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Orca

Stephen Wiltshire - Drawing Rome in 3 days.

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P.C.

Orca !!!!!  How lovely to see you.

  THAT is truly amazing.  AWESOME in every sense of the word.

His 'blueprint' rendering of the Colosseum is unbelievable.

  Thank you so much for sharing this.

  *I'm going to try and put the link here

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Sir Isaac Newton invented the swinging door....for the convenience of his cat.

Orca

Hey PC!

How are ya?? It's been a while isn't it?

The big cheese of this forum is doing a good job!

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  Auto Refueling Tips

Author: Unknown

I've been in petroleum pipeline business for about 31 years, currently
working for the Kinder-Morgan Pipeline here in [SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1191705471_0 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed"]San Jose, CA[/SPAN]. We deliver
about 4 million gallons in a 24-hour period from the pipe line; one day it's
diesel, the next day it's jet fuel and gasoline. We have 34 storage tanks
here with a total capacity of 16,800,000 gallons. Here are some tricks to
help you get your money's worth:

1. Fill up your car or truck in the morning when the temperature is still
cool. Remember that all service stations have their storage tanks buried
below ground; and the colder the ground, the denser the gasoline. When it
gets warmer gasoline expands, so if you're filling up in the afternoon or in
the evening, what should be a gallon is not exactly a gallon. In the
petroleum business, the specific gravity and temperature of the fuel
(gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, ethanol and other petroleum products) are
significant. Every truckload that we load is temperature- compensated so
that the indicated gallon-age is actually the amount pumped. A one-degree
rise in temperature is a big deal for businesses, but service stations don't
have temperature compensation at their pumps.

2. If a tanker truck is filling the station's tank at the time you want to
buy gas, do not fill up; most likely dirt and sludge in the tank is being
stirred up when gas is being delivered, and you might be transferring that
dirt from the bottom of their tank into your car's tank.

3. Fill up when your gas tank is half-full (or half-empty), because the
more gas you have in your tank the less air there is and gasoline evaporates
rapidly, especially when it's warm. (Gasoline storage tanks have an internal
floating 'roof' membrane to act as a barrier between the gas and the
atmosphere, thereby minimizing evaporation. )

4. If you look at the trigger you'll see that it has three delivery
settings: slow, medium and high. When you're filling up do not squeeze the
trigger of the nozzle to the high setting. You should be pumping at the slow
setting, thereby minimizing vapors created while you are pumping. Hoses at
the pump are corrugated; the corrugations act as a return path for vapor
recovery from gas that already has been metered. If you are pumping at the
high setting, the agitated gasoline contains more vapor, which is being
sucked back into the underground tank, so you're getting less gas for your
money. Hope this will help ease your 'pain at the pump.'
 

Orca

Why there is a picture of lock on this post?

P.C.

He does a fine job indeed Miss Orca.

  Interesting tips.

  Was it you that was off to Vegas a while back ?  If it was, did you go...was it great....tell us tell us.
Sir Isaac Newton invented the swinging door....for the convenience of his cat.

P.C.

 Why there is a picture of lock on this post?

  There is?  Where are you seeing it Orca ?[/DIV]
Sir Isaac Newton invented the swinging door....for the convenience of his cat.

Orca

Nope, not me, never been to Vegas yet.

  I went for roadtrip to Calgary then Edmonton. It was interesting to see 'interior BC'.

Kelowna is pretty busy and  

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  It's a padlock when you list all the topics on this forum.    

Orca

Teh Borken is in the building...

P.C.

Hmmmm....not sure what that is about.  I don't see it.  It would mean that the topic is locked, but I checked, and it isn't.  How strange.

  Well, I wonder who the heck went to Vegas.....lol  (I'm thinking now, that it might have been Isis)  I always get my goddesses mixed up.
Sir Isaac Newton invented the swinging door....for the convenience of his cat.

Sportsdude

hello, is this thing on...  
"We can't stop here. This is bat country."

P.C.

I guess it is.  Thanks for checking that out SD.  You should see if you can get a job with Shaw.  That only took you about 7 hours.  
Sir Isaac Newton invented the swinging door....for the convenience of his cat.

Sportsdude

"We can't stop here. This is bat country."

Cdn visitor

Orca wrote:
 Hey PC!

How are ya?? It's been a while isn't it?

The big cheese of this forum is doing a good job!

--------

  Auto Refueling Tips

Author: Unknown

I've been in petroleum pipeline business for about 31 years, currently
working for the Kinder-Morgan Pipeline here in [SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1191705471_0 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed"]San Jose, CA[/SPAN]. We deliver
about 4 million gallons in a 24-hour period from the pipe line; one day it's
diesel, the next day it's jet fuel and gasoline. We have 34 storage tanks
here with a total capacity of 16,800,000 gallons. Here are some tricks to
help you get your money's worth:

1. Fill up your car or truck in the morning when the temperature is still
cool. Remember that all service stations have their storage tanks buried
below ground; and the colder the ground, the denser the gasoline. When it
gets warmer gasoline expands, so if you're filling up in the afternoon or in
the evening, what should be a gallon is not exactly a gallon. In the
petroleum business, the specific gravity and temperature of the fuel
(gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, ethanol and other petroleum products) are
significant. Every truckload that we load is temperature- compensated so
that the indicated gallon-age is actually the amount pumped. A one-degree
rise in temperature is a big deal for businesses, but service stations don't
have temperature compensation at their pumps.

2. If a tanker truck is filling the station's tank at the time you want to
buy gas, do not fill up; most likely dirt and sludge in the tank is being
stirred up when gas is being delivered, and you might be transferring that
dirt from the bottom of their tank into your car's tank.

3. Fill up when your gas tank is half-full (or half-empty), because the
more gas you have in your tank the less air there is and gasoline evaporates
rapidly, especially when it's warm. (Gasoline storage tanks have an internal
floating 'roof' membrane to act as a barrier between the gas and the
atmosphere, thereby minimizing evaporation. )

4. If you look at the trigger you'll see that it has three delivery
settings: slow, medium and high. When you're filling up do not squeeze the
trigger of the nozzle to the high setting. You should be pumping at the slow
setting, thereby minimizing vapors created while you are pumping. Hoses at
the pump are corrugated; the corrugations act as a return path for vapor
recovery from gas that already has been metered. If you are pumping at the
high setting, the agitated gasoline contains more vapor, which is being
sucked back into the underground tank, so you're getting less gas for your
money. Hope this will help ease your 'pain at the pump.'

  FYI, in Canada our pumps DO have temperature compensation up to certain temperature. Thus we are not getting "gipped".
 
   

P.C.

Stephen Wiltshire....drawing Rome in 3 days

  I'm bumping up Orca's link to this amazing clip.  It sort of got lost in the shuffle.

It is awesome.

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Sir Isaac Newton invented the swinging door....for the convenience of his cat.