33 Replies to “Your Moral And Intellectual Superiors”
When the doofus initiates his lighter in the vehicle cabin to light one of his American bought cigarettes, please let us know; so we can get out of the way of the resulting funeral pyre.
Cheers
Hans Rupprecht, Commander in Chief
1st Saint Nicolaas Army
Army Group “True North”
Let’s join our Canadian Leftist brothers & sisters in song:
“Kumbaya my comrades, kumbaya. Multiculturalism is more important than Canadian values, comrades, kumbaya. We must not judge any other cultures, comrades, kumbaya. The only ones we must criticize, comrades, are conservatives. Social justice for everyone else, kumbaya.”
Canada: The True North, not so strong and not so free. 🙁
Sorry, I missed one of the links on this. Better read it again, boys. Better yet, try filling a garbage bag with water…
If I saw this, I wouldn’t think there would be a need to report it, as Darwin would probably figure out what to do if there weren’t cans in the bags.
Heh…
Currently I go forth solely with my bike….1100 cruiser….
I had strapped a 15 litre gas jug on the pillion seat (passenger) using several truck straps(bungees).
I had filled the jug and the bike, when one of Woodstock’s finest appeared. Apparently a “concerned citizen” with a cell phone had summoned him.
The cop proceeded to assess how securely the jug was attached and could see a problem. He asked how it affected handling….my response…about the same as a passenger…..he shrugged and said something about dead weight and went about his business only to be confronted by what I assumed was the “concerned citizen” …..upset that he was not interveening…he did….and nailed her for filling/carrying an unauthorized container with gasoline in a motor vehicle….
That’s the sort of “stupid person” referred to.
Kate….thanks for the additional link. That was my first reaction that the person filling the gas is trying to avoid spills in the trunk. Otherwise I would like to know the brand of garbage bags that can hold so much liquid.
Gasoline weighs about 54 pounds / cubic foot. Fresh water is about 62 pounds / cubic foot.
As Kate suggests, water in a garbage bag doesn’t look anything like these MSM photos. I doubt, although not proven by me, that the bag would hold a cubic foot of water, and 2 cubic feet? No way.
But the media has to act as our concerned busybodies. They could do some investigative journalism into the placement of those hundreds of weather monitors beside air conditioning units. Or not.
You people wonder why we’re about to elect a dipper government in BC? Look no further than the quality of the msm here. You think it’s bad elsewhere but you have no idea, no idea at all. Actually, here in Victoria the news is actually worse than the pathetic stuff you see from the Vancouver based libtardos.
The Plastic bags would melt or dissolve. Try it with a tyrofoam cup some time where reaction time is almost immediate.
Our ever vigilant MSM. Probably a Ryerson graduate. Knows Marxist ideology. Nothing much else though.
There was likely some kind of container within the bag. However, it sure looked to me like something was leaking out of the bag as he moved it. The gasoline might not produce a spontaneous fireball but the fumes sure would in an enclosed space like a van. It wouldn’t take much of a spark to ignite said fumes when the PPM concentration was high enough. And it doesn’t have to be a terribly high PPM count for that to happen.
Even with an approved can inside the bag, this is not a good move. Polyethylene garbage bags are notorious for generating static electricity. Somewhere near that fill port is a mixture that is within the lower and upper explosive range for gasoline. Static discharge in that atmosphere and Canadians make the Costco news again.
When I first saw this story this morning, I couldn’t figure out why the bag wouldn’t disintegrate immediately. Now I know. Fact checkers of the world unite!!!
But but, it made a “good” story. That’s all that matters to the media. Even if! the media types would have known a garbage bag is not strong enough. Even if! they knew the plastic would quickly dissolve.
