Following photo appeared in the daily Dawn of May 18, 2008. It sohws a small business stall in Rahimyar Khan, Pakistan. What caught my attention to this photo is the sheer diversity of business being caried out from this small stall. The Urdu words written on the stall advertise for ‘desi’ Eggs, a public telephone call office and EZ load Cellular phone SIMs. All of these products and services are available here. And as if this was not diverse enough, the stall is also selling smuggled Iranian petrol at a rate much cheaper than Pakistan State oil’s prices. Note funnels and bottles full of cheap Iranian petrol on top of the stall.
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@ It is indeed ” artistic activities ” of our small vendors
selling eggs, gasoline and SIMs side by side in open air,
so that the disaster could be asd ” open air ” as possible,
azher aslam should not encourage Owais Mughal,
Ham to doobay hein sanam,
tum ko bhi lay doobaein gay
no thanks, not Nigeria please.
Oh my GOD. I am even more incensed now. IThe following are the conclusions form the report quoted by Raheed Sahib. I rest my bloody case. All you inferiority-ridden babies leave them alone.
‘Conclusions
Based on our analyses, the ignition of flammable vapors at a gasoline station by a cell phone is a
highly unlikely event. While the cell phone cannot be ruled out as a potential ignition source
under all physically possible scenarios, numerous other more likely ignition sources are present
during the normal process of refueling a vehicle. This conclusion is supported by the following
observations:
1. No confirmed incidents of fires at gasoline stations started by cell phones have been
found.
2. Combustible vapors produced during fueling will not generally collect in regions of
probable cell phone operation.
3. The small openings present in a typical cell phone’s casing will limit the
concentration of any combustible vapors present within the cell phone. In addition,
narrow gaps may quench any flames if they are ignited internally, preventing their
propagation outside the enclosure.
4. A combination of events would have to occur in order to create an accident,
including:
a. the placement of the cell phone in a flammable mixture for a sufficient
length of time to allow a flammable mixture to form inside the cell phone,
b. a fault, malfunction, or spark generation in the cell phone that would
produce a competent ignition source that could propagate outside of the
battery or phone enclosure.
(A spill or dispersion of liquid gasoline on or near the phone would increase the
hazard by increasing the likelihood of having combustible vapors present at the
ignition source.)
5. Automobiles and the process of refueling provide potential ignition scenarios that
are more likely to result in flammable vapor ignition.
In summary, the enclosures protecting the battery and cell phones, the low voltages and current
drains of these components, the geometry of their interconnections, and the physics of electrical
discharge and vapor diffusion strongly direct against the cell phone and battery acting as an
ignition source while at a service station.
I never comment but this is too much. you are sad, commentators 1 to 3. get a life. when was the last time you got out of your ensconsed ivory towers to feel what the real life is like. how dare you stupidly go on about health and safety and find it dangerous and funny. and your info about cell phones is completley incorrect and based on spurious reports. There is NO evidence of this. You have shown your own ‘Jahiliyaat’ and shallowness by trying to portray the sellers and customers as naive and ignorant. And owais well done. keep them coming.
Great pick Owais. This is good stuff for my blog too :)
@ Funny ??
its funny because it looks like in Nigeria, where every week
there is an exyplosion because of illegal and dangerous
open air space for petrol, it might be funny in the way that
all jehalats have the same colour.
I actually find this very funny. Thanks.
Diversity or Dangerous city? Ticking bombs. Sorry
A disaster waiting to happen! A deadly combination.
Seems from the picture it’s on the street, where kids and women with flowing robes and burkas pass by. I have no problem with the SIM cards and PCO, or even the farm eggs. The problem is the volatile and flammable gasoline open to the air and stored in thin plastic bottles.
The combination is also dangerous. Incidents have been reported that cell phones have inexplicably caused fires at gas stations in various parts of the world. It prompted phone companies to get experts write statements in support of cell phone safety, such as on this link:
http://www.exponent.com/about/docs/cellphonereport .pdf
But if a petrol spill happens while a phone customer wants a SIM card, or batteries, installed these vendors could cause a lot of trouble.
This is not to take away from the overall creativity of our small business enterpreneurs who can sell eggs, gas and phones at the same time :)