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On Sat, 01 Sep 2018 06:34:23 +1000, Druce >
wrote:

>On Fri, 31 Aug 2018 16:20:57 -0400, wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 31 Aug 2018 03:32:43 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:
>>
>>>On Thursday, August 30, 2018 at 4:50:14 PM UTC-4, Nancy Young wrote:
>>>> On 8/30/2018 4:21 PM, wrote:
>>>> > On Thursday, August 30, 2018 at 3:11:12 PM UTC-5, Nancy Young wrote:
>>>> >>
>>>> >> That's why I love the long hoses at Costco, it doesn't matter
>>>> >> which side I pull in.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> I also love sitting listening to the radio in the cool or warm
>>>> >> air while someone else worries about my gas cap situation, but
>>>> >> that's another topic.
>>>>
>>>> > I honestly don't know if the hose would have reached to the far side
>>>> > of the vehicle or not. My first inclination was to move to another
>>>> > pump with the gas door within easy reach of the hose.
>>>>
>>>> I understand older gas stations but when they are renovated, why
>>>> not get the long hoses so people don't have to jockey around to
>>>> one side or another?
>>>
>>>Safety. It makes it less likely that they'll be run over, and less
>>>likely that someone will drive off with the nozzle still in the
>>>filler tube.
>>>
>>>I can't figure out why manufacturers put the filler anywhere but
>>>the driver's side.
>>>
>>>> > (Sigh) Everywhere I get gas I have to pump my own.
>>>>
>>>> I imagine it's a matter of time until we have to pump our own
>>>> as well. It comes up every couple of years.
>>>
>>>I've been pumping my own gas since the 1970s. Yes, it's a drag
>>>doing it in the winter.
>>>
>>>Cindy Hamilton
>>
>>I prefer pumping my own gas. I don't want some moron over filling with
>>gas running down the side of my car, ruins the finish
>
>Cars have a finish?

Petrol dulls the paint.

>>and having to
>>smell gas in the car for a month before it disapates.
>
>Just go to a gas station where the staff aren't drunk.

Don't need to be drunk to be lazy... even the valve caps they put back
are not tightened and will eventually fall off.