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

[Ron Porter]

Yes! And I like the idea of two hours forward in the summer, and one hour
forward in the winter!

I wonder why, way back when, we didn't just have the country on one time
zone. You would still live your life as normal, but everyone would know what
time it is!

Ron Porter

-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Paul Nimz
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 11:15 AM
To: `V6 SHOtimes
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] (OT) "I Want to Pump Myself Up" an ode to NJ

Speaking of DST, did you see the feds want to expand it a month on both
ends?


Paul


On 4/25/2005 9:05:23 AM, Ron Porter (ronporter@prodigy.net) wrote:
> Well, he also
> wasn't from NJ, so I would doubt that he would know the "tricks" that the
locals know. Bottom line, the whole situation is pretty stupid. And I
thought
that all of the bickering in IN about going to DST is pretty silly!
>
> Ron Porter
>
> Ian Fisher <dataflash@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I read the article. I'm
> not sure where he was going
> but if he had planned his route to avoid the NJTPK all
> together, he probably would not have had these issues.
> The gas stations (they are all Sunoco) on the TPK are
> almost always overflowing and not staffed to handle
> the number of customers. In his situation I would have
> pulled up to an empty pump by backing up (he said that
> there
> weren't any lines on one side?) and started
> pumping my own gas. That usually gets an attendant
> running over pretty quickly. If not-oh well! As it is
> now, I usually open the gas lid, remove the cap, let
> the attendant insert the gas nozzle (if they are
> present-if not I'll
> do it myself) and shut off, remove
> and close everything back up myself. Most attendants
> thank me for doing their job.
>
> Yeah, the full serve law can be annoying but I think
> that
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