Dufas Moment...

[civilian]

Talk about a bummer.
Backing my FIL's car out of the driveway I had the drivers door open and looking over my right shoulder to back up. I forgot about the tree next to the driveway until it made contact with the fender.

At a party in high school, a girl backed down a curvy drive and ripped the driver door off the hinges trying to look out. Drive went down a hill with an embankment on the driver's side. Jon

 

[sandman2234]

In the spirit of good coffee posts so far...
I was assigned to my duty station after boot camp, at the ripe old age of 17 and had not yet taken up the habit of drinking coffee. As the junior man in the division, it was my assigned job to have the coffee made before 7am when everyone came to work. Every day I took the pot to the sink across the hall, and made it the same way every day, for at least a month. Now, remembering that this was my first trip on a Navy ship, one day I just used the same sink, but filled the coffee pot from the "other" faucet on the same deep sink. Everything went fine, and my 2nd class came in and poured a cup of coffee. He drank it black and tended to let it cool a little before taking a big swig. This particular morning went about the same, and he started working on pay records laid out on the desk in front of him. Then he took a big swig and sprayed a large mouthful all over the desk, pay records and even on the wall behind the desk! He called me over, told me to get a cup and pour some into it. I told him I didn't drink coffee, but he insisted. When i took a sip of the coffee, I immediately tasted a slight hint of coffee covered up by a strong salty taste. He wanted to know where I got the water for the coffee pot this morning. I told him the same sink but the other faucet. He told me that the "other" faucet was to rinse mops and was seawater straight out of the ocean! They continued having me make coffee, but he started taking a sip instead of a gulp when pouring a fresh cup.
David from jax

 

[Jstpssng]

In the spirit of good coffee posts so far...
I was assigned to my duty station after boot camp, at the ripe old age of 17 and had not yet taken up the habit of drinking coffee. As the junior man in the division, it was my assigned job to have the coffee made before 7am when everyone came to work. Every day I took the pot to the sink across the hall, and made it the same way every day, for at least a month. Now, remembering that this was my first trip on a Navy ship, one day I just used the same sink, but filled the coffee pot from the "other" faucet on the same deep sink. Everything went fine, and my 2nd class came in and poured a cup of coffee. He drank it black and tended to let it cool a little before taking a big swig. This particular morning went about the same, and he started working on pay records laid out on the desk in front of him. Then he took a big swig and sprayed a large mouthful all over the desk, pay records and even on the wall behind the desk! He called me over, told me to get a cup and pour some into it. I told him I didn't drink coffee, but he insisted. When i took a sip of the coffee, I immediately tasted a slight hint of coffee covered up by a strong salty taste. He wanted to know where I got the water for the coffee pot this morning. I told him the same sink but the other faucet. He told me that the "other" faucet was to rinse mops and was seawater straight out of the ocean! They continued having me make coffee, but he started taking a sip instead of a gulp when pouring a fresh cup.
David from jax

This reads like an April Fool's joke!

 

[Jstpssng]

A friend was doing the 1000 hr hydraulic filter change on his tractor. After changing it, he put a funnel into the reservoir fill and topped it off. After putting the fluid jug away and doing a couple of other things he came back to the tractor and realized the funnel was still in place, with the fill plug on the seat. No harm done but it certainly could have been expensive if I'd he had run it that way other it had rained.

 

[sandman2234]

This reads like an April Fool's joke!

More like December of 1973...and it was a simple mistake of a Seaman Apprentice who had never been told what the different faucets in a deep sink were for on board a US carrier.
David from jax

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

Dad joined the Navy in WWII and was working in the kitchen on board a battleship. The cook told Dad to drain water out of this huge vat of spaghetti. He opened the valve and everything including spaghetti went down the drain. The cook said you're supposed to hold a stainer over it first!

 

[JethroB]

A friend was doing the 1000 hr hydraulic filter change on his tractor. After changing it, he put a funnel into the reservoir fill and topped it off. After putting the fluid jug away and doing a couple of other things he came back to the tractor and realized the funnel was still in place, with the fill plug on the seat. No harm done but it certainly could have been expensive if I'd he had run it that way other it had rained.

Driving to work one morning I saw a miles long trail of dark liquid on the concrete highway. Top a hill and there on the roadside sits one of our company tractor/trailer units. Apparently our mechanic had failed to tighten the oil pan plug the day before during an oil change. $15,000 engine replacement a dozen years ago, labor not included.

 

[kenmbz]

I left the oil filler cap off after an oil change once when I got distracted.
Figured it out when oil spray hit the windshield.....
Did find the oil cap, at the back of the engine.
What a mess that was to clean up. Car smoked for ages after that.

