Jonathan Watson, a local surveyor, says similar things on his website
(www.marinesurveys.com, click on Information/Articles), that things will
wear out (it's a question of "when," not "if"), and so why do people push
them for so long without replacing them?

But, like you, Chuck, there are deep, dark corners in a boat, or in my case,
deep, dark corners in my mind, and so things don't always get done just as
they should be!

Thanks for the reminder.

Charles

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"Gould 0738" wrote in message
...
This is new hot water tank weekend...
.... The hose was probably 20 years old, just like the water tank, and was
so
badly rotten that simply moving the tank caused it to fail.