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    Hot water heater

    That's a good one
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    18ft Boat Launch with RWD Suburban

    5.7L (Vortec) Suburban with 3.73:1 (ltd slip) and 2WD. Works every time, but there are some ramps at my lake (one in particular) I'd be way too scared to try (steep and a longish way to the top). I don't think it ever even spins the tires, or rarely and only briefly. The one I use 99% of the...
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    Bad Gas

    I've told the story before, but I sold my previous one to get my boat in 2018. Didn't really plan to have one again until my son got one and got me back into it. That was 3 years ago. I have used it SO much more than the boat, mainly commuting.
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    Bad Gas

    I have used it very regularly. It hasn't sat long at all unless it's been down for some kind of maintenance, which has been a while. I ride it so much it's my 4-wheelers that I have to start/drive once in a while just because, to keep exercised, lol. Coming up on winter though, so...
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    Bad Gas

    Lol. Yeah, I'm never going back there either, for anything.
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    Bad Gas

    I've learned some stuff over this. I had my sample tested (the state agency overseeing got right on it), and it turns out to be phase separation or some such - a likely ethanol-water mix in the bottom layer, from which it takes a good long while for the water to separate out of (I think the guy...
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    Bad Gas

    Got a hold of some the other day... It was from a place I rarely buy gas from, but I forgot to stop at my usual (for 100%) on my way home, and so filled the bike (carbureted) with 91 E10 at this alternate place, as a matter of convenience. Well, long story short, I almost got stranded the next...
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    Epic launch

    A friend's dad had one in a 1980 Chevrolet P/U. I was a little surprised they were still being used then. Prob bought up north somewhere, no AC either. I looked at a pre-'73 Chevy that had one, sort of a project, but Dad was against it, so... I eventually wound up with a Monza with a...
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    Reminder to check gear before towing.

    I lost a couple of pipe insulation foams that I had on top of the side windows to protect the cover/tarp... and a padded trip piece off of the top of the engine housing... and a couple of other things years ago, unrelated to boating that I don't want to admit to, but got both back. I wonder...
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    New Stuff on Vehicles likes/dislikes

    Tilt, cruise, AC, and yes, wiper delay. Mirrors on both sides is good (lol), with blindspots. Ok, electric windows. Better have that for the mirrors too. Rear window defogger... A kid in high school had an early 60s Dodge with a pushbutton automatic transmission. Nostalgia. Not for that...
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    Finally, a Funnel Solution!

    My main concern is I don't want them getting dirty before I use 'em again (the skinny ones are hard to clean out, obviously), so I stick a paper towel in them, another one or two in the bottom of a Wal Mart bag and tie them up in there. Maybe put that in a small box. Ready to go next time I...
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    Let's talk skill...

    Practice the slow thing (idle power) away from the dock/ramp, with a reference point ahead. Eventually you get a feel for the timing and amount of steering input, and don't even really think about it anymore. Both of those can still be a challenge though sometimes (docking, recovery). If...
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    Girlie Ads on the Site

    Well, not always, perhaps. Why the heck would I post complaining about it if that was so? I'd more likely just sit back and enjoy them. So maybe the targeted question was misguided.
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    Major Boating Accident On Lake Tahoe

    The only 2 people that survived had life jackets on. The others did not, if I understood the story from a day or two ago.
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    Girlie Ads on the Site

    I knew that was coming, lol. But yeah, as far as the stuff I go to, I shouldn't be getting the other. And it's not like X-rated or anything, but sorta like when you go to the lake at a busy time (which I never do anymore). You just gotta ignore some stuff... I did the clearing thing and set...
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