Jabiru Phil Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Read this snippet today Six gas stations in N.J. allegedly sold avgas Six gas stations in New Jersey have been accused by state Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa of selling 100-octane aviation fuel in place of unleaded automobile gas in early December. Avgas contains tetraethyl lead that can damage the catalytic converters and oxygen sensors of a car and is also extremely toxic. "We allege that these gas stations clearly knew, or should have known, they were selling aviation fuel that contains toxic lead, while advertising it as unleaded gasoline for motorists," the attorney general said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hongie Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 woulda been good for the aviators around if they knew... especially if it was sold at american mogas prices Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_d Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 "...Police identified the offending stations by the queues of aircraft waiting to fill up..." 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bexrbetter Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 "...Police identified the offending stations by the queues of aircraft waiting to fill up... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnm Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 I think it gramatically incorrect to put 'cheap' and 'avgas' in the same sentence 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalman Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Off topic, the citabria in the pic seems to have a rather sorry looking stance, I wonder what the story behind that is, unless he was just keen to get some cheap fuel and threw it on the ground a bit aggressively ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Downunder Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 Sagging a bit from the full tanks and 1/2 dozen Gerry cans.......LOL:laugh: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnarly Gnu Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 Six gas stations in N.J. allegedly sold avgas... I love the Yanks but they are, what is it - highly strung? Let's say not so laid back anymore. There is a servo not far from work that sells avgas & has done for ages, kinda expensive avgas but I'm pretty sure is isn't going into aircraft. No-one has died because they sell avgas... now who'da thunk AU would be the new land of the free? Well, on that one point only I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Perry Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 Sagging a bit from the full tanks and 1/2 dozen Gerry cans.......LOL:laugh: I think you might be referring to JERRY CANS . . . . .since these were invented by the JERMANS. . . . . . ? And . . by the way, we have a Citabria AND a Decathlon, both of which sit a bit doolally on the main gear. . . .( probably from training too many tricycle undercart pilots . . . ?) Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalman Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 I think you might be referring to JERRY CANS . . . . .since these were invented by the JERMANS. . . . . . ? And . . by the way, we have a Citabria AND a Decathlon, both of which sit a bit doolally on the main gear. . . .( probably from training too many tricycle undercart pilots . . . ?) Phil Yeh I've got a bit of time in both ,the one in the pic does look like its had a hard life! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 I think it gramatically incorrect to put 'cheap' and 'avgas' in the same sentence It's no a grammatical error. It's an oxymoron - a phrase in which the adjective is inconsistent with the meaning of the noun, like "honest politician", CASA Help desk, President resigns. OME 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil_S Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 It's no a grammatical error. It's an oxymoron - a phrase in which the adjective is inconsistent with the meaning of the noun, like "honest politician", CASA Help desk, President resigns.OME not forgetting..."military intelligence"...."almost unique" etc 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_d Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 ...."religious education"... 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnm Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 ................ your telephone call is important to us, so please .............. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacesailor Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 BUT! what will they do with the avgas now they cant sell it ? Can we "Aussie's" get it drumed & shipped out to us at the discounted price of course, LoL spacesailor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaz3g Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 I think you might be referring to JERRY CANS . . . . .since these were invented by the JERMANS. . . . . . ? And . . by the way, we have a Citabria AND a Decathlon, both of which sit a bit doolally on the main gear. . . .( probably from training too many tricycle undercart pilots . . . ?) Phil I just did the bungees on my Auster because it was sitting a bit like that on one side. Certainly put the bounce back into the old girl! Kaz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sloper Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 l have a couple of cars that would love some avgas:thumb up: regards Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Perry Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 I just did the bungees on my Auster because it was sitting a bit like that on one side. Certainly put the bounce back into the old girl!Kaz Yep. . .I agree most wholeheartedly. . .if a taildragger can't BOUNCE properly. . .then what's the point ? ? ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Perry Posted June 17, 2013 Share Posted June 17, 2013 It's no a grammatical error. It's an oxymoron - a phrase in which the adjective is inconsistent with the meaning of the noun, like "honest politician", CASA Help desk, President resigns.OME I actually witnessed the immediate aftermath of this procedure in Papua New Guinea in the seventies, . . . in that a trainee, around ooh, I dunno, he could have been around thirty'ish years old maybe. . was taught ( on the ground ) how to "Gas-Axe" through a steel RSJ, and a few other test pieces of metal, using an oxy-acetylene torch set up for cutting. The next day he broke his left leg falling off the end of a bolted roof purlin which he had been sitting on,. . . and gas-axed the over-length section off, but whilst sitting on the outer end of it. ( I only saw him fall the fifteen odd feet to the deck,. . . . . . Honestly, I didn't watch him actually DO it. ) {Commonsense should not be EXPECTED, and only comes after SOME training methinks} D'yer think that this would this rate as an. . . ( wait for it ) OXY MORON ? [ OK, Maybe more like a poor industrial instructor. . .! ] Phil. ( I can't fly but I'm telling you, I've recently been eating great steak from a . . . .Kangaroo. ) In a popular London restaurant too. . . . . ) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted June 17, 2013 Share Posted June 17, 2013 D'yer think that this would this rate as an. . . ( wait for it ) OXY MORON ? Phil. Call the International War Crimes Commission! That's definately a case of "Cruel and Unusual PUNishment" OME 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 INNUENDO is an Italian suppository. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 An oxy moron is someone who burns holes in a mudguard. " here lies an honest man, a lawyer and a politician" How can you get three people in one coffin?Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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