As concerns the brain issues, Sam, as we're aging that seems to be happening a lot more often these days! On a personal note, I could tell you chapter and verse about a dinner I had 20 years ago but don't ask what I had for lunch yesterday!!!!
Now, about "red brass nipples on hand". That sounds like a serious medical problem! Steve Weinstein S/V CAPTIVA 1997 Hunter 376, Hull #376 Sailing out of Oyster Bay, NY All outgoing mail protected by VIPRE A/V ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sam Densler" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 5:02 PM Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] Galvanic corrosion > There is something inherently wrong with that statement... > > Do we have to start censoring the list? > > Sam > > > > > Bob Johnson wrote: >> Thanks, I have red brass nipples on hand ---just had a brain fart. >> Bob >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Norm of >> Bandersnatch >> Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 12:11 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] Galvanic corrosion >> >> >> >> West Marine has bronze pipe fittings. >> >> Bronze has a reddish hue instead of the yellow hue of brass and is >> sometimes >> called "red brass". >> >> >> Norm >> S/V Bandersnatch >> Lying Julington Creek >> 30 07.695N 081 38.484W >> >> >> >>> [Original Message] >>> From: Bob Johnson <[email protected]> >>> To: Liveaboardnow <[email protected]> >>> Date: 2/10/2009 3:05:15 PM >>> Subject: [Liveaboard] Galvanic corrosion >>> >>> Norm's response to the thread on Bromine tablets in the AC strainer >> brought >>> up another related question. My Yanmar saildrive has a raw water >>> seacock that is a machining marvel in that the seats are machined so >>> as not to use aby gasket or o rings on the seating surfaces. The >>> problem is that it is >> too >>> good for the application and I can not trust it to be fully closed >>> because of the pressure required to seat it. I'd like to replace it >>> with a ball valve but would need a short nipple to do so. Seems that >>> bronze nipples >> are >>> not made as all I can find in the local and online chandleries is brass. >> It >>> would appear that I'd be changing one set of problems for another. >>> Does anyone know of a source for bronze pipe? >>> >>> Bob >>> PDQ 36 >>> Peace >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Liveaboard mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> To adjust your membership settings over the web >> http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard >>> To subscribe send an email to [email protected] >>> >>> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >>> The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ >>> >>> To search the archives >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] >>> The Mailman Users Guide can be found here >> http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Liveaboard mailing list >> [email protected] >> To adjust your membership settings over the web >> http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard >> To subscribe send an email to [email protected] >> >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ >> >> To search the archives >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] >> >> The Mailman Users Guide can be found here >> http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Liveaboard mailing list >> [email protected] >> To adjust your membership settings over the web >> http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard >> To subscribe send an email to [email protected] >> >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ >> >> To search the archives >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] >> >> The Mailman Users Guide can be found here >> http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html >> > > -- > **************************** > > Sam Densler > mailto:[email protected] > http://www.islandfx.com/lady > > S/V Lady of the Lake > PDQ 36, Hull #15 > Melbourne, FL > > S/V Stories She Could Tell > Endeavour 37, Hull #454 > Destroyed by Hurricane Frances 2004 > Reborn and sailing again in 2007 > > **************************** > > "If you ever wonder why you ride the carousel, > you do it for the stories you can tell." > > Jimmy Buffett > "Stories We Could Tell" > A1A > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
