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Religions > Atheism |
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"stoney" |
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10 Sep 2005 06:04:20 PM |
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OT: Oregon Gas Pumps |
http://www.koin.com/news.asp?ID=4401
Old-Style Pumps Can't Register $3 Per Gallon
Stations Calculating Half Gallons
PORTLAND -- Gas prices are getting too high for the old pumps to
handle.
gasIt was absurd to think that gasoline prices would reach $3 a gallon
when some of the old-style gas pumps were built.
Some still in use are unable to register prices beyond $2.99 per
gallon.
A specialist estimates about 200 to 500 of the old pumps still operate
in Oregon.
The two companies that produce kits to retrofit the old pumps are sold
out. As a temporary fix, owners of the pumps are being told to label
their pump prices as the cost of a half-gallon. That requires the
total price to be multiplied by two.
9/9/2005
Copyright 2005 Associated Press.
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Contempt of Congress meter reading-offscale.
Hello, theocracy with a fundamentalist US Supreme
Court who will ensure church and state are joined
at the hip like clergy and altar boys.
America 1776-Jan 2001 RIP
"As democracy is perfected, the office of president
represents, more and more closely, the inner soul
of the people. On some great and glorious day the
plain folks of the land will reach their heart's
desire at last and the White House will be adorned
by a downright moron." --- H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
Religion is the original war crime.
-Michelle Malkin (Feb 26, 2005)
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| User: "Uncle Vic" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Oregon Gas Pumps |
10 Sep 2005 07:02:29 PM |
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Once upon a time in alt.atheism, dear sweet stoney (stoney@the.net) made
the light shine upon us with this:
http://www.koin.com/news.asp?ID=4401
Old-Style Pumps Can't Register $3 Per Gallon
Stations Calculating Half Gallons
PORTLAND -- Gas prices are getting too high for the old pumps to
handle.
gasIt was absurd to think that gasoline prices would reach $3 a gallon
when some of the old-style gas pumps were built.
Some still in use are unable to register prices beyond $2.99 per
gallon.
A specialist estimates about 200 to 500 of the old pumps still operate
in Oregon.
The two companies that produce kits to retrofit the old pumps are sold
out. As a temporary fix, owners of the pumps are being told to label
their pump prices as the cost of a half-gallon. That requires the
total price to be multiplied by two.
9/9/2005
Copyright 2005 Associated Press.
The Mullet-men in Grants Pass will never figure it out.
--
Uncle Vic
aa#2011
Supervisor, EAC Department of little adhesive-backed "L" shaped
chrome-plastic doo-dads to add feet to Jesus fish department
http://home.comcast.net/~vickman/
Plonked by Raytard
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| User: "stoney" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Oregon Gas Pumps |
16 Sep 2005 09:34:50 PM |
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On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 14:02:29 -0500, Uncle Vic <address@withheld.com>
wrote:
Once upon a time in alt.atheism, dear sweet stoney (stoney@the.net) made
the light shine upon us with this:
http://www.koin.com/news.asp?ID=4401
Old-Style Pumps Can't Register $3 Per Gallon
Stations Calculating Half Gallons
PORTLAND -- Gas prices are getting too high for the old pumps to
handle.
gasIt was absurd to think that gasoline prices would reach $3 a gallon
when some of the old-style gas pumps were built.
Some still in use are unable to register prices beyond $2.99 per
gallon.
A specialist estimates about 200 to 500 of the old pumps still operate
in Oregon.
The two companies that produce kits to retrofit the old pumps are sold
out. As a temporary fix, owners of the pumps are being told to label
their pump prices as the cost of a half-gallon. That requires the
total price to be multiplied by two.
9/9/2005
Copyright 2005 Associated Press.
The Mullet-men in Grants Pass will never figure it out.
Eh?
--
Contempt of Congress meter reading-offscale.
Hello, theocracy with a fundamentalist US Supreme
Court who will ensure church and state are joined
at the hip like clergy and altar boys.
America 1776-Jan 2001 RIP
"As democracy is perfected, the office of president
represents, more and more closely, the inner soul
of the people. On some great and glorious day the
plain folks of the land will reach their heart's
desire at last and the White House will be adorned
by a downright moron." --- H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
Religion is the original war crime.
-Michelle Malkin (Feb 26, 2005)
.
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| User: "Mike Painter" |
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| Title: Re: Oregon Gas Pumps |
10 Sep 2005 07:11:57 PM |
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stoney wrote:
http://www.koin.com/news.asp?ID=4401
Old-Style Pumps Can't Register $3 Per Gallon
Stations Calculating Half Gallons
PORTLAND -- Gas prices are getting too high for the old pumps to
handle.
gasIt was absurd to think that gasoline prices would reach $3 a gallon
when some of the old-style gas pumps were built.
Old style?
There are still a few pumps with ragged holes cut to allow for amounts over
a dollar.
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| User: "Uncle Vic" |
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| Title: Re: Oregon Gas Pumps |
10 Sep 2005 11:12:18 PM |
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Once upon a time in alt.atheism, dear sweet Mike Painter
(mddotpainter@sbcglobal.net) made the light shine upon us with this:
stoney wrote:
http://www.koin.com/news.asp?ID=4401
Old-Style Pumps Can't Register $3 Per Gallon
Stations Calculating Half Gallons
PORTLAND -- Gas prices are getting too high for the old pumps to
handle.
gasIt was absurd to think that gasoline prices would reach $3 a
gallon when some of the old-style gas pumps were built.
Old style?
There are still a few pumps with ragged holes cut to allow for
amounts over a dollar.
I filled up at the only pump dead center between Ely and Tonopah, NV
(about 170 miles) last weekend on a round-trip bike ride from LA to SLC.
I went into the store to pay first and the guy just said "the pump's
on." Good thing I'm old enough to remember those days.
Too bad the gas was 3.25 a gallon, but all he had was 89 octane.
--
Uncle Vic
aa#2011
Supervisor, EAC Department of little adhesive-backed "L" shaped
chrome-plastic doo-dads to add feet to Jesus fish department
http://home.comcast.net/~vickman/
Plonked by Raytard
.
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