The Bucket list (no the other one)

[Noname]

GUILLOTINE ACCESSORY

[Cormorant]

Originally Posted by mbianka

IMO you can never have two many 5 gallon buckets on board. Store my dive equiptment in one. Use others to hold deck cleaning products. I also make my own smaller ones to use in and around the cockpit:
THE BIANKA LOG BLOG: A DIFFERENT KIND OF BUCKET LIST

mbianka -- thanks for the idea! I just went out and made a windshield wiper fluid bottle into a dippy bucket. We go through about one kids' beach bucket a year -- tied to a few feet of 1/4" line for bringing up wash water. But inevitably they fade and crack after sunlight exposure and heavy use, or the handle pops off at the worst time. I like the homemade recycled version much better.

[HopCar]

Which came first? The kitty litter or the bucket? Adopt a cat or five and you'll have an unlimited supply of free buckets.

[mbianka]

Originally Posted by Cormorant

mbianka -- thanks for the idea! I just went out and made a windshield wiper fluid bottle into a dippy bucket. We go through about one kids' beach bucket a year -- tied to a few feet of 1/4" line for bringing up wash water. But inevitably they fade and crack after sunlight exposure and heavy use, or the handle pops off at the worst time. I like the homemade recycled version much better.

Glad you like it. My homemade/recycled ones usually last several years. They make good dingy bailing buckets too because you can bend them easily to get into the corners.

[ShipShape]

Originally Posted by David_Old_Jersey

Careful!..........that might be a euphemism

David! How do you think of these things?!?! I could fill a bucket with tears for all the times you have made me laugh so hard I cried.

But, now that I think about it - please don't tell me anything you know about men who wrap their monitor in tinfoil.

[ShipShape]

Originally Posted by Jumpy

mal de mer accessory

Bucket as barf bag - excellent. I wrote a limerick about it, but only because limericks are the only poems I know how to write.


Heave Ho

Oh Mister Bucket
I need to chuck it
In the bottom of thee
My lunch I do see
Ughhh, I'm gonna doublit

[ShipShape]

Originally Posted by limejucer

There are lots of reasons why a bucket is better than a man.
1 it wont run off with your sister, husband or offspring
2 it is usefull in supermarket.
3 it will only empty the bath/bilges not the fridge.
4 if the contents of drinks cabinet end in it you just add lemon and call it a punch.
5 it won't steal the Dink
6 it won't empty your bank accf.
7 a good bucket is easy to find
8 a bucket is never jeaulous of other buckets
9 If you leave a bucket it is usualy there when you come back.
10 buckets can multytask Carry potatoes and vegies
11 you can eat what you want when you want to with a bucket.

12 A bucket won't tell you size don't count.
13 A bucket never suffers from performance anxiety.
14 Buckets are easy to pick up.
15 Buckets won't ask: 'Am I the best?'
16 No matter how old you are you can always get a better bucket.
17 You will always know where your bucket has been.
18 You can have as many buckets as you can handle.
19 You only use your bucket when you feel like it.
20 You don't have to wait for halftime to use your bucket.
21 Buckets never expect you to have little buckets.
22 It's easy to get rid of a bucket.

[ShipShape]

Originally Posted by Seaduction

GUILLOTINE ACCESSORY

Yikes! But that head never does any of the thinking anyway, so what would be the difference? Still ... I wonder if Amazon sells those things. (I'm not wondering about the bucket. )

[mbianka]

Originally Posted by ShipShape

Bucket as barf bag - excellent. I wrote a limerick about it, but only because limericks are the only poems I know how to write.


Heave Ho

Oh Mister Bucket
I need to chuck it
In the bottom of thee
My lunch I do see
Ughhh, I'm gonna doublit

Well IMO a bucket is much more useful than say a bag for this function. This subject reminded me of a joke that Troublemaker posted on the joke thread last month:

"A young cowboy walks into the town cafe. He sits at the counter and notices an old cowboy with his arms folded, staring blankly at a full bowl of chilli.
After fifteen minutes of just sitting there staring at it, the young cowboy bravely asked the old cowpoke, "If you ain't gonna eat that, mind if I do?"
The older cowboy slowly turns his head toward the young wrangler and in his best cowboy manner says, "Nah, go ahead."
Eagerly, the young cowboy reaches over and slides the bowl over to his place and starts spooning in it with delight. He gets nearly down to the bottom and notices a dead mouse in the chili. The sight was shocking and he immediately barfs up the chili into the bowl.
The old cowboy quietly says, "Yep, that's as far as I got, too."

[Eleven]

Keeping my socks fresh.
Canvas buckets are more environmentally friendly, not that I care any more. Have you seen the way teenagers behave. Then again, maybe I'll outlive most of them.

[Eleven]

And straining the mice out of me vitals.

[ShipShape]

Eleven and mbianka - you two are disgusting! Thankfully I have a big bucket nearby. How did it go in that Monty Python scene? "Better bring a bucket."?? Bwahaha!

[Bohemian]

I put chicken wire pinched over the top and sluff my peelers by hanging it overboard by a rope tied to the handle, for a nice soft crab sandwich (Chesapeake bay).

[Tingum]

A proper sized container to mix rhum punch!

[svpattyd]

You can also use cloth buckets a winch covers. They are about $5 and can b used as a bucket too. We use the bucket handles as holders for the cloths you always need to wipe up spills, wipe condensation, or what ever.