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On Nov 30, 8:26 am, " JimH" ask wrote:
"Chuck Gould" wrote in message

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We pumped the holding tank into the recycle barrel. (The tank itself
was pretty empty before I added the diesel). Then we dumped some TSP
cleaner and water into the tank and sucked that into the barrel as
well. Finally, we
flushed the hose with lake water, and the ridiculous screw up was
corrected.

Glad things turned out OK.

Hey, remember that they still put erasures on pencils for a reason. ;-)

you perform "erasures" with an eraser.

You also capitalize the beginning of a sentence.

Eisboch wrote:
Chuck Gould wrote:
Don't know about most days, but today there is no doubt just who's the
dumbest guy in the NG. ?Yours truly.


A while back I posted a picture of this boat that was for sale here at
Kingman.

http://www.eisboch.com/downeast.jpg

Well, somebody bought it and had it surveyed stem to stern, along with a
full mechanic's inspection. The result of the inspections generated a list
of maintenence and other recommendations that, in the opinion of the
surveyor and mechanic, should be accomplished before the new owner took the
boat south per his plan.

After spending the money for the inspections, the new owner chose to ignore
the recommendations.. He had a friend or some totally unqualified person do
a couple of things I am told, but decided to postpone any other work until
he arrived at his southern destination.

I found out yesterday that the boat caught on fire somewhere in the Delaware
River.

Eisboch



I bet he won't make that mistake again.

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On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 09:48:41 -0600, dt wrote:


JimH wrote:


"Chuck Gould" wrote in message
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We pumped the holding tank into the recycle barrel. (The tank itself
was pretty empty before I added the diesel). Then we dumped some TSP
cleaner and water into the tank and sucked that into the barrel as
well. Finally, we
flushed the hose with lake water, and the ridiculous screw up was
corrected.



Glad things turned out OK.

Hey, remember that they still put erasures on pencils for a reason. ;-)

Um, those're "erasers". They're used to perform erasures. ;-)

DT


"those're"?

Exactly. The apostrophe indicates I knew what I wuz a-doin'. ;-)

DT

On Nov 30, 11:14 am, wrote:
On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 09:48:41 -0600, dt wrote:
JimH wrote:

"Chuck Gould" wrote in message
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We pumped the holding tank into the recycle barrel. (The tank itself
was pretty empty before I added the diesel). Then we dumped some TSP
cleaner and water into the tank and sucked that into the barrel as
well. Finally, we
flushed the hose with lake water, and the ridiculous screw up was
corrected.

Glad things turned out OK.

Hey, remember that they still put erasures on pencils for a reason. ;-)

Um, those're "erasers". They're used to perform erasures. ;-)

DT

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Yes, Fritz. Like youse, thanx, gubmint, and on and on, get it?

On Nov 30, 11:00 am, "BillP" wrote:
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On Nov 30, 8:26 am, " JimH" ask wrote:
"Chuck Gould" wrote in message

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We pumped the holding tank into the recycle barrel. (The tank itself
was pretty empty before I added the diesel). Then we dumped some TSP
cleaner and water into the tank and sucked that into the barrel as
well. Finally, we
flushed the hose with lake water, and the ridiculous screw up was
corrected.

Glad things turned out OK.

Hey, remember that they still put erasures on pencils for a reason. ;-)

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Awe, how cute. I've got a little puppy.....

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Chuck doesn't have this problem I hope, but I did leave my transom
plug out once. So I got it on plane and pulled the plug and sucked the
boat dry, put back the plug, and just went fishin'.


Second time I put the Yukon in the water, I forgot the plug. The boat
was still on the trailer when I noticed it.
Didn't have to worry about $%$# plugs with the sailboat.


I've Got a good one for you guys. The first time we put our 17' electric in
the water she was very ass heavy. The water came up over 3" past the boot
top. She looked like she was doing 50 sitting at the dock. So we
redistributed the battery weight and took her back to the river. As my
partner backed the boat into the water I noticed that she was sitting even
lower in the transom than the first time we launched.

Any body want to guess what the problem was? It was not the drain plug as
it is forward under the front cockpit floorboard.

We forgot to remove the rear stabilizer strap on the trailer. The boat was
actually floating the trailer!!! We pulled her out and removed the strap
amid much laughter around the boat ramp. This was a very nice late summer
Saturday with lots of people around.

Do I get into the club?

Tom

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On Nov 30, 8:26 am, " JimH" ask wrote:
"Chuck Gould" wrote in message

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We pumped the holding tank into the recycle barrel. (The tank itself
was pretty empty before I added the diesel). Then we dumped some TSP
cleaner and water into the tank and sucked that into the barrel as
well. Finally, we
flushed the hose with lake water, and the ridiculous screw up was
corrected.

Glad things turned out OK.

Hey, remember that they still put erasures on pencils for a reason.
;-)

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Awe, how cute. I've got a little puppy.....


Lucky you! How would you like to have an old mangy flea ridden mutt
following you around? (see Dingy Dan)

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On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 22:47:13 -0800 (PST), Chuck Gould
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I'm thinking of painting the fuel fill plate green, to match the
diesel hose.

Perhaps it might be better if you installed a small deck light near
the fittings for this type of situation.

Not to worry and welcome to the club.

I could tell you stories... :)


As a charter member of the occasionally dumb club, I can confidently say
that no further action is necessary.

It is very doubtful it will ever happen again.

Eisboch


My father in law had his sailboat in an airline fly and rent program. Had
an Atomic 4 gas motor and the renters filled the water tank with gasoline.
Was a stainless tank, so was able to be cleaned, but cost renters big bucks.