My favorite Jerry can story, absolutely true and unembellished:
Two friends accepted the task of moving an old 3-ton Chevy moving van from point “A” to point “B’ in the rural Calgary vicinity. Said vehicle’s gas tank was clogged with rust and debris, so they put a 5 gallon Jerry can on the roof of the cab, securely tied down with a ratchet strap, and a small siphon line gravity-feeding the carburetor. One of the two drove the truck, and the other followed in a pickup, of course. Everything went swimmingly until the free end of the ratchet strap found its way down the gap between the truck cab and the van body, and found the rotating drive shaft. It became wrapped around the shaft, which instantly became a powerful windlass, pulling so hard on the Jerry can that it collapsed the roof of the cab. The guy driving the truck didn’t notice anything was amiss until Crash! the roof came down upon his head. But at that point in time, the ratchet strap broke, and the roof rebounded most of the way, launching the now near-empty Jerry can into a high arc, and into the ditch. Needless to say, the truck came to a stop once the fuel supply was cut. The driver descended from the cab, still much at a loss as to what happened. Asking his buddy, who witnessed the whole affair, was no use, as he was laughing much too hard to be able to utter a word.
That truck must have had a jinx on it. A few weeks later, I had to move it myself from point “B” to my own place. Happened to be July 1, the year that the “plow wind” took two lives, one at Big Valley, and one in Calgary. I met it on sec. Hwy. 806, between Beiseker and Acme. I saw a line of trees ahead of me bent over, as if by a huge invisible hand, and I clung to the steering wheel like grim Death. The wind hit like a hammer, and nearly drove me into the right-hand ditch, but I managed to steer into it, and shot across the road towards the left ditch, and steered out of that… Fishtailed from side to side for several cycles, but got it back under control, but a very scary experience, indeed.
I saw this and must confess that it simply illustrates how bad the “news” media can be.
There’s nothing in this silly snippet of “news” that even asked the most basic questions necessary:
1. What was the person actually doing? Was the person really filling “plastic bags”*? Were there witnesses to this?
2. And if so, given that the US has pretty much the same legal requirements as Canada does for the transport and storage of flammable goods, where was the gas station staff in all of this?
* Another poster has already pointed to the weight dynamics of liquids in plastic bags.
I saw this and must confess that it simply illustrates how bad the “news” media can be.
There’s nothing in this silly snippet of “news” that even asked the most basic questions necessary:
1. What was the person actually doing? Was the person really filling “plastic bags”*? Were there witnesses to this?
2. And if so, given that the US has pretty much the same legal requirements as Canada does for the transport and storage of flammable goods, where was the gas station staff in all of this?
* Another poster has already pointed to the weight dynamics of liquids in plastic bags.
This story could have been filed under the heading: Not Waiting for an Asteroid or a Solar Flare for that matter…we’re talking the Province a tabloid rag written at the grade nine level. Clearly not intended for intellectual stimulation.
The reason you use a sealed jerry can is to prevent partial pressure gas build up sufficient to cause ignition in a closed space ie vehicle cabin. Spillage and drips into the plastic bag would greatly enhance this side effect when storing the container in the vehicle. You would be better off letting the hydrocarbons evaporate outside the cabin or rinse the exterior of the jerry can with the freely available water hose.
Best Jerry Can Story:
I was on the job site preparing to set a slash burn of construction materials. The CA who was helping arrived with a five gallon jerry can with open spout and vent hole. I spotted him about 100 feet away and told him to come no further. He then asked why and I indicated that he might want to consider calling Forest Lawn funeral directors. He then asked why, and I told him he may want to consider extinguishing his lit cigarette in the other hand.
After he extinguished the cigarette he flushed red like a Christmas tree, but of course that is better than self immolation. The Chartered Accountant now happily pushes paper off the job site…
Cheers
Hans Rupprecht, Commander in Chief
1st Saint Nicolaas Army
Army Group “True North”
Curious… why is no one commenting on the difference in the price of fuel that’s causing Canadians to trek to the States in search of deals in the first place? That seems to be the more relevant story, no?
Bruce
Filling a garbage bag with water is difficult – if I remember from my younger days it usually comes apart at the seams, from the over 100 lb weight.
As for gasoline, if the driver succeeded in filling the bag and getting it into his car, he probably would qualify for a Darwin Award shortly thereafter.
Well, we know that the media are stupid.
Media contempt for its readers on display here.
Mein Gut! but they think you are stupid.
