In India a gang of coolies would mop it up with rags and squeeze them out into a jerry can for re-use. Saw an example on Top Gear India trip.
OT Can anyone guess what the van did this morning?
Mar 18, 2021
Last reply: 5 years ago
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Has the bloke who tried to puncture your tyres drilled a hole in the tank ?.
As a kid, we were in France in 1966 during the world cup and at a filling station the attendant was so engrossed in conversation with Dad that he failed to notice that the tank was full and what seemed like a river of petrol was flowing across the concrete apron onto the road.
Not sure how they decided how much the tank took before it was full.
They do employ women for breakdown services too so Adam might have got lucky.
No. Just tell him about SI units.
don't get it,
the is no capital M as a unit type (only as a prefix)
or are you thinking it means Miles?
Their text should have said 2m
and why not
100 quid's worth of diesel is more than a day's wage
that will be a few motorcyclists on the deck then ....
shirley knott
I know
but it's bleeding obvious what they meant, as there's no reasonable alternative meaning for the mistaken capital
Yup, that was the point
Possibly, Adam was upset at the time?
In compressed air systems, you can use air fuses, which are devices that cut off the supply if the rate of use exceeds a set level. That would seem to be a more useful thing to have than a warning.
And poor old Sabine is no more... :-(
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Tim
That is what brought to mind her driving a Transit round the 'ring. (Mind you, her famous performance in doing so may be why they gave Adam a Fiat.)
I'm not sure I agree given the prospect of it operating to cut off the fuel while overtaking on a busy road. I thought there was a principle of leaving the driver to decide unless there was no reasonable doubt about the proper course of action, but I may be thinking of a different context (airliners? nuclear power stations?)
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It wouldn't be difficult to set the cut-off point at a higher rate than the engine is ever likely to use. Air fuses typically operate at about twice the maximum working rate.
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