On 7/18/13 12:34 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Thu, 18 Jul 2013 09:40:09 -0400, Hank©
wrote:

And the woman in Australia who was
more knowledgeable about outboard engine design than any of the boys on
rec.boats. When women cross the boundaries of what Harry perceives their
"place" to be, he goes all hooky falooky on them.

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Of course, Karen fom Oz, she outed the design problems with the early
ETEC outboards and made a lot of people unhappy, especially those who
owned them or had a stake in selling OMC engines. It was always fun
trying to decipher some of her more obscure Australian slang. It
turned out she was dead right about the ETECs as proven by subsequent
redesigns and OMCs demise.



What she "outed" were nothing more than Australian slang translations of
the complaints and observations about the new-fangled OMC two strokers
that were appearing contemporaneously on many of the bass-fishing
discussion boards. She claimed all manner of scientific knowledge, but
had no C.V. to post here, nor any papers in her name, nor any original
or even duplicative scientific research. The diesel outboard she claimed
to have built was nothing more than an old car or truck diesel bolted
onto an old, rusty outboard lower unit, something any good outboard
mechanic could have assembled. I guessed at the time that she was a
bookkeeper at a marina who was friendly with the mechanics.

I'm not claiming I could have slapped together a diesel outboard from
pieces and parts; I couldn't. But it isn't a task that requires a degree
in mechanical engineering from MIT.