Danny,
in Cyprus in the early sixties we the groundcrew, would drain the AVTAG bowser hoses for two uses. One was to fill the caps of polish tins in which the legs of our (bunk) beds stood to try to prevent th bed bugs ants etc from sharing our mean mattress. The other in winter was for the primitive parafin stoves we used to have as our only form of heating. It was a choice between freezing and suffocation !