From: michael.trew@att.net   
      
   On 9/30/2021 10:23 AM, hymie! wrote:   
   > In our last episode, the evil Dr. Lacto had captured our hero,   
   >    Howard, who said:   
   >> hymie!  wrote   
   >>   
   >>> We saw something similar in the eastern United States ... in the   
   >>> spring? It's probably a combination of the two -- concerns about   
   >>> shortages lead to panic buying, and panic buying leads to shortages.   
   >>> You're right that they're two different things, but IMHO it's very   
   >>> wrong to say that it's strictly one xor the other   
   >>   
   >> For gasoline it's even less complicated -- you can buy twenty extra   
   >> rolls of toilet paper, but there is simply no way for almost anyone to   
   >> buy twenty extra gallons of gas,   
   >   
   > You're not familiar with those red cans that store gasoline for home use,   
   > such as lawn mowers?  Based on changing / breaking safety features,   
   > I own at least three of them.   
   >   
   >  From what I remember in the news stories, many people were not being nearly   
   > so careful in what they were storing their gasoline in.   
   >   
   > --hymie!             http://nasalinux.net/~hymie            hy   
   ie@nasalinux.net   
      
   Yes, I saw pictures of people in the US filling massive industrial water   
   containers with hundreds of gallons of gasoline or more.   
      
   BTW, with those gas cans, you can buy standard fill nozzles for them on   
   eBay, and not have to deal with the insanely difficult to use "safety   
   nozzle" that always ends up spilling everywhere.   
      
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