Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2014 23:49:08 -0500
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From: JRodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Oregon gasoline- was Steve Sandlin keys win again
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Way back station attendants pumping was common - any station that
didn't - got no customers. So every station had attendants.
Back in the day, a prim little old lady with purple hair, sensible
shoes, blouse with a neck line up to her ear lobes and frilly lace at
her wrists - pulled into the local Sinclair gas station down home, in
her little Nash Metropolitan and stopped beside the pump. The kid that
normally pumped gas was in the bathroom, so the boss had to go out and
service her car. It was hot, he was not in a good mood because the kid
was supposed to do it, but he hustled. He went to her window and asked
as politely as he could considering "What'll it be lady??" She smiled
sweetly and replied " A Pint of gas and a thimble full of oil - and oh
yes - please clean the windshield." He was bent! Growling he turned on
the pump, popped open the cap and drizzled out what he figured was a
pint of gasoline. Then he released the hood latch, checked the dip stick
- and held up a can of oil and watched few drips come out until he
guesstimated a thimble of oil. He was aggravated, it was hot, he was
redfaced, and the sweat was rolling off his forehead. He snapped the
hood closed, set oil can down, and proceeded to clean the windows. When
done, he walked up to her window and asked:
"What else Lady? Shall I poot in your tires??"
I know, I know - but after living through today with my 15 year old
carat project which I just put on the road - there just had to be some
levity by days end! My to-do list is now twice as long as yesterday!
John
On 6/24/2014 10:16 PM, Jason wrote:
> I had a station attendant scream at me in NJ before I knew their silly
> rules....He came over and turned the pump off! Now I get out, unlock the
> cap and supervise....
>
> Jason
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 10:06 PM, Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:
>
>> We drove through Oregon a few summers ago and pumped our own fuel. We
>> stopped at a truck-stop, are there different rules for those facilities?
>>
>> On 24-Jun-2014, at 22:18, Tom Stone wrote:
>>
>>> I was in Port Jervis, NY this AM and could not pump my own gas.
>>>
>>> Tom
>>>
>>>
>>> On June 20, 2014 11:55:28 AM Todd Last <rubatoguy@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Last I checked, OR and NJ were the only two states where you could not
>> pump
>>>> your own gas.
>>>>
>>>> Sent from Xfinity Connect Mobile App
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: David Bjorkman
>>>> To: vanagon
>>>> Sent: June 20, 2014 at 6:58 AM
>>>> Subject: Fwd: Re: Re: Oregon gasoline- was Steve Sandlin keys win again
>>>>
>>>> -------- Original Message --------
>>>> From: ddbjorkman@verizon.net
>>>> Date: Jun 20, 2014 8:52:42 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: Re: Oregon gasoline- was Steve Sandlin keys win again
>>>> To: 1234bjs@GMAIL.COM
>>>>
>>>> Used to be no one pumped their own gas. The gas station attendant did
>> that,
>>>> checked your oil, and cleaned your windshield. Then you paid cash.
>>>> I salute Oregon for finding something for teens/less advantaged of us
>> to do
>>>> to make some money.
>>>>
>>>> Dave B.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 06/20/14, bernie <1234bjs@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Here's a unique and amusing gas station thing...In Oregon they have a
>> law
>>>> that prohibits you from pumping your own gasoline...so when you get gas
>>>> there you hand the gas jockey your key and your credit card or cash and
>> sit
>>>> there while he/she pumps it,...
>>>>
>>>> I hand my keys and credit card to nobody.
>>>> I open the gas tank for them and I then insert the credit card into the
>> pump
>>>> to authorize gas.
>>>> They pump the gas.
>>>> After they are done I put the gas cap back on.
>>>> My keys and credit card never leave my hand and that's how I like it.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 10:58 PM, bernie <1234bjs@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Here's a unique and amusing gas station thing...In Oregon they have a
>> law
>>>>> that prohibits you from pumping your own gasoline...so when you get
>> gas
>>>>> there you hand the gas jockey your key and your credit card or cash
>> and sit
>>>>> there while he/she pumps it,...
>>>>>> I hand my keys and credit card to nobody.
>>>>> I open the gas tank for them and I then insert the credit card into
>> the
>>>>> pump
>>>>> to authorize gas.
>>>>> They pump the gas.
>>>>> After they are done I put the gas cap back on.
>>>>> My keys and credit card never leave my hand and that's how I like it.
>>>>>> Bernie
>>>>> Vancouver
>>>>>>> On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 9:09 PM, Rob <vwrobb@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> At 6/19/2014 10:28 PM, Don Hanson wrote:
>>>>>>>> .
>>>>>>> Here's a unique and amusing gas station thing...In Oregon they have
>> a law
>>>>>>> that prohibits you from pumping your own gasoline...so when you get
>> gas
>>>>>>> there you hand the gas jockey your key and your credit card or cash
>> and
>>>>>>> sit
>>>>>>> there while he/she pumps it,...
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Once I was getting gas in Oregon, I've handed her my key,
>> card & I'm
>>>>>> waiting. It's been too long, I get out & go around to see her
>>>>>> twisting the key in the lock. The lock was not moving, just the
>>>>>> key.... It didn't break.
>>>>>> I hate buying gas in Oregon, one bad experience <g>.
>>>>>>>> Rob
>>>>>> vwrobb@gmail.com
>>>>>>>>
>>
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