Sunday, May 22, 2011

Can you give me an estimate?

      We are oftened asked how long something will take. We are also often asked how much something will cost. These questions of course beg other questions concerning more opaque and unknowable phenomenon, such as the nature of time and the definition of cost.
    A friend once calculated the cost, per pound, for fish caught on his rather snazzy bass boat. Fifteen hundred and eighty three dollars per pound. Hmmm? That doesn't count the hidden expenses incurred. We then factor in, say, his hourly rate for doing plumbing work for the hours spent fishing. ( only counting weekday hours on regular working days , and not time and a half for nights and weekends) He factored in eighteen lost days, mostly during the shad and striper run over three years. One hundred and forty four hours at seventy -five per. Another six hundred dollars a pound. Plus tackle, gas and beer. Good god, the price of fish!
    Tomorrow, the cost of not fishing.

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