On Mon, 31 Jan 2022 21:41:24 +0000, "Kerr-Mudd, John"
<admin@127.0.0.1> wrote:

>On Mon, 31 Jan 2022 18:40:11 +0000
>Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> wrote:
>
>> On 30-Jan-22 20:46, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:
>> > On Sun, 30 Jan 2022 19:44:09 +0000
>> > Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> On 30-Jan-22 18:45, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
>> >>> In article <slrnsvdm0a.dam.maus@dmaus.org>, maus <maus@dmaus.org> on
>> >>> Sun, 30 Jan 2022 at 18:25:14 awoke Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
>> >>>> On 2022-01-30, Richard Robinson <richardR@privacy.net> wrote:
>> >>>>> Kerr-Mudd, John said:
>> >>>>>> On Fri, 28 Jan 2022 22:05:51 +0000 Ahem A Rivet's Shot
>> >>>>>> <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> On Fri, 28 Jan 2022 20:44:53 +0000 "Kerr-Mudd, John"
>> >>>>>>> <admin@127.0.0.1> wrote:
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> 'Course WS flavour crisps don't have any anchovies.So it's not
>> >>>>>>>> nesecelery necessary any more.
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> My vegan daughter delights in eating Prawn Cocktail crisps -
>> >>>>>>> because they contain no trace of prawn, cock or tail.
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>> I just ate a packet! only 'cos it's the last one. I prefer plain;
>> >>>>>> which IIRC was not an option in Ireland in the 80's.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> I thought plain came in pints ?
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> I remember when a lad, and esso extra came out, my father asked the
>> >>>> petrol station man, how it was superior, the man said that it was like
>> >>>> the difference between plain and ordinary stout.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> `Extra' had lead added, and was phased out.
>> >>>>
>> >>> Was that the one that put a Tony in your tank or am a I confused?.
>> >>>
>> >> Dunno, but does anyone here still have some (drinking) glasses from the
>> >> Great Petrol Station Glass Giveaway?
>> >> (Other than me)
>> >>
>> > All I had was an incomplete set of 'coins' featuring the England '66 football team.
>> > How much for a vintage book of Greenshield stamps?
>> >
>> Can I pay you in fag coupons?
>>
>How old is that ration book?

I've still got my 1953 ration book. And my mum's, and my dad's.
There's a fair few unused coupons in 'em too.

N ick

On 31/01/2022 18:40, Sam Plusnet wrote:
> Can I pay you in fag coupons?

I wooden make that suggestion in Leftpondia.

Tone

On 30/01/2022 20:46, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:
> On Sun, 30 Jan 2022 19:44:09 +0000
> Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> wrote:
>
>> On 30-Jan-22 18:45, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
>>> In article <slrnsvdm0a.dam.maus@dmaus.org>, maus <maus@dmaus.org> on
>>> Sun, 30 Jan 2022 at 18:25:14 awoke Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
>>>>
>>>> I remember when a lad, and esso extra came out, my father asked the
>>>> petrol station man, how it was superior, the man said that it was like
>>>> the difference between plain and ordinary stout.
>>>>
>>>> `Extra' had lead added, and was phased out.
>>>>
>>> Was that the one that put a Tony in your tank or am a I confused?.
>>>
>> Dunno, but does anyone here still have some (drinking) glasses from the
>> Great Petrol Station Glass Giveaway?
>> (Other than me)
>>
> All I had was an incomplete set of 'coins' featuring the England '66 football team.
> How much for a vintage book of Greenshield stamps?

All petrol had lead added years ago.

As for petrol giveaways, I still have quite a few model cars that Shell
did as giveaways for coupons, in a promotion that was running during one
of my spells as a dispatch rider, so I collected them quite quickly.

On Mon, 31 Jan 2022 23:37:13 +0000
Tone <email@address.com> wrote:

> On 31/01/2022 18:40, Sam Plusnet wrote:
> > Can I pay you in fag coupons?
>
> I wooden make that suggestion in Leftpondia.

