From: Hanno Spoelstra (HL.Spoelstra@inter.NL.net)
Date: Sat Apr 20 2002 - 04:07:56 PDT
At 10:39 20-4-2002 +0100, Jim Webster wrote:
>>At 18:09 19-4-2002 +0100, Jim Webster wrote:
>>>OKMTRPOOL@aol.com wrote:
>>>> Does anyone have information or photographs of the "flimsy" gasoline
>>>> containers which predate the jerrycan?
>>>
>>>Look through any images of the desert war and you will see them being
>>>used for a variety of purposes - If they are making a brew its usually
>>>placed on a cooker made from a flimsy can.
>>>
>>>You will find a couple of images on my jerry cans page here...
>>>
>>>http://www.jed.simonides.org/misc/jerrycans/flimsy/flimsy.html
>>
>>
>>Jim,
>>
>>What you show on your site is a 4 gallon petrol can. The flimsy was a tin
>>foil can in a wooden crate. It did not have a cap, the foil had to be
>>punctured to empty the can's contents. The flimsy could only be used once,
>>while the 4 gallon petrol can could be re-used.
>>
>>Ref.: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CMP/messagesearch?query=flimsy
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>
>Oh no I am not getting involved in another jerry cans war.....
>
>I am still getting hate mail from the last one.
Jim,
I'm just trying to help to take away the misunderstandings about this subject.
I've learned a lot from Richard Notton's postings, e.g.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CMP/message/532
Hanno
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