On 12/17/15 1:08 PM, True North wrote:
Califbill
Justan Ohlphart wrote:
John H. Wrote in message:
- show quoted text -
You really need to remember the last item
?

"There was a story on the radio in the last year, where senior guy and wife
stopped for lunch on some "thong trip". Guy forgot his wife and left.
People in diner bought her a bus ticket to final destination, and cops
looked for husband to tell him. Middle America. Doubt the north east
would help her."


"thong trip"??

What the 'ell are y'all up to down there?


The wife was a *lot* younger!

True North wrote:
Califbill
Justan Ohlphart wrote:
John H. Wrote in message:
- show quoted text -
You really need to remember the last item
?

"There was a story on the radio in the last year, where senior guy and wife
stopped for lunch on some "thong trip". Â*Guy forgot his wife and left.
People in diner bought her a bus ticket to final destination, and cops
looked for husband to tell him. Â*Middle America. Â*Doubt the north east
would help her."


"thong trip"??

What the 'ell are y'all up to down there?


Autocorrect, and if you do not know thong, you are really, really
uneducated.

On Thu, 17 Dec 2015 12:39:41 -0500 (EST), Justan Ohlphart wrote:

John H. Wrote in message:
On Wed, 16 Dec 2015 23:03:17 -0500, wrote:

On Wed, 16 Dec 2015 19:29:42 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Wed, 16 Dec 2015 10:23:26 -0500, wrote:

If you burn a whole tank every time you go out, never mind but we
usually get 2 or 3 trips on a fillup.
I came up with this to remind me to put some gas in before I get ready
to go. It is better than figuring out I am low after we are all on
board and I start the motor.
I hang this on the lift switch when I am putting the boat away if I
know I am low coming in.
I will see this before I get on the dock. Then I can get a can of gas
and put it in while the lift is going down.

http://gfretwell.com/ftp/gas%20reminder.jpg

I'll have to take a photo of my RV checklist.

I don't really have much of a checklist for the boat.
We take a cooler, dog water and a trash can.
Leaving the boat is gathering up those 3 plus whatever else we picked
up. (usually just trash)
Gas is the wild card. It is not an "every trip" thing.
If we are just putting around, we may only burn a gallon or two.
I put 5 or 6 in at a time depending on which can I use.
When I notice that gas is coming up, I hang this on the dog water and
hang it on the lift switch when I am getting off. Works great.

RVs require something much, much more extensive:

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...1/P1010696.jpg
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Ban idiots, not guns!


You really need to remember the last item?

I've never forgotten, so I don't know. But I'm not willing to take the chance.
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Ban idiots, not guns!

On Thu, 17 Dec 2015 11:41:44 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Wed, 16 Dec 2015 23:03:17 -0500, wrote:

On Wed, 16 Dec 2015 19:29:42 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Wed, 16 Dec 2015 10:23:26 -0500, wrote:

If you burn a whole tank every time you go out, never mind but we
usually get 2 or 3 trips on a fillup.
I came up with this to remind me to put some gas in before I get ready
to go. It is better than figuring out I am low after we are all on
board and I start the motor.
I hang this on the lift switch when I am putting the boat away if I
know I am low coming in.
I will see this before I get on the dock. Then I can get a can of gas
and put it in while the lift is going down.

http://gfretwell.com/ftp/gas%20reminder.jpg

I'll have to take a photo of my RV checklist.

I don't really have much of a checklist for the boat.
We take a cooler, dog water and a trash can.
Leaving the boat is gathering up those 3 plus whatever else we picked
up. (usually just trash)
Gas is the wild card. It is not an "every trip" thing.
If we are just putting around, we may only burn a gallon or two.
I put 5 or 6 in at a time depending on which can I use.
When I notice that gas is coming up, I hang this on the dog water and
hang it on the lift switch when I am getting off. Works great.

RVs require something much, much more extensive:

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...1/P1010696.jpg

Maybe why I don't have one. ;-)

My checklist

1. Got my Amex card?
2. Call the Marriott

On Thu, 17 Dec 2015 09:48:56 -0800, Califbill billnews wrote:

Justan Ohlphart wrote:
John H. Wrote in message:
On Wed, 16 Dec 2015 23:03:17 -0500, wrote:

On Wed, 16 Dec 2015 19:29:42 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Wed, 16 Dec 2015 10:23:26 -0500, wrote:

If you burn a whole tank every time you go out, never mind but we
usually get 2 or 3 trips on a fillup.
I came up with this to remind me to put some gas in before I get ready
to go. It is better than figuring out I am low after we are all on
board and I start the motor.
I hang this on the lift switch when I am putting the boat away if I
know I am low coming in.
I will see this before I get on the dock. Then I can get a can of gas
and put it in while the lift is going down.

http://gfretwell.com/ftp/gas%20reminder.jpg

I'll have to take a photo of my RV checklist.

I don't really have much of a checklist for the boat.
We take a cooler, dog water and a trash can.
Leaving the boat is gathering up those 3 plus whatever else we picked
up. (usually just trash)
Gas is the wild card. It is not an "every trip" thing.
If we are just putting around, we may only burn a gallon or two.
I put 5 or 6 in at a time depending on which can I use.
When I notice that gas is coming up, I hang this on the dog water and
hang it on the lift switch when I am getting off. Works great.

RVs require something much, much more extensive:

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...1/P1010696.jpg
--

Ban idiots, not guns!


You really need to remember the last item?

There was a story on the radio in the last year, where senior guy and wife
stopped for lunch on some thong trip. Guy forgot his wife and left.
People in diner bought her a bus ticket to final destination, and cops
looked for husband to tell him. Middle America. Doubt the north east
would help her.