Never ask a redneck to go out and smoke a fag with you.

--
Steve O'Hara-Smith
Odds and Ends at http://www.sohara.org/

Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> writes:

> On Mon, 31 Jan 2022 23:37:13 +0000
> Tone <email@address.com> wrote:
>
>> On 31/01/2022 18:40, Sam Plusnet wrote:
>>
>>> Can I pay you in fag coupons?
>>
>> I wooden make that suggestion in Leftpondia.
>
> Never ask a redneck to go out and smoke a fag with you.

Um, given the redneck definition of transitive verb "smoke", you might
get the enthusiastic reply, "Which one?"

--
Mike Spencer Nova Scotia, Canada

On Monday, January 31, 2022 at 10:30:45 PM UTC-6, Mike Spencer wrote:
> Ahem A Rivet's Shot <ste...@eircom.net> writes:
>
> > On Mon, 31 Jan 2022 23:37:13 +0000
> > Tone <em...@address.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On 31/01/2022 18:40, Sam Plusnet wrote:
> >>
> >>> Can I pay you in fag coupons?
> >>
> >> I wooden make that suggestion in Leftpondia.
> >
> > Never ask a redneck to go out and smoke a fag with you.
> Um, given the redneck definition of transitive verb "smoke", you might
> get the enthusiastic reply, "Which one?"
>
> --
> Mike Spencer Nova Scotia, Canada

The rednecks that actually kill homosexuals over here don't shoot them, they wrap them up in barbed- wire and leave them exposed overnight to the Texas elements.

Barbed-wire is actually OK when it's used to contain cattle.

On 31/01/2022 23:57, Mike Fleming wrote:

> As for petrol giveaways, I still have quite a few model cars that Shell
> did as giveaways for coupons, in a promotion that was running during one
> of my spells as a dispatch rider, so I collected them quite quickly.

Until quite recently I had a saucepan with a battery-powered stirrer
drooping from the lid.

I goove the battery (2 x U2) life might have been longerer if the
batteries had been rather more remote, but a lead connected to a hot
saucepan might not have passed Elfin Safety diktats innit.

Nice try, but I soon discarded the plastic stirrer/scraper.

--
Rusty Hinge
To err is human. To really foul things up requires a computer and the BOFH.

On 01 Feb 2022 00:30:43 -0400
Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> wrote:

>
> Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> writes:
>
> > On Mon, 31 Jan 2022 23:37:13 +0000
> > Tone <email@address.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On 31/01/2022 18:40, Sam Plusnet wrote:
> >>
> >>> Can I pay you in fag coupons?
> >>
> >> I wooden make that suggestion in Leftpondia.
> >
> > Never ask a redneck to go out and smoke a fag with you.
>
> Um, given the redneck definition of transitive verb "smoke", you might
> get the enthusiastic reply, "Which one?"

Exactly.

--
Steve O'Hara-Smith
Odds and Ends at http://www.sohara.org/

Sam Plusnet wrote:

> does anyone here still have some (drinking) glasses from the Great Petrol
> Station Glass Giveaway?

No but my dad (and I suspeck my uncle) still had/have "keymarket" plates given
away when that horrible market first opened up in the 70's

