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Okay so I've had a thought and connected two dots:
You know how sometimes cultures will produce some intricate and beautiful tools, perhaps sometimes to the point of becoming showpieces?
I'm thinking things like carved combs, hand mirrors, knives, etc... Things that become heirlooms.
And then, there is this object that every truck driver in France, maybe even in Europe, has in their truck: something you put inside the handle of a gas pump so you don't have to keep squeezing the thing for ten minutes straight.
Most often, it takes the form of a block of wood, but I've seen people use some many different objects: a lighter case, pliers handles, a hammer, even a rock! I personaly use a single blind rivet...
And to me, that object seems so ripe for becoming an art form, with drivers trying to one up each other with creativity!
One day maybe
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@piggo Oh don't worry, the venturi stop still works even with something stuffed inside the handle.
As for why, well I just found a short documentary that revealed that it's a caseof the French governement not trusting its citizens... typical --'
Also, it's mostly truck drivers doing this. Car drivers are just used to holding the thing during the whole refueling operation
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@aearil but having everyone just stuff a rock there instead makes it so much more dangerous, ... why
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@piggo Nope, in France they still have the little lever (when it's not broken), but they remove the bars it is supposed to catch (you can see the three small holes on the back of the handle in the picture).
BTW, that's why I use a rivet: the shaft is just the right diameter so that I can replace the missing part of the locking mechanism =)
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@aearil hm, diesel ones dont have the auto-locking thing? You just put it in, move a little lever on the side and it stays on ... and automatically disengages when full (the vapor intake takes up gasoline and triggers some mechanism inside)