 

[Rockbadchild]

My brother in law just recover from a back surgery, he went to Germany got 3 disk replace (1 in his neck 2 in his lower back) ... He went to his very remote cabin (this weekend) and he was unloaded his log splitter when he lost footing and fell on a sheet of tin that was on his wood pile for rain protection, he lacerated his tendon and nerves in his dominant arm.. he his lucky he didn't die being in a very remote location but his arm will likely never be the same... I certainly wish him full recovery.

 

[Rockbadchild]

I left the oil filler cap off after an oil change once when I got distracted.
Figured it out when oil spray hit the windshield.....
Did find the oil cap, at the back of the engine.
What a mess that was to clean up. Car smoked for ages after that.

did that once too... at least you found the oil cap!!

 

[Jstpssng]

The orchard owner I worked for years ago had just bought a used Kentworth and was driving it home when the oil plug dropped out. He rebuilt it himself but I still doubt it was cheap.

 

[ponytug]

The orchard owner I worked for years ago had just bought a used Kentworth and was driving it home when the oil plug dropped out. He rebuilt it himself but I still doubt it was cheap.

A lot depends on fast the driver notices the low oil pressure light...

All the best, Peter

 

[Hay Dude]

I was working on my largest farm tractor about 2 months ago during first cutting. Typically we are like walking zombies because of the work load. Anyway, I had to fix something high up on top of the engine on the “passenger side” of the tractor. I was not tall enough to reach, so I grabbed a 5 gallon bucket of motor oil to stand on. When I finished the repair, I walked around the tractor to the “drivers side”, climbed in the cab and fired it up.
I thought “sounds good, now I’ll back out of the shop”.
I forgot about the full, unopened bucket of oil.
The 5’ tall front tire immediately crushed the plastic pail of oil and it exploded like a bomb, showering 5 gallons of oil everywhere for 30 feet in the shop.

I’m still cleaning it up.

 

[Jstpssng]

A lot depends on fast the driver notices the low oil pressure light...

All the best, Peter

With air brakes you can't just reach down and kill the engine

 

[Rockbadchild]

I was working on my largest farm tractor about 2 months ago during first cutting. Typically we are like walking zombies because of the work load. Anyway, I had to fix something high up on top of the engine on the “passenger side” of the tractor. I was not tall enough to reach, so I grabbed a 5 gallon bucket of motor oil to stand on. When I finished the repair, I walked around the tractor to the “drivers side”, climbed in the cab and fired it up.
I thought “sounds good, now I’ll back out of the shop”.
I forgot about the full, unopened bucket of oil.
The 5’ tall front tire immediately crushed the plastic pail of oil and it exploded like a bomb, showering 5 gallons of oil everywhere for 30 feet in the shop.

I’m still cleaning it up.

holy it’s almost funny (to me, certainly not to you) do you have a picture of that ? it must of been a hell of a sight

 

[Hay Dude]

holy it’s almost funny (to me, certainly not to you) do you have a picture of that ? it must of been a hell of a sight

No, I didn’t have the camera ready for the oil bomb.
BTW, the “boom” was pretty loud.

 

[Jstpssng]

holy it’s almost funny (to me, certainly not to you) do you have a picture of that ? it must of been a hell of a sight

My wallet cringed when I read his post, knowing what that stuff goes for these days.

 

[Hay Dude]

My wallet cringed when I read his post, knowing what that stuff goes for these days.

Yeah, it was a $100 bucket of oil, but the mess was worse.

 

[Rockbadchild]

When I got possession of my house I was at work and the owner had left by the time I got back (I work rotations) so they showed me the house as far as what was where like sewer clean out, drains electrical panel and what not several months before i actually got possession of the house. Once I moved in I saw a guy that was looking for a room to rent so I rented him a room since i was single in a big house plus it gave me some extra cash plus it was someone to watch the house while I was gone at work. Then one time I got in from work and it was cold upstairs and the natural gas fire place was just pumping heat like crazy but the furnace was not working so I thought it’s probably busted but let’s get it check. I called a heating and cooling contra they and the guy come in and while he his checking it out with his voltmeter i was like I won’t look over his shoulder i will go up stairs then I see this electrical switch on the sealing by the stairs and i flick it to its opposite direction, the guy was like what did you do i got power now ? i was like , I didn’t do nothing why you fix it ? he was like no I didn’t touch anything it was you…I was so embarrassed, i said yeah the power switch was off it’s a new house i forgot about it and the dud who is renting a room must’ve closed it … I felt pretty stupid about this one … but he updated my thermostat since it was acting up so at least he didn’t came in for nothing.

 

[Rockbadchild]

No, I didn’t have the camera ready for the oil bomb.
BTW, the “boom” was pretty loud.

Ho I believe it !!