# I found what I want for Christmas **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 21, 2005, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-what-i-want-for-christmas/336653 "2005-12-21T18:08:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2005, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-what-i-want-for-christmas/336653/1 "2005-12-21T18:08:44Z")
Since there have been several threads on what people want for Christmas, I thought I would toss in my 0.02. You see I found this [boat](http://www.latimes.com/news/local/state/la-me-sbriefs18.2dec18,1,1666165.story?coll=la-news-state) for sale. If everybody chips in it would be a great place to hold that oft talked about but never seems to come together West Coast Dopefest. IIRC it sleeps about 2500 depending on how it is configured. There do remain a few challenges: We will have to be a city to get this done. With the wisdom of the Dope I am sure this is just a triffle Fuel mileage is measured in gallons per foot. Where do I park it? Do I have to buy my own 16" shells? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2005, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-what-i-want-for-christmas/336653/2 "2005-12-21T18:10:30Z")
There’s got to be an empty pier around here somewhere… ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2005, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-what-i-want-for-christmas/336653/3 "2005-12-21T19:05:55Z")
I live near the beach, if that helps. Okay, it’s a beach on Lake Ontario, and there’s a minor detail of a treaty forbidding warships on the Great Lakes, but hey, if the Soviets can declare an eighteen-wheeler to be a diplomatic pouch, I’m sure that we can weasel this one by…