Just a Teensy Bit OCD?

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ChasG said:
So why do the petrol stations remove the pin in the handle so you can't clean the screen while letting it fill up?
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That's what windscreen washer/wipers are for.
 
WOW - you live and learn :mad:
 
nilagin said:
All pumps automatically shut off, so how can you put too much in?
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Because maybe you only wanted to put in thirty quids worth. :rolleyes:
 
viv1969 said:
Because maybe you only wanted to put in thirty quids worth. :rolleyes:
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Why would I only want to put in £30? I run the tank down until the 50 mile/yellow light comes on then fill up again. Anything else is false economy. I knew someone that would just put in £2.00 worth every morning on his way to work (it was a few years ago) not only was there no advantage to this, he'd often be late for work because he had to stop for fuel on the way or he would run out.
 
nilagin said:
Why would I only want to put in £30? I run the tank down until the 50 mile/yellow light comes on then fill up again. Anything else is false economy. I knew someone that would just put in £2.00 worth every morning on his way to work (it was a few years ago) not only was there no advantage to this, he'd often be late for work because he had to stop for fuel on the way or he would run out.
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The reason is immaterial.
You said yo can't dispense too much fuel when quite clearly you can.
Sorry if that doesn't sit well on the planet of Nilagin :lol:
 
viv1969 said:
The reason is immaterial.
You said yo can't dispense too much fuel when quite clearly you can.
Sorry if that doesn't sit well on the planet of Nilagin :LOL:
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You can't, you trickle feed and stop when you've reached the amount you want, or you just fill up. Simple enough.
 
nilagin said:
Why would I only want to put in £30? I run the tank down until the 50 mile/yellow light comes on then fill up again. Anything else is false economy. I knew someone that would just put in £2.00 worth every morning on his way to work (it was a few years ago) not only was there no advantage to this, he'd often be late for work because he had to stop for fuel on the way or he would run out.
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Some people may have better things to spend their money on, rather than a "full tank"
Lets face it, is not cheap these days.

A "small journey" user may well have 50 quids worth of fule sat on the drive for weeks,
May as well buy a fresh batch as and when.

Google tells me that
8.3 pounds for an imperial gallon of diesel .
7.29 pounds per Imperial (UK) Gallon
Why carry around the extra weight if you don't need too?
And as for being late for work, due to a fuel stop,
The "7P's" rule applies ;)

As for me, no preference sometimes I'll fill up, sometimes £20 / £30 's worth.
 
From my post a little way back ;)

nilagin said:
You squeeze trigger, tank fills up, when fuel reaches nozzle it shuts off. You can't put in too much. Simple. Only way is try trickle feeding it then it over flows, hence too much.
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Cobra said:
There is a garage local to me, that 9 / 10 times always jumps 1p when you put the nozzle back in :(

No matter how much you argue, they claim that I had "used" that 1p's worth.
I did however find a solution though.
I started telling them I would pay the penny but would report them to "weights and measures"
Or what ever its called these days.
Its not the "price" its the "principle" :D
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Cobra said:
Some people may have better things to spend their money on, rather than a "full tank"
Lets face it, is not cheap these days.

A "small journey" user may well have 50 quids worth of fule sat on the drive for weeks,
May as well buy a fresh batch as and when.

Google tells me that
8.3 pounds for an imperial gallon of diesel .
7.29 pounds per Imperial (UK) Gallon
Why carry around the extra weight if you don't need too?
And as for being late for work, due to a fuel stop,
The "7P's" rule applies ;)

As for me, no preference sometimes I'll fill up, sometimes £20 / £30 's worth.
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Once the tank is full it's there to be used as and when wanted, no going back to the petrol station for more earlier than needed because you didn't fill up, it won't go off over a few weeks and the additional weight will be negligible to mpg.
I have no idea what the "7P's" rule is.
 
nilagin said:
I have no idea what the "7P's" rule is.
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The rest of my pedantic post aside,
Proper, Prior, Planning,
Prevents, p***, poor, performance :D
 
Cobra said:
The rest of my pedantic post aside,
Proper, Prior, Planning,
Prevents, p***, poor, performance :D
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Which translates to, fill up the tank and save unnecessary, time wasting trips to the petrol station. ;)
 
nilagin said:
Which translates to, fill up the tank and save unnecessary, time wasting trips to the petrol station. ;)
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As I pass them regularly, so its of no consequence to me either way,
but I was actually referring to your colleague,
He needs to plan his day better if he intends to make regular fuel stops.
The things *we* "argue" about on TP Eh?
Its almost as good as, what side of your toast do you butter?
:D
 
Cobra said:
The things *we* "argue" about on TP Eh?
Its almost as good as, what side of your toast do you butter?
:D
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Normally the side that hits the floor first just after you've buttered it (n)
 
Cobra said:
As I pass them regularly, so its of no consequence to me either way,
but I was actually referring to your colleague,
He needs to plan his day better if he intends to make regular fuel stops.
The things *we* "argue" about on TP Eh?
Its almost as good as, what side of your toast do you butter?
:D
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My work colleague certainly was a strange one, it wasn't just stopping for fuel which would make him late, One morning as I walked out of the car park, he was driving in. A few hours later at morning tea break, someone mentioned the colleague not having turned up. I told them he'd driven passed me in the car park but no one had seen him since, next day we found out he'd fallen asleep in his car in the car park, woke up, felt it was too late to go in to work and went home again.

