I have an 18' bowrider with a 130 hp i/o. Recently, the ignition switch started making poor contact and I had to fiddle with it to engage the starter. So, I went to the marine store and found two that would fit. One was $29.95 and the second was $9.65. Being frugal, I went for the cheaper one. It installed easily. Next day, I started out on the water and, when I put the boat in gear, this awful grinding noise arose. Back to the dock I went, grinding all the way. I turned off the engine and tried to restart it. Nothing. Seems that this frugal switch was so poorly made that the internal spring was not strong enough to return the switch to the "On" position...it stayed on "Start". Bottom line: That ignition switch cost me $300 in labor and material to install a new starter.

Great...except for the root beer!

Looks like the Choptank River. Always good crabbin' there. You should be able to fill the rest of that bushel. Good luck.

This is what happened at my lawyer's office last week....

The defensive line of the Kansas City Chiefs looked like swiss cheese.

I never her name was spelled: Olive OYL !

Been on Chatuge for several years and haven't got a nibble. I think it's just me. I've heard others say they've never seen a lake with so many fish. I have heard that the smaller fish will attack crickets. The crickets are hard to keep on the hook but they are readily available in the local bait shops in Hiawassee, and cheap. But don't do like I did the first time. I didn't have a cricket tube, so I asked the guy to just put them in a paper bag. WRONG thing to do! When I got home and opened the bag, crickets went everywhere. Fortunately, I did that out on the porch and not in the house. We see the bass boats going down the road all the time, so something is bringing them back. Best of luck to you.

I enjoy your little brain teasers, but do you ever publish the answers?

A group of tourists visited a crocodile farm where the owner made a bold proposal. "Whoever dares to jump in with the crocodiles and swims to shore and survives, I'll give you $100,000." No one dared to move. Suddenly, a man jumped into the water, and desperately swam, and made it to the shore, while being chased by all the crocodiles. The owner announced, "We have a brave winner!"

After the man collected his reward, he and his wife returned to their hotel. Upon arrival, the manager told him that he had been very brave to jump. To which the man replied: "I didn't jump, someone pushed me!"

His wife smiled...

How does one check the age of a website, as the article suggests?

What was the boat/captain? I fish Charlotte Harbor too and have been having little success. Would love to go out on a boat where the captain knows where to go and what to use. TIA.

A golfer was playing the 5th hole at a course in the N. GA mountains when he hit his tee shot off the fairway and into a field of buttercups. He found his ball, picked it up and moved it away from the buttercups. Just then Mother Nature appeared and said: "Young man, by not hitting your ball while it was amidst the buttercups and moving it away, you preserved their beauty for all to view and appreciate. For this noble deed, from now on, you shall have all the butter you desire." The man got a wrinkled look on his face and responded to Mother Nature: "Where the hell were you last week when I hit into the pussy willows?"

Well put. Makes you think...

Yeah, I thought he was talking about something else, too !

I wonder where this happened. Looks like it was somewhere on the coast...