You are all aware of how dangerous it is to use a mobile phone while filling up with petrol - approximately the same as being eaten by a Leopard in Timperley ( next to none at all, I sprinkle anti-leopard powder regularly and none have been sighted since I started ) however nobody has mentioned about clothing made from synthetic materials have they ?
Phew. Was that brave or stupid to remove the hose? Glad I drive a diesel! TonyB
Ah that's why Frank Sidebottom got rid of Tiddles was it ? or have all the Leopards move to the Broomwood ?
Dave
On or around Wed, 27 Sep 2006 20:12:10 GMT, "Derek" enlightened us thusly:
this is fun:
It 's a bit worrying theres been a spate of Cat rustling going on round Timperley we had one catnapped (no big loss it was a collossal p.i.t.a.) and a neighbour is short of two as of this week so Frank's may have gone the same way. BTW he's back on the air again
hmm, time to hang up yer shellsuits Derek....
Wolfie
in Manc? no way thats purely a scouse national costume eh eh calm down
You can quite safely smoke whilst handling diesel.
Alex
Nylon kilts......funny thing is i knew you would lob that comment back over the net :-) but at least i would have something to fan the flames with hehe. then again the sight of a big hairy jock wafting his kilt about would probably put you off your haggis :-o)
Wolfie
Now you know why they removed the ratchet mechanism form British pumps years ago, so you can't leave it filling and get in and out of your car to build up the static.
Incidentally, the mobile phone ban is nothing to do with sparks starting fires, they aren't powerful enough, it's because some early pumps had their electronics scrambled by the phone's transmission so didn't properly record the amount of fuel pumped. Of course if they'd said as much people would have been there trying to jam them 8-), so they made up the cover story.
Greg
On or around Thu, 28 Sep 2006 19:03:17 +0100, "Greg" enlightened us thusly:
I thought that was about not having fuel spilt on the floor if the cut-off didn't.
Personally, I have a short bit of wire on my keyring which just happens to fit the holes where the missing pins on the pump are... almost all of them are disabled simply by removing the pin - I've seen one locally where they've actually removed the catches as well.
wasn't it the same for AM radios (when everyone was getting FM CB radios)?? a few clicks of the mike to initiate a transmit signal and the pump "forgot" how much fuel you'd drawn.
or is that another UL?
Peter
I wish, its near impossible to get slicing haggis this far south and saturday brekkies are lacking if you don't have some and at least 1 slice of laun sausage to make it worth the trip Derek
Quite possibly, back then most electronics was vulnerable to interference in some way or another. Now it's routine, and in fact a legal requirement, for all electronics to reach defined levels of immunity, we have our own test facilities to prove our products are immune to industrial levels of interference, it adds to the cost of everything though.
Of course back in the heyday of CB people were boosting their transmitters to quite illegal power levels and could literally cause sparks at petrol stations!.
Greg
Probably a factor too, though I find most pumps are actually far TOO sensitive. But if you have to hold on to it you can't walk around, get in and out, building up a static charge and then discharge it to the handle as this woman did. Even if it does set on fire, which is not unheard of, it won't keep pumping fuel into the fire because you jump back and it stops.
Most garage attendants will switch the pump off if they spot anything remotely out of order, I know one and the company is s*it hot about such things on H&S grounds, they're even supposed to stop people filling what they consider unsuitable containers. Greg
On or around Fri, 29 Sep 2006 00:21:30 +0100, "Greg" enlightened us thusly:
ah, but I'm cunning, I don't make it obvious. It annoys me to have to stand there holding the bloody trigger while pumping 70l of diesel.
aye - but they have no real training and are completely unqualified to assess the suitability of any container.
A straw poll of forecourts round here ...
Tesco - jumpy, nervous staff think all customers are villainous thugs - these people should be in a rest home - they have no busines in a public facing role.
Sainsbury - laid back and relaxed (except about the mobile phone thingie)
Traditional forecourt (high st location) - asleep
The petrol cap of a 110 seems to be exactly the right size to hold the handle in place.
anything made of metal is supposed to be an unsuitable container according to the official looking H&S literature i used to ignore when i worked as a forecourt attendant back when I was at college. I was supposed to sell it in those 5l plastic containers only.
slow LPG pumps are more annoying. I want a big stick (though i recall Martyn saying they started telling him off for doing grumble this way!)
a few of the garages round here enforce the no jerry cans rule. So i always do it steathily. Try and get an end pump and/or pull up as though you were filling up the car and then with the door left open (so as to hide it) fill up the jerrycan with it on the floor hidden behind the car.
Which is absolutely idiotic of course, far more likely to be a ploy to sell THEIR plastic cans to people who turn up with a jerry and don't want to go home empty handed. Greg
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