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Guy on another web site just reported in from his first sea trial. Below is his reaction:
"Just got back in from a boat ride with the new Garmin GFS10 fuel flow sensors. Them 454s like to suck gas!!! At only 3400 rpm (24.9 mph) each engine burns 15.3 gph (30.6 total gph) and the Garmin says that is 0.8 mpg total. WOW, I have had this boat for three years now, and thought she burned about 10-12 gph at 3400rpm."
My buddy--the former engineer--used to keep careful records on how much gas his 454 burnt--claimed 8 GPH as I recall. No Flo Scan. Asked him how he came to that conclusion, so he handed me his log book: Gallons added, total time between fill ups... "Do the math."
Of course, he neglected to subtract warm up, slip running at idle, no wake zone running, etc. And he was an engineer!
Jeff
"There is another class of coloured people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs, and the hardships of the Negro race before the public. Having learned that they are able to make a living out of their troubles, they have grown into the settled habit of advertising their wrongs -- partly because they want sympathy and partly because it pays. Some of these people do not want the Negro to lose his grievances, because they do not want to lose their jobs." Booker T. Washington
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oooh look! The tide came up right quick, Henry.
Joel Albert, Potomac MD
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docked Deale, MD
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Ford truck for sale "cheap"
The trouble with getting old, There is a lot of info in memory, I either can't find it or don't trust it if I do!
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OK guys, it's simple. The boat goes in the water, and the truck stays on the ramp. How did he get it the wrong way around.
It looks like the "Obama" was photoshopped in. He doesn't have a boat, too busy giving money away to people who are already wealthy.
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..."too busy giving money away to people who are already wealthy."
If that's who I think you're talking about, he's too busy taking money from people who earned it and giving it to those who haven't.
Jeff
"There is another class of coloured people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs, and the hardships of the Negro race before the public. Having learned that they are able to make a living out of their troubles, they have grown into the settled habit of advertising their wrongs -- partly because they want sympathy and partly because it pays. Some of these people do not want the Negro to lose his grievances, because they do not want to lose their jobs." Booker T. Washington
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Fastjeff wrote:..."too busy giving money away to people who are already wealthy."
If that's who I think you're talking about, he's too busy taking money from people who earned it and giving it to those who haven't.
Jeff AMEN to that brother. Just goofy in the head all around, pushes things that are unpopular and, ignores what we need to help the economy. Too political, sorry...
466 Bertram FDMY, " Easy Rider " Docked at Pier 99 in Warsaw Ky. 39 Marinette sedan " Forever 39" Docked at Pier 99 in Warsaw Ky. 2008 Sea Doo 150 Speedster... For sale.
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Think I see some rubber on the ramp showing a hard left hand turn. I think he was planning on putting it in reverse but missed the R and got F instead.
"When THE PEOPLE fear their Goverment, there is tyranny.
When the Goverment fears THE PEOPLE, there is liberty." Thomas Jefferson
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