Daily Keno Snarky comment thread
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Printed Date: April-29-2024 at 3:59am
Topic: Daily Keno Snarky comment thread
Posted By: Brett
Subject: Daily Keno Snarky comment thread
Date Posted: November-04-2019 at 12:41pm
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I am new to this forum and have found it to be informative, helpful and enjoyable. Thus far my favorite poster has to be Keno. He helped me order the proper electronic igniter for my rebuild-restore project of my 78 Southwind. I felt scolded at first but then realized this guy knows his stuff. Since then I have come to appreciate his snark and sarcasm almost as much as his general boat knowledge. I realize that I am opening myself up for ridicule and harassment from all but... I could use a daily dose of Keno snark....the guy works in sarcasm and snark like Van Gogh did water color!! 
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Posted By: GHTILL
Date Posted: November-04-2019 at 12:45pm
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"Snarky": (of a person, words, or mood) sharply critical; cutting; snide. Adjective ------------- TWSS |
Posted By: Orlando76
Date Posted: November-04-2019 at 12:50pm
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Keno and Petey smarties comments are the reason I check in everyday. In all honesty there’s a wealth of knowledge and good heart there just sometimes it has trouble getting out nicely. ------------- Please support The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation 1976 Ski Nautique 351 Escort 1993 Ski Nautique purple and black 351 HO PCM |
Posted By: Jonny Quest
Date Posted: November-04-2019 at 1:39pm
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KENO knows his stuff. No doubt. Many of us have been on the receiving end of KENO’s biting wit...some more than others. At the end of the day, KENO is a great resource and I’m grateful that he takes time to help out on this Forum. (Someone just needs to disable his CCFan search function) And a tip of the hat to Pete also. Pete has great experience and a willingness to share. Thanks again, Gents. JQ ------------- Current 2003 Ski Nautique 206 Limited Previous 2001 Ski Nautique Open Bow 1994 Ski Nautique Open Bow Aqua skiing, ergo sum |
Posted By: beretta5spd
Date Posted: November-04-2019 at 1:52pm
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great thread 10/10 ------------- 1996,1997 Sport Nautique 1986,1992 Ski Nautique - Sold 1995 Sport Nautique - Current |
Posted By: Brett
Date Posted: November-04-2019 at 2:00pm
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The not getting it out nicely is the part I love!
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Posted By: GHTILL
Date Posted: November-04-2019 at 3:27pm
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Posted By: Brett
Date Posted: November-04-2019 at 3:53pm
| That is Awesome!!!!! |
Posted By: rosconole
Date Posted: November-04-2019 at 5:29pm
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He doesn't like GT40 heads much, must be a chevy guy ------------- 1989 ski nautique ,1991 barefoot nautique, 1993 Mustang Cobra 1998 5.0 Magazine shootout invitee |
Posted By: burban65
Date Posted: November-04-2019 at 6:03pm
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Brett..........Keno keeps Pete in check.......... for that alone he should get CCF bonus points. FYI - When you earn your "stripes" from BOTH Keno and Pete..........then you know you are really becoming part of the CCF family. Almost forgot..........be sure to reach out to Pete with any boat customization questions you may have. ------------- SRB |
Posted By: GHTILL
Date Posted: November-04-2019 at 6:48pm
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Hope Keno knows we all love him, and all his advice. One big happy family of old boat owners. ------------- TWSS |
Posted By: KENO
Date Posted: November-04-2019 at 10:20pm
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All right Brett, enough of the niceness. It's not snark and sarcasm either....................it's snarkasm. I think I just invented that word so I can spell it however I want to You might say I've had some experience with these inboards and like most things in life there is usually more than one way to accomplish something and when somebody puts out some incomplete or "not quite right information" I figure it should be pointed out with some humor mixed in. I'm glad me and Pete keep people entertained. We try Now as far as keeping Pete "in check" that's an impossible,dirty,thankless,exhausting job but somebody has to at least try I mean even in the middle of a good "discussion" I sent him all the stuff he needed to convert his electronic distributor back to points, but do ya think he's done it yet? There are a whole bunch of knowledgeable people here and in the end I figure it's a team effort getting things figured out. I could go on but I gotta go now, Nurse Ratched is here to get me |
Posted By: 67 ski nat
Date Posted: November-04-2019 at 11:05pm
| And all was right in the world again. Best thread ever |
Posted By: Brett
Date Posted: November-05-2019 at 10:19am
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Amazing stuff and great folks here. |
Posted By: Duane in Indy
Date Posted: November-05-2019 at 10:31am
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Keno has forgotten more than most of us will ever know about these boats and their engines. If he does not have a picture he is just apt to go out and disassemble his engine to get you a pic. His wit is only exceeded by his ability to show it!!! He is a true asset to CCF. Keep up the good work my friend ------------- Keep it as original as YOU want it 1978 Mustang (modified) |
Posted By: 67 ski nat
Date Posted: November-05-2019 at 11:19am
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I’m curious how and where KENO , 8122pbrainard (Pete) and some of the other Grand Poobahs got that experience. Where y’all work? At the CC factory, marina, etc I can not even keep up reading there vast knowledge let along add to or chrome in as regularly. Must be full time job for poobahs |
Posted By: RealDeez
Date Posted: November-05-2019 at 11:52am
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Yeah I'm still in the shut up and let the adults talk about stuff phase of boat/ engine knowledge. Most cases there's no need for me to insert my inexperience and naivety into these discussions. So thanks to all those guys for dropping knowledge that I can lurk and mine for gold when I need it. ------------- Lake James, IN 93 Sport Nautique |
Posted By: Brett
Date Posted: November-05-2019 at 12:03pm
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Well there it is...Keno-Pete... Where did you all learn what you know...fill in some blanks boys. I know I would love to hear your backgrounds. This is the part where Keno asks for a pic then sends me a link to Keno's knowledge post.
