[n86121]

My wife "rode to hounds' for a number of years.

Fortunately we never owned a horse,
merely exploited the impoverishment of friends and owners who had too many.
Really the ideal way to 'have' a horse (or two),

I can therefore legitimately compare a 337 to a horse.

A horse sits in an expensive stall that must be mucked out regularly.
A 337 can site in a hangar, there is no need to muck out its stall

Point goes to the 337

A horse can be left outside to graze, but you have to catch it each time.
A 337 can be on tie down, but you never have to chase it around the field.

Point goes to the 337

A horse needs to be fed every day, or it starves.
A 337 only needs to be fed when it flies.

Point goes to the 337

The ONLY use for a horse is to take it out of the barn, dash around for a bit, then return to the barn.

Like a horse, one can take a 337 and dash about, but you can ALSO go places.

Point goes to the 337

I am told that bringing a horse to a vet, there is 85% probability the vet will say something like, "Your horse needs emergency surgery and it will cost $30,000, or do you want to put her down right now?"

Usually said to the wife, within earshot of the husband.
While the husband begins to visualize several 5 gallon cans of glue...

Similarly, a 337 goes in for an annual wallet-ectomy every year.
The airplane can be sold for parts, the horse as commercial adhesive.

A tie between 337 and horse.

Horses get old and sick and die.
You can always overhaul a 337's engines, paint and avionics to renew.

Point goes to the 337.

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It seems obvious to me, the 337 delivers the better value than a horse...

Thoughts?