Marina Talk

I have recently discovered that the men in the marina speak another language. Interestingly, there are a number of English based words in this language. I sometimes suspect that it is in reality a secret code. It goes something like this: "It has a 4 way injector and an overflow tank."

"This is a fluid dilema. If it's on the uphill side...... You are sucking air through a fitting." (OH MY. THERE HAS TO BE AN EASIER WAY TO GET AIR!) "The accumulator is doing what it is supposed to be doing." (AND WHAT DOES AN ACCUMULATOR ACCUMULATE?)

"I need to install a galvonic isolator." "Oh yeah, I put mine in as soon as I bought the boat." (SO NOW I WONDER WHAT ARE GALVONS AND WHY DO THEY NEED TO BE ISOLATED. ARE THEY ANTISOCIAL?)

"Ned is having his fuel polished today." (DEAR GOD, HAS IT COME TO THIS? I MEAN, THEY ARE ALL FANATIC ABOUT THEIR ENGINES, BUT THIS IS TOO MUCH. DO YOU SUPPOSE HE USES "PLEDGE?")

"The joker valve isn't working." (NOW I KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT JOKER VALVES. IF IT ISN'T WORKING, THE TOILET BACKS UP AND THE JOKE'S ON YOU.)

I need to replace the Y valve in the sewage line." "Isn't it a gate valve with a center screw? Maybe the screw just needs tightening." "That would be the easy answer. I suspect the screw is stripped." (DOES THIS MEAN WE HAVE A NAKED SCREW? WHAT DOES A SCREW NORMALLY WEAR?)

"There is a capped off valve down there. It's a pickup valve." (NOT SURE I LIKE THE SOUND OF THAT.)

"I have the male end. (WELL, I KNEW THAT.)"I need the female end." (RIGHT NOW?)

"I plan to strip the varnish and either leave it naked or apply teak guard." (HONESTLY,MEN, THEY ARE ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT SEX.)

Actually, I have no interest in breaking this code because the one thing I have noticed is that if you are the one who speaks the language, you are also the one who is lying on the floor of the bathroom, sweating and cursing and up to your wrists in sewage....AND I'M not going there.!