From: "Mark" 


"Mike N."  wrote in message
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> On Thu, 8 Sep 2005 19:26:54 -0400, "Geo"
 wrote:
>
>>There is a gas station near me where they have the tanks above ground,
>>they
>>did this so they didn't need electric pumps and so that they could sell
>>gas
>>when the power is off. They always sell out when the power fails.
>
>  So the gas is measured with the old mechanical rotating number indicator
> with the bell that goes 'ding' at every gallon?   Or do they have the five
> gallon glass jar at the top that gets refilled to measure gas?

ROFL! I remember the dings, but not the glass jar, you must be really old,
or have some vintage Viewmaster(tm) history discs 

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