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On the basis that no question is a dumb question ....

remember the thread we had some time ago, before unleaded petrol was =
(more or less) phased out in the UK?
I noticed at a BP petrol station this evening that they now offer =
unleaded (95 and 98 octane) and something called leadfree (4 star).=20
Now to my linguistic mind, unleaded and leadfree are synonyous - or is =
there some subtle semantic difference I am missing here?
Or, were they left with an empty patch on the pumps and forced to invent =
some new term?
More to the point, could or should we be using the four-star instead of =
the unleaded?

Plumbically challenged
(Tim)

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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>On the basis that no question is a dumb question =

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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>remember the thread we had some time ago, before =
unleaded=20
petrol was (more or less) phased out in the UK?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>I noticed at a BP petrol station this evening =
that they=20
now offer unleaded (95 and 98 octane) and something called leadfree (4 =
star).=20
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Now to my linguistic mind, unleaded and leadfree =
are=20
synonyous - or is there some subtle semantic difference I am missing=20
here?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Or, were they left with an empty patch on the =
pumps and=20
forced to invent some new term?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>More to the point, could or should we be using =
the=20
four-star instead of the unleaded?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Plumbically challenged</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>(Tim)</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>

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