Must have been from the northeast US or southern Ontario. Nobody else in Canada would make that mistake (350km without gas is not unheard of in Canada, although somewhat more rare than it is in Australia given that the areas of Canada with population densities rivalling the Outback mostly lack roads)
-Adam On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 6:38 AM, David Savage <[email protected]> wrote: > I just got emailed this photo: > > <http://i36.tinypic.com/ifvnv8.jpg> > > Seeing it reminded me of an encounter with a couple of cute > American/Canadian backpackers at a roadhouse a month ago where they > had stopped to put $12 worth (!!!) of petrol in the van they were > driving. > > Now considering that the last fuel stop was at least $25 previous & > the next one was a good 350km away & the high price of fuel, if left > me & my mate scratching our heads. > > Here's my tip for anyone driving through the remote parts of W.A. This > here is a big ass state. If you are stopping for fuel - fill up. There > is no guarantee that the next roadhouse marked on the map will have > any fuel, or even if it sells fuel any more (had this happen earlier > in the year). > > Now back to your regularly scheduled gear speculation/fondling/envy messages. > > Cheers, > > Dave > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