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Posted By: Hollywood
Date Posted: November-05-2019 at 12:30pm
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Pete is a schooled and practiced engineer who also worked at a CC dealer. Ken is still mystery. I don’t know anyone who’s met him from here in person. Maybe he’s Pete’s good guy alter ego? Pete’s been to several events and is well known on the pro tubing circuit. I do like Ken’s ‘sparky’ comments too. |
Posted By: Jonny Quest
Date Posted: November-05-2019 at 12:31pm
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I believe both studied at the Nacy Pelosi school of Charm, Grace & Beauty. If you look carefully on CNN, you can often catch a glimpse of KENO disassembling a video camera or Pete conferring with Anderson Cooper about the proper interval to change a raw water impeller. ------------- Current 2003 Ski Nautique 206 Limited Previous 2001 Ski Nautique Open Bow 1994 Ski Nautique Open Bow Aqua skiing, ergo sum |
Posted By: Brett
Date Posted: November-05-2019 at 12:44pm
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Jonny Quest wrote:Posted By: Gary S
Date Posted: November-05-2019 at 1:17pm
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Ken is not his real name.You won't find any pictures of him or see him at an event. The government spent alot of your tax dollars placing him in the witness protection program so they are not about to start all over ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=1711&sort=&pagenum=1&yrstart=1966&yrend=1970" rel="nofollow - 69 Mustang HM SS 95 Nautique Super Sport |
Posted By: KENO
Date Posted: November-05-2019 at 1:42pm
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Ken's a retired ex military assassin in the WitLess protection program as Gary mentioned it'as a good thing for some of you guys that I'm retired Well what i really did was split atoms, boil water and make electricity along with some nuclear waste. Made propellers turn in the Navy with some of that steam and liked it so much I got out and got a job in civilian nuclear power. (OK the money was good too) It was pretty enjoyable but when I could retire, I thought that retirement would be more enjoyable.................turns out I was right. As far as boats, I'm just one of them there Hobbyists, I usually work in the back yard under a shady tree An old CC dealer turned me into the mad man that I am now when it went to him for a tune up after I got the boat, that I figured I might learn something from. I learned that it would never go back to the dealer 'cause I could screw it up as easily as he did, without having to pay extra for him to do it. A good friend who grew up with engines who taught me a lot about things like carburetors and distributors and things just progressed from there The picture below is what I'm striving to be able to accomplish in the back yard when my trees get taller 
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Posted By: Jonny Quest
Date Posted: November-05-2019 at 2:06pm
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KENO: Surface ship? Boomer? or fast attack? ------------- Current 2003 Ski Nautique 206 Limited Previous 2001 Ski Nautique Open Bow 1994 Ski Nautique Open Bow Aqua skiing, ergo sum |
Posted By: KENO
Date Posted: November-05-2019 at 2:31pm
| Fast attack SSN 664 Sea Devil 1974.5.6 |
Posted By: Jonny Quest
Date Posted: November-05-2019 at 2:39pm
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To you and all those who serve in uniform -- THANK YOU for your service. (A special "shout out" to my son, Lieutenant Davidson, USAF) I have an uncle who served on a diesel boat and then on a boomer. After his stories, I have all the respect in the world for those who earned their "dolphins". JQ ------------- Current 2003 Ski Nautique 206 Limited Previous 2001 Ski Nautique Open Bow 1994 Ski Nautique Open Bow Aqua skiing, ergo sum |
Posted By: KENO
Date Posted: November-05-2019 at 2:56pm
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The hard part was the ceremony where you drank your dolphins and got them pinned to your chest. The ceremony changed in later years at least officially |
Posted By: scottb
Date Posted: November-05-2019 at 3:22pm
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I still don't understand why the Navy didn't wait to name the SSN 666 the Sea Devil. LOL. There were handful of guys who came over to my boat after the Sea Devil was decom'd, although it was a few years after you left. SSN 637 89 - 93 |
Posted By: quinner
Date Posted: November-05-2019 at 5:17pm
Am I the only one whom is thinking of McHale's Navy??  ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=1143" rel="nofollow - Mi Bowt |
Posted By: 75 Tique
Date Posted: November-05-2019 at 6:20pm