A quick Google of the author of this “news item” revealed that she was in fact …” avid reader, wanderluster, treehugger, caffeine addict, hot yoga enthusiast and silly optimist.” Mind you, if Obambam thinks that Entertainment Tonight’s reporting is as important as the regular media…
I’ve put gasoline and diesel mixed in garbage bags for airshow pyrotechnics effects. The common brands will hold together long enough to blow them up.
Can’t say that I ever considered moving fuel in a bag, though.
peterj, Buddy Wasisname and the other fellas crack me up! Newf humour is offbeat and hilarious.:)
When I was a lad in the militia they taught us how the Americans made traps out of garbage bags and gas in Vietnam. They do hold gas… for a while. Probably just long enough to make it to the first speed bump nd then split open.
Let us see now,
“One commenter on the Komo website said photos do not tell the entire story…..”
Need one say more?
Weeding out the commentariat again eh ?
This kind of Journolistical integrity is why I don’t buy the Herald.
*Plastic* bags? Why does he hate the environment? He should be using a reusable cloth bag.
I wonder if the next article will be about Vancouver winos carrying booze in paper bags?
http://m.bellinghamherald.com/bellingham/db_259277/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=1C66zKhc
He did use jerry cans. The store was ok with that.
My coworker saw a woman filling up at least 12 cans of gas in addition to filling the tank. He was in the line next to hers and was 6 cars away from the pump when she started. She was still filling cans when he got all the way through the line and finished. It did anger the other drivers, but I don’t blame her trying to save money.
I originally posted this on the Newsweak thread by mistake. Senility or trifocals are catching up with me.
One of the problems with the engineering incognocenti is that they don’t know the difference between gas and gasoline (or benzin, benzine, etc.) People put gas into plastic bags all the time – look to Goodyear, Fugi, and the people that make the pretty balloons with “happy birthday” on them. It is gasoline you shouldn’t put into plastic bags, not gas.
When the doofus initiates his lighter in the vehicle cabin to light one of his American bought cigarettes, please let us know; so we can get out of the way of the resulting funeral pyre.
Cheers
Hans Rupprecht, Commander in Chief
1st Saint Nicolaas Army
Army Group “True North”
Let’s join our Canadian Leftist brothers & sisters in song:
“Kumbaya my comrades, kumbaya. Multiculturalism is more important than Canadian values, comrades, kumbaya. We must not judge any other cultures, comrades, kumbaya. The only ones we must criticize, comrades, are conservatives. Social justice for everyone else, kumbaya.”
Canada: The True North, not so strong and not so free. 🙁
Sorry, I missed one of the links on this. Better read it again, boys. Better yet, try filling a garbage bag with water…
If I saw this, I wouldn’t think there would be a need to report it, as Darwin would probably figure out what to do if there weren’t cans in the bags.
Heh…
Currently I go forth solely with my bike….1100 cruiser….
I had strapped a 15 litre gas jug on the pillion seat (passenger) using several truck straps(bungees).
I had filled the jug and the bike, when one of Woodstock’s finest appeared. Apparently a “concerned citizen” with a cell phone had summoned him.
The cop proceeded to assess how securely the jug was attached and could see a problem. He asked how it affected handling….my response…about the same as a passenger…..he shrugged and said something about dead weight and went about his business only to be confronted by what I assumed was the “concerned citizen” …..upset that he was not interveening…he did….and nailed her for filling/carrying an unauthorized container with gasoline in a motor vehicle….
That’s the sort of “stupid person” referred to.
Kate….thanks for the additional link. That was my first reaction that the person filling the gas is trying to avoid spills in the trunk. Otherwise I would like to know the brand of garbage bags that can hold so much liquid.
Gasoline weighs about 54 pounds / cubic foot. Fresh water is about 62 pounds / cubic foot.
As Kate suggests, water in a garbage bag doesn’t look anything like these MSM photos. I doubt, although not proven by me, that the bag would hold a cubic foot of water, and 2 cubic feet? No way.
But the media has to act as our concerned busybodies. They could do some investigative journalism into the placement of those hundreds of weather monitors beside air conditioning units. Or not.
