On a cold snowy night at Tioga Terminal we had discharged a 6000 gallon intermodal tank of 100 proof scotch and a seal was noted as disturbed or missing. Fearing possible dilution or contamination, the pier hand was instructed to take samples to present to the surveyors next day. He dutifully dipped two mason jars thru the manhole, filled them to the brim, screwed on the lids and placed them in his desk drawer overnight. As the ice cold liquid warmed up in the warm office our friend heard "POW" "POW" as the jars exploded in his bottom drawer and lifted him out of his seat. Any Jr. 3rd engineer knows to leave a little ullage in the tank. (Ullage being the free space between the liquid surface and the tank top to allow for expansion.) By the way, the scotch was imported at 100 proof and later diluted to the 80 proof that we Yanks like to savor.
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