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.
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OT Can anyone guess what the van did this morning?
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Has the bloke who tried to puncture your tyres drilled a hole in the tank ?.
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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.
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They do employ women for breakdown services too so Adam might have got lucky.
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No. Just tell him about SI units.
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don't get it,
the is no capital M as a unit type (only as a prefix)
or are you thinking it means Miles?
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Their text should have said 2m
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and why not
100 quid's worth of diesel is more than a day's wage- Vote on answer
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that will be a few motorcyclists on the deck then ....
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shirley knott
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I know
but it's bleeding obvious what they meant, as there's no reasonable alternative meaning for the mistaken capital
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Yup, that was the point
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Possibly, Adam was upset at the time?
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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.
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And poor old Sabine is no more... :-(
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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.)
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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.