Why Things Take So Long, revisited

[ebb]

I often will take morning coffee with our A/C site.
If nothing's lit up I might go to QuickLinks and scroll to the bottom for "Who's On Line."
Yahoo Slurp Spider was sucking on Commander Pete's brilliant thread of about six years ago.
It is still the funniest and most entertaining insight into the human condition (at the boatyard, of course) we'll ever read.

It made my day.

We're treated to entries by Peter Theiss, too.
Hope to hell he's doing OK.
And there are posts by guys still shooting the breeze around this Pearson A/C yard here. How 'bout that?

Here's a tip of the mug to Pete!
....yeah, and all of us here!

[c_amos]

Hear hear!

:D

[commanderpete]

Cheers guys! Hope everyone is well

Is this the thread?

http://pearsonariel.org/discussion/showthread.php?t=494

Working on the boat is always an adventure for me.

One year I had just splashed the boat and went to start the engine. She wouldn't start. I'm yanking on the starter cord

Vrrrooompah...vrrooompah....vrooompah

Nothing

Vrrrooompah...vrooompah...vrooompah

Oh No! My trusty 1992 Yamaha wont start. The engine has always worked, as long as it was getting fuel. I never had to learn anything about outboard engine repair.

Vrrooompah...vrooompah....vrooompah

Eventually I took off the engine cover. Maybe I wouldn't look so stupid to people passing by. I just stared at all those mysterious gizmos and whirlygigs in there

Vrooompah....vrooompah....vrooompah

This went on until I had just about seperated my shoulder. I sat back, depressed.

Then I noticed the kill switch lanyard had become detached. Clipped it in and the engine fired right up. Yeah!

A few weeks later I'm walking the docks at the boatyard. Some guy has his whole family aboard his sailboat, waiting to head out. They all look sad. He's standing over the engine

Vrrrooompah....vrrooompah.....vroompah

"Wont start huh?" I observed, with a keen eye for the obvious

"You got the kill switch hooked up?"

He clipped it in and the engine fired right up. Yeah!

The guy has since sought my advice a few times on boat repairs. I think he figures I must be a nautical genius to diagnose an engine problem from 20 feet away.

If he only knew