On 31/01/2022 21:41, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:
> On Mon, 31 Jan 2022 18:40:11 +0000
> Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> wrote:
>
>> On 30-Jan-22 20:46, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:
>>> On Sun, 30 Jan 2022 19:44:09 +0000
>>> Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 30-Jan-22 18:45, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
>>>>> In article <slrnsvdm0a.dam.maus@dmaus.org>, maus <maus@dmaus.org> on
>>>>> Sun, 30 Jan 2022 at 18:25:14 awoke Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
>>>>>> On 2022-01-30, Richard Robinson <richardR@privacy.net> wrote:
>>>>>>> Kerr-Mudd, John said:
>>>>>>>> On Fri, 28 Jan 2022 22:05:51 +0000 Ahem A Rivet's Shot
>>>>>>>> <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Fri, 28 Jan 2022 20:44:53 +0000 "Kerr-Mudd, John"
>>>>>>>>> <admin@127.0.0.1> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> 'Course WS flavour crisps don't have any anchovies.So it's not
>>>>>>>>>> nesecelery necessary any more.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> My vegan daughter delights in eating Prawn Cocktail crisps -
>>>>>>>>> because they contain no trace of prawn, cock or tail.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I just ate a packet! only 'cos it's the last one. I prefer plain;
>>>>>>>> which IIRC was not an option in Ireland in the 80's.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I thought plain came in pints ?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I remember when a lad, and esso extra came out, my father asked the
>>>>>> petrol station man, how it was superior, the man said that it was like
>>>>>> the difference between plain and ordinary stout.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> `Extra' had lead added, and was phased out.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Was that the one that put a Tony in your tank or am a I confused?.
>>>>>
>>>> Dunno, but does anyone here still have some (drinking) glasses from the
>>>> Great Petrol Station Glass Giveaway?
>>>> (Other than me)
>>>>
>>> All I had was an incomplete set of 'coins' featuring the England '66 football team.
>>> How much for a vintage book of Greenshield stamps?
>>>
>> Can I pay you in fag coupons?
>>
> How old is that ration book?
>
I remmeber been given petrol ration couplons in the 1970s.
Does that count?
C

On Tue, 1 Feb 2022 12:08:47 +0000
"ChrisND@privacy.net" <chrisnd@privacy.net> wrote:

> On 31/01/2022 21:41, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:
> > On Mon, 31 Jan 2022 18:40:11 +0000
> > Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On 30-Jan-22 20:46, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:
> >>> On Sun, 30 Jan 2022 19:44:09 +0000
> >>> Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> On 30-Jan-22 18:45, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
> >>>>> In article <slrnsvdm0a.dam.maus@dmaus.org>, maus <maus@dmaus.org> on
> >>>>> Sun, 30 Jan 2022 at 18:25:14 awoke Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
> >>>>>> On 2022-01-30, Richard Robinson <richardR@privacy.net> wrote:
> >>>>>>> Kerr-Mudd, John said:
> >>>>>>>> On Fri, 28 Jan 2022 22:05:51 +0000 Ahem A Rivet's Shot
> >>>>>>>> <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> On Fri, 28 Jan 2022 20:44:53 +0000 "Kerr-Mudd, John"
> >>>>>>>>> <admin@127.0.0.1> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> 'Course WS flavour crisps don't have any anchovies.So it's not
> >>>>>>>>>> nesecelery necessary any more.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> My vegan daughter delights in eating Prawn Cocktail crisps -
> >>>>>>>>> because they contain no trace of prawn, cock or tail.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> I just ate a packet! only 'cos it's the last one. I prefer plain;
> >>>>>>>> which IIRC was not an option in Ireland in the 80's.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> I thought plain came in pints ?
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I remember when a lad, and esso extra came out, my father asked the
> >>>>>> petrol station man, how it was superior, the man said that it was like
> >>>>>> the difference between plain and ordinary stout.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> `Extra' had lead added, and was phased out.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>> Was that the one that put a Tony in your tank or am a I confused?.
> >>>>>
> >>>> Dunno, but does anyone here still have some (drinking) glasses from the
> >>>> Great Petrol Station Glass Giveaway?
> >>>> (Other than me)
> >>>>
> >>> All I had was an incomplete set of 'coins' featuring the England '66 football team.
> >>> How much for a vintage book of Greenshield stamps?
> >>>
> >> Can I pay you in fag coupons?
> >>
> > How old is that ration book?
> >
> I remmeber been given petrol ration couplons in the 1970s.
> Does that count?
> C

Will they still be valid this time around? </gloom>

--
Bah, and indeed Humbug.

