[AT] Off topic , kind of

[Thomas O Mehrkam]

Wait a minute now I found it.  Right in front of my eyes.

You were mighty calm with the hose whipping about. :-}

On 3/16/2017 1:36 PM, Bo Hinch wrote:
> Just a short note to let the world know how stupid we as humans can be at
> times .On saturday march 11th , I had a little gathering at my home  / shop
> to have a crawfish boil ( 500 lbs ) , 20 racks of pork ribs , 40 lbs.
> catfish along with fries and all the trimmings . Photos enclosed if your
> interested , just click on the link . As in the past years , all of the
> children and grownups can`t hardly wait till about 2pm to start and run the
> old ( 105 years old ) 20 hp Bessemer engine . As in the past , I have been
> trying to teach some of the younger folks to get it ready to start ( oil  ,
> heat hot tube & hook up propane bottle ) and when it is ready , I work the
> air valve to roll it over and control the fuel valve  . To make a long
> story short , it did not want to run , it would try , BACKFIRE , run a few
> rounds on its on then quit . After about 10 minutes , it backfired back
> into the air starting tank and blew the air hose off giving me the worst
> whipping I`v had in a many years , BETWEEN my leggs . After the second time
> doing this , it was getting to be serious business so we quit . Monday the
> 13th after doing a lot of thinking , I finally figured out WHY it wouldn't
> run . They failed to REMOVE the 2" pipe plug on the air intake side so the
> engine couldn't get any fresh air . Plug is there to keep out bees and
> anything else when just sitting up . I think there is a short video of the
> hose coming off and giving me my first whipping .  I have since made up a
> startup check list which I should of had in the beginning .
>
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