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"gnipgnop" |
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16 Jun 2005 09:12:22 AM |
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Re: OT: Pumping Gas |
On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 10:39:30 +0200, "Mel" <mel@atj.faq.com> wrote:
On Wed, 15 Jun 2005 11:52:03 GMT, gnipgnop <rather@notsay.com> wrote in
message <hb50b15eplk0uvnflkmoumt0itdgcpvj04@4ax.com>:
On Tue, 14 Jun 2005 13:40:23 GMT, lab~rat <chase@cheese.net> wrote:
There's nothing I hate more than wheeling into a gas station,
committing to a pump with my credit card, and then finding out that
there is no latch on the pump nozzle and they expect me to stand there
like a jackass for ten minutes holding the stupid thing. Christ, if
gas were fitty cent a gallon, maybe it wouldn't be such an issue.
Anyway, I found a solution that I thought I'd share with y'all. I
usually carry a box of Altoids in my car to keep my breath fresh after
that salad bar with extra onions and whatnot.
Guess what? You can squeeze the nozzle, then fit the box into the gap
where your hand is and it holds the valve open. Now I keep an EMPTY
box in the car, just so I don't get gas & germs on my mints.
Just thought I'd share my discovery in hopes to make the world a
better place...
In New York,we havent had those latches for years.I usually use the
gas cap wedged in sideways to pump the gas.But now I'm starting to see
little stickers on the pumps saying it's illegal to do so. WHY?? The
stupid nozzle has an automactic shut off and I can't see why it's
illegal.Fucking NYS is sucking the life out of me.....
i wouldn't want to live in any city that adopts a "zero-tolerance" attitude
towards crime.
pity that OBL didn't use nukes. prolly couldn't get Bush to authorize that.
I live upstate,,not in that sewer south of me....
Upstate is mostly filled with a bunch of blue collar folk that all
drive pickups with either a "9" sticker or a "24" sticker attached.
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| User: "Onkel Petey" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Pumping Gas |
16 Jun 2005 10:25:00 AM |
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"gnipgnop" <rather@notsay.com> wrote in message
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On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 10:39:30 +0200, "Mel" <mel@atj.faq.com> wrote:
On Wed, 15 Jun 2005 11:52:03 GMT, gnipgnop <rather@notsay.com> wrote in
message <hb50b15eplk0uvnflkmoumt0itdgcpvj04@4ax.com>:
On Tue, 14 Jun 2005 13:40:23 GMT, lab~rat <chase@cheese.net> wrote:
There's nothing I hate more than wheeling into a gas station,
committing to a pump with my credit card, and then finding out that
there is no latch on the pump nozzle and they expect me to stand there
like a jackass for ten minutes holding the stupid thing. Christ, if
gas were fitty cent a gallon, maybe it wouldn't be such an issue.
Anyway, I found a solution that I thought I'd share with y'all. I
usually carry a box of Altoids in my car to keep my breath fresh after
that salad bar with extra onions and whatnot.
Guess what? You can squeeze the nozzle, then fit the box into the gap
where your hand is and it holds the valve open. Now I keep an EMPTY
box in the car, just so I don't get gas & germs on my mints.
Just thought I'd share my discovery in hopes to make the world a
better place...
In New York,we havent had those latches for years.I usually use the
gas cap wedged in sideways to pump the gas.But now I'm starting to see
little stickers on the pumps saying it's illegal to do so. WHY?? The
stupid nozzle has an automactic shut off and I can't see why it's
illegal.Fucking NYS is sucking the life out of me.....
i wouldn't want to live in any city that adopts a "zero-tolerance"
attitude
towards crime.
pity that OBL didn't use nukes. prolly couldn't get Bush to authorize
that.
I live upstate,,not in that sewer south of me....
Upstate is mostly filled with a bunch of blue collar folk that all
drive pickups with either a "9" sticker or a "24" sticker attached.
I've also seen many with "3".
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| User: "Steven remove wax and invalid for reply" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Pumping Gas |
16 Jun 2005 11:01:13 AM |
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Onkel Petey wrote:
I live upstate,,not in that sewer south of me....
Upstate is mostly filled with a bunch of blue collar folk that all
drive pickups with either a "9" sticker or a "24" sticker attached.
I've also seen many with "3".
What do all these sticker mean?
--
Steven
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| User: "peachy ashie passion" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Pumping Gas |
16 Jun 2005 03:04:20 PM |
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gnipgnop wrote:
On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 10:39:30 +0200, "Mel" <mel@atj.faq.com> wrote:
On Wed, 15 Jun 2005 11:52:03 GMT, gnipgnop <rather@notsay.com> wrote in
message <hb50b15eplk0uvnflkmoumt0itdgcpvj04@4ax.com>:
On Tue, 14 Jun 2005 13:40:23 GMT, lab~rat <chase@cheese.net> wrote:
There's nothing I hate more than wheeling into a gas station,
committing to a pump with my credit card, and then finding out that
there is no latch on the pump nozzle and they expect me to stand there
like a jackass for ten minutes holding the stupid thing. Christ, if
gas were fitty cent a gallon, maybe it wouldn't be such an issue.
