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On 24/09/2025 19:16, AnthonyL wrote:
On Wed, 24 Sep 2025 15:42:58 +0100, The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On 24/09/2025 15:29, Andrew wrote:
Just grab the nozzle, shove it in your filler and wait for the
pump to zeroise.
Isn't that what everyone else does ?
I grab the nozzle, wait for the pump to start and *then* put it in the
filler and pull the trigger.
And that is exactly where this thread started!
Bit late to the party, but is this perhaps a throwback to the old
mechanical dials. I am sure I can just remember in my very early
motoring days picking up the handle and watching the dials (as in
mechanical reels) spin round to zero, from the last customer. This was
in the very early days of self service. (there was no central office and
you had to go in and tell the guy in the hut how much petrol you had
just pumped - yes we did used to live in a society like that in my youth
- in rural areas at least). I am sure they used to have a sign which
said ensure all dials return to zero before inserting nozzle. On just a
couple of times it didnrCOt quite return to zero and you had to replace
the handle and get it to recycle.
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