Greg Foster

Well it’s done

thanks for your well wishes

The hernia was repaired Tuesday afternoon,as it was open surgery had a night in hospital and discharged about lunchtime yesterday 

Right side of groin very tight, no pain it just feels like I have done 1000 stomach crunches 😁

I will start walking in a few days and take it as I go 

on another note

nurses deserve to get a pay rise 👍

Hi 

just a quick update 

booked in next week,the surgeon is recommending open cut as it’s a big bugger and not worse risking a keyhole on

so about 6 weeks of Netflix in bed I think

wife has started mowing the lawn 😱to get into practice 

she can start the Honda ok so I’m happy 

I coughed after dinner a little bit and man that hurt 😂

So I can imagine what it’s like when your mates make you laugh after surgery 😇

Thanks for the feedback it’s much appreciated and better than dr google 👌

it’s an inguinal one and it freaks me out when you push it back in 😂

i am booked in for ultrasound tomorrow so find out more after that

I am hoping to go keyhole with a bit of mesh thrown in

i have private cover thank goodness 

Hi all

I developed a hernia yesterday 

has anyone had one ?

how do you live and hold it in until you can get surgery 

I am getting an ultrasound tomorrow then looking at restraints but guessing it will be a month or more before surgery 

Thanks heaps

greg

I am Happy  pay $280 but wife runs the budget and I am going on a hunting trip next month that I haven’t mentioned yet

if I take her out in the boat a few times before I drop the I am going hunting darling 

I have a good chance of a positive reply 😇

Hi all

i have been stuck at work and no chance to get on forum 

anyway here is a short video of motor running just know 

took a bit to start and a tad smoky - 2 stroke 50:1 and 95 octane 

going by the video is the impeller working ok without changing it for the moment 

thanks 

greg

Thanks kingie 

I am working tomorrow and Friday so will get the ss minnow out Saturday morning put the muffs on the motor and give it a run

on another note I have to premix my fuel ,is it worth running 98 octane or just stick with 95 ?

Thanks noelm

the motor is a 35 h/p Johnson seahorse, built around early 1980,s

The mechanic has been in the game for a long time and I am pretty sure he would use genuine stuff or I hope 🤞 

Hi all

I haven’t been on for a while but have a question if I can ask

I changed the impeller in June last year and have used the boat twice since then for an hour in total running 

I flush the  motor with muffs running them for 5 minutes when I get home

although I have only used the motor for an hour it’s been over a year since the impeller he’s been changed and the boat ,motor and trailer have been sitting in the shed

The weather is getting warmer and I want to take it out

should I change the impeller before I go out ?
mechanic is $280

(included in service is impeller change)

thanks

Greg

Thanks noelm 

there is a boat shop on way home

Hi campr

I start work at 2 am so going to take the seat to work and call in to the hardware store on way home

Thanks noelm

 I had a few 1/4 inch bolts at home and thought that would do

but too small for the hole and a shop didn’t have any screws or bolts in that section to use

Hi 

just a question 

what size screws or bolts to I get to secure seat to the swivel pedestal 

(titan brand swivel)

thanks

greg

You can’t move at a shop

Took the wife shopping and ended up with a seat and swivel plus a squidgy thingy fishing lure and some tube of stuff you put on the lure

all she wants to do is catch a flathead 😎

hi

wife found these at an a shop store opening up near our place

Q.

to attach to my Metal boat Bench under the loose padded vinyl top do I only need the metal swivel bracket ?

thanks

greg

Ok zoran definitely no citrus 😂

the mechanic said when I picked up the boat engine

Its around a 1982 or 1983 build and there was a small plastic tube that attaches both ends of the gear selector ,it was missing he rigged up a quick repair but the actual part has to be order from Johnson in the US Can’t get one 

when he gets a price with postage he will let me know I will give him my visa number and it will get sent

i told him if he does no good ,give Arizona outboards on the central coast a call and see what they have

What about oranges I heard that fish won’t touch your bait if you have peeled an orange ?also

Good news

gear selector shaft came apart halfway down

$50 to fix and I pick it up this afternoon 

and I still shiver at the mention of bananas on boats 😂

It must be ingrained in me 😂

I had that bad in the gut feeling as soon as the wife pulled it out

it didn’t faze the wife though

Marine rescue were glad of the donation and now I am thinking of volunteering With them on my 4 week rostered off cycle

I am hoping it is only minor

the boat purred before that beautifully 

Ok

boat in the water cruising around lake Mac 

find a spot to fish

wife happy 😃 

she wanted to fish another place

pull in anchor start motor engaged forward 

nothing no movement motor revs but that’s it

rang up mechanic propeller bushing gone

rang marine rescue organised a tow

they will be 30 minutes wife happy still 👌

she says let’s continue fishing while we wait and have lunch 🥳

then she pulls out lunch she had packed, and what comes out

bananas 🤯

I turned cold with terror no wonder we broke down she had bananas on the boat

i have heard this curse since I was young

never bring bananas in a boat

I told her what bad luck it is and she didn’t believe me

does anyone else know about the banana curse
Thanks

greg

ps

motor went well 👍apart from propeller stuffing up

👌thanks much appreciated 

Thanks guys so 50:1 is ok in a whippet snipper that only uses 25:1 normally ?

i guess it will only make it more smoky ?