What we need is a better solution to the CARB/EPA gasoline can bunghole threaded neck problem

"Brent" > wrote in message
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> On 2014-09-14, Pico Rico > wrote:
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>> "Danny D." > wrote in message
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>>> Stormin Mormon wrote, on Sat, 13 Sep 2014 09:04:21 -0400:
>>>
>>>> I've heard of other guys using portable cans to
>>>> keep wife's car gassed up. Remember, this is the
>>>> same Danny D who was going to set up as a water
>>>> hauler for his neighborhood.
>>>
>>> The neighbors solved their water problem with a new well.
>>>
>>> Our *new* community problem is that the darn county is
>>> ripping up all the blue reflectors we had carefully epoxied
>>> into the middle of the road on the more dangerous curves, so
>>> that non-resident cars would stay to the side on blind curves.
>>> https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5585/1...20b338aa_z.jpg
>>>
>>> Note: The road is too narrow for a center stripe so they
>>> won't paint it. (I also removed the names of the people
>>> in the pink slip of paper in this photo.)
>>>
>>
>> You dope! Those blue reflectors are to indicate the location of a fire
>> hydrant. No wonder the county is ripping them up.
>
> Blue is the wrong color but they would get ripped up regardless of
> color. Government does like this sort of action by regular people even
> when everything is done perfectly.
>

Government is also lazy. They might not remove other colors, but blue could
cause firefighters to waste precious time looking for nonexistent hydrants.

On 2014-09-14, Pico Rico > wrote:
>
> "Brent" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 2014-09-14, Pico Rico > wrote:
>>>
>>> "Danny D." > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> Stormin Mormon wrote, on Sat, 13 Sep 2014 09:04:21 -0400:
>>>>
>>>>> I've heard of other guys using portable cans to
>>>>> keep wife's car gassed up. Remember, this is the
>>>>> same Danny D who was going to set up as a water
>>>>> hauler for his neighborhood.
>>>>
>>>> The neighbors solved their water problem with a new well.
>>>>
>>>> Our *new* community problem is that the darn county is
>>>> ripping up all the blue reflectors we had carefully epoxied
>>>> into the middle of the road on the more dangerous curves, so
>>>> that non-resident cars would stay to the side on blind curves.
>>>> https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5585/1...20b338aa_z.jpg
>>>>
>>>> Note: The road is too narrow for a center stripe so they
>>>> won't paint it. (I also removed the names of the people
>>>> in the pink slip of paper in this photo.)
>>>>
>>>
>>> You dope! Those blue reflectors are to indicate the location of a fire
>>> hydrant. No wonder the county is ripping them up.
>>
>> Blue is the wrong color but they would get ripped up regardless of
>> color. Government does like this sort of action by regular people even
>> when everything is done perfectly.
>>
>
> Government is also lazy. They might not remove other colors, but blue could
> cause firefighters to waste precious time looking for nonexistent hydrants.

They aren't lazy about this sort of thing. It's like union work. You
better call in the electrician to change a light bulb or else.

On 9/13/2014 9:14 PM, Danny D. wrote:
> Our *new* community problem is that the darn county is
> ripping up all the blue reflectors we had carefully epoxied
> into the middle of the road on the more dangerous curves, so
> that non-resident cars would stay to the side on blind curves.
> https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5585/1...20b338aa_z.jpg
>
> Note: The road is too narrow for a center stripe so they
> won't paint it. (I also removed the names of the people
> in the pink slip of paper in this photo.)
>

Wow, you do some good, and the county comes along
and rips up the reflectors. That sounds like a
bad place to live.

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On 9/13/2014 11:48 PM, Pico Rico wrote:
> "Danny D." > wrote in message
>> Our *new* community problem is that the darn county is
>> ripping up all the blue reflectors we had carefully epoxied
>> into the middle of the road on the more dangerous curves, so
>> that non-resident cars would stay to the side on blind curves.
>> https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5585/1...20b338aa_z.jpg
>>
>
> You dope! Those blue reflectors are to indicate the location of a fire
> hydrant. No wonder the county is ripping them up.

Some thing new every day. Maybe if they used
yellow reflectors, it would be acceptable?


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Pico Rico wrote, on Sat, 13 Sep 2014 20:48:25 -0700:

> You dope! Those blue reflectors are to indicate the location of a fire
> hydrant. No wonder the county is ripping them up.

Yeah, we know.

