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* Driving licencePeter
`* Driving licencemaus
 `* Driving licencePeter
  `* Driving licenceRichard Robinson
   `* Driving licencemaus
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    +* Driving licenceSam Plusnet
    |`* Driving licenceAhem A Rivet's Shot
    | +- Driving licencemaus
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    | |`* Driving licenceRustyHinge
    | | +* Driving licenceTone
    | | |`- Driving licenceRustyHinge
    | | +* Driving licenceAhem A Rivet's Shot
    | | |`* Driving licenceTone
    | | | +- Driving licencemaus
    | | | `- Driving licenceSam Plusnet
    | | `- Driving licenceNick Odell
    | +* Driving licenceAndrew Marshall
    | |`* Driving licenceTease'n'Seize
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    | | |`* Driving licenceAdrian
    | | | +* Driving licenceAndrew Marshall
    | | | |`* Driving licenceAhem A Rivet's Shot
    | | | | `* Driving licenceAdrian
    | | | |  `- Driving licencemaus
    | | | +- Driving licenceChrisND@privacy.net
    | | | `- Driving licencemaus
    | | `* Driving licenceSam Plusnet
    | |  +* Driving licenceJohn Williamson
    | |  |`* Driving licencemaus
    | |  | +- Driving licenceChrisND@privacy.net
    | |  | `- Driving licenceChris Elvidge
    | |  +- Driving licenceTone
    | |  `* Driving licenceTease'n'Seize
    | |   `* Driving licenceDon Stockbauer
    | |    `* Driving licenceBernard Peek
    | |     `* Driving licenceNick Odell
    | |      +* Driving licencemaus
    | |      |`* Driving licenceNick Odell
    | |      | `* Driving licencemaus
    | |      |  `* Driving licenceNick Odell
    | |      |   `* Driving licenceDon Stockbauer
    | |      |    `* Driving licenceSam Plusnet
    | |      |     `* Driving licenceNick Odell
    | |      |      `- Driving licenceSam Plusnet
    | |      `- Driving licenceRustyHinge
    | `* Driving licenceJohn Williamson
    |  `- Driving licenceAhem A Rivet's Shot
    `- Driving licenceMike Fleming

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Re: Driving licence

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 by: Sam Plusnet - Thu, 28 Apr 2022 19:31 UTC

On 27-Apr-22 22:37, Nick Odell wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Apr 2022 20:17:20 +0100, Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> wrote:
>
>> On 27-Apr-22 2:19, Don Stockbauer wrote:
>>> On Tuesday, April 26, 2022 at 6:34:57 PM UTC-5, Nick Odell wrote:
>>>> On 26 Apr 2022 22:46:29 GMT, maus <ma...@dmaus.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 2022-04-26, Nick Odell <ni...@themusicworkshop.plus.com> wrote:
>>>>>> On 26 Apr 2022 16:42:57 GMT, maus <ma...@dmaus.org> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 2022-04-26, Nick Odell <ni...@themusicworkshop.plus.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 26 Apr 2022 13:03:10 GMT, Bernard Peek <b...@shrdlu.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> With the proposed ending of US sanctions on little Venice, I would
>>>>>>> expect fuel would be a teeny bit more expensive there now.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This was in the days of Chávez: everything was political. Caracas was
>>>>>> a madhouse but the further out you went, the more sanity prevailed. I
>>>>>> suspect (but don't really know since I haven't checked) the price of
>>>>>> fuel is sky high these days since although they supposedly have
>>>>>> amongst the highest oil reserves in the world, when they nationalised
>>>>>> everything, all the people who knew how anything worked left the
>>>>>> country and all the oil is probably still in the ground. Win-win for
>>>>>> climate change, eh?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Nick
>>>>>
>>>>> Odd story. In an inheritance battle here, a man who had disappeared into
>>>>> somewhere Venezuela-Guyana area years ago reappeared, gave evidence, and
>>>>> returned there and has not been heard of since. Rumours of harems of
>>>>> native girls, and hoards of mixed race children. How did he know that
>>>>> there was to a court-case in Ireland?
>>>> Blind Bambi about the court case. That corner of South America is
>>>> very, very remote. I've never made it to the Guyanas though I've spent
>>>> time everywhere else in SA.
>>>>
>>>> Nick
>>>
>>> Dear Mr. Peek that must be what the petrol pump hardware does in Britain in America there is no minimum purchase
>>
>> It may be something to do with Weights and Measures legislation.
>>
>> Pumps have to be accurate to within some defined limits, and both
>> starting & stopping the pump introduces some degree of error.
>> If you use it to dispense (silly example) 25mL of fuel, those errors
>> could be greater than the actual amount delivered.
>
> Uganda has never been a shining example of honest trading practice and
> in those days in Venezuela, petrol was like we were promised nuclear
> power would be - too cheap to meter. Neither country had a terrific
> incentive to measure fuel with more precision.

Whilst the UK implements the rules with exacting precision.

(or do I mean precise extraction?)

--
Sam Plusnet

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