[Shotimes] (OT) "I Want to Pump Myself Up" an ode to NJ

[Ian Fisher]

great response-I couldn't have said it better..

Ian

--- Bill Murray <fordsho@cloud9grafx.com> wrote:
> Interesting article, though a little absurd if you
> ask me.  A weekend
> holiday on the NJ Turnpike does NOT count as normal
> traffic.  I would
> expect to wait 25 minutes on line during a weekend
> like that.  Half of
> NJ and 3/4 of Philly area residents of PA flock to
> the shore that
> weekend!!  Common sense should have told him to make
> a u-turn and back
> into the right side lanes that were empty.  If he
> had his eyes open he
> would have seen plenty of other people doing it, if
> he couldn't figure
> it out himself.
> 
> NJ probably has the cheapest gas on the entire east
> coast most of the
> time also.  I don't think employing "petroleum
> distillate distribution
> engineers" is hurting our prices of gas.  I travel
> to PA on a fairly
> regular basis, and often stop at one particular
> station near a friends
> house.  There are usually 4 employees sitting in the
> office drinking
> soda and reading magazines, waiting for someone to
> pull up to the full
> service pumps and pay the extra $0.15/gallon, over
> the price posted on
> the sign, to have someone pump it for them.  Full
> service doesn't
> include checking tire pressure and oil either.  And
> the prices in PA are
> ALWAYS HIGHER!!  
> 
> I do agree that the fact that we are technically not
> allowed to pump our
> gas by law is silly, but 8 times out of 10, I like
> not having to leave
> the car.  The other 2 times, I get out and pump it
> myself if the station
> is busy.  I've never had someone tell me to stop and
> get back in the
> car.  We even have pay at the pump, and have had it
> for years now.  I
> can probably count the number of times I've paid
> cash for gas on one
> hand.  
> 
> I agree with Paul though, it would be nice to get
> gas from a closed
> station instead of driving around to find one that
> is open.  Living in
> one of the more rural parts of the state, that can
> be a pain sometimes,
> it may be 10 miles to the nearest open station.
> 
> Bill Murray
> From the GREAT STATE OF NEW JERSEY :)
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ron Porter [mailto:ronporter@prodigy.net] 
> > Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 3:58 AM
> > To: SHO SHOtimes; SHO V8SHO
> > Subject: [Shotimes] (OT) "I Want to Pump Myself
> Up" an ode to NJ
> > 
> > 
> > NJ residents may like this, but it also applies to
> Oregon, 
> > and anyone who must buy gas in either of those
> states!
> >  
> >
>
http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment-schaeffer090803.asp
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