ZombieCake
Well-known member
There are many things you shouldn't tread on. Lego pieces are probably the most well known to be best avoided, closely followed by regional access policies.
Anyway, I had a great idea of restoring, well, bringing up to speed an old outboard engine as there's not much to do since the world ended. So I bought the various oils etc. Marine oils are different from normal oils because of the marketing and composition and price.
The thing about toothpaste is that comes in tubes and if you squeeze it hard enough it spurts everywhere. The same principle applies to Mercury gearbox oil. I put the oily stuff, with some other metal stuff, in the hall to move to the shed later. Unfortunately, I then inadvertently trod on the very large toothpaste tube of gear oil while bringing in shopping and it went everywhere. Fortunately I have laminate flooring so wasn't too bad to mop up.
Thing is that the marine gear oil actually doesn't smell that bad, and way better than those horrible scented candles that give you a coughing fit each time they're lit.
Oh well, any other confessions of daftness?
Anyway, I had a great idea of restoring, well, bringing up to speed an old outboard engine as there's not much to do since the world ended. So I bought the various oils etc. Marine oils are different from normal oils because of the marketing and composition and price.
The thing about toothpaste is that comes in tubes and if you squeeze it hard enough it spurts everywhere. The same principle applies to Mercury gearbox oil. I put the oily stuff, with some other metal stuff, in the hall to move to the shed later. Unfortunately, I then inadvertently trod on the very large toothpaste tube of gear oil while bringing in shopping and it went everywhere. Fortunately I have laminate flooring so wasn't too bad to mop up.
Thing is that the marine gear oil actually doesn't smell that bad, and way better than those horrible scented candles that give you a coughing fit each time they're lit.
Oh well, any other confessions of daftness?