and
"In essence, a floating dry dock is like a garage and lift for marine repairs." post # 1032
ROFLMAO, FWIW, IMHO, (rolling on floor laughing my a** off, for what its worth, in my humble opinion) I found your analogy hysterical. The picture conjured up in my poor mind was of a sub pulling into a dry dock and the Captain shouting out: "Change the oil, check the transmission fluid, and rotate the tires."
It's a good thing I wasn't drinking coffee when I read your post, or you would owe me a new screen and keyboard.
;^D
I'm smiling too:
Ya know that service writer who meets you at the garage door?
That's what I did: OK Captain.... Rotating and balancing the fans will cost you xx,xxx.xx dollars, changing the lube oil and hydraulic pump will cost you yyy,yyy.yy dollars, and painting the hull will cost you another z,zzz,zzz.zz dollars ...