Peter R. wrote in message ...
Anyone ever get splashed in the face with 100LL while refueling at a
self-serve pump?

Today, I joined the nitwit club and was rewarded for my refueling
complacency with a cereal bowl-sized volume of 100LL splashed directly
in the face. At least I was wearing sunglasses, which kept most of the
fuel out of my eyes.

Been real careful when dealing with fluids since I got a spray of
battery acid in my eyes as a kid. Was using an air compressor to blow
grass off the top of a lawn mower battery. It was in the days when
battery caps still had vent holes. Got the air stream to close to a
vent hole and acid began spraying out of the other caps. Real scary,
but my dad flushed out my eyes with a garden hose and as far as I know
there was no permanent damage.
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Gene Seibel
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