Re:221 Cannon Road Is Not for Sale
by pixl97 on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @06:57PM
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In Texas about a decade ago there was a criminal enterprise out of Houston that was putting swimmers on gas station pumps all over the state. Little towns, big towns, country gas stations. My now wife got hit that way.
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Re:221 Cannon Road Is Not for Sale
by happyopossum on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @09:23PM
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Swimming at a gas station pump would be uncomfortably lethal.
I wonder how well you would have to be able to swim to overcome the density/buoyancy difference if swimming in a pool of gasoline?
Re:221 Cannon Road Is Not for Sale
by swiftcoder on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @03:40AM
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It's a pretty drastic density difference. I think an Olympic swimmer would have a hard time staying above the surface.
Re:221 Cannon Road Is Not for Sale
by rationalist on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @01:05PM
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It depends how long you can hold your breath. I imagine many people would be overwhelmed by the fumes before they got very far.
Gasoline fight!