In article <j5sm6gFtlahU3@mid.individual.net>, ChrisND@privacy.net
<chrisnd@privacy.net> on Tue, 1 Feb 2022 at 12:08:47 awoke Nicholas
from his slumbers and wrote
>On 31/01/2022 21:41, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:
>> On Mon, 31 Jan 2022 18:40:11 +0000
>> Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 30-Jan-22 20:46, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:
>>>> On Sun, 30 Jan 2022 19:44:09 +0000
>>>> Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 30-Jan-22 18:45, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
>>>>>> In article <slrnsvdm0a.dam.maus@dmaus.org>, maus <maus@dmaus.org> on
>>>>>> Sun, 30 Jan 2022 at 18:25:14 awoke Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
>>>>>>> On 2022-01-30, Richard Robinson <richardR@privacy.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>> Kerr-Mudd, John said:
>>>>>>>>> On Fri, 28 Jan 2022 22:05:51 +0000 Ahem A Rivet's Shot
>>>>>>>>> <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, 28 Jan 2022 20:44:53 +0000 "Kerr-Mudd, John"
>>>>>>>>>> <admin@127.0.0.1> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> 'Course WS flavour crisps don't have any anchovies.So it's not
>>>>>>>>>>> nesecelery necessary any more.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> My vegan daughter delights in eating Prawn Cocktail crisps -
>>>>>>>>>> because they contain no trace of prawn, cock or tail.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I just ate a packet! only 'cos it's the last one. I prefer plain;
>>>>>>>>> which IIRC was not an option in Ireland in the 80's.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I thought plain came in pints ?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I remember when a lad, and esso extra came out, my father asked the
>>>>>>> petrol station man, how it was superior, the man said that it was like
>>>>>>> the difference between plain and ordinary stout.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> `Extra' had lead added, and was phased out.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Was that the one that put a Tony in your tank or am a I confused?.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Dunno, but does anyone here still have some (drinking) glasses from the
>>>>> Great Petrol Station Glass Giveaway?
>>>>> (Other than me)
>>>>>
>>>> All I had was an incomplete set of 'coins' featuring the England '66
>football team.
>>>> How much for a vintage book of Greenshield stamps?
>>>>
>>> Can I pay you in fag coupons?
>>>
>> How old is that ration book?
>>
>I remmeber been given petrol ration couplons in the 1970s.
>Does that count?
>C
Probably not, but I still have mine for my cotormycle. Fortunately we
never had to use them.

I was riding from Manchester to Fareham, on a wet, windy and mizzerable
afternoon/evening. While going through Birmingham I did not put two and
two together and realize that the petrol companies had just hiked their
prices. When I got to Oxford I could not find a petrol station open and
only discovered why when I phoned the AA. The AA found me a station,
just, as I was running on fumes by then. I had to pay for 5 gallons of
fuel, despite my tank only being big enough to take just over a gallon.
--
0sterc@tcher -

"Où sont les neiges d'antan?"

On Tue, 1 Feb 2022 12:53:47 +0000
"Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> wrote:

> On Tue, 1 Feb 2022 12:08:47 +0000
> "ChrisND@privacy.net" <chrisnd@privacy.net> wrote:
>
> > I remmeber been given petrol ration couplons in the 1970s.
> > Does that count?
> > C
>
> Will they still be valid this time around? </gloom>

Adjusted for inflation ?

--
Steve O'Hara-Smith
Odds and Ends at http://www.sohara.org/

On 30/01/2022 20:33, The Nomad wrote:

>>> Dunno, but does anyone here still have some (drinking) glasses from the
>>> Great Petrol Station Glass Giveaway?
>>> (Other than me)
>>
>> Yes, a cupboard full. They're going a bit misty from the wishdosher now.
>
> <AOL>
>
I freegled all mine last year.

--
Nev
It causes me a great deal of regret and remorse
that so many people are unable to understand what I write.

