A handy tip for filling up your tank.

"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?

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Friends don't let friends shop at wal-mart or circuit city.

On Wed, 8 Dec 2004, Paul wrote:

> Friends don't let friends shop at wal-mart or circuit city.

....or Best Buy or CompUSA or Lowe's or...

On Wed, 8 Dec 2004, Paul wrote:

> Friends don't let friends shop at wal-mart or circuit city.

....or Best Buy or CompUSA or Lowe's or...

In a previous posting, Jim Yanik .> had the
audacity to say:

:Some stations in central Florida have put the catches back on the pump
:handles,so one can fill up without holding or securing the handle.
:Some stations have some pumps with them,while other pumps still lack them.

I don't think I've ever seen a gas pump anywhere in B.C. with
these "catches", ever. There may well be some legal technicality
behind that.

Holding the trigger doesn't usually bother me too much, and my
tank can take quite some time to fill (60 litres max).

--
E.R. aka SJG aka Ricardo
present location: vancouver bc canada
refugee from the european union's evil bureaucracy

In a previous posting, Jim Yanik .> had the
audacity to say:

:Some stations in central Florida have put the catches back on the pump
:handles,so one can fill up without holding or securing the handle.
:Some stations have some pumps with them,while other pumps still lack them.

I don't think I've ever seen a gas pump anywhere in B.C. with
these "catches", ever. There may well be some legal technicality
behind that.

Holding the trigger doesn't usually bother me too much, and my
tank can take quite some time to fill (60 litres max).

--
E.R. aka SJG aka Ricardo
present location: vancouver bc canada
refugee from the european union's evil bureaucracy

E.R. wrote:

> In a previous posting, Jim Yanik .> had the
> audacity to say:
>
> :Some stations in central Florida have put the catches back on the pump
> :handles,so one can fill up without holding or securing the handle.
> :Some stations have some pumps with them,while other pumps still lack them.
>
> I don't think I've ever seen a gas pump anywhere in B.C. with
> these "catches", ever. There may well be some legal technicality
> behind that.
>
> Holding the trigger doesn't usually bother me too much, and my
> tank can take quite some time to fill (60 litres max).
>

I just like to take the time to clean all the dead bugs off the
windshield and lights, instead of standing there holding onto the handle...

nate

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E.R. wrote:

> In a previous posting, Jim Yanik .> had the
> audacity to say:
>
> :Some stations in central Florida have put the catches back on the pump
> :handles,so one can fill up without holding or securing the handle.
> :Some stations have some pumps with them,while other pumps still lack them.
>
> I don't think I've ever seen a gas pump anywhere in B.C. with
> these "catches", ever. There may well be some legal technicality
> behind that.
>
> Holding the trigger doesn't usually bother me too much, and my
> tank can take quite some time to fill (60 litres max).
>

I just like to take the time to clean all the dead bugs off the
windshield and lights, instead of standing there holding onto the handle...

nate

--
replace "fly" with "com" to reply.
http://home.comcast.net/~njnagel

In a previous posting, Nate Nagel > had the
audacity to say:

:> Holding the trigger doesn't usually bother me too much, and my
:> tank can take quite some time to fill (60 litres max).
:
:I just like to take the time to clean all the dead bugs off the
:windshield and lights, instead of standing there holding onto the handle...

Ahh, I use the washers for that, although the "headlamp" washers
do seem to spray the fluid in some random nondescript direction
that does not in any way appear to correlate even remotely with
the actual headlamp locations. :/

--
E.R. aka SJG aka Ricardo
present location: vancouver bc canada
refugee from the european union's evil bureaucracy

In a previous posting, Nate Nagel > had the
audacity to say:

:> Holding the trigger doesn't usually bother me too much, and my
:> tank can take quite some time to fill (60 litres max).
:
:I just like to take the time to clean all the dead bugs off the
:windshield and lights, instead of standing there holding onto the handle...

Ahh, I use the washers for that, although the "headlamp" washers
do seem to spray the fluid in some random nondescript direction
that does not in any way appear to correlate even remotely with
the actual headlamp locations. :/

--
E.R. aka SJG aka Ricardo
present location: vancouver bc canada
refugee from the european union's evil bureaucracy

On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 16:47:04 -0500, "Paul"
> wrote:

>
>"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?

And when the other pumps are still filling at a regular rate? The slow
pump has its own tank?
No, this is usually a filter in need of replacement.

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Bill Funk
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