On Thursday, 26 May 2022 at 16:10:07 UTC+1, Mark Olson wrote:
> Stephen Packer <stephen...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Thursday, 26 May 2022 at 13:05:29 UTC+1, wessie wrote:
> >
> >> there is a statutory maintenance programme. The former grocer told me about
> >> this when he was in a more rational phase of his corporate droning.
> >
> > I think I read somewhere that he's become responsible for the charger roll
> > out in his particular organisation?
> >
> > Is that what you meant by 'phase' or am I getting confused?
> Wye do you ask? It does seem to be a significant delta to
> the trajectory of his career, though.

Just interested because I'm questioning my memory really.

And also looking for a minor excuse to pun on phase.

On Thursday, 26 May 2022 at 16:10:07 UTC+1, Mark Olson wrote:
> Stephen Packer <stephen...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Thursday, 26 May 2022 at 13:05:29 UTC+1, wessie wrote:
> >
> >> there is a statutory maintenance programme. The former grocer told me about
> >> this when he was in a more rational phase of his corporate droning.
> >
> > I think I read somewhere that he's become responsible for the charger roll
> > out in his particular organisation?
> >
> > Is that what you meant by 'phase' or am I getting confused?
> Wye do you ask? It does seem to be a significant delta to
> the trajectory of his career, though.

Arggghh! Ignore my post. Clearly you're continuing the cascade.
What a star.

On 26/05/2022 13:05, wessie wrote:
> Scion <a.b@nospam.invalid> wrote in news:t6lrrf$fv0$1@dont-email.me:
>
>> On Thu, 19 May 2022 15:54:01 +0000, Paul Carmichael wrote:
>>
>>> I remember being told by the owner of aa petrol station that all
>>> undergound fuel tanks had water at the bottom (it sinks) to keep the
>>> petrol from leeching through. This may have just been an excuse for
>>> his selling petrol with water in it.
>>
>> Petrol station tanks do tend to have water at the bottom although I
>> was told it just slowly built up over time.
>
> this - air entering the tank as fuel is dispensed will contain water
> vapour. This will condense in the cold bunker and settle to the bottom

Makes sense and I also was told there was water lurking under the petrol
in the old days, now with ethanol in the fuel it would only need 2% of
the volume to be water and all the ethanol would drop out I think

Stephen Packer <stephen.packer@gmail.com> wrote in
news:bcf11992-7816-4745-bc1e-2d70551d359bn@googlegroups.com:

> On Thursday, 26 May 2022 at 13:05:29 UTC+1, wessie wrote:
>
>> there is a statutory maintenance programme. The former grocer told me
>> about this when he was in a more rational phase of his corporate
>> droning.
>
> I think I read somewhere that he's become responsible for the charger
> roll out in his particular organisation?
>

I believe that is, or at least was, the case when I last met him in 2020
when he collected another Chinese[1] motorcycle from my local bike shop[2]

> Is that what you meant by 'phase' or am I getting confused?

no, I made an inadvertent pun. He was more rational when he was still a
grocer and bought me beer on his expenses when in Cheltenham. Well, he
seemed rational after 6 pints of Timothy Taylor Landlord[3]. He remained a
bit rational when first in charge of chicken slice sales on forecourts but
went mental after pie sales dropped in 2020. He is now in full, slimy
corproate mode, going against all his inherent petrolhead credentials in
pursuit of shiny coin. I'm sure you know they type from your days in
lalaland.

[1] Benelli 500cc adventure bike - his legs were a bit short and he nearly
fell off pulling away

[2] spa motorcycles, the former Yamaha dealer in Swindon Village

[3] still not enough for me to want to shag him