On 01/02/2022 13:27, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:
> On Tue, 1 Feb 2022 12:53:47 +0000
> "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 1 Feb 2022 12:08:47 +0000
>> "ChrisND@privacy.net" <chrisnd@privacy.net> wrote:
>>
>>> I remmeber been given petrol ration couplons in the 1970s.
>>> Does that count?
>>> C
>>
>> Will they still be valid this time around? </gloom>
>
> Adjusted for inflation ?

Nah, air is free, sir.

--
Rusty Hinge
To err is human. To really foul things up requires a computer and the BOFH.

In article <stbefc$sia$2@dont-email.me>, RustyHinge <rusty.hinge@foobar.
girolle.co.uk> on Tue, 1 Feb 2022 at 14:01:16 awoke Nicholas from his
slumbers and wrote
>On 01/02/2022 13:27, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:
>> On Tue, 1 Feb 2022 12:53:47 +0000
>> "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, 1 Feb 2022 12:08:47 +0000
>>> "ChrisND@privacy.net" <chrisnd@privacy.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I remmeber been given petrol ration couplons in the 1970s.
>>>> Does that count?
>>>> C
>>>
>>> Will they still be valid this time around? </gloom>
>>
>> Adjusted for inflation ?
>
>
>Nah, air is free, sir.
>
We have water meters now. Air meters cannot be far behind.
--
0sterc@tcher -

"Où sont les neiges d'antan?"

On Tue, 1 Feb 2022 16:09:44 +0000, "Nicholas D. Richards"
<nicholas@salmiron.com> wrote:

>In article <stbefc$sia$2@dont-email.me>, RustyHinge <rusty.hinge@foobar.
>girolle.co.uk> on Tue, 1 Feb 2022 at 14:01:16 awoke Nicholas from his
>slumbers and wrote
>>On 01/02/2022 13:27, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:
>>> On Tue, 1 Feb 2022 12:53:47 +0000
>>> "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Tue, 1 Feb 2022 12:08:47 +0000
>>>> "ChrisND@privacy.net" <chrisnd@privacy.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I remmeber been given petrol ration couplons in the 1970s.
>>>>> Does that count?
>>>>> C
>>>>
>>>> Will they still be valid this time around? </gloom>
>>>
>>> Adjusted for inflation ?
>>
>>
>>Nah, air is free, sir.
>>
>We have water meters now. Air meters cannot be far behind.

Ah bah humbug, seen those, both in Leftpondia and Treznal: The gas/petrol/diesel
station air pump thing wanting coins or bills to dispense tire/tyre inflation
air. ISTR the Leftpondian one wanting 1$ for a very few minutes of operation,
possibly even payable by card swipe. Sod that, on so many levels.

Thomas Prufer

On 31-Jan-22 23:08, Nick Odell wrote:
> On Mon, 31 Jan 2022 21:41:24 +0000, "Kerr-Mudd, John"
> <admin@127.0.0.1> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 31 Jan 2022 18:40:11 +0000
>> Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 30-Jan-22 20:46, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:
>>>> On Sun, 30 Jan 2022 19:44:09 +0000
>>>> Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 30-Jan-22 18:45, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
>>>>>> In article <slrnsvdm0a.dam.maus@dmaus.org>, maus <maus@dmaus.org> on
>>>>>> Sun, 30 Jan 2022 at 18:25:14 awoke Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
>>>>>>> On 2022-01-30, Richard Robinson <richardR@privacy.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>> Kerr-Mudd, John said:
>>>>>>>>> On Fri, 28 Jan 2022 22:05:51 +0000 Ahem A Rivet's Shot
>>>>>>>>> <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, 28 Jan 2022 20:44:53 +0000 "Kerr-Mudd, John"
>>>>>>>>>> <admin@127.0.0.1> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> 'Course WS flavour crisps don't have any anchovies.So it's not
>>>>>>>>>>> nesecelery necessary any more.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> My vegan daughter delights in eating Prawn Cocktail crisps -
>>>>>>>>>> because they contain no trace of prawn, cock or tail.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I just ate a packet! only 'cos it's the last one. I prefer plain;
>>>>>>>>> which IIRC was not an option in Ireland in the 80's.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I thought plain came in pints ?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I remember when a lad, and esso extra came out, my father asked the
>>>>>>> petrol station man, how it was superior, the man said that it was like
>>>>>>> the difference between plain and ordinary stout.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> `Extra' had lead added, and was phased out.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Was that the one that put a Tony in your tank or am a I confused?.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Dunno, but does anyone here still have some (drinking) glasses from the
>>>>> Great Petrol Station Glass Giveaway?
>>>>> (Other than me)
>>>>>
>>>> All I had was an incomplete set of 'coins' featuring the England '66 football team.
>>>> How much for a vintage book of Greenshield stamps?
>>>>
>>> Can I pay you in fag coupons?
>>>
>> How old is that ration book?
>
> I've still got my 1953 ration book. And my mum's, and my dad's.
> There's a fair few unused coupons in 'em too.

