On Apr 11, 4:50 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
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 ~~

Hey Sport, where did you put in, Baldwin?
Thanks

On 12 Apr 2007 18:46:05 -0700, wrote:

Hey Sport, where did you put in, Baldwin?

Stonington.

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On 12 Apr 2007 18:46:05 -0700, wrote:

Hey Sport, where did you put in, Baldwin?

Stonington.


Sport???

On Fri, 13 Apr 2007 02:15:43 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
wrote:

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On 12 Apr 2007 18:46:05 -0700, wrote:

Hey Sport, where did you put in, Baldwin?

Stonington.

Sport???

Bedroom?

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Fri, 13 Apr 2007 02:15:43 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
wrote:

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On 12 Apr 2007 18:46:05 -0700, wrote:

Hey Sport, where did you put in, Baldwin?

Stonington.

Sport???

Bedroom?


I was responding to the thing that addressed you as "sport". Obnoxious.

Hey Sport, where did you put in, Baldwin?

Stonington.

Sport???

Bedroom?


I was responding to the thing that addressed you as "sport". Obnoxious.


Perhaps it was just a truncation of Sportfishing, rather than the usage that
you're thinking of and which you've found so offensive. Ya' think maybe it
might be as simple as that, Sparky?

"RG" wrote in message
m...

Hey Sport, where did you put in, Baldwin?

Stonington.

Sport???

Bedroom?


I was responding to the thing that addressed you as "sport". Obnoxious.


Perhaps it was just a truncation of Sportfishing, rather than the usage
that you're thinking of and which you've found so offensive. Ya' think
maybe it might be as simple as that, Sparky?


Could be, sport.