<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body dir="auto">Maybe it's because the boaters don't want ethanol in their gas. I'm in Douglas, south of Holland. <div dir="auto">Brian </div><div><br></div><div align="left" dir="auto" style="font-size:100%;color:#000000"><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Roger Moffat <rogerkiwi@gmail.com> </div><div>Date: 12/11/21 3:59 PM (GMT-05:00) </div><div>To: Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group <at@lists.antique-tractor.com> </div><div>Subject: Re: [AT] Backpack leaf blower </div><div><br></div></div>Wow - I hadn’t looked at the maps outside Michigan - I guess we’re spoiled then…<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><img class="" src="cid:com_samsung_android_email_attachmentprovider_1_19576_RAW_1639263134067" id="8B827AC1-BA30-437B-BB53-EB8058428B64" onmouseover="imageMousePointerUpdate(true)" onmouseout="imageMousePointerUpdate(false)" name="com_samsung_android_email_attachmentprovider_1_19576_RAW_1639263134067"></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I’m to the left of the G in Grand Rapids on the lower west side of the state.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I wonder why the difference in states?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Roger</div><div class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote class="" type="cite"><div class="">On Dec 11, 2021, at 3:44 PM, Brad Loomis <<a class="" href="mailto:brad.loomis@gmail.com">brad.loomis@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="" dir="ltr">Near is relative. The closest in California to me is at least 250 miles away. </div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Sat, Dec 11, 2021 at 10:16 AM Roger Moffat <<a class="" href="mailto:rogerkiwi@gmail.com">rogerkiwi@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex" class="gmail_quote"><div class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><br class=""><div class=""><br class=""><blockquote class="" type="cite"><div class="">On Dec 11, 2021, at 12:10 PM, Brad Loomis <<a class="" href="mailto:brad.loomis@gmail.com">brad.loomis@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class=""><div class=""><span class="" style="font-family:LucidaGrande;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline">I failed to mention that pump gas regardless of octane at least here in Smogafornia are all blended with a minimum of 10% ethanol. That is the culprit in small engine demise. Other states may not be blessed with that curse. </span><br class=""></div></blockquote></div><br class=""><div class="">Plenty of places sell alcohol free gas, even in places where 10% ethanol is the norm - you can find stations near you with this at</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a class="" href="https://www.pure-gas.org/">https://www.pure-gas.org</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">It’s hard to imagine that it’s much different than what you buy when you buy premade mixes at the big box stores, and it less than half the price.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Roger</div></div>_______________________________________________<br class="">
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