You people wonder why we’re about to elect a dipper government in BC? Look no further than the quality of the msm here. You think it’s bad elsewhere but you have no idea, no idea at all. Actually, here in Victoria the news is actually worse than the pathetic stuff you see from the Vancouver based libtardos.
The Plastic bags would melt or dissolve. Try it with a tyrofoam cup some time where reaction time is almost immediate.
Our ever vigilant MSM. Probably a Ryerson graduate. Knows Marxist ideology. Nothing much else though.
There was likely some kind of container within the bag. However, it sure looked to me like something was leaking out of the bag as he moved it. The gasoline might not produce a spontaneous fireball but the fumes sure would in an enclosed space like a van. It wouldn’t take much of a spark to ignite said fumes when the PPM concentration was high enough. And it doesn’t have to be a terribly high PPM count for that to happen.
Even with an approved can inside the bag, this is not a good move. Polyethylene garbage bags are notorious for generating static electricity. Somewhere near that fill port is a mixture that is within the lower and upper explosive range for gasoline. Static discharge in that atmosphere and Canadians make the Costco news again.
When I first saw this story this morning, I couldn’t figure out why the bag wouldn’t disintegrate immediately. Now I know. Fact checkers of the world unite!!!
But but, it made a “good” story. That’s all that matters to the media. Even if! the media types would have known a garbage bag is not strong enough. Even if! they knew the plastic would quickly dissolve.
My favorite Jerry can story, absolutely true and unembellished:
Two friends accepted the task of moving an old 3-ton Chevy moving van from point “A” to point “B’ in the rural Calgary vicinity. Said vehicle’s gas tank was clogged with rust and debris, so they put a 5 gallon Jerry can on the roof of the cab, securely tied down with a ratchet strap, and a small siphon line gravity-feeding the carburetor. One of the two drove the truck, and the other followed in a pickup, of course. Everything went swimmingly until the free end of the ratchet strap found its way down the gap between the truck cab and the van body, and found the rotating drive shaft. It became wrapped around the shaft, which instantly became a powerful windlass, pulling so hard on the Jerry can that it collapsed the roof of the cab. The guy driving the truck didn’t notice anything was amiss until Crash! the roof came down upon his head. But at that point in time, the ratchet strap broke, and the roof rebounded most of the way, launching the now near-empty Jerry can into a high arc, and into the ditch. Needless to say, the truck came to a stop once the fuel supply was cut. The driver descended from the cab, still much at a loss as to what happened. Asking his buddy, who witnessed the whole affair, was no use, as he was laughing much too hard to be able to utter a word.
That truck must have had a jinx on it. A few weeks later, I had to move it myself from point “B” to my own place. Happened to be July 1, the year that the “plow wind” took two lives, one at Big Valley, and one in Calgary. I met it on sec. Hwy. 806, between Beiseker and Acme. I saw a line of trees ahead of me bent over, as if by a huge invisible hand, and I clung to the steering wheel like grim Death. The wind hit like a hammer, and nearly drove me into the right-hand ditch, but I managed to steer into it, and shot across the road towards the left ditch, and steered out of that… Fishtailed from side to side for several cycles, but got it back under control, but a very scary experience, indeed.
I saw this and must confess that it simply illustrates how bad the “news” media can be.
There’s nothing in this silly snippet of “news” that even asked the most basic questions necessary:
1. What was the person actually doing? Was the person really filling “plastic bags”*? Were there witnesses to this?
2. And if so, given that the US has pretty much the same legal requirements as Canada does for the transport and storage of flammable goods, where was the gas station staff in all of this?
* Another poster has already pointed to the weight dynamics of liquids in plastic bags.
I saw this and must confess that it simply illustrates how bad the “news” media can be.
There’s nothing in this silly snippet of “news” that even asked the most basic questions necessary:
1. What was the person actually doing? Was the person really filling “plastic bags”*? Were there witnesses to this?
2. And if so, given that the US has pretty much the same legal requirements as Canada does for the transport and storage of flammable goods, where was the gas station staff in all of this?
* Another poster has already pointed to the weight dynamics of liquids in plastic bags.
