How government wrecked the gas can. EPA regulations which sprouted out of California’s (where else?) demand to prevent spillage led to the modern gas can, a Rube Goldberg-like POS which makes it difficult to fill mowers, generators, etc, and retain one’s sanity. We personally find the new self-closing spouts aggravating and use saved spouts from old cans instead. We believe someday, old-fashioned useful gas cans will be passed from father to son like family heirlooms.
Author: Bonfire of the Absurdities
After 35 year career writing software for IBM mainframes, am now self-employed contractor thinking of joining a union and striking for higher wages. Cured morbid fear of heights when I learned to look at them as lengths standing on end. Uncompromising in refusal to accept browser cookies. Amateur investor who has accumulated a small fortune in the market after starting out years ago with a large one. For recreation, I run, hike, kayak and play tennis but will not consider synchronized swimming under any circumstances.
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