They do have anti siphon valves these days so the process is a little bit more complicated I believe, though I don’t think those are impossible to defeat either.
Yup, was small, but impactful to many. I was just entering the workforce at the time; minimum wage in the US was I think $3.15/hr, gas had just topped $1.00/gallon for the first time and the cost of living had gone up about 20%. Wasn’t fun holding 3 part time jobs and working 60 hours a week to pay for just basic living expenses.
Gas peaked this year around $4.40 when minimum wage is still somehow 7.25. The lowest average rent I could find in any state was $983 a month in West Virginia. So that will take about 135 working hours (pre tax of course) to afford. That’s about 3.4 working weeks at minimum wage just to pay rent. After taxes and other expenses that would be like 80 hours a week easy.
And yet our leaders say the country is doing just fine. There’s no recession. God we are fucked
Yup. Very close to today’s economy. I survived on a diet of Rolled oats, Kielbasa and Top Ramen for almost three years in that timeframe. Rent and auto insurance took 80% of my wages.
this is one of the stranger ironies I’ve observed - couples I thought would make it crumbling, and, toxic / terrible matches staying married to hate-fuck the other as long as possible.
people genuinely need to split sometimes. and people should stay together if they can make it work, sometimes, but it often doesn’t seem to be the right crowd for each use case. Oof.
Regarding your last sentence: as long as the other end of the first tube is lower than the fill level of the tank, you won’t have to worry about the rag or the second tube or the pressure escaping once the flow has started; the siphon will sustain itself
didnt everyone watch their dad suck on a rubber hose at some point in the 90s? lol
They do have anti siphon valves these days so the process is a little bit more complicated I believe, though I don’t think those are impossible to defeat either.
Stab the gas tank with a screwdriver?
Make sure to film this.
And then post it as a tutorial on youtube.
Some older japanese cars have a drain plug in the gas tank.
No, in the 90s parents could afford fuel.
The 1990-1991 recession actually made it difficult for many to afford gas. It was a shitty couple of years.
TIL, never heard of that recession before. It last about 8 months and seems to be the smallest labeled recession in the past 100 years
it literally gave clinton a cudgel to use against the right just months later - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It’s_the_economy%2C_stupid
Yup, was small, but impactful to many. I was just entering the workforce at the time; minimum wage in the US was I think $3.15/hr, gas had just topped $1.00/gallon for the first time and the cost of living had gone up about 20%. Wasn’t fun holding 3 part time jobs and working 60 hours a week to pay for just basic living expenses.
So basically the modern economy lol.
Gas peaked this year around $4.40 when minimum wage is still somehow 7.25. The lowest average rent I could find in any state was $983 a month in West Virginia. So that will take about 135 working hours (pre tax of course) to afford. That’s about 3.4 working weeks at minimum wage just to pay rent. After taxes and other expenses that would be like 80 hours a week easy.
And yet our leaders say the country is doing just fine. There’s no recession. God we are fucked
Yup. Very close to today’s economy. I survived on a diet of Rolled oats, Kielbasa and Top Ramen for almost three years in that timeframe. Rent and auto insurance took 80% of my wages.
I guess you didn’t grow up around cars.
I watched my dad walk out on my family. Luckily I was a toddler so I don’t really remember it.
bro
i wish my dad woulda, lol
this is one of the stranger ironies I’ve observed - couples I thought would make it crumbling, and, toxic / terrible matches staying married to hate-fuck the other as long as possible.
people genuinely need to split sometimes. and people should stay together if they can make it work, sometimes, but it often doesn’t seem to be the right crowd for each use case. Oof.
That sounds like some redneck shit lol
you’d be right lol
dad didn’t like the taste of gas so he used a rag and two hoses.
I’m not imaginative enough, how does this work?
two tubes in the hole. first tube goes in deep enough to sit at the bottom of the tank fully submerged in the gas.
second tube is only long enough to sit in the pipe that feeds the tank, so it’s not in any gas.
stuff the rag into the hole around the tubes as tightly as possible making an air tight seal.
put first tube into gas can. blow into second tube.
as pressure builds in the tank, gas will flow out of the first tube.
make sure you kink the air tube so your pressure doesn’t escapeAh, I see, thanks, makes sense
Regarding your last sentence: as long as the other end of the first tube is lower than the fill level of the tank, you won’t have to worry about the rag or the second tube or the pressure escaping once the flow has started; the siphon will sustain itself
you’re absolutely right (swear I’m not a bot). if anything, kinking it would lead to a vacuum forming which would counter the siphon. good call out.
See you know what you’re talking about. Have a good one
My dad, Mr. Hollywood movies.