You could move to Oregon. They don't let you pump your own gas there.
Hey, I've been in a firefight before! Well, I was in a fire. Actually, I was fired from a fry-cook opportunity. I can handle myself.
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Spike's Bitches 26: Damn right I'm impure!
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Glamcookie - Sep 04, 2005 8:21:08 am PDT #664 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Trudy Booth - Sep 04, 2005 8:24:06 am PDT #665 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Hil, be sure to talk to zipcar and get a discount for yourself as well as the looser docked.
Jessica - Sep 04, 2005 8:26:10 am PDT #666 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
I pumped my own gas in NJ recently, but it was right outside the Holland Tunnel, so maybe the full-service-only law isn't as rigidly enforced that close to NYC? Or maybe the attendant was just being lazy.
Zipcar's lowered their prices for NYC considerably, and I'm thinking of joining. (They used to charge by hour AND mile in NYC, and now they've given us the same 125 free miles/day that their other cities have. The car rates are still pretty high, but for $50/year, free gas, and the ability to join Costco, it's looking verrrrry appealing right now.)
Polter-Cow - Sep 04, 2005 8:31:40 am PDT #667 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Huh. I've almost never encountered full service gas stations. I didn't realize they still existed.
P.M. Marc - Sep 04, 2005 8:46:14 am PDT #668 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I would love to move to Oregon, because man-oh-man, do I love PDX.
Of course, I wouldn't need a car most of the time there, because hey--good public transit!
beth b - Sep 04, 2005 9:02:38 am PDT #669 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
yard set. house clean. all I have to do for the wedding in redo my toes and take a shower,. not bad. I think it is cartoon time.
Anne W. - Sep 04, 2005 9:05:35 am PDT #670 of 10001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
I think it is cartoon time.
Yay!
Eddie - Sep 04, 2005 10:41:02 am PDT #671 of 10001
Your tag here.
I took a Zipcar
I don't live in a major metropolitan area, and hadn't heard of Zipcar, so I had to check them out.
It seems it's a convenience/discount based car rental agency. Somehow the cars are located near your home (within walking distance), gas and insurance are included. Lots of self-service online also appears to be part of it.
Neat!
Hil R. - Sep 04, 2005 10:49:39 am PDT #672 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
It seems it's a convenience/discount based car rental agency. Somehow the cars are located near your home (within walking distance), gas and insurance are included. Lots of self-service online also appears to be part of it.
Yep. You rent in half hour increments, and once you've got an account, you can reserve online. My neighborhood has a ton of them -- there are two right across the street from me, and about 10 within maybe 4 blocks. And one of the ones right across the street from me is a Mini Cooper, which I love driving -- I'm 4'10", and that's the first car I've every driven where I can position the seat so that I can reach the pedals and see over the dashboard and be far enough back from the airbag. t /Zipcar pimp
vw bug - Sep 04, 2005 11:01:11 am PDT #673 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
We have like 6 zipcars within two blocks of our place. It's really cool. I have a car, but Emily doesn't, and she uses Zipcar when she needs one.