Pete C. wrote:

Jeff Wisnia wrote:

Do yourself and anyone else living there with you a favor and get that
gauge replaced by someone who can do the job right. You've already
announced to the world on this newsgroup what you did to that gauge, if
the place burned down your insurer might just learn about what you did,
because old newsgroup posts never really die. Stranger things have happened.


One of the risks assumed by the insurer is that of loss caused by non
criminal actions of the homeowner. Trying to remove a failed oil level
gauge and giving up is not a criminal action except perhaps in the
socialist republics of California and Massachusetts, so you're still
covered. Whether you get renewed is another matter...

I defer to your superior knowledge of the intricacies of the insurance
business Pete. But....

My being a "Native Son of the Golden State (California) who has also
lived in Massachusetts for the past 54 years gives me reason to believe
that you've got it backwards. G

I'd 'spect that the looney left in those two states firmly believes that
no one should bear any responsibility for their own actions, even if
they've been told that they might have created a hazardous situation by
someone (me) who was for 13 years the CE of a company which manufactured
275 gallon tank gauges and lots of other fuel oil delivery hardware.

Liberals will always believe that you can pick up a turd by its clean end.

Jeff
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Jeffry Wisnia
(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)
The speed of light is 1.8*10^12 furlongs per fortnight.