Quick! Use them before they expire like postage stamps.

--
Sam Plusnet

On 01-Feb-22 18:38, Thomas Prufer wrote:
> On Tue, 1 Feb 2022 16:09:44 +0000, "Nicholas D. Richards"

> Air meters cannot be far behind.
>
> Ah bah humbug, seen those, both in Leftpondia and Treznal: The gas/petrol/diesel
> station air pump thing wanting coins or bills to dispense tire/tyre inflation
> air. ISTR the Leftpondian one wanting 1$ for a very few minutes of operation,
> possibly even payable by card swipe. Sod that, on so many levels.
>
I've never seen the point of them things (even when free).

First, when some agency checked the gauges on many of them were wildly
inaccurate.
Second, you need to check the pressure when your tyres are cold, so by
the time you've driven to the gas/petrol/diesel station...

--
Sam Plusnet

On 01/02/2022 18:52, Sam Plusnet wrote:
> I've never seen the point of them things (even when free).
>
> First, when some agency checked the gauges on many of them were wildly
> inaccurate.
> Second, you need to check the pressure when your tyres are cold, so by
> the time you've driven to the gas/petrol/diesel station...
>
They are better than nothing? Even checking a warm tyre is better than
not bothering until they notice that it's flat, which is the way most
motorists seem to do it now.

At a minimum, they used to get checked every thousand miles or so, when
the car got serviced. Service intervals are now ten times what they used
to be, and even checking the oil and coolant on a modern car is a matter
of looking at the dash while all the computers boot up, and the levels
are shown on the dash.

--
Tciao for Now!

John.

On 01/02/2022 18:38, Thomas Prufer wrote:
> On Tue, 1 Feb 2022 16:09:44 +0000, "Nicholas D. Richards"
> <nicholas@salmiron.com> wrote:
>
>> In article <stbefc$sia$2@dont-email.me>, RustyHinge <rusty.hinge@foobar.
>> girolle.co.uk> on Tue, 1 Feb 2022 at 14:01:16 awoke Nicholas from his
>> slumbers and wrote
>>> On 01/02/2022 13:27, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 1 Feb 2022 12:53:47 +0000
>>>> "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, 1 Feb 2022 12:08:47 +0000
>>>>> "ChrisND@privacy.net" <chrisnd@privacy.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I remmeber been given petrol ration couplons in the 1970s.
>>>>>> Does that count?
>>>>>> C
>>>>>
>>>>> Will they still be valid this time around? </gloom>
>>>>
>>>> Adjusted for inflation ?
>>>
>>>
>>> Nah, air is free, sir.
>>>
>> We have water meters now. Air meters cannot be far behind.
>
> Ah bah humbug, seen those, both in Leftpondia and Treznal: The gas/petrol/diesel
> station air pump thing wanting coins or bills to dispense tire/tyre inflation
> air. ISTR the Leftpondian one wanting 1$ for a very few minutes of operation,
> possibly even payable by card swipe. Sod that, on so many levels.
>
>
> Thomas Prufer
>