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On Nov 30, 6:34 am, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
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Chuck Gould wrote:
Don't know about most days, but today there is no doubt just who's the
dumbest guy in the NG. Yours truly.
Thought I'd move the boat from my covered slip over to the yacht club
dock this afternoon. About a half hour's run.
En route, I began calculating how long it had been since last taking
on a load of fuel.
"I'm probably OK," I thought. "But maybe I'll stop off at the fuel
dock and get 20 gallons or so just for insurance. I'll fuel up
seriously next time I'm outside the locks and can get B20."
Pulled up to the local fuel dock. $3.99 per gallon for diesel. No big
deal, $80 bucks worth and I'll be certain of having more than enough
aboard for the upcoming lighted boats parades.
"In fact", I thought, "I'll put it all in the starboard tank. The trim
is a little heavy to port right now, and that will level things off
quite nicely."
"Hello, Chuck" says the fuel dock guy.
"Hi, Dave. I'm only going to put 20 gallons or so in the starboard
tank, just to
make sure I've got enough to do the Special People's Cruise and the
parade."
"No problem."
I uncrew the deck plate and begin filling the tank. At about 14 or 15
gallons, I'm hearing fuel in the vent line. "Impossible! I need a lot
more fuel than that, I've got to be down at least 100 gallons in this
150-gallon tank what the heck?"
Oh.......*That's* the heck!
In the gathering late afternoon darkness, I had unscrewed the deck cap
for the holding tank pump out.......immediately next to the fuel tank
filler. I had just topped off my holding tank with diesel.
Dumb, Dumb, Dumb.
"Don't feel too badly," said Dave. "The Argosy (huge commercial
charter boat) did exactly the same thing here not long ago. But of
course they took on well oer 100 gallons before they realized what
they had done."
"What did they do about it?" I asked.
"We hooked up my oil change pump and sucked it out. Only problem is, I
need a new hose for my oil change pump so I don't dare try to evacuate
your holding tank. I know I'd have diesel leaking into the water for
sure. Frankly, I don't know what we can do for you tonight, I'm
getting ready to close and go home."
They say Providence looks after kids and idiots, and just then this
idiot got a break.
Putt, putt, putting along the canal was one of the local "Sani-system"
boats.
A unique group of businessmen make a living by running small boats
with pumps and several hundred gallon holding tanks into our local
marinas where they pump out the holding tanks for liveaboards. It
normally costs about $25 to have a holding tank pumped. Dave waved the
guy over to the fuel dock.
"Maybe you can help us out," said Dave. "Chuck here has just pumped
about 15 gallons of diesel into his holding tank."
"No way," was the first response. "I can't put diesel into my sewage
tank, I wouldn't be able to discharge it."
"I have a plan," said Dave. I'll truck one of my waste oil recycling
barrels out here to the dock, you disconnect your hose from your sewer
tank and pump into the barrel. We'll flush the hose with a few gallons
of soapy water, and put that into the barrel as well, and then rinse
it all out with some lake water- also into the barrel."
"Well, OK" said the sani-system guy.
We pumped the holding tank into the recycle barrel. (The tank itself
was pretty empty before I added the diesel). Then we dumped some TSP
cleaner and water into the tank and sucked that into the barrel as
well. Finally, we
flushed the hose with lake water, and the ridiculous screw up was
corrected.
And so the dumbest guy in the NG, and certainly the dumbest guy
actually out on a boat in Seattle (there wasn't much traffic) this
afternoon was rescued from his own stupidity by a couple of guys who
didn't really *have* to do anything. I paid the pump out guy for his
time and trouble, but the Dave didn't charge me anything for the extra
trouble, or for staying past closing time to get me squared away. I am
on the hook for $2 per gallon to recyle the contaminated diesel when
the guy comes around to pick it up, but I'll be glad to get off so
cheaply.
"Good thing that wasn't gasoline," we all agreed.
"And good thing it wasn't your water tank," commented Dave. "This
happens more often than you'd think, and a lot of times people put
fuel into their potable water tanks. About the only real cure for that
is to replace the tank, and maybe some of the lines if any of the fuel
gets pumped through. You're getting off for under a hundred bucks all
said, all done, while a water tank replacement could cost $1000 or
more."
So round up the doo-wop group; "dum, dum, dum dum, dum de de de
diddly, dum dum doo wah....." :-)
Chuck, I am sure you are the only one stupid enough to do such a thing,
but I have seen fuel and fresh water caps, that had different spacing on
the holes in the top, so you needed to use different "keys" to open
them. Your problem was a minor one, can you imagine if someone pumped
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Chuck doesn't have this problem I hope, but I did leave my transom
plug out once. So I got it on plane and pulled the plug and sucked the
boat dry, put back the plug, and just went fishin'.


I've done that, but on a boat with a deck, so I had to head to shore real
fast to screw the plug in from the outside of the transom.

I've also pumped a few gallons of gasoline into the rod holder, thinking
it was the fuel fill. Fortunately, the last time I did that was in
Florida, many years ago.

There are only 2 types of boaters. Those who have forgotten the plug, and
those who lie about forgetting the plug.

"Calif Bill" wrote in message
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There are only 2 types of boaters. Those who have forgotten the plug, and
those who lie about forgetting the plug.


There's a third type. Those that are going to forget the plug.

Similar to running the East Coast ICW.

There's those that have run aground.
There's those that lie about never running aground.
And those that will run aground, but haven't yet.

Eisboch