Sometimes, other times there's a tiny wee black arrowRockburner wrote: Thu Jan 08, 2026 11:16 amIsn't it the convention now that the pump handle in the graphic denotes the side of the car that the fuel filler is on?Horse wrote: Wed Jan 07, 2026 9:07 am Moylan arrow - which many people are unaware of
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(ie, pump handle on left, filler on left, etc)
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On a black background that lights up black when the tank is empty?MrLongbeard wrote: Thu Jan 08, 2026 11:20 amSometimes, other times there's a tiny wee black arrowRockburner wrote: Thu Jan 08, 2026 11:16 amIsn't it the convention now that the pump handle in the graphic denotes the side of the car that the fuel filler is on?Horse wrote: Wed Jan 07, 2026 9:07 am Moylan arrow - which many people are unaware of
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(ie, pump handle on left, filler on left, etc)
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:dunno: I'd have to ask the staffRockburner wrote: Thu Jan 08, 2026 11:21 amOn a black background that lights up black when the tank is empty?MrLongbeard wrote: Thu Jan 08, 2026 11:20 amSometimes, other times there's a tiny wee black arrowRockburner wrote: Thu Jan 08, 2026 11:16 am
Isn't it the convention now that the pump handle in the graphic denotes the side of the car that the fuel filler is on?
(ie, pump handle on left, filler on left, etc)
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Think all our vehicles in the last 30 years have had pump + arrow. Never seen the 'handle is the indicator' version.
The plural of 'anecdote' is not 'data'.
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During World War II, Italian doctors at the Fatebenefratelli Hospital in Rome devised an ingenious plan to save Jews from Nazi persecution by inventing a fictitious disease called Syndrome K. This fake illness was described as highly contagious, deadly, and disfiguring, which deterred Nazi soldiers from inspecting the hospital's patients closely. The doctors, including Giovanni Borromeo, Vittorio Sacerdoti, and Adriano Ossicini, admitted Jewish refugees under the guise of Syndrome K, effectively quarantining them and keeping them safe from deportation to concentration camps.
The ruse began on October 16, 1943, when Nazi soldiers raided a Jewish ghetto near the Tiber River. The hospital, already known as a safe haven for Jews, opened its doors to those seeking refuge. The doctors created patient records indicating that the refugees were suffering from Syndrome K, which was named after Nazi commanders Albert Kesselring and Herbert Kappler. The fear of contracting this mysterious and deadly disease kept the Nazis at bay, allowing the hospital staff to protect at least 20 Jewish lives during this dark period.
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The ruse began on October 16, 1943, when Nazi soldiers raided a Jewish ghetto near the Tiber River. The hospital, already known as a safe haven for Jews, opened its doors to those seeking refuge. The doctors created patient records indicating that the refugees were suffering from Syndrome K, which was named after Nazi commanders Albert Kesselring and Herbert Kappler. The fear of contracting this mysterious and deadly disease kept the Nazis at bay, allowing the hospital staff to protect at least 20 Jewish lives during this dark period.
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IIRC my VW Eos is like that (ie, no arrow).Count Steer wrote: Thu Jan 08, 2026 12:19 pm Think all our vehicles in the last 30 years have had pump + arrow. Never seen the 'handle is the indicator' version.
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TBH its been around for so long I didn't know people didn't realise their was an indication on the fuel gauge to show you what side the flap was on!
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Horse wrote: Wed Jan 07, 2026 9:07 am Moylan arrow - which many people are unaware of
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I was assuming that Horse's post was showing the origin of the idea. Though I'm used to looking at the arrow, not the pump handle!Rockburner wrote: Thu Jan 08, 2026 11:16 am
Isn't it the convention now that the pump handle in the graphic denotes the side of the car that the fuel filler is on?
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A poster on a wall in Ebury Bridge Road, Westminster, London, advising job seekers that casual work clearing snow will be available in the event of a snowfall, 17th November 1937.
Photograph by Fred Morley for the Fox Photos Press Agency.

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My Clio has the handle thing...but the o/half's Jazz doesn't....Rockburner wrote: Thu Jan 08, 2026 1:27 pmIIRC my VW Eos is like that (ie, no arrow).Count Steer wrote: Thu Jan 08, 2026 12:19 pm Think all our vehicles in the last 30 years have had pump + arrow. Never seen the 'handle is the indicator' version.
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Drawer inspection day for hoomanz. Required some necessary rearrangement,plus a nailboard was found to be badly under chewed.
Now remedied and found to be satisfactory.
Now remedied and found to be satisfactory.
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2,274 miles walking in last 12 months
That's more than I did on the GSXR on the road
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That's more than I did on the GSXR on the road
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Worrizzit????
Found it alongside a footpath, about 50m from the road.
About 1m end to end.
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Found it alongside a footpath, about 50m from the road.
About 1m end to end.
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Failed prototype Flymo.Horse wrote: Sun Jan 11, 2026 10:03 pm Worrizzit????
Found it alongside a footpath, about 50m from the road.
About 1m end to end.
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A Harley Ferguson cruise control.Horse wrote: Sun Jan 11, 2026 10:03 pm Worrizzit????
Found it alongside a footpath, about 50m from the road.
About 1m end to end.
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