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fatlazyless · 09-04-2011, 08:46 PM

It was about $750,000 for two new Caterpillar marine diesel engines, painted bright Caterpillar yellow, that use much less fuel, have much lower pollutants in exhaust, and weigh much less than the old 1940's engines.

Cannot blame the Mount for wanting to go for a freebie engine exchange and upgrade courtesy of the U. S. tax-payers.....was just too good to resist a courtesy $750,000 upgrade based on conservative Yankee principals..... whatever that means! If Obama offered me a $750,000 freebie upgrade, I too would salute smartly and say thankyou very much, Mr President!

One big downside to the new engines is they sound very different; gone forever is the old, slow chuga-chuga-chuga sound, which has been replaced by an efficient but very boring sounding, fast putt-putt-putt.

You know, if Mitt would just make a campaign promise to restore that old, slow chuga-chuga-chuga sound to the Mount, then I'll vote for Mitt! Shame on Obama for messing with that iconic chuga-chuga-chuga, traditional Lake Winnipesaukee-M.V. Mount Washington-New Hampshire-Granite State sound......duh!

09-04-2011, 08:46 PM	#4
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 9,176 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 310 Thanked 1,103 Times in 812 Posts	It was about $750,000 for two new Caterpillar marine diesel engines, painted bright Caterpillar yellow, that use much less fuel, have much lower pollutants in exhaust, and weigh much less than the old 1940's engines. Cannot blame the Mount for wanting to go for a freebie engine exchange and upgrade courtesy of the U. S. tax-payers.....was just too good to resist a courtesy $750,000 upgrade based on conservative Yankee principals..... whatever that means! If Obama offered me a $750,000 freebie upgrade, I too would salute smartly and say thankyou very much, Mr President! One big downside to the new engines is they sound very different; gone forever is the old, slow chuga-chuga-chuga sound, which has been replaced by an efficient but very boring sounding, fast putt-putt-putt. You know, if Mitt would just make a campaign promise to restore that old, slow chuga-chuga-chuga sound to the Mount, then I'll vote for Mitt! Shame on Obama for messing with that iconic chuga-chuga-chuga, traditional Lake Winnipesaukee-M.V. Mount Washington-New Hampshire-Granite State sound......duh! __________________ .... Banned for life from local thrift store! Last edited by fatlazyless; 09-08-2011 at 08:36 AM.