This story could have been filed under the heading: Not Waiting for an Asteroid or a Solar Flare for that matter…we’re talking the Province a tabloid rag written at the grade nine level. Clearly not intended for intellectual stimulation.
The reason you use a sealed jerry can is to prevent partial pressure gas build up sufficient to cause ignition in a closed space ie vehicle cabin. Spillage and drips into the plastic bag would greatly enhance this side effect when storing the container in the vehicle. You would be better off letting the hydrocarbons evaporate outside the cabin or rinse the exterior of the jerry can with the freely available water hose.
Best Jerry Can Story:
I was on the job site preparing to set a slash burn of construction materials. The CA who was helping arrived with a five gallon jerry can with open spout and vent hole. I spotted him about 100 feet away and told him to come no further. He then asked why and I indicated that he might want to consider calling Forest Lawn funeral directors. He then asked why, and I told him he may want to consider extinguishing his lit cigarette in the other hand.
After he extinguished the cigarette he flushed red like a Christmas tree, but of course that is better than self immolation. The Chartered Accountant now happily pushes paper off the job site…
Cheers
Hans Rupprecht, Commander in Chief
1st Saint Nicolaas Army
Army Group “True North”
Curious… why is no one commenting on the difference in the price of fuel that’s causing Canadians to trek to the States in search of deals in the first place? That seems to be the more relevant story, no?
Bruce
Filling a garbage bag with water is difficult – if I remember from my younger days it usually comes apart at the seams, from the over 100 lb weight.
As for gasoline, if the driver succeeded in filling the bag and getting it into his car, he probably would qualify for a Darwin Award shortly thereafter.
Well, we know that the media are stupid.
Media contempt for its readers on display here.
Mein Gut! but they think you are stupid.
A quick Google of the author of this “news item” revealed that she was in fact …” avid reader, wanderluster, treehugger, caffeine addict, hot yoga enthusiast and silly optimist.” Mind you, if Obambam thinks that Entertainment Tonight’s reporting is as important as the regular media…
I’ve put gasoline and diesel mixed in garbage bags for airshow pyrotechnics effects. The common brands will hold together long enough to blow them up.
Can’t say that I ever considered moving fuel in a bag, though.
Reminds me of the chainsaw Earl song by Buddy Wasisname and the other fellas. There is always truth in Newfie songs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBkVJg5J3iE
peterj, Buddy Wasisname and the other fellas crack me up! Newf humour is offbeat and hilarious.:)
When I was a lad in the militia they taught us how the Americans made traps out of garbage bags and gas in Vietnam. They do hold gas… for a while. Probably just long enough to make it to the first speed bump nd then split open.
Insult to injury…this is the first article in cue under the heading of “We Recommend” beneath the article.
“NBC’s nipple from water polo gets viewers all a-Twitter”
http://www.calgaryherald.com/sports/2012-summer-games/nipple+from+water+polo+gets+viewers+Twitter/7046977/story.html
Let us see now,
“One commenter on the Komo website said photos do not tell the entire story…..”
Need one say more?
Weeding out the commentariat again eh ?
This kind of Journolistical integrity is why I don’t buy the Herald.
*Plastic* bags? Why does he hate the environment? He should be using a reusable cloth bag.
I wonder if the next article will be about Vancouver winos carrying booze in paper bags?
http://m.bellinghamherald.com/bellingham/db_259277/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=1C66zKhc
He did use jerry cans. The store was ok with that.
My coworker saw a woman filling up at least 12 cans of gas in addition to filling the tank. He was in the line next to hers and was 6 cars away from the pump when she started. She was still filling cans when he got all the way through the line and finished. It did anger the other drivers, but I don’t blame her trying to save money.
I originally posted this on the Newsweak thread by mistake. Senility or trifocals are catching up with me.
One of the problems with the engineering incognocenti is that they don’t know the difference between gas and gasoline (or benzin, benzine, etc.) People put gas into plastic bags all the time – look to Goodyear, Fugi, and the people that make the pretty balloons with “happy birthday” on them. It is gasoline you shouldn’t put into plastic bags, not gas.