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The Moron Brothers’ Kentucky River Shanty Boat
One of the regular readers of my blog and a fellow small home enthusiast, James (aka NomadRip in the Comments section), forwarded me the following video. I haven’t laughed as hard as I did while watching this video in quite a while.
The self-proclaimed Moron Brothers’ are bluegrass musicians who live on a self-built shanty boat which is featured in the video below.
Thank you, James, for reminding me that no matter how modest (and currently torn up) my little floating home may be, there’s someone out there living in something even more humble.
And I just have to say that even though their little shanty boat is a little more… rustic… than what I eventually hope to end up with, these two totally understand the appeal of living in a little house on the water.
I am also more than a little tempted to send the video to my father and a few coworkers as an illustration of the place where I’m living. However, I doubt that would help their difficulty in understanding my choice in a home.
One of the regular readers of my blog and a fellow small home enthusiast, James (aka NomadRip in the Comments section), forwarded me the following video. I haven’t laughed as hard as I did while watching this video in quite a while.
The self-proclaimed Moron Brothers’ are bluegrass musicians who live on a self-built shanty boat which is featured in the video below.
Thank you, James, for reminding me that no matter how modest (and currently torn up) my little floating home may be, there’s someone out there living in something even more humble.
And I just have to say that even though their little shanty boat is a little more… rustic… than what I eventually hope to end up with, these two totally understand the appeal of living in a little house on the water.
I am also more than a little tempted to send the video to my father and a few coworkers as an illustration of the place where I’m living. However, I doubt that would help their difficulty in understanding my choice in a home.
I thought you’d enjoy it. I got a kick out of it too. I imagine when you tell some people you’re working on living in a floating house, some people must picture a similar setup.
Yours is much nicer (even if it doesn’t even have a motor
I /am/ rather envious of the fishing boat tow system. And also the drawbridge-style boarding ramp complete with winch…
Joe McWilliams’ mother-load Shantyboat Page IS BACK!
Joe provided years of work on his Shantyboat Page. Previously hosted at http://euler.sfasu.edu/Shantyboats/ this Shantyboat information was not available on the web for quite some time.
Well Joe McWilliams’ mother-load Shantyboat Page is now hosted at http://www.handyman.coop. Enjoy!
Thanks Joe for sharing your files.
I’m gonna open a fish fry shack and name it the “Kentucky River Shanty Boat” would that be plagerism? Serious in Beattyville. Your video is a hoot and a half. Ima gonna see you bys the next time you come to town.
Sherree