From: mike wilson
---- William Robb <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "frank theriault"
> Subject: Re: Peso: Odd country sighting
>
>
> > On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 1:59 AM, William Robb <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> I wasn't quite sure what to make of this.
> >>
> >> http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/pictures/newer/amazingshell.html
> >>
> >> K20D iso 100, 70mm LTD, f/22, 1/10 second.
> >>
> >
> > Cool shot, for reasons already set out by other commenters. Odd that
> > they'd have what appears to be aviation fuel there. Was it once a a
> > small airstrip?
>
> That's the side of an elevator. The fuel line is coming out of a gravity
> feed tank that is slowly losing it's contents. The area I was photographing
> in was actually quite wet with diesel oil.
> Thanks again for looking.
Maybe the sign refers to pests rather than aviation?
Advert for "Shell No Pest Strips". Taken off the market after it turned
out the active ingredient was a carcinogen.
I don't think the EPA banned it; Shell Chemical took it off the market
rather than face liability and a lot of bad publicity.
http://whatever.losito.net/2007/03/07/shell-no-pest-strip/
Maybe the EPA banned it later, after Shell had already taken it off the
market.
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