-> Blue is for water.
-> White is for single lanes.
-> Yellow is for double lanes.
-> Red is for the wrong way.

The local ACE hardware only had blue, so, we bought blue.

We didn't really think anyone would be fooled by thinking there
was a hydrant nearby since the only hydrant is miles away down
the hill.

They would probably have ripped up the white ones anyway, but,
what we're going to do is play 'what-a-mole' and put them back
up, only we haven't yet decided whether to use the white non-reflective
oval shaped ones, or the white reflective square ones.

The oval shape non reflective ones are a lot cheaper, and we need
to put in a few hundred, so, it matters because our budget determines
how many we put up.

Brent wrote, on Sun, 14 Sep 2014 04:17:51 +0000:

> Blue is the wrong color but they would get ripped up regardless of
> color. Government does like this sort of action by regular people even
> when everything is done perfectly.

I had spoken to the guys who ripped them up.
They said they got a work order, and that was it.
They didn't give any other reason.

They did say that they normally paint over crosswalks that people
paint in the road, and that this middle line thing was new to them.

Anyway, they suggested the white non-reflective ovals, and/or
the white reflective squares.

The homeowners have elected one person (not me thankfully) to deal
with the county to try to get a bunch of mirrors put up. I hate
dealing with the government, as it's easier to just do it ourselves.

So, next Sunday, we're gonna put them back (only white), and see
how long our whack-a-mole game goes on with the county.

Pico Rico wrote, on Sat, 13 Sep 2014 22:02:22 -0700:

> Government is also lazy. They might not remove other colors, but blue could
> cause firefighters to waste precious time looking for nonexistent hydrants.

There aren't any hydrants within *miles* of these reflectors, so, while
I do understand that statement, it's unlikely anyone would think there
are hydrants nearby, especially since the hydrant is indicated by a
single reflector (or two, when on a curve) but never a huge line of
a few dozen of them.

Anyway, we're gonna play whack-a-mole with the county when we get
some white non-reflective dots, or the more expensive white reflective
ones. The game plan is next Sunday. So, if/when they go in, I'll snap
a photo for you guys (they look great at night since there is no
other source of light for miles around).

Stormin Mormon wrote, on Sun, 14 Sep 2014 07:55:38 -0400:

> Some thing new every day. Maybe if they used
> yellow reflectors, it would be acceptable?

Yellow is for multiple-lane roads here in California.
White is the appropriate color for single-lane roads.

The problem is that the road is, technically, too narrow
for *any* centerline. That's what the line-painting crew
told me when I asked why they strip the very bottom half
mile but not the rest of the road.

So, by putting white, we'd be in keeping with one rule,
but in violation of the other. That's why we don't think
the county will put them in, but we did assign a neighbor
to ask them to put a mirror in.

However, some residents argued that the mirror would actually
make it more dangerous, as people would *assume* their is
no car, and they might miss a person walking or something.

So, we liked the idea of the *bumps* which keep tires to
one side of the narrow road.

Stormin Mormon wrote, on Sun, 14 Sep 2014 07:54:32 -0400:

> Wow, you do some good, and the county comes along
> and rips up the reflectors. That sounds like a
> bad place to live.

Hey Stormin,
Wanna know something that's a bit funny?

The guys who put in most of those reflectors ran out of
the brown construction glue that they had used. You can
see most of them have brown gunk on them.

However, in the picture, is one with *black* epoxy. I
put those in! The original guys ran out of their glue,
so I volunteered to put the next set in, and I used
those rolls of epoxy that you find in the box stores.

Heh heh ... I had to *ask* the county road crew whether
they found some were harder than others, and, guess what?

At least mine were the hardest for them to remove, and,
hence, the most damaged as you can see in those pictures.

All those reflectors are only about two months old, so,
they all were damaged by the road crew removal process.

heh heh ... see? I learned *something* from this eclectic
advisory a.h.r newsgroup!

On 9/14/2014 8:01 PM, Danny D. wrote:
>
> So, next Sunday, we're gonna put them back (only white), and see
> how long our whack-a-mole game goes on with the county.
>

Some decades ago, my family went on vacation to
California. We had the privilege of playing
Whackamole. I tried to "use the force". The
local kids had figured out the order of the
moles and were getting higher scores than I
did.

Mom and Dad used to refer to the "whackamole
car" we drove, every time you repair some
thing, some thing else breaks.

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