why my leg smells of petrol

....and why San Diegans are sometimes okay.

Went to my folks' house to drop off some awesome, fresh caught sand bass
I got yesterday. When I was leaving their house, halfway down the hill
they live on, I felt my left leg was damp. Ooh. Gas.

Turned the tank off and putted back up the hill, where I cut the split
plastic line that goes from the tank to the fuel filter. That seemed to
work. Just north of Washington street on I-5, the line split again.
It was dark. Traffic was crazy. I put the blinkers on and watched cars
nearly hit my bike. Break in traffic, I pushed the bike to the edge of
the offramp to Washington street. It was dark. I got my flashlight out
of my saddlebag. Hmph. No juice. Note to self, buy more batteries.

A nice couple pulled up behind me. They'd seen me at the off ramp,
exited, and drove around again to help. Guy had a knife and a light, so
I rummaged through my panniers and found the spare fuel line I always
carry. Cop showed up about then, and asked if I needed a tow truck. I
waved the fuel line at him and said, "No, I just need to get this old
split plastic line off my fuel filter." He whipped out a knife and cut
the old tubing away. I hooked up the filter to the new tubing, fired up
the bike, and all was copacetic. Thanked the couple and the cop who
stopped for me, redonned my DOT approved helmet and took the Washington
street off ramp, getting back on the freeway that way rather than try to
pull out into traffic. Police officer advised that I do that, and I agreed.

People here can be nice. The police can be your friend. I'm really glad
I carry extra parts in my bags.

My left leg still smells like gas. But I like it.
--
barb
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barb wrote:

I like gasoline's aroma, too. It reminds of my earliest motorcycle
experience with my older brother's Triumph Boneville (A T120TT!) in
the '60's. Its Amal carbs' "ticklers" meant every cold start was
accompanied by the release of a few drops of fuel.

 

At $96/bbl, think of it as perfume.

Glad you had such a helpful LEO and good Samaritans. Sometimes it's the
unlikeliest people who prove the most helpful.

Rich, Urban Biker

 

Where can I buy gasoline at $96 per barrel. $96 for 42 gallons would be
a bargain at about $2.286 per gallon.

;-)

 

You don't get 42 gallons of gasoline out of a barrel of crude, not
even light sweet crude,
which has a disproportionately large amount of these fractions that
are used to make gasoline, kerosene, and high-quality diesel.

 

As I understand, $96/bbl is a futures price, not all crude in storage
in the USA
was bought for that price.

But how do futures price affect the immediate price of gasoline?

 

Don't you ever shower?

 

Yes, and that was my point!

 

Of course. But I ain't gonna wash a clean pair of jeans just because I
got gasoline on them! 'Sides, it smells better than White Shoulders, or
Opium. Or that perfume that smells like carnations.
Who the hell wants to smell like carnations? BLEAH!

--
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How about jasmine? Do you like jasmine? Or coconut?

A lot of women smell to me like they never shower, like they just
cover up the funky smell with perfume. I can smell them five feet
away.