Someone used acetone the other night to light a bonfire. T'was awesome. Dion Baker
2008/5/13 JR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Geez Redmond, it must be really exciting, you sent it twice, you sent it > twice. > regards JR > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* rquinn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > *To:* 'Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in > Australia.'<aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net> > *Sent:* Tuesday, May 13, 2008 6:46 PM > *Subject:* Re: [Aus-soaring] Diesel fuel considerations > > Avgas is far more exciting than diesel for lighting the bonfire out the > back of the clubhouse after a days flying. > > > > Redmond > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Terry Neumann > *Sent:* Tuesday, 13 May 2008 9:10 AM > *To:* Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. > *Subject:* [Aus-soaring] Diesel fuel considerations > > > > One problem with diesel fuel is that it is almost unavoidably messy. It > also has a rather unpleasant smell which can be yours to enjoy for the rest > of your day's activities after a tank fill. Because it is not very > volatile at normal temperatures - if at all - traces of it remain wherever > it spills. It's almost always on the handling parts of fuelling nozzles, on > the tarmac alongside of the pump where someone overfilled their tank > earlier, and it sticks to your hands and footwear. When you reach for your > wallet at the checkout, it's transferred to your coat/trousers and credit > card and the stuff on your shoes will be rubbed off on the floor of your > vehicle. Any leak or spillage on the vehicle will attract and retain dust > like you wouldn't believe. > > I get over this to some degree by keeping a pair of rubber gloves in the > back of my diesel ute which I use for the hands-on part of the service > station visit. Quaint perhaps but it seems to alleviate most of the residue > problems. > > I'm in the "switch (passenger) car" process at the present. Diesel is off > the short list partly because of this issue, but also because neither of the > cars on the short list (Imprezza & Lancer) are available in a diesel > option. The (diesel) ute will remain on the payroll for the foreseeable > future. > > FWIW > Terry > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > -- <timmo> you know what i hate <timmo> errors that wont go away <Guilty> So you dislike children too
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