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Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2000 20:47:16 -0500
From: Patrick Baize <speedracre@netzero.net>
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To: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>
Subject: Re: Running out of Petrol
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Same here, I can go back and forth to work all week, If I deviate , I need gas.
I
actually pulled in my driveway one friday after work, sputtering on fumes. had
to
get the mower gas can and add a little so I could get to the Exxon station. Gee
wonder what this DGV carb I just put on will do to me?
THnx
Pat
Richard B Gosling wrote:
> Laura,
>
> I am amazed you have only ever run out of petrol (gas?) once in a Spitfire - I
> probably do it every couple of months! Admittedly, I do run it right to the
> limit - this will give me exactly 3 return trips to work with the
>pathetically
> small tank. However, any slight deviation to my route, extra trip to the
> shops, or she's not tuned quite right, and I don't make it...
>
> I decided that, given how small the tank was, I would risk the occasional
> running out, and always carry a spare can of fuel in the (equally
>pathetically
> small) boot. Overall, less trouble than filling up every two days rather
>than
> 3....
>
> On a different subject, Laura, and you other anti-high-petrol-price-activists,
> you would be proud of us Brits. On Tuesday we had our first ever 'gas-out',
> under the slogan Dump The Pumps. Rather than protesting the oil companies
> greed, the main anger here is against the government - after all, 80% of the
> price of a gallon here is the tax, only 20% fuel and distribution.
>
> A (limited) survey suggested a 38% drop in turnover for the petrol stations.
> Several of the supermarket chains dropped their price by around 5p per litre
> (about 6%). However, the government still insist they are not budging. The
> campaign will continue, every Monday, until that changes (or we all get bored
> of it).
>
> At last, us apathetic Brits are getting off our backsides and actually making
>a
> proper effort to protest!!!
>
> Richard and Daffy
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