eye witness accounts, I'm 80% sure of what happened. A weird set of circumstance's that IF anyone of them had been absent, the boat would still be floating.
We, (our family), are presently in a set of circumstance's that we have never been in. While personal, I will share that they are, Health, Job cutbacks, Family pledges of $$ support, Domestic repairs, etc.. All issues we all have in common I bet. We are proud, resilient, resourceful hillbillys. We have found over the years, that when 1 door closes, another will open. We'll find that door when it's time & go through it.
Between sniffles, Mb has already concocted another plan & Steam Boat Willie is bringing her, (and mine), spirits up.
So here's the deal...., JUST, give a toast to the Miss Merrybobber. The rest will work out, I promise!
Thank you all friends, God Bless
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