You Know You Are Old When

[71bronco]

Can't you just get a standard spout and replace the one on the gas can?

That's what I did. I got them off Amazon and they came with vents also.

Jeff

 

[steve tym]

I would just remove the top and pour the gas in, maybe half would spill on the ground. The new spout designs are so stupid. I expect most people do this because they can't figure them out. Very eco friendly.

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

I would just remove the top and pour the gas in, maybe half would spill on the ground. The new spout designs are so stupid. I expect most people do this because they can't figure them out. Very eco friendly.

Cap off & funnel.

 

[thepumpguysc]

The ones that u have to push WAY TO HARD to get to work, I just took them apart and snipped a couple of coils off.. problem solved.

 

[LouNY]

I would just remove the top and pour the gas in, maybe half would spill on the ground. The new spout designs are so stupid. I expect most people do this because they can't figure them out. Very eco friendly.

I dig out a funnel, then slop a bit of gas into to rinse it clean, dump that gas, then try not to spill much till the little tank over fills.

 

[JasperFrank]

Till I was 16 and had to have things in my own name, I relied on my Mom to tell me things... She was wrong about every thing but my Birthday. It was good in a way to find out that I had three social security numbers, all under slightly different names....

 

[mapper]

Going to help a older couple at a former church we attended to help cleaning up their home that they will be putting on the market.

Fill up the 5 gallon gas can (pressure washer) and the 1 gallon I put fuel mix in for the weedwacker.

I hate my 5 gallon gas can because it's one of those newer "air tight" ones you can't kill yourself with, and honestly, I still can't figure the dang thing out to pour it, so I just take the "cap" off and fill.

Wouldn't you know it, my 20 year old 1 gallon plastic tank has a leak. So, I run up the road to my local hardware store (where I bought my Ferris mower at) to go and pick one up.

THIS is what I now get for a 1 gallon gas tank...

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I read the instructions, still can't figure it out.

Ask the wife if she can figure it out, nope. She's smarter than me by the way LOL.

We get to the house we are going to help out, low and behold, we're the youngest couple there. Hey, I can always just twist the "cap" off like I do my 5 gallon tank, but I thought I'd ask the people there.

First 3 people, nope. So I'm there with another older woman and we're just trying anything to see what works.

Found the trick and IMO it's a stupid design. You have to hold the can in one hand, and the press down HARD with your left palm on the green "switch" and that will allow the gas to flow.
The thing is, you need to push hard, and it seems stupid that you have to use both hands to make it operate.

Everyone talks about technology and how complicated things are getting. It's getting pretty bad when you need instructions for a simple gas tank.

Even though I know how to operate the 1 gallon tank now, I'm still just going to operate it just like the 5 gallon tank.

One thing I do like is the internal strainer in the gas tank. That said, My older "simple" 5 gallon tanks I'm just going to rinse out, dry and keep reusing LOL

That internal strainer is actually a flash arrester, got a new 5 gallon diesel can from TSC a few years ago. The flash arrester made it almost impossible to fill without spilling diesel fuel. Had to work at prying that out, it was made to be hard to remove. After adding a vent it works great both for filling and emptying.

 

[Jstpssng]

That internal strainer is actually a flash arrester, got a new 5 gallon diesel can from TSC a few years ago. The flash arrester made it almost impossible to fill without spilling diesel fuel. Had to work at prying that out, it was made to be hard to remove. After adding a vent it works great both for filling and emptying.

I guess they are there to protect people who don't know not to start fires with gasoline; but wonder how many people get flash backs from pouring diesel.
I usually fill my tractor by putting the can in my bucket and using a siphon hose
I guess that wouldn't work with the new cans.

 

[BravoXray]

YKYAOW:
One friend has dementia, one is out of the hospital and in rehab for untreated diabetes(he refused to see a doctor until it was almost too late), one is recovering from a blood clot in his leg, one is recovering from a fall in the bathroom, one is obese with bad back problems, two more have passed away in the last year, and just one is still reasonably healthy.
I'm just glad I wake up every morning and everything still works.

Edit: Friend in rehab developed sepsis and is back in the hospital in the ICU.

 

[JasperFrank]

Till I was 16 and had to have things in my own name, I relied on my Mom to tell me things... She was wrong about every thing but my Birthday. It was good in a way to find out that I had three social security numbers, all under slightly different names....

 

[Sigarms]

Cap off & funnel.

Basically what I do.

 

[steve tym]

YKYAOW you remember gas cans with open spouts and vents. Cans that actually worked and were more environmentally freindly.

 

[Jstpssng]

YKYAOW you remember gas cans with open spouts and vents. Cans that actually worked and were more environmentally freindly.

Do you mean it isn't environmentally friendly to spill fuel all over the place because of the bleeping cans- or to throw them out even though the can is still good, but the fancy overpriced nozzles turn to junk?
The nozzles for my diesel cans have a lip which you hold on the fuel tank. Then, while standing on the tractor balancing 40 pounds* with one hand you reach down with the other and push a safety tab, which is supposed to allow the nozzle to open. The problem is, when they cut a slot into a 1/2 inch plastic tube, it no longer has the ability to support 40 lbs*.

*18.144 kgs, for our friends to the north and across the pond.

 

[Sigarms]

The nozzles for my diesel cans have a lip which you hold on the fuel tank. Then, while standing on the tractor balancing 40 pounds* with one hand you reach down with the other and push a safety tab, which is supposed to allow the nozzle to open. The problem is, when they cut a slot into a 1/2 inch plastic tube, it no longer has the ability to support 40 lbs*.

*18.144 kgs, for our friends to the north and across the pond.

After I figured out the "two hands needed" on the one gallon can, I was thinking how in the heck are you supposed to do that with a full 5 gallon can LOL

I still haven't learned how to work my 5 gallon can properly (different type of release on the funnel apparently), but I'm fine with just taking the entire cap off and use a funnel.

The one gallon we figured out yesterday, no one could figure out my 5 gallon that I brought with me LOL

We need to keep idiot proofing everything because people kill themselves due to stupidity, and companies have to deal with lawsuits I guess.

 

[WinterDeere]

I had three social security numbers, all under slightly different names....

That could be very useful, depending on your line of work.

There are slight differences in the way my name is listed on various documents, my driver's license and passport don't even match 100%. It causes all sorts of fun when any official sees both, so I try to keep them segregated.

 

[masscity]

 

[lman]

That could be very useful, depending on your line of work.

There are slight differences in the way my name is listed on various documents, my driver's license and passport don't even match 100%. It causes all sorts of fun when any official sees both, so I try to keep them segregated.

I thought the new Real Id drivers license was supposed to correct any discrepancies.

 

[masscity]

 

[Sigarms]

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Funny you posted this...

Today through a dumb mistake and not paying attention, I got my palm branded. Luckily, it was quick, and probably no more than a first degree burn.

I know my burns from 16 years ago having spent a week in the burn unit LOL

 

[WinterDeere]

I thought the new Real Id drivers license was supposed to correct any discrepancies.

You might be right on that. Last time I renewed, getting the real ID looked to be such a huge PITA, that I just renewed to the old ("fake ID"?) type. I was headed out of town, and didn't want any glitch in the ID change to hold me up.