RE: [OT] Petrol Pumps ....was Views on X10 Addressing

["Phil Harris" <phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx>]

We have a filling station close by with the "unleaded + unleaded"
pumps ...
I've never worked out why that is either!

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Keith Doxey [mailto:ukha@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 05 September 2001 13:42
> To: ukha_d
> Subject: RE: [OT] Petrol Pumps ....was [ukha_d] Views on X10
Addressing
>
>
> 4 hoses.
>
> Very advanced.
>
> Most pumps round our way only have 2 hoses on each of the 4 pumps.
>
> Usually....
>
> Unleaded + 4 Star
> Unleaded + 4 Star
> Unleaded + Unleaded  (Why 2 the same I DONT know!!)
> Unleaded + Diesel.
>
> As the driver of a Diesel vehicle it NEVER ceases to amaze me that the
> driver of a Petrol engined vehicle will pull onto the EMPTY forecourt
to
> fill up and stops at the ONLY pump that has Diesel to fill their car
with
> Unleaded. THEN....despite the fact that there is a vehicle behind
theirs
> with a Diesel engine knocking away... they go into the shop, spend
bloody
> ages choosing sweets and papers etc before a leisurely stroll
> back to their
> car.
>
> Of course.....it ALWAYS happens when I am already in a rush :-((
>
> I guess the fact that the people round here cant get to grips
> with filling a
> fuel tank explains why the local Homebase took so long to shift all
the
> goodies they had on the shelves.
>
> Keith
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phil Harris [mailto:phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 05 September 2001 13:15
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Views on X10 Addressing
>
>
> Very good point ... however having met many of my neighbours and
finding
> that most of them have just about got to grips with choosing the
> right hose
> from the four possibles on a garage forecourt then home automation is
> somewhat beyond them.
>
>
>
>
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