And Tesco - £1 for (IIRC) 10 minutes

--
Chris Elvidge
England

On Tuesday, February 1, 2022 at 1:28:04 PM UTC-6, John Williamson wrote:
> On 01/02/2022 18:52, Sam Plusnet wrote:
> > I've never seen the point of them things (even when free).
> >
> > First, when some agency checked the gauges on many of them were wildly
> > inaccurate.
> > Second, you need to check the pressure when your tyres are cold, so by
> > the time you've driven to the gas/petrol/diesel station...
> >
> They are better than nothing? Even checking a warm tyre is better than
> not bothering until they notice that it's flat, which is the way most
> motorists seem to do it now.
>
> At a minimum, they used to get checked every thousand miles or so, when
> the car got serviced. Service intervals are now ten times what they used
> to be, and even checking the oil and coolant on a modern car is a matter
> of looking at the dash while all the computers boot up, and the levels
> are shown on the dash.
>
> --
> Tciao for Now!
>
> John.

If you get good at it you can learn to just eyeball the tire to see if it has enough air; underinflated tires tend to be bigger on the bottom.

On 01/02/2022 19:39, Don Stockbauer wrote:

> If you get good at it you can learn to just eyeball the tire to see if it has enough air; underinflated tires tend to be bigger on the bottom.
>
That is part of my walk round check every time I approach a vehicle I am
about to drive, as well as something I automatically look for as I walk
past any vehicle. I have pointed out soft tyres to many, many drivers
over the years, and all I did was walk past the vehicle.

I normally notice when the tyre is about a quarter lower than it should be.

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John.

On 01/02/2022 18:52, Sam Plusnet wrote:
> On 01-Feb-22 18:38, Thomas Prufer wrote:
>> On Tue, 1 Feb 2022 16:09:44 +0000, "Nicholas D. Richards"
>
>> Air meters cannot be far behind.
>>
>> Ah bah humbug, seen those, both in Leftpondia and Treznal: The
>> gas/petrol/diesel
>> station air pump thing wanting coins or bills to dispense tire/tyre
>> inflation
>> air. ISTR the Leftpondian one wanting 1$ for a very few minutes of
>> operation,
>> possibly even payable by card swipe. Sod that, on so many levels.
>>
> I've never seen the point of them things (even when free).
>
> First, when some agency checked the gauges on many of them were wildly
> inaccurate.
> Second, you need to check the pressure when your tyres are cold, so by
> the time you've driven to the gas/petrol/diesel station...

Not to mention the heat generated compressing the air and transferring
it to the tyre.

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Rusty Hinge
To err is human. To really foul things up requires a computer and the BOFH.

On 01/02/2022 19:28, John Williamson wrote:
> On 01/02/2022 18:52, Sam Plusnet wrote:
>> I've never seen the point of them things (even when free).
>>
>> First, when some agency checked the gauges on many of them were wildly
>> inaccurate.
>> Second, you need to check the pressure when your tyres are cold, so by
>> the time you've driven to the gas/petrol/diesel station...
>>
> They are better than nothing? Even checking a warm tyre is better than
> not bothering until they notice that it's flat, which is the way most
> motorists seem to do it now.
>
> At a minimum, they used to get checked every thousand miles or so, when
> the car got serviced. Service intervals are now ten times what they used
> to be, and even checking the oil and coolant on a modern car is a matter
> of looking at the dash while all the computers boot up, and the levels
> are shown on the dash.

I had a puncture in my dsidecar tyre a long time ago. Tyre (with inner
tube) well flat Ipssnig with rain. I ohled a bockle of some grey gunge
and squirted it into the tube, then pumped it up good and hard with
'free air'.

The following morning it was still inflated, as was it the next day, the
next week, indeed, the next year. It was still good and hard (oo-er!)
when I sold the outfit many years later.

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Rusty Hinge
To err is human. To really foul things up requires a computer and the BOFH.