Mom had a worrying crisis when the owner of the last local full service station retired and she was faced with the prospect of pumping her own gas. I don't quite get how a woman who held our family together through Dad's brain surgery and paralysis, kept a roof over our heads despite hundreds of thousands in medical bills, and managed the care of her mother for two years once strokes rendered her invalid could find pushing a spigot into the gas tank and squeezing the handle such a daunting challenge.
Anya Christina Emmanuella Jenkins. Twenty years old. Born on the fourth of July — and don't think there weren't jokes about that my whole life, mister, 'cause there were. 'Who's our little patriot?' they'd say, when I was younger and therefore smaller and shorter than I am now.
Anya ,'Potential'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 02, 2009 7:13:05 am PDT #27038 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
StuntHusband - Jul 02, 2009 7:14:20 am PDT #27039 of 30000
Electromagnetic candy! - Stark
It's just gas!
I'm very protective of my car, and gas-station attendants in Oregon are strange animals. They get defensive and confrontational if you get out of your car.
Wacky.
msbelle - Jul 02, 2009 7:16:00 am PDT #27040 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
That Sears tower thing is wrong wrong wrong. I could feel my legs give out just watching it on tv.
And the therapist forgot she wanted to see me every week while mac is having big issues, so I traveled an hour and now have to kill another hour before she can see me, and the I have to go home and bring mac back by 6. Joy - what do you think the universe is trying to tell me?
tommyrot - Jul 02, 2009 7:18:20 am PDT #27041 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
That Sears tower thing is wrong wrong wrong. I could feel my legs give out just watching it on tv.
They have something similar in the CN Tower in Toronto. I tried to walk out onto the glass, but my legs just wouldn't obey me. Freaky.
Barb - Jul 02, 2009 7:19:20 am PDT #27042 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
It's just gas!
I don't know about the attendants in NJ, but the few I've encountered in Florida have been of the not-terribly-bright variety to the point where they've walked around my car more than once looking for the tank. And it's not like I've ever had the stealth tank hidden behind the license plate either.
Another thing you never want to hear a gas station attendant say while pumping gas into your car:
"Whoops."
Jessica - Jul 02, 2009 7:19:44 am PDT #27043 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
There's one at the Grand Canyon too. Sounds very cool in theory, but I'm not sure I could actually walk on it.
Dana - Jul 02, 2009 7:20:59 am PDT #27044 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Yeah, Oregon doesn't let you pump your own gas, either.
...really? I'm fairly sure we pumped our own gas when we went to Pendleton. Though we were right by a casino, so maybe that made a difference?
I was busy being weirded out that they didn't have sales tax.
shrift - Jul 02, 2009 7:24:40 am PDT #27045 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Holy shit! Indian court decriminalizes consensual gay sex: [link]
tommyrot - Jul 02, 2009 7:25:57 am PDT #27046 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I was just gong to post that. As Sullivan says,
I think that liberates more gay men and women in one fell swoop than ever before in human history. It's not equality, of course. And homophobia is still rife. But it's a big, big deal if you care about human rights and human dignity....
eta: Also, the Indian law outlawing homosexuality was a product of British colonialism....
-t - Jul 02, 2009 7:32:46 am PDT #27047 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I'm fairly sure we pumped our own gas when we went to Pendleton.
You guys are outlaws!
Glass ledges are freaky. Looking at the picture is wigging me out a little.