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CHIEF

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  1. I just watch and don't really partake. 800 gallons, I was told, is the whole amount aft of center. It's crazy we have gone from minimal wake while slalom skiing, to as big a wake and a "curl" that can be made in wake surfing. Ski boats are diametrically apposed a mere 35-40 years apart. CHIEF
  2. The Tig'e from a few pages back has 800 gallons worth of ballast tanks in the back. With the tanks full, 11.8 mph is its sweet spot. It's programable, but 11-12 mph with full tanks throws a great wake that you don't have to work to stay on top. You can relax and work on other shit. CHIEF
  3. That would be my first solution. If it still trips, start tracing wires. Since it sounds like the problem is at the panel, you might unplug the main, pull the panel, if you can and make sure wires aren't touching on the backside. Might be a good idea to pull all of the breakers and clean all of the contacts with contact cleaner. It can get dirty and dusty behind there. Especially if you take it down any dirt roads. CHIEF
  4. I forgot that you were a serious wrench turner, till I looked back in the Classic Car thread. Yeah, this one isn't too hard a job. If you can get an engine, I'll do what I can to help y'all on harnesses and sensors. Without labor costs, I would think that $8-10k would be reasonable. CHIEF
  5. I asked CHIEF Jr. what he thought the cost would be. If the heads survived, probably about $11k. If it cooked the heads, then your buddy is probably looking at $15k to get it back on the water. He said he has never heard of a Nautique overheat alarm not working. Makes you wonder about the previous owner. If he takes it to a dealer, the boat would be borderline totaled. He recommended that your buddy buy his own marine short block (if the heads are ok) or long block (if they are shot) from a Jasper Engines dealer, and have that installed by a reputable independent shop. He works for an independent that is licensed to do warranty work, and factory authorized work on Yamaha, Tohatsu, Bennington, Nautique, Tig'e, etc. That should save him quite a bit over taking it to a dealer, and will be much quicker as well. All of the harnesses and sensors that are burnt can be purchased through Volvo. CHIEF
  6. Nigeria? I hope this letter finds you well. CHIEF
  7. I love good hindsight is 20/20 stories. Talked Mrs. CHIEF into going and looking at a 1930's 1100 sqft. bungalow for $70k in Travis Heights, right after we got married. It had beautiful hardwood floors, but needed about $50k in renovations. Her excuse, "I don't want to live in an old, tiny, crappy house." That fucker would easily be worth 10 times that today. Could have probably even tripled our money back in 2005, when we moved away. CHIEF
  8. My mother moved into a patio home, the front yard was river rock, and she constantly had a weed problem. She is covering the front yard in Oklahoma Flagstone. The undocumented rock masons are $275/day each, paid in cash, every other day. They are really good, work outside all day in the heat. I see why they can get that. CHIEF
  9. Seas are 3-5 ft. till Friday, then jump 4-6. Only 35 ft.+ boats would be the choice to make it. Especially since you would likely have to make it at night. Gonna take some brave souls. CHIEF
  10. I brought up this point this morning. He winked and said "we'll see." As free American citizens, with no illegal contraband, I guess they will "fuck around and find out". The Federal government could come right out and denounce it, but could also say, they aren't breaking the law. Once they are in International or Cuban waters they are no longer our problem. CHIEF
  11. I didn't want to open that can of worms. But I had breakfast with a good friend of my father, and a friend of mine, originally from Miami with family still there. My father and him used to go on Mission trips to Cuba. He said the Cuban community, in Miami, are loading boats with food, water, medicine, guns, ammo, walkie-talkies, generators, etc. Some spending their life savings. I have no idea to what extent, but he is very devout. I would take him at his word. He said that many of the older Cubans that left Cuba have said they are prepared to go back and fight to the death if need be. CHIEF
  12. Kleingrass was kinda the "in" thing to plant in the mid 80's-early 90's. It did really well in our area. Not sure the reason people went away from it. Maybe better hybrids of more common grasses. That's a great stand for just a year. CHIEF
  13. About the only thing they have going for them is an educated populous, they have no money on which to live. For sure, it can't go to straight Capitalism. You could start with giving everyone Deeds of Ownership to their farmland and dwellings. Set up a transparent commission to determine far market value of some of the beachfront property to sell off to foreign investors and divide that between all citizens. Let farmers keep what they can raise and barter the access off for cell phones, mopeds, TVs, etc. I don't think you will see huge salary discrepancies, like we have, here in the States. Doctors and engineers probably won't make twice as much as farmers. Having a roof over your head, the lights on, and food in your belly should be your concern, not who gets the wealth, or how its generated. Those are 1st World issues, they won't be thinking that far ahead. CHIEF
  14. I have a neoprene scope sock, but that looks a lot better. Thanks. CHIEF
