Boating Pet Peeves

[endoftheroad]

I'm not anal retentive nor am I highly irritable but I have a small pet peeve that I'd like to get off my shoulders.
Taking oil level readings on dipsticks aggravate me because sometimes you simply seat the dipstick for a reading and sometimes your instructed to fully screws it back in place for a reading. I can't ever remember which to fully seat.
I think I'm supposed to just seat the dipstick for my clutch case on my 3GM30F.
You'd think that for something so important that there would be a universal practice for fluid level readings on all engines.
I have to look at the manual every time as there's not much room for error as my clutch case top fluid level mark is only about half an inch up the stick.
Guess I'll have to write it on the wall somewhere in my engine compartment along with all the other primitive cave markings.
I don't think it should be something that you have to memorize, my memory is shot.

Thanks for listening.