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General Category => Editorial/Opinion/Blogs => Topic started by: jmyrlefuller on July 14, 2017, 03:00:32 pm
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http://bobconfer.blogspot.com/2017/07/only-government-could-mess-up-gas-tank.html
by Bob Confer
July 14, 2017
Have you purchased a portable fuel tank for your garage or boat in recent years and wondered why they are, respectively, such pieces of garbage or so expensive?
You can’t help but be frustrated with what has happened to the once-simple gas can.
The modern no-spill units you use to fuel up your mower, chainsaw or ATV are anything but no-spill, as the clumsy spouts and necks lead to immeasurable amounts of wasted gas ending up on your power equipment and garage floor. You likely approach the same gas cans with trepidation because they look like bloated little powder kegs ready to explode on hot summer days because they are no longer manufactured with vents.
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At my factory, we’ve lost business in a few waves because we didn’t have the technology necessary to meet these crazy regulations.
In 2010, we made the last of our portable fuel tanks for marine use. The production of those tanks kept 8 people busy for three-quarters of the year.
That same year, fuel tank business for lawn mower manufacturers also tanked for us. We were making more than 60,000 mower tanks a year. Once the law went into effect, our customers’ tanks could be used only for aftermarket repairs of old mowers and production dropped to only 2% of what it was.
This week officially marks the end of an era for us at Confer Plastics as we will be making the very last of those aftermarket items. We had been making gas tanks since the early-1970s. Going forward, we’ll never make one again.
We could have stayed in the gas can business, but it would have required a $4 million investment in a high-tech multi-layered machine necessary to make them.
More at the link
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Thanks for posting this Myrle. I have been losing my mind with the total bullshit that I am forced to buy for gas cans. They are garbage that you can't keep open to get fuel out to the point I end up breaking the stupid things up just to get gas in my mowers.
Govt' is out of control.
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Whatever happened to "If it ain't broke don't fix it!"
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And this is the same entity everyone wants to entrust with healthcare and health insurance.
Buncha morons.
I want government GONE and OUT of our lives, but too many self-identifying Conservatives think that if they just vote in the right people, they can better manage Statism than the bad, mean Democrats can.
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This is why we can't have
nice useful things:
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No bama conversion video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lcnwdIYEfI&ab_channel=DoubleSurvivalists
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This is why we can't have nice useful things:
(https://i.makeagif.com/media/7-02-2015/hB0s9y.gif)
No amount of government will ever stop idiots from doing idiotic things!
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I looked all over for replacements for my old gas cans. I settled for the No-Spill brand from Ace Hardware. I picked up 2. I haven't had them long enough to say how they hold up.
(http://ace.imageg.net/graphics/product_images/pACE3-7931140enh-z7.jpg)
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I looked all over for replacements for my old gas cans. I settled for the No-Spill brand from Ace Hardware. I picked up 2. I haven't had them long enough to say how they hold up.
(http://ace.imageg.net/graphics/product_images/pACE3-7931140enh-z7.jpg)
My experience with similar government mandated designs shows me that "no spill" also means "no pour".
Much like government mandated 3.5 gallon per flush toilets means two are there flushes for use! In order to conserve water you know!
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My experience with similar government mandated designs shows me that "no spill" also means "no pour".
That was my complaint with the other type I had. I broke a couple of them trying to get fuel out of them. This one has a push button valve. Works good, so far.
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No bama conversion video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lcnwdIYEfI&ab_channel=DoubleSurvivalists
@Wingnut
FYI, Blitz had enough of being sued by Darwin Award losers' lawyers and simply packed it in.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/other/wal-mart-agrees-contribute-25-million-settle-gas-can-explosion-f2D11714192 (http://www.nbcnews.com/news/other/wal-mart-agrees-contribute-25-million-settle-gas-can-explosion-f2D11714192)
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I looked all over for replacements for my old gas cans. I settled for the No-Spill brand from Ace Hardware. I picked up 2. I haven't had them long enough to say how they hold up.
