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On 11 Jul 2004 13:47:23 GMT, (JAXAshby) wrote:

schlackoff, we are waiting for you to tell just what kind of "plugs" the
diesel engine on a commercial fishing boat has that might be cleaned by the
nervous crew the night before departing.

Anything from electrical plugs to hair plugs.

hair plugs? why would a fishing crew worry about hair plugs?

electrical plugs? on a diesel engine?

Depends on the engine. My diesel engine has electrical plugs as I'm
sure many do. The plug connects to a socket that goes to the pedestal
instrument cluster.

The point is that you
made a reading mistake by putting spark in front of plugs when it wasn't
there.

I made no mistake. I only pointed out a mistake made by the author and editors
of the book.

Sure you did, You assumed that the author stated the Andrea Gail had a
gasoline engine. Just look at the subject you wrote. When in reality,
the author said no such thing.

It's actually quite common for people to do things like that,
i.e, fill in a familiar missing word subconsciously. It's what you did
and you just can't admit you made a mistake.

And that's what you did in this case.

Steve