Advice from the voice of EXPERIENCE !!

   / Advice from the voice of EXPERIENCE !! #71  
And don't pass a vehicle in the right lane by using the on ramp.
 
   / Advice from the voice of EXPERIENCE !! #72  
Always check that the motor is turned off before pulling a boat out of the water. Those four strokes are really quiet.

Have a second rope attached to the boat and trailer when launching by yourself, just in case the winch strap comes unhooked. Oh, and make sure the winch strap hook spring is not broken.

If things like this happen often, sell your boat.
 
   / Advice from the voice of EXPERIENCE !! #73  
Always make sure the new oil filter is installed.

And make sure the old gasket didn't stick to the block. Double gaskets don't seal very well.

Never go to sea with people you are unsure of or have doubts about.

Never go to bed with someone who has more problems than you do. Stepson learned that one the hard way.
 
   / Advice from the voice of EXPERIENCE !! #74  
Dave's ancilliary rule: Always assume that the deer following the one that ran in front of you is determined to run into the side of your truck.


Yeah, what is it with those idiots? My wife has center-punched one, but I have had a half dozen run right into the side of me.

Mark's Ancillary Rule: Always assume that the deer following the one that ran in front of you is not the last one in the bunch, and the one following him is probably stupider than the one you just missed.
 
   / Advice from the voice of EXPERIENCE !! #75  
Operating with that cruise control on the new tractor you just bought may require practice.

Is that what they call it nowadays? In the old days, we called it the throttle. You set it and went. :laughing:
 
   / Advice from the voice of EXPERIENCE !! #76  
Mine has cruise, different than the throttle which it also has.
 
   / Advice from the voice of EXPERIENCE !! #77  
Don't put white gas in the tiki torches when you run out of tiki torch oil. Just ask my uncle.
 
   / Advice from the voice of EXPERIENCE !!
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#78  
The more in a hurry you are, the more likely you are to leave something undone, unfastened, or untightened (for example, the nuts on a new Pat's Quick Hitch) causing more time and delay.

The more tedious the job is, the less helpful is the advice the love of your life gives you.

Gasoline fumes flow downhill. After pouring several cups into what you think is a yellow jackets nest be sure you are upwind and uphill before dropping the match. (I had on shorts and my wife actually asked me if I had shaved my legs.)

Pouring a quart of gasoline into a 55-gal drum and then filling it with dry leaves is a fast way to burn all the leaves but the explosion and leaf residue raining down on the neighbors tends to irritate them.

A yard stick is not long enough to drop a match in a barrel filled with gasoline fumes. It is recommended that something much, much longer be used.

RSKY
 
   / Advice from the voice of EXPERIENCE !!
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#79  
This got me to thinking.

About fifteen years ago my lawnmower building burned to the ground. I parked my mower in it and went in the house to check on my wife who had come home from work sick. I heard a thud but thought nothing of it. The phone rang and I picked it up and the neighbor across the street asked me if I was intending to be burning my building. I said no and heard another thump, gas can exploding, and ran outside.

Anyway, a couple hours later all the neighbors were standing in the yard looking at the remains of my lawnmower and building and the neighbor across the street said that she, "couldn't believe I actually called him and asked him if he intended to be burning his building".

It was quiet for a minute, then another neighbor lady said, "I don't know, he has done some mighty strange things over the years".

All ten or twelve of the ladies then stood there nodding their heads agreeing with her and I was standing right there with them.

RSKY
 
   / Advice from the voice of EXPERIENCE !! #80  
Your "driving behind trucks" advice is right on. I can testify to two incidents personally. I knew better, but was boxed in and couldn't get around the offending truck both times. One, lost windshield and fog light, two, lost tire, rim and running board when a piece of sheet steel flew off a flatbed. Wife was nearly impaled by a flying exhaust stack. I witnessed a small pickup demolished by a spare that came off a truck.

Add to that trucks that are used off highway such as logging trucks can get baseball sized rocks stuck between the tires, you definitely do not want to be behind one when it comes out at highway speeds. A DNR coworker had this happen to him near Port Angeles, the rock put a 6" deep dent in the expanded metal safety shield behind the seat after taking out the windshield about 6" to the right of his head!
 

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