My wife up north
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Topic: My wife up north
Posted By: 8122pbrainard
Subject: My wife up north
Date Posted: August-11-2013 at 12:11pm
My wife always goes up north for a couple months in the summer. I love it when I get a call about problems!   She is "half way" technical but I always need to keep my mouth shut when she tries to explain the problem! She borrowed her mothers float boat and the captains chair came off it's pedestal. We all know how cheap the float boats are made and how all the wood used in the seating rot's pretty quick. Well in this case it seems it was the ply as well as the black oxide coated steel screws used to hold the chair to it's base. I have to "hand" it to her when "push comes to shove" she can do some thinking. She's going to re position the swivel base on a good section of the ply seat base. (next time will be a trip to the upholsterer!) I told her where a drill and bits were and explained that pilot holes were needed. I also told her where a #3 Philips screw driver was since I have a feeling the screws she got at the hardware store were at least a #12. Great wives are sometimes hard to come by!! ------------- /diaries/details.asp?ID=1622" rel="nofollow - 54 Atom /diaries/details.asp?ID=2179" rel="nofollow - 77 Tique 64 X55 Dunphy Keep it original, Pete < |
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Posted By: KRoundy
Date Posted: August-17-2013 at 12:38am
She sounds like a keeper!  ------------- Previous: 1993 Electric Blue/Charcoal Ski Nautique Current: 2016 Ski Nautique 200 Open Bow |
Posted By: Dreaming
Date Posted: August-17-2013 at 12:48am
 yep, a good wife is hard to find. Glad you found a handy one.
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Posted By: M3Fan
Date Posted: August-17-2013 at 1:45am
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Couple weeks ago, the day before I was to join her up north, my wife calls me and says there is a problem. The boat is overheating. She shut it down the moment she saw the gauge move toward red (the 83 MC is too old to have a trouble/idiot light) and SWAM it in. Then she troubleshooted with me over the phone, emptying the strainer, seeing if it would fill up, checking the exhaust manifolds for heat, checking for a blocked grate, etc. Sure enough, when I got there the next day I found that the impeller hub had separated from the rubber portion and the boat was pumping zero. 100% instant failure of the pump and had she not been so good at listening to my tinkering stories over the years and paying attention to the gauges the motor would have been TOAST. I replaced the impeller and the boat was ready to go in 1/2 hour!!!! ------------- 2000 SN GT40 w/99 Graphics/Gel 2016 SN 200 OB 5.3L DI https://forum.fifteenoff.com |
Posted By: OverMyHead
Date Posted: August-18-2013 at 1:18am
Yikes! If I gave my wife such key information she would have no reason to keep feeding me. ------------- For thousands of years men have felt the irresistible urge to go to sea, and many of them died. Things got better after they invented boats. 1987 Ski Nautique |
8122pbrainard wrote:Posted By: OverMyHead
Date Posted: August-18-2013 at 1:20am
Joel, definitely a keeper, but I am sure you already knew that! ------------- For thousands of years men have felt the irresistible urge to go to sea, and many of them died. Things got better after they invented boats. 1987 Ski Nautique |
Posted By: john b
Date Posted: August-18-2013 at 7:01am
Good one Dave! ------------- 1970 Mustang "Theseus' paradox" If everyone else is doing it, you're too late! |
Posted By: jbear
Date Posted: August-18-2013 at 10:06pm
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LOL Dave... your wife did better on that one than I would've Joel! john ------------- "Loud pipes save lives" AdamT sez "I'm Canadian and a beaver lover myself"... |
Posted By: lasa
Date Posted: August-20-2013 at 6:45am
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Several of several weeks ago, the day before I was to be a part of her up northern, my spouse calling me and says there is a issue. The vessel is heating up. She closed it down when she saw the evaluate shift toward red (the 83 MC is too old to have a trouble/idiot light) and SWAM it in. Then she troubleshooted with me over the cellphone, clearing the strainer, seeing if it would complete up, verifying the fatigue manifolds for warm, verifying for a obstructed thank, etc. ------------- http://www.joyrs.com/" rel="nofollow - RS 2007 Gold http://www.mmomarkt.com/" rel="nofollow - WOW Gold Kaufen Billig |
Posted By: OverMyHead
Date Posted: August-20-2013 at 8:51am
 Whatever he is grasping it is not the English language.------------- For thousands of years men have felt the irresistible urge to go to sea, and many of them died. Things got better after they invented boats. 1987 Ski Nautique |