(http://ace.imageg.net/graphics/product_images/pACE3-7931140enh-z7.jpg)
No spill. I find all these wacky nozzles now-a-day make for an even playing field between safe users and those that pour gasoline on bonfires. Burn em ALL!
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@Wingnut
FYI, Blitz had enough of being sued by Darwin Award losers' lawyers and simply packed it in.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/other/wal-mart-agrees-contribute-25-million-settle-gas-can-explosion-f2D11714192 (http://www.nbcnews.com/news/other/wal-mart-agrees-contribute-25-million-settle-gas-can-explosion-f2D11714192)
Oh Geez. Stupid people should die not be able to sue.
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@Wingnut
FYI, Blitz had enough of being sued by Darwin Award losers' lawyers and simply packed it in.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/other/wal-mart-agrees-contribute-25-million-settle-gas-can-explosion-f2D11714192 (http://www.nbcnews.com/news/other/wal-mart-agrees-contribute-25-million-settle-gas-can-explosion-f2D11714192)
Greeeat. Flame arrestor. Betcha that makes em pour even better...
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Whatever happened to "If it ain't broke don't fix it!"
It went the way of . . .
(http://www.msacomputer.com/flyingboats-old/sikorsky/1931Sikorsky-S40-FlyingForest-a.jpg)
. . . and . . .
(https://welweb.org/ThenandNow/images/Graf-Zeppelin.jpg)
. . . and . . .
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/8/7086/7209486842_29b1af0bef_b.jpg)
. . . and now, if it isn't broken, we call the repairman . . . ;)
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Thanks for posting this Myrle. I have been losing my mind with the total bullshit that I am forced to buy for gas cans. They are garbage that you can't keep open to get fuel out to the point I end up breaking the stupid things up just to get gas in my mowers.
Govt' is out of control.
Garage sales, equipment auctions, estate sales, look 'em over real good.
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No amount of government will ever stop idiots from doing idiotic things!
My husband says if you make something idiot proof they'll just build a better idiot.
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My husband says if you make something idiot proof they'll just build a better idiot.
And if anyone can build a better idiot, it's today's political (lack of) class!
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Garage sales, equipment auctions, estate sales, look 'em over real good.
Don't forget the flea markets.
(Though if you're thinking of going there to buy fleas, you're going to be badly disappointed . . . )
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Whatever happened to "If it ain't broke don't fix it!"
Leave it to government to propose a solution that doesn't work fro a problem that doesn't exist, that required serious modification to even make the device usable.
Just imagine what they would do to something like going to the doctor... :nometalk:
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Don't forget the flea markets.
(Though if you're thinking of going there to buy fleas, you're going to be badly disappointed . . . )
Nothing like a good flea market or swap meet!
I'd rather deal with fleas than FLEAs*. :shrug: They make a cure for the former. The stuff to control the latter isn't working.
*Federal Law Enforcement Agencies
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Leave it to government to propose a solution that doesn't work fro a problem that doesn't exist, that required serious modification to even make the device usable.
Just imagine what they would do to something like going to the doctor... :nometalk:
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Nothing like a good flea market or swap meet!
I'd rather deal with fleas than FLEAs*. :shrug: They make a cure for the former. The stuff to control the latter isn't working.
*Federal Law Enforcement Agencies
There was stuff to control them---why do you really think government banned DDT? :tongue2:
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A solution:
https://www.amazon.com/Replacement-Spout-Water-Update-Your/dp/B00CYNDNM8/ref=lp_9023186011_1_1/145-1399468-6199738?srs=9023186011&ie=UTF8&qid=1500083318&sr=8-1
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There was stuff to control them---why do you really think government banned DDT? :tongue2:
The ACLU filed suit for the mosquitoes?
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The ACLU filed suit for the mosquitoes?
It'd figure if they did, of course, but even the ACLU doesn't think the mosquito is an endangered species. ;)
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Leave it to government to propose a solution that doesn't work fro a problem that doesn't exist, that required serious modification to even make the device usable.
Just imagine what they would do to something like going to the doctor... :nometalk:
Pssst! Don't look now but...