Being that I'm a part-time attendant in British Columbia, it's funny to see
people from Oregon sit at a self-serve pump for a looooong time, then
finally get out and look around bewilderedly. I actually had to show one
guy how to get his gas cap off and pump the gas, this guy HAD to have been
in his late 50's, too.
"Roger Heim" <rheim10@OPTONLINE.NET> wrote in message
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> What's really funny is watching the LOLWBH* sitting in the Cadillac with
> Jersey plates at a station just over the border in New York. You can just
> hear them thinking "Where is that attendant anyway?".
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> I don't know why the law was enacted in Jersey; it goes back to before I
was
> born. Just a couple of year ago most of the stations here switched to
> "self-service" pumps. It was like all of them switched overnight. When I
> made comments at the stations about the stupidity of self-service pumps in
a
> state with self-service is technically illegal I got an awful lot of blank
> looks.
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> Anyone see that commercial (I think for Amoco) with the cute blonde girl
> bringing gas to a dumb schmuck who ran out? They're implying that he runs
> out of gas often just to get a good look at her. Anyone know where I can
> find that station cause there sure isn't anyone that looks like that
working
> at the stations here!
>
> Roger
> '98 SLT CC 5.2 4X4
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> * little-old-lady-with-blue-hair
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net]On Behalf Of Downing,
> David GS-13
> Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 2:04 PM
> To: 'dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net'
> Subject: RE: DML: Cleaning of fuel injectors?????
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> Oregon is the same way, I used to clip the corner of Oregon on my way to
> Colorado when I lived in Washington. My first time through, I had no
idea,
> so I got out of my truck and started to get ready to pump my gas like I
> always do. The lady came running out of the store yelling hysterically, I
> thought they were getting robbed or something, she was telling me not to
> pump my own gas. Apparently they get a huge fine if a customer is caught
> pumping their own gas. Now that I live close to Jersey, I see it when I
go
> over there, funny thing is, gas is usually cheaper in Jersey than it is in
> Pennsylvania where you have to pump it yourself. Go figure.
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> -Dave
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> > Except in New Jersey where it's still illegal to pump your own gas. I
> think
> > that's the case in a couple of other states too...
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> > Roger
> > Wayne, NJ
> > '98 SLT+ 4X4CC 5.2 Light Driftwood
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