[SORTIE]

Word to the wise: I just learned that Tempo Products, manufacturer of above-deck fuel tanks for boats, has been out of business for a few years now (despite the fact that they still have a website). Their customer service number is answered by W.I.S., a mfr/distributor of Tempo automotive products.

ERGO: no technical support for Tempo marine products, so think twice before you order old stock from various on-line sources.

N.B. Moeller Marine, the other mfr of marine fuel tanks, is very much in business.

 

[MakoMike]

Skip,
Good to know, thanks for posting that!

 

[SORTIE]

MakoMike wrote:
Good to know, thanks for posting that!Mike, the Noreast brotherhood has been so helpful to me that I want to give everyone who needs a new fuel tank a heads-up on this

p.s. this explains why Tempo products are offered so cheaply on the web...retailers working down old stock

 

[Bigkeepers]

Whenever I see the word Ergo I think of that scene in "Get Shorty" where Dennis Farina's character Ray Bones is arguing with John Travolta over eg meaning ergo or example. "As far as I know eg means example."

 

[SORTIE]

ERGO=Latin for "therefore", but NOT an acronym like 'e.g.,' 'i.e,.' or 'N.B.'

without googling, I believe e.g. is an acronym for the latin phrase 'exemplar gratis' (sp?)

I have trouble with the acronym "i.e." - no idea what the letters denote, but to me it means 'in other words'

one of my favorite Latin acronyms is N.B., which is quite old-fashioned but means 'nota bene' (sp?) - helpful note