Re: Why on earth an empty gas can? (Re: New to the list)

2004-03-25 Thread public
Quoting Terry Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > After you run out of gas once you get that "once > bitten, twice shy" attitude and start thinking it's > good to be safe. Not me: "You live and learn; or in my case, you live" is my motto! > In recent years I've taken to just pulling over to a > levy

Re: Why on earth an empty gas can? (Re: New to the list)

2004-03-25 Thread public
Quoting Michael Hargreave Mawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Wed, 24 Mar 2004, at around 21:38:06 local time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >Quoting Michael Hargreave Mawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >I thought it was illegal, or at least dangerous, to keep a full can of fuel > >with you. > It isn't

Re: Why on earth an empty gas can? (Re: New to the list)

2004-03-25 Thread Terry Thompson
After you run out of gas once you get that "once bitten, twice shy" attitude and start thinking it's good to be safe. The annoying thing is if you run out of gas and you walk say a mile to a gas station and they have gas but no containers to carry it in...so you have to walk yet another mile to get

Re: Why on earth an empty gas can? (Re: New to the list)

2004-03-25 Thread Dr. John Faustus
At 08:13 3/25/2004 +, Michael Hargreave Mawson wrote: It isn't illegal in UK, but it may be elsewhere for all I know. You can get explosion-proof petrol cans (filled with a sort of steel-wire foam) that reduce the danger to nil. I've got one. And I've never had to make that long trudge

Re: Why on earth an empty gas can? (Re: New to the list)

2004-03-25 Thread Michael Hargreave Mawson
On Wed, 24 Mar 2004, at around 21:38:06 local time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quoting Michael Hargreave Mawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: http://www.hargreave-mawson.demon.co.uk/Spittools.html :-) I thought it was illegal, or at least dangerous, to keep a full can of fuel with you. I've always been bro

Why on earth an empty gas can? (Re: New to the list)

2004-03-24 Thread public
Quoting Michael Hargreave Mawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > http://www.hargreave-mawson.demon.co.uk/Spittools.html > > :-) I thought it was illegal, or at least dangerous, to keep a full can of fuel with you. I've always been brought up to carry an empty can, then you have a long walk to the ga