As for toast and butter, neither, I don't eat bread. ;)
 
nilagin said:
My work colleague certainly was a strange one, it wasn't just stopping for fuel which would make him late, One morning as I walked out of the car park, he was driving in. A few hours later at morning tea break, someone mentioned the colleague not having turned up. I told them he'd driven passed me in the car park but no one had seen him since, next day we found out he'd fallen asleep in his car in the car park, woke up, felt it was too late to go in to work and went home again.
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PMSL a reliable chap :D

nilagin said:
As for toast and butter, neither, I don't eat bread. ;)
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Cool. I shouldn't eat so much TBH ;)
 
Oh yes , I have a few......

I have to count steps as I walk up or down stairs & they have to finish as an even number & I have to start going up or down with my left leg o_O

Things have to be in even numbers - which makes it hell for photography /gardening/home decor where odd numbers are considered more pleasing .......

At work I'm a nightmare....every bit of paperwork has to be stapled together in a certain order or I go into melt down

& the loo roll has to roll from the back !
 
blondie606 said:
I have to count steps as I walk up or down stairs & they have to finish as an even number
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OK I'm curious to know what happens if its an odd number?
Do you go back down again, and not climb them?
Or maybe jump the penultimate one? :D
 
blondie606 said:
Oh yes , I have a few......

I have to count steps as I walk up or down stairs & they have to finish as an even number & I have to start going up or down with my left leg o_O
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:LOL: I'd completely forgotten about that one probably because I do it without really thinking about it.
But Lynne, you're not the only nutter who does that!

Count steps - yes
Start with left foot - yes

But surely they have to finish as an odd number.
Most domestic staircases have 13 steps, so if you're stuck on the even number thing, that must drive you insane.
 
I have been known to go down & back up again taking 2 steps in one just to make them finish even....cheating I know but it really does drive me nuts ! My house staircase has 13 steps so I've had to include my right foot standing on the top one to make 14.....:eek: If I'm walking towards stairs - as happens at work -I adjust my gait to ensure I start going down with my left foot :D
 
blondie606 said:
If I'm walking towards stairs - as happens at work -I adjust my gait to ensure I start going down with my left foot :D
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Of course - you have to.
Left foot = odd
Right foot = even

I also adjust my gait to walk over the threshold to a different room / corridor so that I always enter with my left foot.
No idea why, but it's something I've done since I was about 10.
I kind of do it completely unconsciously now without even thinking about it.

And yes, I openly admit that it's completely nuts :lol:
 
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Cobra said:
OK I'm curious to know what happens if its an odd number?
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I don't know about Lynne, but if I don't do stairs the right way I just feel really uncomfortable and unsettled about it - not to the stage where I'll actually go down and back up again, but I definitely want to go back and do it again.

(I save the going back up and down the stairs for re-aligning the light switches :wacky: )
 
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As to the buttered toast theory....

I have just conducted an experiment...

I buttered a random side of a slice of toast and then duct taped it to the back of the cat, which we all know lands on it's paws, however, the toast also always lands buttered side down.

I now have a cat spinning (in a plane of nose to a*hole) at approx 3000 rpm, 6 inches off the floor.



As to the petrol...

I am with Nilagin... brim the tank... mind you £40 of diesel lasts me a month or so,. with Tesco 20p a litre off, more economical to drain it and refill.... (we were a trial area where it was 1p per £20 up to 50p a litre off.
 
This thread has revealed a whole world I didn't know existed. I never even think about how the loo paper is arranged (althoughI'm pretty miffed if there's none there when I need it). As for counting steps or thinking about petrol???? Light swtches? - I'm not sure I even know which lights in our house have more than one switch.
 
PatrickO said:
This thread has revealed a whole world I didn't know existed. I never even think about how the loo paper is arranged (althoughI'm pretty miffed if there's none there when I need it). As for counting steps or thinking about petrol???? Light swtches? - I'm not sure I even know which lights in our house have more than one switch.
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Speaking of which...Took me 6 years to "see" the light switch in the kitchen by the back door. :lol: :thinking:
 
SarahLee said:
:LOL: I'd completely forgotten about that one probably because I do it without really thinking about it.
But Lynne, you're not the only nutter who does that!

Count steps - yes
Start with left foot - yes

But surely they have to finish as an odd number.
Most domestic staircases have 13 steps, so if you're stuck on the even number thing, that must drive you insane.
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I walk up staircases two steps at a time, can't say I've ever come across an odd step.
 
Whilst on the petrol part of the thread.... as mentioned, I let it get low, then fill up, as I figure Diesel doesn't go off in a month or so... and I might as well pit once a month, as oppsed to £2 in every other day or so....

45 litre tank in the car... say another litre and a half for the filler tube as trust me I "brim it."

Got 44 in it this morning.

Mind you 2 1/2 litres.. 70mpg average.... could have waited until Monday! :runaway:
 
Was reminded of another slightly OCD thing I tend to do earlier - screws have to be vertical when tightened unless that final <1/2 turn will over tighten them. Cross head screws must end up as + rather than x. Even bolt heads (where visible) should have their flats parallel with the edge of the part they're holding on. Easier to achieve when they're into nuts than into tapped holes!
 
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