Things you should know but don’t

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  1. JamDrop

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    If there’s no arrow then it is indicated by the side the pump is drawn on.
     
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    Not helpful if you’re in pool or hire cars often :(
     
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    That made me laugh more than it should have :D
     
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    You're not changing your car often enough.
     
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    No,,, I’m pretty sure even on hire cars the filler cap stays where it is!
     
    Tonjytyke, Sep 29, 2020
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    But you only fill it up once, and in the queue at the petrol station, it helps to have a clue
     
    Donny-Red, Sep 29, 2020
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    Its not hard to look before you get in the car though That's what I did before I knew about the arrow!!
     
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    Agreed. On a slight tangent, I once tried to fill up a hire car at Morissons petrol station in town. I can't remember the exact make and model but it required the ignition key to open the petrol cap. Anyways, could I open the petrol cap? could I eckers like! 5 minutes trying to open the bloody thing, with a queue a mile long as well! Right embarrassing it was. I had to drive off as I couldn't open it in the end. Drove up New Street and parked up so I could work out how to do it!
     
    Tyke_67, Sep 29, 2020
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    I got stumped like that in a hire car in Norway. Looked around the petrol station for another Mercedes driver (obviously the hire cars are all Mercs and Volvos in Norway, and priced accordingly, no budget options there). Luckily found one quickly , but he turned out to be the only man under 40 in Norway who couldn't speak English. A few gestures later and our petrol cap was open, ready to be filled with very expensive fuel, before driving off to our outrageously priced hotel in Bergen.
     
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    Water isn’t wet.
     
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    Why do bin lorry's have have a van behind em now, fallowing em about
     
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    How to tie my shoe laces with one loop.
     
    Stephen Dawson, Sep 30, 2020
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    I only know one way - and that's with one loop, lol! I try, very occasionally to do the 2 loop method and get in a right tizz :)
     
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    Cos if all the bin men were in the same lorry cab they wouldn't be socially distanced
     
    Baldrick, Sep 30, 2020
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    That's a cunning plan.
     
    Stephen Dawson, Sep 30, 2020
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    I think it's the guy(s) who clean the bins out when they are emptied. You can pay (£5 I think) to have them cleaned once a month
     
    Tyke_67, Sep 30, 2020
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    Like flies round ****.
     
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    Just got it lol :)
     
    Tyke_67, Sep 30, 2020
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    Baldrick, Sep 30, 2020
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    William Hague used to work on the lorries as a teenager delivering the pop. His nickname at the time was Billy the Fizz.
     
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