On 3/21/2017 1:17 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
Jack writes:

Yeah, and California has statements cancer warnings plastered on
everything. Doesn't make it true.

Only on substances that are known to the medical world to cause
or influence the progression of cancer or other adverse conditions.

Like if I eat my plastic flashlight I might eventually develop cancer?

It is about the consumer
having enough information to make informed choices.

No, it's about hand wringing fools assuming stupid stuff, and plastering
dire warnings on everything in site.

You may
discount the evidence at will, nobody is forcing you to read
the notice.

The problem of course is after a few million stupid, misleading warning
labels, no one pays any attention to them, so if one is actually true,
it is ignored.

Feel free use all the lead pipe you want for
your drinking water - clearly there isn't any problem with it
in Pennsylvania - Lead must work differently there than everywhere
else.

WTF are you going on about? 60+ years of not using stabilizer w/o a
problem to using lead pipes in our drinking water... Have you gone off
your meds?

None of my newer stuff has had a
problem with "stale gas" either. Two John Deer tractors and a snow
blower bought in the last 5 years and no problems whatsoever.

Wow. Proof by single ancecote. Damn, I gotta get one of those
tractors now.

16 plus small engines over 60 years w/o stabilizer, 3 rather new, w/o
nary a problem is hardly a single anecdote.

BTW - I'm not a big fan of Houston, particularly in the summer,
but your ignorance of the rest of the country is appalling.

I didn't know I was discussing the rest of country, other than where I
live and what I looked up regarding the population of Pgh and Houston.
California's stupid warning labels is common knowledge to about everyone
on earth.

FWIW: As gas gets old, it turns to varnish and clogs up the passageways inside the carburetor, not allowing enough gas to get to the engine.
http://bbs.homeshopmachinist.net/arc...p/t-24652.html

We were talking about gas from a month old (Honda) to 2 years old.
Nobody said anything about 40 year old gas. Mostly gas left to winter
over in a small engines. I've gone a few years in 2 cycle gas for weed
wacker and chainsaws. Making no claims about 30-40 year old gas...
Well, yeah, if you are going to put stabilizer in your gas, make sure it
doesn't dry up and turn into a gummy mess. I mentioned earlier that a
guy gave my brother an old snow blower that he had stored with
stabilizer in it, and it wouldn't run. Had to tear down the carburetor
and clean out the gummy mess.

So, the only time in over 60 years we had a problem with gas, was when
someone had put stabilizer in it. THAT is perhaps anecdotal, but true
nonetheless.

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Jack
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