F-ing Christ!!! it's a 1/4 turn cap and then it clicks when it is tight, you don't have to spin it 5 full make the beast with two backsing rotations listening to the pretty click!
man.... if click were tips
What are gas station attendants?
;D
Round these parts, our Guvmint thinks we're smart enough to pump our own gas [evil]
Do you have to tip them?
Gas station attendants? We don't have those.
JM
Quote from: NAKID on January 18, 2009, 08:05:56 AM
What are gas station attendants?
lol....
when i first moved to CT,
i sat waiting at the pump for the attendant...
he never came.
[laugh]
Quote from: cyrus buelton on January 18, 2009, 08:31:10 AM
Do you have to tip them?
I don't when I drive thru OR.
OR speed limits are ridiculously low as well.
Quote from: cyrus buelton on January 18, 2009, 08:31:10 AM
Do you have to tip them?
Nope. You just have to double check your receipt to make sure they put in the grade you wanted and didn't overcharge you. Tweakers.
make the beast with two backsin state welfare is what it is...
when i lived in oregon, i caught the idiots more than once going to put regular in my diesel truck, despite the fact that a said "fill it with diesel"...
finally found out that it was "legal" for me to pump my own diesel. wouldnt let them touch my truck after that.
actually got in an argument with a couple of attendants about it. went something like this...
him: hey, you cant do that
me: sure i can
him: no, its against the law, i could get in trouble
me: no, actually, if you read the law, is says i can pump my own diesel.
him: i never read that
me: oh....well you should.
meamwhile, other gas guy comes over...
other guy: hey, you cant do that.
me: (tired of this conversation) listen, i am a firefighter, EMT, Hazmat specialist, and a learned to drive in a state where we had to pump our own gas. what are your qualifications?
other guy: well, we are supposed to do it....
me: ok, whatever. next time. (never went back to that one)
Quote from: JBubble on January 18, 2009, 08:43:10 AM
Nope. You just have to double check your receipt to make sure they put in the grade you wanted and didn't overcharge you. Tweakers.
You & Mom with the tweakers! [laugh]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1C2SFrwdq0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1C2SFrwdq0)
I never knew there were such a thing until i drove to NJ.
The dude takes the pump out, and i thought he didnt want me to pump there, so i went to the other side. He did the same thing. and im like WTF? Turns out he was just asking me what octane i wanted.
i hate not being able to pump my own gas.
my g/f is from NJ and hates having to do it herself. when she moved in wiht me in PA it took about 3 months for her to figure out how to do it. i hate having to wait 15 min to do something that i can do myself in 5 min.
that's another reason i dislike NJ.
i pulled up to the pump on my bike and the attendant wouldn't get out of my way so i could fill up. finally i just said "i'm from pennsylvania, we know how to use a gas pump." and then took the nozzle out of his hand as he was reaching towards the tank.
I pump my own...and then I lanesplit away
weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee [moto]
Quote from: bobspapa on January 18, 2009, 10:29:57 AM
I pump my own...and then I lanesplit away
weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee [moto]
computer skillz showoff
that was the one saver in Oregon...
the tweekers knew better than to try and put gas in a guys bike.
but they did insist on handing you the nozzle, and pressing the button
Quote from: herm on January 18, 2009, 11:33:53 AM
that was the one saver in Oregon...
the tweekers knew better than to try and put gas in a guys bike.
but they did insist on handing you the nozzle, and pressing the button
Oh, they tried to help me out. Poor poor little girl on a motorcycle. After splashing some fuel on Mother's bike (which I was riding), I made him relinquish the nozzle. Only I'm allowed to mess up his bike.
i pumped gas all through high school. it wasn't required, we just had a full serve pump at the station i worked at. it was a cake job...
i couldn't imagine someone pumping gas for me.
Quote from: Mother on January 18, 2009, 07:59:28 AM
F-ing Christ!!! it's a 1/4 turn cap and then it clicks when it is tight, you don't have to spin it 5 full make the beast with two backsing rotations listening to the pretty click!
Pump your own gas.
Some states you can't ~
JM
Quote from: the_Journeyman on January 18, 2009, 02:39:49 PM
Some states you can't ~
I always forget until I have to wait 20 minutes for gas every time I make a trip through NJ. I have never had to stop on a motorcycle. I would be flipping out if some guy spilled gas all over my bike.
Quote from: kopfjager on January 18, 2009, 02:16:56 PM
Pump your own gas.
Like many people have said, You can't where he and I live.
Quote from: NAKID on January 18, 2009, 08:05:56 AM
What are gas station attendants?
Experienced one driving out of the NW last summer. I forgot they had them in OR.
I haven't seen a gas station attendant since 1990. My ex-gf in Lansing never pumped gas for herself. [roll] I'm sure her azz is still lazy and now fat as well! [roll]
i remember the when i drove through OR. i stopped to get gas and thought it was kinda wierd that every1 was just sitting in thier cars, but i just got out and started pumping. well the guy on the other side starts telling me "You cant do that." i just ignored him, then as im finishing up, some kid comes up and tells me that im not allowed to pump gas. haha. he really expected me to wait that entire time? well i handed him the nozzle, jumped in my car and took off with a full tank of gas.
