Stovebolt.com Forums The Side Lot The Old Dominion Stovebolt Society (MD, VA, WV & DC) ODSS Wrenchfest -- 5-7 May 2023

Cosmo -- that sounds like an excellent seminar! Thanks!! And thanks, by the way, for shuttling stuff up from Jr's!

Don -- Understood. I'll check with them about "opportune Lift" to get it up here. The Man from Snowy River should know the HQ light has been left on for him ...

Jim -- Roger that. Tend to the Mrs -- most important task we have in this life (followed closely by raising our kids ...)

Currently, preparations are well in hand for a Friday AM departure of the Milliman-Roache Expedition to Explore, Conquer and Pillage the Inner Territories of The Commonwealth of Virginia.

WHAT!
It’s bad enough that I’m missing out, but, now, Cosmo also………..!
Not fair!
Jim

All the grass on all Roache property is complete. Now, new battery for Dempsey and a well needed bath. Maybe a tank of gas. Pack up the truck with sleeping bags, trail bed and tent. Cold brews in the cooler and I'm ready to roll out Friday morning.

If anyone knows where to find the old school, non-synthetic gear oil that I need to put in my 3 speed tranny, please bring me a gallon or two and I will gladly pay you for it. That may be the simple solution to my tranny inconsistencies.

On a different note, I was wondering and I have never seen any official rules or unspoken laws for our great events. If I was tinkering with one of my toys this weekend, that is not a stovebolt, would that lead me being brought up on charges by the camp fire light? I'm asking because I'm so close to completion of my new-to-me boat with a Virgin Yamaha 115 V-Max on the back. Bilge pumps and GPS wiring are all I have left preventing me from my first dip in the water. As soon as these cool days pass by, I want to be ready.

Cosmo - We have lots of room for you under my open barn and plenty of shade tree spots as well.

Hardshell .... If your 3-speed requires the same mineral oil as the SM-420, its available at NAPA. I got mine there.

Hard to imagine that one would not find mineral oil in Mineral, VA???

As for the by laws of the ODSS .... You are supposed to know them by memory -- all 943 of them. Plus the 421 amendments. It helps if you recite them at bedtime (you must face towards Switzerland whilst doing so) every evening. NOT knowing them by memory *will* result in charges being brought up, now that you have confessed to this egregious transgression. The penalties for that one are amongst the most severe. So at this point, you may as well happily violate ODSS Rule 259 -- "ODSS Members shall not, while attending the Spring ODSS Gathering, attempt any work on any object that is not of pre-1988 GM origin."

Also applying is Amendment 42 -- "The Host of any ODSS gathering, as the face of the ODSS as it were, shall endeavor to protect the reputation and ideals of the ODSS by holding him/herself to the highest personal standards of integrity. He should be as well a gentleman of liberal education, refined manners, punctilious courtesy, and the nicest sense of personal honor. He should be the soul of tact, patience, justice, firmness and charity."

Meaning that you are in deep doo doo if, as host, you violate any of the bylaws or amendments.

In for a dime, in for a dollar!

I already have you on the docket for your trial.

I do recall something added to the bylaws recently that allowed for rehab/repair/improvements to pre-1988 Boston Whalers during sanctioned events. But needed a written exemption from rule 259 prior to starting work.

Hambone, I'm glad you're coming,

It will give you a chance to defend yourself. Looking at AG Milliman's docket, you sir are up for a fish fry!

I was going to bring some new door hinge bushings for the suburban and ask for some assistance to replace them. Now it seems I may be asking for legal trouble.

In all fairness, it’s not a Whaler or Yamaha so may not fall under Sec 259.

Maybe we should have two different sections: those that live strictly by the by laws, and those that dare to say “bye laws”!

Sirs and/or Ma'am, I plan on making it but first I'll be moving my daughter out of her dorm at West Virginia University (WVU) on Friday. She's made me proud thus far obtaining a 3.5 GPA after her WVU freshman year studying exercise physiology with hopes of getting into PT school afterward. Jim I sent you a PM and thanks for hosting. And all others new and old to the ODSS, let's stay motivated to fix the stovebolts. V/r, Nick