Date:         Sun, 15 May 2005 19:11:01 -0700
Reply-To:     Rocket J Squirrel <j.michael.elliott@ADELPHIA.NET>
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From:         Rocket J Squirrel <j.michael.elliott@ADELPHIA.NET>
Subject:      Re: propane filling question
Comments: To: Mark Cumnock <kayakwesty@YAHOO.COM>
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On 5/15/2005 4:59 PM Mark Cumnock wrote:

>well son, we here in the south help each other, the man was 80 plus years
>old.Like I said we help each other here......
>
> Like it was any of your business, how bout keeping the clowin on the
>yahoo group.This is one of the few boards left that has manners,and we
>have a common bond, our vans. I notice you are new to the board, keep your
>flames in check.
>

No flame intended! I read and re-read your post to make sure I
understood it. You see, the trained professionals around here (the kids
that work at the gas stations) do the work. When the propane starts
coming out liquid they stop filling. They all do that so I guess that
means the tank is full. But I've never done it so I can't say for sure.
If one of these professionals had been filling your tank he would have
been able to advise you. That's what I thought. Then I got hung up on
the concept that you had been allowed to fill your own tank without
supervision or advice . . . and I began to wonder if maybe here things
are different than there. In Oregon, you see, you can't put your own
gasoline in. The gas station guy has to do it. The first time I visited
Oregon I discovered that wonderous fact.

I began to wonder about cultural relativism, maybe the whole propane
thing is the same way . . . maybe in places I have not visited with the
Westy folks are allowed to play with the propane filling apparatus.
Maybe whole neighborhoods have not been torched even after years of
amateur propane filling. Heck . . . what do I know?

Thus my question.

I reckon that if I needed to fill my propane tank and the proprietor
told me to do it myself I might have a few questions to ask before I did
it. One of them might have been, "how will I know it is full?" but
probably the first one that would have occured to me to ask would have
been "Where's the next propane station?" I admire your courage -- I'd
never try it myself.

But if I gave offense, I apologize.

--

Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
83.5 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
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