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Ken and Pete are great assets to this site. Ken helped me keep the Tique going on multiple occasions, through guidance and even some parts donations to the cause, always much appreciated. Pete is equally knowledgable, tho you have to pass his screening questionnaire to get his support. Questions typically include: Why do you want to do that? How do you know its broken? Why did you buy one of those? Why did you do that? Did you check it with your VOM? Why dont you fix it yourself? Why dont you just chuck it up in the lathe and make a new one? (distributor, propeller, shaft, headlights, engine mounts.....) Kudos to him for being able to do that, but some of us fall short in that department. If you can answer those to his satisfaction, he is happy to help. If you fail to answer his question, he will copy and paste it into fresh posts until you do. On a related topic, I was talking to another long timer at Gregs back in October, who was sort of musing on how the character of the site has changed over the years. I guess that is likely to happen after as many as 15 years, which is how long I and some others have been around. On the upside, 15 years is a long time. Survived longer and a whole lot more successfully than Myspace or the HotBot or Jeeves search engines. That longevity is attributable to a great webmaster (Keith) who has kept it going and great people who have become friends on line and in person. I just retold the story at Gregs how several years ago I told my wife an on-line friend (JBear) and 3 complete strangers I have never met before (Scott and Gene Monahan and Bill Berry) are coming to spend the night at our house. That common bond of loving these old boats and a passing but not extreme/too intense interest in watersports has kept it going. On the downside, through the years, it may have come to feel a little bit like high school and got a little clique-y. Remember table 1 in the cafeteria, the one where the cool kids sat. Back in the day, they got in there and mixed it up with the rest of us. These days, doesnt seem like quite so much. Just an observation. But it seems a lot goes on "behind the scenes" these days. Things we used to see on here and enjoyed seeing or learning from, but dont show up any more. That part is too bad. Again, just an observation. I guess time passes. Kind of sad to have to go over to Facebook (not my favorite retreat) CC page to get some of that banter back. Plus, over at the FB CC page, although the posters know an awful lot, most of it is cringe-worthy wrong. ------------- _____________ “So, how was your weekend?” “Well, let me see…sun burn, stiff neck, screwed up back, assorted aches and pains….yup, my weekend was great, thanks for asking.” |
Posted By: NCH20SKIER
Date Posted: November-05-2019 at 7:34pm
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lol ------------- '05 206 Limited '88 BFN |
Posted By: lewy2001
Date Posted: November-05-2019 at 7:52pm
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You guys missed most of the real fun shame 79Nautique is no longer around. Quite often he did not play well with others but he sure was entertaining. Together there could have been some extra "snarkasm" with KENO  ------------- If you're going through hell, keep going http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=2999" rel="nofollow - 89 Ski <a href="http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=5685" ta |
Posted By: KENO
Date Posted: November-05-2019 at 8:19pm
So out of curiosity, what was the dolphin ceremony like in those years? |
Posted By: KENO
Date Posted: November-05-2019 at 8:28pm
I'll probably never be at an event cause I'd be hanging out with this guy, having way too much fun  |
Posted By: Orlando76
Date Posted: November-05-2019 at 8:49pm
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I think Larry kinda hit a home run. ------------- Please support The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation 1976 Ski Nautique 351 Escort 1993 Ski Nautique purple and black 351 HO PCM |
Posted By: jbear
Date Posted: November-06-2019 at 1:31am
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I too enjoy all the info shared by KENO and Pete. Not that I understand any of it...but I sure like how they say it. Over the years....and I have been on here as long or longer than most....I have found most of the friends I hang out with.....visit...entertain in our home...ski with......do favors for such as pick up boats or trailers. Larry......you said it so well... I miss 79 at times. He was a lot of fun in person. I cant imagine where I would be without the friends made here... john ------------- "Loud pipes save lives" AdamT sez "I'm Canadian and a beaver lover myself"... |
Posted By: Brett
Date Posted: November-06-2019 at 11:24am
 So...I think I may have un-earthed the only known picture of Ken and Pete, I believe they are discussing coast guard approved parts here.. However, I am unsure who is who...I have some clues but they could go either way... The mate-he was a mighty sailor man could be either... The skipper- brave and sure. Again could be either... |
Posted By: Brett
