The Mongolia had still sixteen hundred and fifty miles to traverse before reaching Bombay, and was obliged to remain four hours at Steamer Point to coal up.
Experts say people who are afraid of running out of gas are topping off their tanks or storage cans when they don't actually need it, and that that's hurting availability.
So you could see why folks are all pumped up, " gassed up" , " fired up" , " inflated" like " untethered" basket cases who are " floating on air" with their " heads in the clouds" .