  15. Anything that gets them COVID vaccines, medical help, generators, and enough food to keep from starving. Wanting freedom and liberty sounds like an appeal to the US. We are the only country close enough to have the logistics to pull it off. But the only way the US intervenes is if the regime is overthrown and the embargo is lifted immediately by Executive Order. Time will be of the essence, this rebellion can't last for 30 days. Protestors don't have the food, energy, or bodies to last that long. CHIEF
  16. The US better be prepared with humanitarian aid, and political advisors. With the largest population of Cubans, outside of Cuba, we should be poised to have the largest sphere of influence, mainly through family connections. One uncertainty, is how much of the Cuban population is still bought in on the current regime? With half of Havana filled with gutted buildings, starving children, and long ration lines, you would think there wouldn't be much of any. I would imagine, if the Cuban military personnel get to call home, the conversations aren't too rosy. They also grew up with that shit, and have to be second guessing the direction their country is headed. CHIEF
  17. Another thing that could help stabilize the country, if a successful revolution occurs, is a big influx of Cubans from Miami moving back home. It seems they would be very instrumental in helping establish a republic since most of the Cuban population probably has no idea of how to install a representative form of government. Many of them, I'm sure still love their homeland, and dreamed of the day they could return and help Cuba be successful again. CHIEF
  18. They will better off in the first year just selling cigars and rum in the US. Expedite importing regs and have the export buyers lining up shipping containers. Cohiba instantly has a new 30,000,000 cigar market, and Habana Club would grab a huge market share in the US as well. Everybody that can grow tobacco, roll cigars, grow and harvest sugarcane will have a job. CHIEF
  19. They probably didn't see this brewing. It seems to have been pretty spontaneous. Seems like a great time to lift the embargo, and flood Cuba with some humanitarian relief with every other MRE containing a loaded subcompact 9mm. CHIEF
  20. I think Venezuela is probably what caused this unrest. With shit going down there, Cuba has been left to fend for itself, and isn't fending too well. CHIEF
  21. We can get them pretty clean with an air compressor, but don't use it on the action, but it is tedious. An hour or so per gun. I'm thinking about getting a touch up spray gun with a stainless bowl. Even with brushes, it never gets them completely clean. We shoot hogs and coyotes from the road, so you have to be able to get to your weapon quick, which means they are kept in the open. When deer season gets here, I may keep it in the case and leave another gun in the quick draw rack. CHIEF
  22. My county requires a perc test, and you have to have an acre to run septic unless you are in a grandfathered subdivision. Then, they will require an aerobic system. A conventional system runs about $7500 and an aerobic about $11500. They will require two septic tanks and at least 70 feet of lateral line on a conventional. Doesn't matter if it's a shop bathroom that might get used one or twice a week, or a 3/2 with a five member household living there full time. They have a one size fits all septic plan, it's stupid as shit. My Dad got away with it on a bathroom used for entertaining 50-100 guests about once or twice per month. I thought it would bite my mom in the ass when she sold that place, but it was never even brought up. With 1-2 county inspectors they have bigger fish to fry. CHIEF
  23. I'd love to. But I can only imagine about 20 ways a 20 year Master Sergeant could dispose of my body. CHIEF
  24. You're right. I should have specified that it was not all kids, just more kids. Population growing and all that. CHIEF
  25. Dude, these fucks are in their 40's, they aren't kids. These people were just raised different, they are part of my generation. Poor parenting is not generation specific. What a stupid fucking take. You take anyone from any generation and tell them they are special and the rules don't apply to them and you have raised a fucked up individual. We see dads in fist fights over Little League games, people take shit way too seriously. America's main problem is that no one can no longer let anything "slide", no one in America is willing to take the "high road". When you have no one willing to apologize, because it's always the other person's fault, this is exactly what we get. We have always had busybodies, we have always had Karens, but not near the extent that we have now. We have always had road rage, but not to the extent now. We have always had Charles Whitmans, but not to the extent we have now. Have you never seen a 1950's Western where the richest rancher in the area had a bad kid that always did bad shit, and his father would always cover for him and the rules didn't apply to him? The problem is most people now are that rich rancher. The premise was always that the entitled prick kid was the way he was because of his upbringing. Sometimes the kid was humbled and set straight and apologized for his actions, but most of the time he was hanged for shooting someone, or was shot himself. The same thing is going to happen in America today, those kids get a wake up call, or it ends badly, and it usually ends badly. Total disregard for human life because they weren't taught to handle their shit. Are there still great parents, absolutely. But if this trend moves the needle .000001% the wrong direction, how many more potential mass shootings is that. Especially with discipline being taken out of our school system, for some, that was the only place with rules and consequences that they were not getting at home. CHIEF
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