Is it true what they say, about ... ya know?....

[Zkribbler]

To answer Thorn's questions: There is a microscopic increase in the chance of an explosiion.

The theory is that pumping gas increases the amount of gasoline fumes. If your engine in running, the spark plugs are sparking. If the fumes come in contact with the sparking sparkplugs, KABOOM!

[KrazyHorse]

Yeah. To be noted, however, is the fact that the lower limit on the concentration of gasoline which forms an explosive mixture with air is 1.4%, which is very high.

[Heresson]

Originally posted by Ecthy
Is supporting a dictatorship without sin?

We'd have to define "dictatorship"... And was f.e. Elisabeth the Great any better? She was a ruthless catholic blood-sucking monster. Yet she was a great ruler. I believe in western-like democracy, but don't feel a need to force it everywhere at once.

Originally posted by Asher

You have to be kidding me -- nothing is more difficult than living with a woman.

Well, even if not per se, it's easier when it comes to other people's reactions.

[snoopy369]

My impression about the OP is that it is very unlikely for the car engine to cause any sort of explosion; liquid gasoline is not easily combustible without being vaporized first (usually by heat, of course...) so you'd basically have to spray the gas onto your engine to have any problem. Simply refueling normally is entirely safe, as your gas tank is several feet away from your engine.

Not that I'd recommend it, as if you DID manage to get sprayed by a bunch of gasoline in the engine area, you might indeed have some trouble. But I think the trouble is vastly overhyped.

If simply driving in an area that was pumping gas caused explosions ... well, you'd never make it out of the gas station alive. I'm not sure about that 1.4% ratio, but I have to doubt its veracity... that would make being in a gas station unsafe. And certainly fueling doesn't significantly change the pressure of the gasoline inside the vehicle - it's pressurized anyway once it enters the engine. Liquids never significantly increase in pressure in the volumes you're talking about - for gasoline, the relevant pressure is in gaseous form.

[Fake Boris]

Everybody did that till the 80s. How many died?

[Terra Nullius]

I never thought I'd have cause to say this, but

@UR

[KrazyHorse]

I'm not sure about that 1.4% ratio, but I have to doubt its veracity... that would make being in a gas station unsafe

If you were in an atmosphere that contained a 1.4% proportion of gasoline you would die very quickly, and not from an explosion either...

[KrazyHorse]

Google "lower explosive limit gasoline"...

(no quotes)

[Provost Harrison]

Originally posted by Heresson
If I were bi, I'd stick with the hetero side. That's easier, and without sin.

Surely you must have w@nked before? Even just one little one

[Donegeal]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger


Enjoy your one week vacation.

UR

[Dis]

Originally posted by Heresson


I know. I just didn't know You're gay?

that's because he isn't actually gay. he only pretends to be.

[Thorn]

my porn collection disagrees Dis as well as my boyfriend

[Dis]

you are going to have to show me proof like Fez did.

although since I think you are the same person as Fez, that probably isn't necessary.

[OzzyKP]

He isn't, trust me.

[Heresson]

What was the proof in Fez's case?