OMG that parrot part is just too much... you can't write this kind of stuff
folks... LMAO
---------- Original Message ----------
From: Dave Godwin <dave.god...@me.com>
To: w...@wbryant.com, cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Subject: Re: Stus-List Honda 2000i (and now saving dinghys and AM talk radio -
or my usual drivel)
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 18:02:54 -0400
Wal, there�s a special place reserved for you in the afterlife. And it
won�t be the hot place...
Cheers,
Dave Godwin
1982 C&C 37 - Ronin
Reedville - Chesapeake BayRonin�s Overdue Refit P.S. Hope that star
wasn�t imprinted on a 37�. ;-)
On Mar 27, 2014, at 5:19 PM, Wally Bryant <w...@wbryant.com> wrote:PS. I was
trying to think why some folks would say that the little Honda is not quiet.
If it runs full throttle it is quite loud. I would not recommend using it to
run an AC water heater and battery charger at the same time, or it will run
full throttle and really annoy the fish. I just use it to charge batteries,
with the 'EcoPower' switch on and after an initial burst in bulk mode, and
perhaps another burst when I hit Acceptance mode, it runs just over idle speed
and is pretty darn quiet.
PPS. I'm soaking wet after rescuing someone's dinghy during the afternoon
thermal puff. It was just floating by. That's the price I pay for anchoring
away from the herd -- 'if I don't do it, nobody else will...' It's *not* easy
to tow a dinghy with your dinghy in 15 knots and 2 foot whitecaps (long fetch.)
I did respond on the radio, but someone thought I wasn't moving fast enough
and said so. Hey, I'm a single hander and I like to have a plan and think a few
steps ahead. Like, before getting in the dink to go get beat up, put on
clothes, grab a life vest, a handheld VHF, and a hank or two of spare rope to
make a towing bridle, and drop the swim ladder on the mother ship. Fortunately
I already had a flotation device and dinghy anchor in the dink, so if something
went really wrong I could get on the radio and say 'okay, I saved the dinghy,
now can somebody save *me*. Got a hook down, so there's no rush.'
I would like to say it was a Hunter or a Catalina, but when I towed the dink
back to the original boat, I saw a very familiar star under the toe rail.
The dink had a tied on painter of some obviously 20-30 year old double braid
rope without a splice or a whipped end. Sheesh. I want to say the guy
deserved to lose it, but then again some day it might be me...
PPPS. I had to leave the marina a few weeks back, because this guy next to me
played AM talk radio through his cockpit speakers from dawn to 11 p.m. That's
a lot more annoying than a Honda generator. It wouldn't be that bad, but he
wasn't actually in the cockpit listening to it. He did, however, own a parrot.
This is *NOT* a joke, it's the honest truth. The only thing the parrot could
say was 'Shut UP.' I mean, all day long I'm listening to political talk radio
that I don't want to hear, with a parrot screaming 'Shut up, Shut up, Shut up.'
This kind of stuff only happens to me.
Wal
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