Anyway, I found a solution that I thought I'd share with y'all. I
usually carry a box of Altoids in my car to keep my breath fresh after
that salad bar with extra onions and whatnot.
Guess what? You can squeeze the nozzle, then fit the box into the gap
where your hand is and it holds the valve open. Now I keep an EMPTY
box in the car, just so I don't get gas & germs on my mints.
Just thought I'd share my discovery in hopes to make the world a
better place...
In New York,we havent had those latches for years.I usually use the
gas cap wedged in sideways to pump the gas.But now I'm starting to see
little stickers on the pumps saying it's illegal to do so. WHY?? The
stupid nozzle has an automactic shut off and I can't see why it's
illegal.Fucking NYS is sucking the life out of me.....
i wouldn't want to live in any city that adopts a "zero-tolerance" attitude
towards crime.
pity that OBL didn't use nukes. prolly couldn't get Bush to authorize that.
I live upstate,,not in that sewer south of me....
Upstate is mostly filled with a bunch of blue collar folk that all
drive pickups with either a "9" sticker or a "24" sticker attached.
ahh yes... the stickers.
Then again, I moved to Virginia.. I did not escape the stickers.
--
The two most abundant things in the universe are hydrogen and
stupidity. -- Harlan Ellison
God created sex. Priests created marriage. -- Voltaire
http://www.esmeraldus.blogspot.com
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| User: "Douglas D. Anderson" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Pumping Gas |
16 Jun 2005 07:13:58 PM |
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"peachy ashie passion" <res1n5cb@invalid.net> wrote
gnipgnop wrote:
On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 10:39:30 +0200, "Mel" <mel@atj.faq.com> wrote:
On Wed, 15 Jun 2005 11:52:03 GMT, gnipgnop <rather@notsay.com> wrote in
message <hb50b15eplk0uvnflkmoumt0itdgcpvj04@4ax.com>:
On Tue, 14 Jun 2005 13:40:23 GMT, lab~rat <chase@cheese.net> wrote:
There's nothing I hate more than wheeling into a gas station,
committing to a pump with my credit card, and then finding out that
there is no latch on the pump nozzle and they expect me to stand there
like a jackass for ten minutes holding the stupid thing. Christ, if
gas were fitty cent a gallon, maybe it wouldn't be such an issue.
Anyway, I found a solution that I thought I'd share with y'all. I
usually carry a box of Altoids in my car to keep my breath fresh after
that salad bar with extra onions and whatnot.
Guess what? You can squeeze the nozzle, then fit the box into the gap
where your hand is and it holds the valve open. Now I keep an EMPTY
box in the car, just so I don't get gas & germs on my mints.
Just thought I'd share my discovery in hopes to make the world a
better place...
In New York,we havent had those latches for years.I usually use the
gas cap wedged in sideways to pump the gas.But now I'm starting to see
little stickers on the pumps saying it's illegal to do so. WHY?? The
stupid nozzle has an automactic shut off and I can't see why it's
illegal.Fucking NYS is sucking the life out of me.....
i wouldn't want to live in any city that adopts a "zero-tolerance" attitude
towards crime.
pity that OBL didn't use nukes. prolly couldn't get Bush to authorize that.
I live upstate,,not in that sewer south of me....
Upstate is mostly filled with a bunch of blue collar folk that all
drive pickups with either a "9" sticker or a "24" sticker attached.
ahh yes... the stickers.
Then again, I moved to Virginia.. I did not escape the stickers.
Do they still make you pay property tax on your vehicle there? I lived in
Roanoke twenty years ago, and you used to have to get a sticker bigger
than a NYS inspection sticker declaring that you paid property tax and
what county it was paid in. On the _other_ hand, registration was so
cheap, it was less than a quarter of what NY charged.
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| User: "peachy ashie passion" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Pumping Gas |
16 Jun 2005 11:00:29 PM |
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Douglas D. Anderson wrote:
"peachy ashie passion" <res1n5cb@invalid.net> wrote
gnipgnop wrote:
On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 10:39:30 +0200, "Mel" <mel@atj.faq.com> wrote:
On Wed, 15 Jun 2005 11:52:03 GMT, gnipgnop <rather@notsay.com> wrote in
message <hb50b15eplk0uvnflkmoumt0itdgcpvj04@4ax.com>:
On Tue, 14 Jun 2005 13:40:23 GMT, lab~rat <chase@cheese.net> wrote:
There's nothing I hate more than wheeling into a gas station,
committing to a pump with my credit card, and then finding out that
there is no latch on the pump nozzle and they expect me to stand there
like a jackass for ten minutes holding the stupid thing. Christ, if
gas were fitty cent a gallon, maybe it wouldn't be such an issue.
