 shaustin
Male, 18-29, Canada
 143 Posts
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Monday, March 11, 2013 12:25:43 PM
nice phone, what was this video made in 1922? |
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 sbeelz
Male, 30-39, Western US
2860 Posts
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Monday, March 11, 2013 12:17:09 PM
For all those criticizing this video, I'll usually drop a ball of tinfoil in a puddle of gasoline and then lie down next to it and make a call while my gas is pumping. I thought everyone did. I, for one, am glad I got to see it before blowing myself up!
Just kidding, we aren't allowed to pump our own gas in Oregon. |
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 Horus175
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
23 Posts
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Monday, March 11, 2013 6:58:55 AM
It's not the phone that caused that, it's the foil. By holding the phone up close, the foil is attenuating some of the signal the phone is sending/receiving. These signals generate a small amount of voltage in the ball and if you have two contact points the right distance apart and are different voltages you get a spark. |
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 McGovern1981
Male, 30-39, Eastern US
10187 Posts
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Monday, March 11, 2013 6:56:01 AM
Calling it petrol is about as dumb as this vid or calling a windshield a windscreen..... |
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 MrAtari
Male, 30-39, Europe
1075 Posts
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Monday, March 11, 2013 4:30:07 AM
already busted by the mythbusters |
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 ferdyfred
Male, 40-49, Europe
5504 Posts
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Monday, March 11, 2013 2:11:52 AM
CrakrJak
what he says |
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 Kaleotera
Female, 18-29, Eastern US
473 Posts
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Sunday, March 10, 2013 6:55:38 PM
I work at a gas station, lots of people use their phones at the pump and the place hasn't blown up yet.
I almost had a heart attack when this young guy came in, paid for gas then stepped outside and lit up a cigarette before going to his pump. I stopped his pump and got on the intercom and said "Will the idiot on pump 3 kindly come to the front of the store and put his cigarette out before he blows up half the city."
Scared the daylights out of me. |
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 malikymoo
Female, 18-29, Europe
1945 Posts
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Sunday, March 10, 2013 4:34:41 PM
im such mythbusters said it was friction from when u get in and out that causes fires |
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 mcssls
Male, 40-49, Western US
374 Posts
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Sunday, March 10, 2013 3:13:38 PM
bullpoo |
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 CrakrJak
Male, 40-49, Midwest US
14374 Posts
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Sunday, March 10, 2013 12:36:17 PM
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 Gerry1of1
Male, 50-59, Western US
25555 Posts
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Sunday, March 10, 2013 11:18:16 AM
I know you guys say the myth has been busted,
but just to be safe always use your cell phone
next to the other guys car.
Gerry's Safe Driving Tip #17
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 bacon_pie
Male, 30-39, Southern US
1952 Posts
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Sunday, March 10, 2013 9:20:38 AM
The foil ball spontaneously combusted out of sheer boredom. |
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 ssalty
Male, 60-69, Western US
100 Posts
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Sunday, March 10, 2013 9:13:02 AM
Here you go: http://tinyurl.com/73ew |
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 Smoothjc1
Male, 50-59, Midwest US
108 Posts
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Sunday, March 10, 2013 5:31:58 AM
Myth-busted Sorry |
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jfactor
Male, 18-29, Southern US
115 Posts
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Sunday, March 10, 2013 4:10:33 AM
Keep foil balls, frying pans and card strips out of your gas tank and you should be perfectly fine. |
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 Huey
Male, 30-39, Eastern US
148 Posts
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Sunday, March 10, 2013 3:33:45 AM
This is bollocks! It's all about static electricity which can and will be extremely varied by the humidity on any particular given day. AND whether or not that particular pump has or does not have a vapor recovery system. None the less, the odds of a cellular phone being the cause of a fire when you're filling up is pretty much nil. |
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 charlatan75
Male, 30-39, Australia
30 Posts
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Sunday, March 10, 2013 3:02:10 AM
"This is why I only fill up at petrol stations that don't have frying pans with petrol soaked tin foil in them." Classic comment...!
Totally disproved about ten years ago, moron who re-posted this. Get a job! |
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 Nickel2
Male, 50-59, Europe
1522 Posts
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Sunday, March 10, 2013 2:00:23 AM
razbitom. Please fit a flag with your name on it to your car aerial when you visit the petrol station. That way, the sensible people of society will have the chance to finish filling and leave before you get there.
(Yes, I do know what I am talking about, I am a radio engineer by profession). |
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Bakcagain21
Male, 18-29, Europe
273 Posts
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Saturday, March 09, 2013 11:50:55 PM
REPOST! |
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 razbitom
Male, 40-49, Australia
708 Posts
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Saturday, March 09, 2013 11:46:18 PM
the idiot legend about using cell phones whilst refuelling is really annoying.
using a modern cell phone will have no effect whatsoever... the rule stems from the days of carphones and CB radios... anything grounded to the car body. if you used those whilst refuelling there *was* a chance that it could arc to the pump handle (the nozzle is non-reactive) and ignite the ambient fumes.
so... YES is was once true, NO it is not, any longer, an issue.
unless it's actually hooked up to your car. |
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puppies04
Male, 18-29, Europe
537 Posts
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Saturday, March 09, 2013 11:32:05 PM
This is why I only fill up at petrol stations that don't have frying pans with petrol soaked tin foil in them. |
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 incubus_inc
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
806 Posts
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Saturday, March 09, 2013 10:51:20 PM
Just watch mythbusters... prob solved. |
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 freddyferret
Male, 40-49, Midwest US
9843 Posts
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Saturday, March 09, 2013 10:31:24 PM
This may take a lot of calls, and a match, and more petrol, and then it still might not work.
I'm scared now because I stand around at the station with a roll of foil covered in gas and make 10 or 20 phone calls at a time. I might be able to roast marshmallows. |
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Gerry1of1
Male, 50-59, Western US
25555 Posts
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Saturday, March 09, 2013 10:24:16 PM
Let me get this straight,
cell phones won't start fires, don't pop popcorn and don't cause brain tumors.
What good are they?!
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 Cajun247
Male, 18-29, Southern US
9438 Posts
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Saturday, March 09, 2013 10:22:59 PM
@Smutleybutt
LOL, good one! |
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