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When I was about ten, my grandpa told me to put 5 gallons of gas into his old tractor. I hopped up onto a front wheel, took off what looked like a gas cap and got about 2 gallons in before it was full. Turns out I had opened the forward "gas cap" which turned out to be connected to the radiator! He was not pleased...

That was the first thing I thought. I hope there was at least, I'd hate to think they were dumb enough to do that sober.

"I'm not saying to kill all the dumasses, just remove the warning labels and let nature take her course!"

Weekend sailors from Charlotte.


Mike

Russian navy

I thought this was a jeff/meatGazer/fartbeans thread..

Wow. About all you can say about something like that. You would think between 3 of them somebody would've remembered they didn't get kicked in the head by a horse that morning, and are actually a walking, talking, thinking adult.

These same folks vote, breed, and drive..........

Darwin Award winner.

I am surprised more boats don't blow with the below deck fuel tanks. Gas scares the chit out of me compared to diesel.

Many years ago I worked for a friend at his marina. Absolutely unbelieveable the sights and sounds seen when combined with week-end warrior boaters, alcohol,ropes, trailers,screaming wives, dogs and slippery surfaces.

Now if'n youse really wanna have fun gather up yer bride, the kiddies, a camera, a picnic basket and head on over to the public boat ramp for the festivities there. Garunteed you get some vids to pass onto yer grandchilluns.

Their first clue something was amiss was the problem they had in find the gas cap after topping off.

Winner, winner....

I forget the exact details of the defect, but when my father took delivery of his new 31' Bertram about 1980, the tanks weren't properly closed off. He pulled over to the gas dock to top off and noticed it seemed to be taking too much fuel. When he opened the hatch cover, as was his habit before starting the engines, along with running the blowers, he found the bilge awash in gas. The manufacturer had to come and get the boat so they could clean up the mess and fix the problem. He was a key turn away from Eternity, but for his diligence about his safety checks.

At my old marina the dock boys would hand you the nozzle when you filled up. One guy put over 100 gallons of gasoline into his bilge thru a rod holder. The dock boy caught it before he fired up and they towed him to the lift. He payed for the gas and the draining of his bilge. Could have been a catastrophe. You cant fix stupid as they say..

I worked a site where over the years a couple thousand gallons of waste oil and gasoline were disposed of in a single 55 gallon drum. The drum didn't have a bottom.