One of the greatest spectacles that you can witness is not an athlete at the top of their game, but someone attempting to launch a boat. Thomas wrote about how a pair of fellas failed so hard to pull a boat out of water. The video is honestly a fascinating watch, and I highly recommend it.
I take it that this is why some people like going down to the boat ramp just for the heck of it. Anyway, BoneBrothOutback adds amazing context:
As someone who works on the water and launches boats personally and professionally, I have seen lots of stuff at public ramps, to include:
-Someone forgetting to put the E-brake on and losing their truck to the ramp
-Someone jackknifing their trailer in the ramp, flipping the trailer over, snapping off the ball.
-A hitch pin failing, with the safety chains right behind it.
-A group of hunters, at 330am, fixing a broken motor while tied up to the ramp, with all of the nuts/plugs/wrenches in the engine cover on the floating dock. Their labrador retriever, anxious to do something/anything to help, promptly knocked the cover into the river, where it sank. They went home.
-An impatient person backing down the ramp, over a kayak at the waters edge.I have never seen this, this is a first.
StillNotATony:
An old boss of mine bought a small aluminum boat. Like, a 15′ jon boat. Then he bought the biggest motor he could find/afford in the local classifieds. It was something like a 75 hp outboard, and he bolted that sucker on!
The first time he tried to launch it, he backed it onto the public boat ramp. This was an intracoastal waterway, so at the end of the ramp, the water was quite deep.
So be backed the trailer right to the end of the ramp, then unclipped the cable from the trailer.
The boat went nearly vertical as the motor dragged it straight to the bottom.
Palmetto Ranger:
My stepdad almost lost his truck on the ramp. It rolled back but somehow even with the rear starting to float the front tires still had enough grip for him to roll forward when he jumped back in. There was an old timer at the ramp just chuckling like he had seen it all many times before.
James Mason found the full video:
Jason wrote about what the blue stuff inside airplane toilets is called. It’s known as airplane toilet fluid and one product of it is called SkyKem. Matt Butler:
So Kemtrails are real!
Rippstik:
Speaking of this: I was once in charge of parts for a fleet of 10 different aircraft including a very maintenance-heavy Gulfstream G550. The lavatory-level sensor (AKA Poop Sensor) malfunctioned and needed replacement.
How much do you think the Poop Sensor cost? WRONG. 36,000 US DOLLARS.
Before I fired the parts cannon, I asked around to see if I could get it rebuilt and was often referred to the same company. I forget the name, but their slogan was “We Know Our SH*T”.
Have a great evening, everyone!
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