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Subject:Re: [Syncro] ran out of Gas...
From:David Brodbeck
Date:Fri, 23 Jan 2004 10:46:18 -0500

On Fri, 23 Jan 2004, Eric Zeno wrote:

> I carry an old clean plastic milk jug, just to prevent this kind of rape.
> If this happens again,  go over to there pop coolers, and grab the
> cheapest 1 gallon drink you can find, pour the contents out, and
> you end up with  a cheaper  temperary gas  can.   Even milk
> is cheaper to pour out here in PA.   You got to beat them at
> there own game......

But be careful...some plastics dissolve in gasoline.

A friend of mine once described having watched some people try to carry
gas back to their car in a styrofoam cooler.  He said the stream of gas
from the pump hit the bottom of the cooler and went through without even
stopping. ;)

David Brodbeck, N8SRE
'82 Volkswagen Diesel Westfalia
'86 Volvo 240DL wagon