Re: oh well!(kaboom)

[Robert Houk - WorkGroup Server Firmware <Robert.Houk@East.Sun.COM>]

   >  The reason that nozzle 'locks' are forbidden in the UK.  You let go of
   >  the handle - it stops pumping.  So you have to hold it till you're done,
   >  and naturally put it back.
   >  
   >  I _think_ they're now banned Europe-wide.

   And increasingly less prevalent in the U.S. for the same reason.  Often older
   nozzles simply have the catch removed.  If not legislatively, then I think the
   insurance companies are giving the service stations an..ahem...incentive to
   remove the catches.

But usually -- well oftimes, anyways -- you can use your filler cap
as a wedge for the pump handle (at least here in the Colonies...) to 
pretty much achieve the same results.

					-RDH