Took the Ranger out for a ride to burn off some of the old gas. At
the launch ramp, DEP Inspector asked if he could look the boat over
for safety.

Sure- why not.

Pulled the cover off the engine and promptly told me that the
"backfire arrestor cover" wasn't correct.

Er...what?

So he launches into a whole deal about how the backfire arrestor has
to be a different design and how the carburetors blah, blah, blah.

I let him go on, nodding my head in agreement, then he says "I'd get
that changed as soon as I can".

To which I replied "I'm very sorry - I honestly don't understand -
there aren't any carburetors on that engine".

I swear this is true - he says - "let me show you" and took off the
air baffle for the air intake manifold. He points to the intake bells
and says - "There - those are your carburetors".

So, being the natural wise ass, I said "Could you show me where the
fuel lines attach to the ~carburetors~"?

So, being a nice guy, he traced out the fuel lines and when they led
to the injectors, he said - absolutely true - "I've never seen a four
stroke like this before".

To which I replied "Neither have I. And I suspect that's because it's
not a four stroke - it's a two stroke direct injected engine - no
carburetors."

~~ continued in Part Deaux ~~

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
Took the Ranger out for a ride to burn off some of the old gas. At
the launch ramp, DEP Inspector asked if he could look the boat over
for safety.

Sure- why not.

Pulled the cover off the engine and promptly told me that the
"backfire arrestor cover" wasn't correct.

Er...what?

So he launches into a whole deal about how the backfire arrestor has
to be a different design and how the carburetors blah, blah, blah.

I let him go on, nodding my head in agreement, then he says "I'd get
that changed as soon as I can".

To which I replied "I'm very sorry - I honestly don't understand -
there aren't any carburetors on that engine".

I swear this is true - he says - "let me show you" and took off the
air baffle for the air intake manifold. He points to the intake bells
and says - "There - those are your carburetors".

So, being the natural wise ass, I said "Could you show me where the
fuel lines attach to the ~carburetors~"?

So, being a nice guy, he traced out the fuel lines and when they led
to the injectors, he said - absolutely true - "I've never seen a four
stroke like this before".

To which I replied "Neither have I. And I suspect that's because it's
not a four stroke - it's a two stroke direct injected engine - no
carburetors."

~~ continued in Part Deaux ~~

He argues even when he's wrong. He'd be a great addition to this newsgroup.
:-)

On Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:50:39 +0000, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:


~~ continued in Part Deaux ~~

Is that the part where he cuffs you and reads you your rights? ;-)

JoeSpareBedroom wrote:

He argues even when he's wrong. He'd be a great addition to this newsgroup.

One of you is enough.

Killed any dogs lately?

Tick Tock, Tick Tock.

-- Charlie

"Charlie" wrote in message
...
JoeSpareBedroom wrote:

He argues even when he's wrong. He'd be a great addition to this
newsgroup.

One of you is enough.

Killed any dogs lately?

Tick Tock, Tick Tock.

-- Charlie

I'm scoping out YOUR doggy. Failing that, your family.

TICK TOCK TICK TOCK....

On Apr 11, 1:54?pm, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:


He argues even when he's wrong. He'd be a great addition to this newsgroup.
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Only at an apprentice level. If he can work up to where he calls names
in the process (with the number of names called and personal attacks
corresponding to the degree of his technical inaccuracy), he'll be
ready for prime time.

Sounds a bit like a USCG boarding I endured a couple of years ago. I
was also written up for an insufficient horn, but everything else was
OK. (He thought he had me when he asked to see Chart #1- but I had it
aboard as required).

When the boarding officer was filling out his inspection form and
giving me a warning about the horn, he asked "I forget- what's the
name of the body of water we're on?" To be fair, he was very young
and probably just transfered in from some other part of the country-
but he really ought to know the name of the area he is patrolling. (It
was Port Madison. I have to assume that he could have declared the
general location; Puget Sound).

JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"Charlie" wrote in message
...
JoeSpareBedroom wrote:

He argues even when he's wrong. He'd be a great addition to this
newsgroup.
One of you is enough.

Killed any dogs lately?

Tick Tock, Tick Tock.

-- Charlie

I'm scoping out YOUR doggy. Failing that, your family.

TICK TOCK TICK TOCK....



You probably don't want to get close to that particular ball of slime...

On 11 Apr 2007 17:27:16 -0700, "Chuck Gould"
wrote:

Sounds a bit like a USCG boarding I endured a couple of years ago. I
was also written up for an insufficient horn, but everything else was
OK. (He thought he had me when he asked to see Chart #1- but I had it
aboard as required).

Huh?

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
news
JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"Charlie" wrote in message
...
JoeSpareBedroom wrote:

He argues even when he's wrong. He'd be a great addition to this
newsgroup.
One of you is enough.

Killed any dogs lately?

Tick Tock, Tick Tock.

-- Charlie

I'm scoping out YOUR doggy. Failing that, your family.

TICK TOCK TICK TOCK....

You probably don't want to get close to that particular ball of slime...

Formerly "Larry", last time he popped his head out of the toilet.

"Chuck Gould" wrote in message
oups.com...

Sounds a bit like a USCG boarding I endured a couple of years ago. I
was also written up for an insufficient horn, but everything else was
OK. (He thought he had me when he asked to see Chart #1- but I had it
aboard as required).


Are you talking about navigational charts? If so, since when is it
"required" to carry them on a recreational boat? I am not saying you
shouldn't have charts, I am questioning the "requirement" to have them.

Eisboch