Some friends were hunting on the eastern shore and started back to DC
late at night. One guy was sleeping in the back of the pickup and the
other two were up front. They stopped at a light in Cambridge and
since it was late the guy in the back decided he would take a leak out
the back. They drove off and he fell out wearing nothing but his long
johns.
Nobody noticed.
Long story short, he stood there in the intersection until someone
came along and took him to a phone where he called the cops. They
stopped the other two at the toll booth for the bridge and turned them
around. They got back and found him shivvering in the phone booth.

John H. wrote:
On Wed, 16 Dec 2015 23:03:17 -0500, wrote:

On Wed, 16 Dec 2015 19:29:42 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Wed, 16 Dec 2015 10:23:26 -0500, wrote:

If you burn a whole tank every time you go out, never mind but we
usually get 2 or 3 trips on a fillup.
I came up with this to remind me to put some gas in before I get ready
to go. It is better than figuring out I am low after we are all on
board and I start the motor.
I hang this on the lift switch when I am putting the boat away if I
know I am low coming in.
I will see this before I get on the dock. Then I can get a can of gas
and put it in while the lift is going down.

http://gfretwell.com/ftp/gas%20reminder.jpg
I'll have to take a photo of my RV checklist.
I don't really have much of a checklist for the boat.
We take a cooler, dog water and a trash can.
Leaving the boat is gathering up those 3 plus whatever else we picked
up. (usually just trash)
Gas is the wild card. It is not an "every trip" thing.
If we are just putting around, we may only burn a gallon or two.
I put 5 or 6 in at a time depending on which can I use.
When I notice that gas is coming up, I hang this on the dog water and
hang it on the lift switch when I am getting off. Works great.
RVs require something much, much more extensive:

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...1/P1010696.jpg
--

Ban idiots, not guns!


Nice!

On 12/17/2015 3:18 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 17 Dec 2015 11:41:44 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Wed, 16 Dec 2015 23:03:17 -0500, wrote:

On Wed, 16 Dec 2015 19:29:42 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Wed, 16 Dec 2015 10:23:26 -0500, wrote:

If you burn a whole tank every time you go out, never mind but we
usually get 2 or 3 trips on a fillup.
I came up with this to remind me to put some gas in before I get ready
to go. It is better than figuring out I am low after we are all on
board and I start the motor.
I hang this on the lift switch when I am putting the boat away if I
know I am low coming in.
I will see this before I get on the dock. Then I can get a can of gas
and put it in while the lift is going down.

http://gfretwell.com/ftp/gas%20reminder.jpg

I'll have to take a photo of my RV checklist.

I don't really have much of a checklist for the boat.
We take a cooler, dog water and a trash can.
Leaving the boat is gathering up those 3 plus whatever else we picked
up. (usually just trash)
Gas is the wild card. It is not an "every trip" thing.
If we are just putting around, we may only burn a gallon or two.
I put 5 or 6 in at a time depending on which can I use.
When I notice that gas is coming up, I hang this on the dog water and
hang it on the lift switch when I am getting off. Works great.

RVs require something much, much more extensive:

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...1/P1010696.jpg

Maybe why I don't have one. ;-)

My checklist

1. Got my Amex card?
2. Call the Marriott


When I was a kid my dad had a 51 Ford pickup truck with a broken gas
gauge. He didn't have a written checklist, but every time he drove the
truck he put $1 worth of gas in it. (the good old days)
One day he couldn't get the whole $1 in.
Mikek

On Fri, 18 Dec 2015 06:23:23 -0600, amdx wrote:


When I was a kid my dad had a 51 Ford pickup truck with a broken gas
gauge. He didn't have a written checklist, but every time he drove the
truck he put $1 worth of gas in it. (the good old days)
One day he couldn't get the whole $1 in.
Mikek

If you asked for a dollars worth of gas today the guy would just fart
in your window ... there you go!

wrote:
On Fri, 18 Dec 2015 06:23:23 -0600, amdx wrote:


When I was a kid my dad had a 51 Ford pickup truck with a broken gas
gauge. He didn't have a written checklist, but every time he drove the
truck he put $1 worth of gas in it. (the good old days)
One day he couldn't get the whole $1 in.
Mikek

If you asked for a dollars worth of gas today the guy would just fart
in your window ... there you go!


I worked in a gas station my senior year of high school. Kids would come
in and pool their money to get 30-50 cents worth of gas. Enough for the
evening. 21-29 cents a gallon.

On Fri, 18 Dec 2015 08:19:02 -0800, Califbill billnews wrote:

wrote:
On Fri, 18 Dec 2015 06:23:23 -0600, amdx wrote:


When I was a kid my dad had a 51 Ford pickup truck with a broken gas
gauge. He didn't have a written checklist, but every time he drove the
truck he put $1 worth of gas in it. (the good old days)
One day he couldn't get the whole $1 in.
Mikek

If you asked for a dollars worth of gas today the guy would just fart
in your window ... there you go!


I worked in a gas station my senior year of high school. Kids would come
in and pool their money to get 30-50 cents worth of gas. Enough for the
evening. 21-29 cents a gallon.

===

When I was in college I'd frequently double date with some friends of
ours. The other guy and I would each pitch in 50 cents for gas money.
That was good for 3 or 4 gallons, 50 or 60 miles with my old 1958 Ford
6 cylinder. That Ford was the least expensive car I've ever owned. I
bought it in the summer of 1965 for $260, drove it 20,000 miles, and
sold it a year later for $230.