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DTJ > wrote: >On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 16:52:34 -0600, Mike Behnke > >wrote: > >>Makes for a nice fireball when you reach for the nozzle and a static >>sparks send the vapors a rollin'. > >Yep, that happens ALL THE TIME. Why just the other century I >remember... > >Get ****ing real. Just because you see it on the news does not mean >it really happens. There is no way for your body to build up enough >spark to blow up. Gasoline vapors are easy to ignite; it can and does happen. Rarely. However, all you have to do is touch a part of the car not near the nozzle before you go to the nozzle, and you'll be fine. (Note that cellphone ignited fires DON'T happen. The guy filling my tank today was talking on his cellphone as he did it. He's the station manager, too, not just a pump jockey.) |
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The problem that I have is that I have to keep my hand on the handle to
keep it from falling out of the filler neck (Porsche 944...) in all my other cars the gas cap does double as a handy handle lock. nate |
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The problem that I have is that I have to keep my hand on the handle to
keep it from falling out of the filler neck (Porsche 944...) in all my other cars the gas cap does double as a handy handle lock. nate |
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On Tue, 7 Dec 2004, N8N wrote: > The problem that I have is that I have to keep my hand on the handle to > keep it from falling out of the filler neck (Porsche 944...) Ditto ('62 Lancer...) |
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On Tue, 7 Dec 2004, N8N wrote: > The problem that I have is that I have to keep my hand on the handle to > keep it from falling out of the filler neck (Porsche 944...) Ditto ('62 Lancer...) |
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Not hypothetical. Read up.
http://www.staticfire.org/mopress.html http://www.esdjournal.com/static/refuelfr.htm DTJ wrote: > Come on. Nobody gives a s*** about these hypothetical dangers. Most > of us are far more concerned with real dangers. > |
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Not hypothetical. Read up.
http://www.staticfire.org/mopress.html http://www.esdjournal.com/static/refuelfr.htm DTJ wrote: > Come on. Nobody gives a s*** about these hypothetical dangers. Most > of us are far more concerned with real dangers. > |
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"Henry H. Hansteen" > wrote in message ... > > While filling up at a particularly slow pump, I discovered > that a stick of lip balm is the perfect size to keep the > fuel flowing while I wait in my truck warm and dry as the > tank fills. From my experience when I worked at a gas station one summer during my college years, a slow pump means a nearly empty storage tank and that you are just pulling up all the water, rust and other crap at the bottom of the tank. Do you really want to put that into your vehicle? -- Friends don't let friends shop at wal-mart or circuit city. |
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