Date Posted: November-06-2019 at 11:25am
Who is Larry?? |
Posted By: samudj01
Date Posted: November-06-2019 at 11:42am
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75 Tique is Larry ------------- 78 Ski Tique, 72 Skier w/302's, 93 SN w/351 & 17 GS22 w/zr409 Previous - 99 Sport Nautique w/GT40 and 87 Martinique w/351 |
Posted By: KENO
Date Posted: November-06-2019 at 11:56am
Brett It's becoming intuitively obvious to even the most casual observer that you are a rookie here who doesn't have clue how to search on the site or what you're talking about Anybody that's been around here a while knows we're the Odd Couple aka Lemmon and Matthau. Do a search and you'll find some pictures There's one of Pete flogging me with a fish. |
Posted By: 63 Skier
Date Posted: November-06-2019 at 5:54pm
79 was almost but not quite Keno but without the good humor gene. ------------- '63 American Skier - '98 Sport Nautique |
Posted By: 63 Skier
Date Posted: November-06-2019 at 6:00pm
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Larry makes great points. Still, this site has been a ton of fun and the go-to for info for a long time, far longer than most sites. As for FB, I'm not on it, not joining, and so will miss out on that banter, oh well. Guys like Pete and Keno and Joe and Tim etc. make sites like this go, people know they can get their problems solved. A diesel site I'm on has a few like them, without the trusted knowledge you don't know who to believe. I know if someone suggests I lap my prop in with a body grinder that Pete will jump in to tell me not to, Ken will back him up, and Jbear will ask what a prop is. ------------- '63 American Skier - '98 Sport Nautique |
Posted By: JoeinNY
Date Posted: November-06-2019 at 6:41pm
Speaking only for myself some conversation has moved out of forums and into text messages/facebooks/instagramers or whatever because of changing technologies and ease of posting/sharing photos from mobile devices. While photos continue to get easier to take and share from mobile devices the opposite has happened on forums. The failure of hosting companies like photo bucket from monetizing photos posted on forums has lead this forum and most others to need to upload what are smaller sized , edited photos from something like a computer. I am certainly not gonna spend the extra time to upload a lessor quality photo most of the time, and frankly I aint even got one of them there computer thingys so if I can't post a high quality pic directly from my phone it aint gonna happen.. Posts without pictures just don't attract the daily traffic. Of course instagram or facebook is no place to get a real answer - anytime I have answered someones question on one of those forums 102 people chime in to give a somewhat lesser researched opinion. Also we have already settled some of the early mysteries of these boats that used to fuel conversations that lasted entire off seasons with no definitive conclusion until it came time show up and run what ya brung... now the same question comes up and it is pretty easily answered with a link to an earlier thread. ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=1477 - 1983 Ski Nautique 2001 1967 Mustang 302 "Decoy" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO5MkcBXBBs - Holeshot Video |
Posted By: KENO
Date Posted: November-06-2019 at 9:09pm
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Why not just say there are a lot of knowledgeable people here on the site with a mix of personalities and that keeps things interesting?. You can try to name people but the list is never complete. Myself I think that Australian guy Lewy is as good with a GT40 as anybody And every now and then a new or relatively new guy comes up with some really enlightening information that makes you say Wow The number of posts you have means nothing really, so you new guys shouldn't be afraid to post 'cause you might get questioned We were all that new guy once And for Pete's sake .................QUIT USING ME AND PETE IN THE SAME SENTENCE He's better looking, smarter, has sexier legs although they are a little boney and wears a monogrammed shirt much better than I do I'm developing a complex |
Posted By: baitkiller
Date Posted: November-06-2019 at 11:44pm
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Mehh.. I love seeing these guys scab together and fix stuff decades old like it was a barn kept Buick. Boggles my mind as a salt water guy. This is the only boat place I visit that corrosion related failure isn't the #1 topic. And that I find extremely refreshing. Wait... did he just say he fixed an exhaust manifold? Noo waaayyyy!! This guy is NUTS! Pure entertainment for me. Ohh and the professor deserves his own thread. ------------- Jesus was a bare-footer............. |
Posted By: 67 ski nat
Date Posted: November-07-2019 at 12:33am
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Bingo baitkiller. This thing has legs
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