Re: [ihc] Maybe the End to My Wartime Motor :(

["T.R.E.Jr." <T_R_E_Jr@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

---Yes, it was in a way, salted a little too much for my taste. :-D The
unleaded gas these days is too rich in sulphur. They swapped the toxins from
lead for the likeliness of acid rain.

---Thank you,
-T.R.E.Jr.
-`73 Scout II (StoneThrower)
-`51 Farmall H (Heinz)
-`49 IH fridge (presently unnamed and in need of a compressor)
-`49 Plymouth Special Deluxe 4-door Sedan (Papapalooza)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "DennisMillward" <dentropy@domain.elided>
To: "ihc digest" <ihc-digest@domain.elided>
Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2003 1:20 PM
Subject: Re: [ihc] Maybe the End to My Wartime Motor :(

> I recall reading somewhere, think it was a fish carb or gas-cracking
> page about the difference in smell of modern gas and that it lacks the
> richness of old gas (then attributing those differences to the failure
> of said gas-saving technologies).  This did bring up some old olfactory
> memories for me of thinking that gas smelt good in a way that I don't
> anymore.
> So what do you think, was gas better, richer, sweeter, more sensual in
> the old days?

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> > Thomas,
> >
> > Gasoline is much more volatile than kerosene, so it won't take you
> > more than one oil change to get rid of the gas. At least that is what
> > I think.
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> > You know, that is probably what is wrong with my memory. I used to
> > wash parts in gasoline, wash my hands in gasoline, suck on a syphon
> > hose till my mouth was full of gasoline.  Wonder is that I'm even
> > alive, much less still halfway coherent.
> >
> > John
> > - -- 
> > John Hofstetter
> > www.goldrush.com/~hofs