Quote from: knightrider on January 18, 2009, 04:13:26 PM
i remember the when i drove through OR. i stopped to get gas and thought it was kinda wierd that every1 was just sitting in thier cars, but i just got out and started pumping. well the guy on the other side starts telling me "You cant do that." i just ignored him, then as im finishing up, some kid comes up and tells me that im not allowed to pump gas. haha. he really expected me to wait that entire time? well i handed him the nozzle, jumped in my car and took off with a full tank of gas.
You paid for it...
right?
http://video.yahoo.com/watch/2129030/6722129 (http://video.yahoo.com/watch/2129030/6722129)
Hey, why no embedding? Is it only Youtube video that does it?
Quote from: cloud2blue on January 18, 2009, 06:46:58 PM
http://video.yahoo.com/watch/2129030/6722129 (http://video.yahoo.com/watch/2129030/6722129)
Hey, why no embedding? Is it only Youtube video that does it?
Nice. [thumbsup] BP was looking for that earlier.
...and yes, I think you tube is the only one that embeds here AFAIK. Someone smarter than me may say otherwise.
Quote from: alfisti on January 18, 2009, 06:55:37 PM
Nice. [thumbsup] BP was looking for that earlier.
...and yes, I think you tube is the only one that embeds here AFAIK. Someone smarter than me may say otherwise.
not only youtube...
but not all of them will...
but I'm not smart.
wasn't that the voice of the aardvark (Pink Panther cartoon - the ant & the aardvark)??
[laugh]
I grew up in NJ and almost always pumped my own gas for the 2-3 years I drove in that state - nobody ever said a word to me about it.
There's a full service station a block away that is about a nickle per gallon cheaper than the self serve places. It's weird. They're really prompt, so I go there often. They offer to let me pump gas in the bike. I like that place.
I live and grew up in jersey, never had an attendant try and pump gas in the bike for me, they automatically know maybe from learning their lesson quick. Ive never waited too long to be served either. If I'm really in a rush ill pump it myself and no one says anything.
The problem is when I cross over into NY or PA I'll sit and wait like an idiot for someone to serve me then realize and have to remember how to work one of these make the beast with two backsing things.
I took a motorcycle trip through Oregon last year. Never once had someone try to pump my gas, they just handed the nozzle to me.
Of course we got funny looks for being out in a downpour....
No one here in Utah will pump gas for you.
In high school, I used to use it as a screening for dates. If she didn't know how to put gas in her car, then she got the boot.
Just as a clarification, just because you live in a state where you're not supposed to pump your own gas does not mean you do not know how. Dunno why that comes up. :-\
Quote from: JBubble on January 21, 2009, 01:17:54 PM
Just as a clarification, just because you live in a state where you're not supposed to pump your own gas does not mean you do not know how. Dunno why that comes up. :-\
because there are
many adults who do not in fact know how to pump their own gas. and they tend to be from states where they have attendants pumping for them.
no finger pointing, just a reply to your comment
Quote from: herm on January 21, 2009, 02:48:13 PM
because there are many adults who do not in fact know how to pump their own gas. and they tend to be from states where they have attendants pumping for them.
no finger pointing, just a reply to your comment
Like my mom who had to learn when she was almost 60 and moved out of NJ. Those were funny conversations. "Some pumps you have the little lever under the handle, some you don't - why don't they make them all the same?" hahaha
Quote from: optiato on January 21, 2009, 09:58:06 AM
I took a motorcycle trip through Oregon last year. Never once had someone try to pump my gas, they just handed the nozzle to me.
Of course we got funny looks for being out in a downpour....
I'm not sure why you would get funny looks for being out in a downpour in Oregon. I mean-that's all it does there anyway.
Maybe the funny look was because they hadn't seen the new Buell you were on before?
Quote from: MrIncredible on January 21, 2009, 03:41:42 PM
I'm not sure why you would get funny looks for being out in a downpour in Oregon. I mean-that's all it does there anyway.
http://www.blueoregon.com/2008/08/the-saudi-arabi.html (http://www.blueoregon.com/2008/08/the-saudi-arabi.html)
Quote from: Mother on January 21, 2009, 04:16:11 PM
http://www.blueoregon.com/2008/08/the-saudi-arabi.html (http://www.blueoregon.com/2008/08/the-saudi-arabi.html)
How do you guys have so much water yet manage to keep your hippies so filthy? Is there some sort of massive umbrella industry?
Quote from: MrIncredible on January 21, 2009, 04:28:47 PM
How do you guys have so much water yet manage to keep your hippies so filthy? Is there some sort of massive umbrella industry?
we don't allow stinking hippies into our water
nobody wants to drink essence of rasta
Quote from: Mother on January 21, 2009, 04:33:18 PM
we don't allow stinking hippies into our water
nobody wants to drink essence of rasta
you are of course referring to patchouli... :P [puke]
Quote from: herm on January 21, 2009, 02:48:13 PM
because there are many adults who do not in fact know how to pump their own gas. and they tend to be from states where they have attendants pumping for them.
no finger pointing, just a reply to your comment
Case in point: My mom never knew how to pump gas because my dad always took care of it.