So Emile Mercier, with his “Enchanting Ethel” brand of petrol in his cartoons, wasn’t too far off the mark!

David

> On 24 Jul 2021, at 6:42 pm, Tony Galloway arg@...> wrote:

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> And along with the Methyl came Ethyl - thanks to this “genius” :

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> https://interestingengineering.com/thomas-midgley-jr-the-man-who-harmed-the-world-the-most https://interestingengineering.com/thomas-midgley-jr-the-man-who-harmed-the-world-the-most

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> Tony

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>> On 24 Jul 2021, at 2:19 pm, Mal Rowe mal.rowe@... mailto:mal.rowe@gmail.com> wrote:

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>> On 13/02/2021 11:23, Mal Rowe wrote:

>>> Melbourne is back in lockdown ... and the streets are quiet.

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>>> Pascoe Vale Rd, near my home, is usually buzzing on Saturday mornings, but it was pretty quiet today.

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>> ... and here we go again ...

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>> The AOA brings back memories of the last days of the Wellington tramways, when to add insult to injury several of the trams carried ads for SHELL "with Methyl Benzene". Benzene was classified as a carcinogen in 1979 - so the current adverts promote "V-power".

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>> Mal Rowe - hoping to be released from his Tiny Tram World on Wednesday

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