June 28, 2020
Day 180 - 186 Days to go
Base Camp Coffee of the Day: Lost in the Fog (Guatemala Decaf)
I've always said that owning a gas pump on the water is about the same as having a super power. All of the inspections, certifications, insurances and things you do is pretty darn close to super human! I think I can now add that it also qualifies you as a Rocket Scientist.
The story is, that our old gas pump is...….. "Vintage" (would be a nice word for it) It's 100% old school mechanical. with dials and gears and rollers and cogs and springs and bolts and cotter pins and line-up pins and things I don't even know what they're called. It get's tested every year by three entities with one of them being the "Weights and Measures" department from the state. The old pump has never failed a test related to pumping the right amount of fuel. Where it's failed year after year is in it's ability to read out the correct price for the correct number of gallons. We've just always pumped the gallons and then manually calculated the total. Everyone has understood that our old pump is probably too obsolete to get that part of it right and no one has ever complained. UNTIL NOW..... Weights and Measures inspectors told me this week that I REALLY NEEDED to get it fixed. My annual protest that "I don't think I can", and "nobody really cares" didn't work this time so I was faced with getting it working right or buy a new pump.
I will not go in to the three hour long process to figuring out how to adjust it correctly. Just know that the term "Rocket Science" crossed my mind a lot. (Ripping it out of the dock and tossing it in the lake came to mind a few times as well) After reading and re-reading the instructions (also in "Vintage Engineer" language) and playing with all the myriad of adjustment possibilities, I've finally figured out how to adjust the monstrosity. Don't ask me how it works from point A to point Z. And don't ask me to ever put it back together if it ever blows up...…….BUT, if the price ever needs to be adjusted again...….. I can do that!
I am now the proud owner of a "Rocket Scientist" hat among my "Fishing Expert" hat, the "Treehouse Guru" hat, the "Bigfoot Migration Expert" hat and, most importantly, my "Resort Adventure" hat.
Base Camp Coffee of the Day: Lost in the Fog (Guatemala Decaf)
The story is, that our old gas pump is...….. "Vintage" (would be a nice word for it) It's 100% old school mechanical. with dials and gears and rollers and cogs and springs and bolts and cotter pins and line-up pins and things I don't even know what they're called. It get's tested every year by three entities with one of them being the "Weights and Measures" department from the state. The old pump has never failed a test related to pumping the right amount of fuel. Where it's failed year after year is in it's ability to read out the correct price for the correct number of gallons. We've just always pumped the gallons and then manually calculated the total. Everyone has understood that our old pump is probably too obsolete to get that part of it right and no one has ever complained. UNTIL NOW..... Weights and Measures inspectors told me this week that I REALLY NEEDED to get it fixed. My annual protest that "I don't think I can", and "nobody really cares" didn't work this time so I was faced with getting it working right or buy a new pump.
I will not go in to the three hour long process to figuring out how to adjust it correctly. Just know that the term "Rocket Science" crossed my mind a lot. (Ripping it out of the dock and tossing it in the lake came to mind a few times as well) After reading and re-reading the instructions (also in "Vintage Engineer" language) and playing with all the myriad of adjustment possibilities, I've finally figured out how to adjust the monstrosity. Don't ask me how it works from point A to point Z. And don't ask me to ever put it back together if it ever blows up...…….BUT, if the price ever needs to be adjusted again...….. I can do that!
I am now the proud owner of a "Rocket Scientist" hat among my "Fishing Expert" hat, the "Treehouse Guru" hat, the "Bigfoot Migration Expert" hat and, most importantly, my "Resort Adventure" hat.
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