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Bo I agree with Jim:

Could you please post a video of sometime when you get it running?

Warren

On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 11:32 PM, Spencer Yost <yostsw at atis.net> wrote:

> Being from areas that have crawfish you wouldn't bother to eat,  I was
> nearly 40 before I ate one.  When I did it was one of the most authentic
> eating experiences I ever had.  It was near Mobile Bay AL.  I was on a
> business trip meeting with some folks in the cargo container shipping
> business. One of them found out that we had never eaten crawfish before. A
> big smile came on their faces and the game was on.
>
> They took us to the middle of nowhere on a long shell road beside a tidal
> marsh/brackish creek. We finally arrived at a building on stilts that
> looked like it would blow over with a good sneeze.  There were no other
> signs of civilization around.  Outside were 30 pickups and inside were 50
> people and two items on the menu: crawfish and Budweiser.  I never could
> stomach sucking head but I pinched plenty of tail.   And Anheuser-Busch
> stayed in business for another day.  (-;
>
> Great video of the Bessemer - sorry to see the whoopin' you took. And like
> Thomas said - you were pretty calm - I would've been jumping and hollerin'
> (-;
>
> Spencer Yost
>
> > On Mar 16, 2017, at 7:11 PM, Thomas O Mehrkam <tmehrkam at sbcglobal.net>
> wrote:
> >
> > 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 .
> >>
> >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/bohinch/
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