Anyway, I found a solution that I thought I'd share with y'all. I
usually carry a box of Altoids in my car to keep my breath fresh after
that salad bar with extra onions and whatnot.
Guess what? You can squeeze the nozzle, then fit the box into the gap
where your hand is and it holds the valve open. Now I keep an EMPTY
box in the car, just so I don't get gas & germs on my mints.
Just thought I'd share my discovery in hopes to make the world a
better place...
In New York,we havent had those latches for years.I usually use the
gas cap wedged in sideways to pump the gas.But now I'm starting to see
little stickers on the pumps saying it's illegal to do so. WHY?? The
stupid nozzle has an automactic shut off and I can't see why it's
illegal.Fucking NYS is sucking the life out of me.....
i wouldn't want to live in any city that adopts a "zero-tolerance" attitude
towards crime.
pity that OBL didn't use nukes. prolly couldn't get Bush to authorize that.
I live upstate,,not in that sewer south of me....
Upstate is mostly filled with a bunch of blue collar folk that all
drive pickups with either a "9" sticker or a "24" sticker attached.
ahh yes... the stickers.
Then again, I moved to Virginia.. I did not escape the stickers.
Do they still make you pay property tax on your vehicle there? I lived in
Roanoke twenty years ago, and you used to have to get a sticker bigger
than a NYS inspection sticker declaring that you paid property tax and
what county it was paid in. On the _other_ hand, registration was so
cheap, it was less than a quarter of what NY charged.
oh man yeah!
Property tax on the vehicles is STEEP. Ouchie and painful even.
--
The two most abundant things in the universe are hydrogen and
stupidity. -- Harlan Ellison
God created sex. Priests created marriage. -- Voltaire
http://www.esmeraldus.blogspot.com
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| User: "Greg Evans" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Pumping Gas |
16 Jun 2005 07:43:17 PM |
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Douglas D. Anderson wrote:
Do they still make you pay property tax on your vehicle there? I
lived in Roanoke twenty years ago, and you used to have to get a
sticker bigger than a NYS inspection sticker declaring that you paid
property tax and what county it was paid in. On the _other_ hand,
registration was so cheap, it was less than a quarter of what NY
charged.
It sounds like they spent all that tax revenue on big stickers!
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| User: "Douglas D. Anderson" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Pumping Gas |
16 Jun 2005 10:22:56 PM |
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"Greg Evans" <misterx@larkbooks.com> wrote
Douglas D. Anderson wrote:
Do they still make you pay property tax on your vehicle there? I
lived in Roanoke twenty years ago, and you used to have to get a
sticker bigger than a NYS inspection sticker declaring that you paid
property tax and what county it was paid in. On the _other_ hand,
registration was so cheap, it was less than a quarter of what NY
charged.
It sounds like they spent all that tax revenue on big stickers!
I thought the proceeds went to buy pouches of Red Man and cases of
Old Milwaukee for those less fortunate than ourselves.
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| User: "Larry Krzewinski" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Pumping Gas |
17 Jun 2005 12:27:01 AM |
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On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 22:22:56 GMT, "Douglas D. Anderson"
<dda@rr.rochester.com> wrote:
Do they still make you pay property tax on your vehicle there? I
lived in Roanoke twenty years ago, and you used to have to get a
sticker bigger than a NYS inspection sticker declaring that you paid
property tax and what county it was paid in. On the _other_ hand,
registration was so cheap, it was less than a quarter of what NY
charged.
It sounds like they spent all that tax revenue on big stickers!
I thought the proceeds went to buy pouches of Red Man and cases of
Old Milwaukee for those less fortunate than ourselves.
Not at all. Marion Barry had to find some way to pay for his habit.
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| User: "Greg Evans" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Pumping Gas |
16 Jun 2005 03:37:17 PM |
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peachy ashie passion wrote:
Upstate [NY] is mostly filled with a bunch of blue collar folk that
all
drive pickups with either a "9" sticker or a "24" sticker attached.
ahh yes... the stickers.
Then again, I moved to Virginia.. I did not escape the stickers.
Hell, you moved to Sticker Central!
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| User: "peachy ashie passion" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Pumping Gas |
16 Jun 2005 04:10:28 PM |
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Greg Evans wrote:
peachy ashie passion wrote:
Upstate [NY] is mostly filled with a bunch of blue collar folk that
all
drive pickups with either a "9" sticker or a "24" sticker attached.
ahh yes... the stickers.
Then again, I moved to Virginia.. I did not escape the stickers.
Hell, you moved to Sticker Central!
damn straight!
And it's tobacco country, too!
plus, there is this weird thing I do not get with memorializing
people with dedications on the vehicle window.
--
The two most abundant things in the universe are hydrogen and
stupidity. -- Harlan Ellison
God created sex. Priests created marriage. -- Voltaire
http://www.esmeraldus.blogspot.com
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