It would look like the beginning of "Apocalypse Now" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: dude is lucky the bilge pump activation didn't blast the entire fuel dock into O-bilvion.
tf > I found this in one of my sailing links > > Oh, thats gotta hurt!100 GALLONS AND HIS TANK IS STILL EMPTY. . . The > high cost of fuel got a little higher Tuesday for one boater who was > feeling a little fuelish in Stuart, FL, when he pumped about 100 gallons > of $4.39/gallon gasoline into the boa's fishing rod holder. Not only was > it an expensive mistake - the gas tank was still empty at the end of the > day. A employee of the Finest Kind Marina said the owner of the 28-foot > center console fishing boat was getting ready to fill his gas tank when > his cell phone rang. Distracted, he put the fuel hose in the rod holder, > which was only about 6 inches from the fuel tank and looks similar to the > fuel tank opening. He walked to the other end of the dock to talk on the > phone while his "tank" was filling. The fuel went into the bilge and the > mistake was discovered when the fuel got high enough to kick on the bilge > pump. From SailingScuttlebutt.com. > _________________________________________________________________ > Search that pays you back! Introducing Live Search cashback. > http://search.live.com/cashback/?&pkw=form=MIJAAF/publ=HMTGL/crea=srchpaysyouback Change your thinking, change your life. We are guided, we are guarded, we are healed, we are blessed.....
