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Subject:Re: Oregon gasoline- was Steve Sandlin keys win again
From:Roy Nicholl
Date:Tue, 24 Jun 2014 23:06:16 -0300

We drove through Oregon a few summers ago and pumped our own fuel.  We stopped at a truck-stop, are there different rules for those facilities?

On 24-Jun-2014, at 22:18, Tom Stone wrote:

> I was in Port Jervis, NY this AM and could not pump my own gas.
> 
> Tom
> 
> 
> On June 20, 2014 11:55:28 AM Todd Last <rubatoguy@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
> 
>> Last I checked, OR and NJ were the only two states where you could not pump
>> your own gas.
>> 
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>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: David Bjorkman
>> To: vanagon
>> Sent: June 20, 2014 at 6:58 AM
>> Subject: Fwd: Re: Re: Oregon gasoline- was Steve Sandlin keys win again
>> 
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> From: ddbjorkman@verizon.net
>> Date: Jun 20, 2014 8:52:42 AM
>> Subject: Re: Re: Oregon gasoline- was Steve Sandlin keys win again
>> To: 1234bjs@GMAIL.COM
>> 
>> Used to be no one pumped their own gas. The gas station attendant did that,
>> checked your oil, and cleaned your windshield. Then you paid cash.
>> I salute Oregon for finding something for teens/less advantaged of us to do
>> to make some money.
>> 
>> Dave B.
>> 
>> 
>> On 06/20/14, bernie <1234bjs@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>> 
>> Here's a unique and amusing gas station thing...In Oregon they have a law
>> that prohibits you from pumping your own gasoline...so when you get gas
>> there you hand the gas jockey your key and your credit card or cash and sit
>> there while he/she pumps it,...
>> 
>> I hand my keys and credit card to nobody.
>> I open the gas tank for them and I then insert the credit card into the pump
>> to authorize gas.
>> They pump the gas.
>> After they are done I put the gas cap back on.
>> My keys and credit card never leave my hand and that's how I like it.
>> 
>> 
>> On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 10:58 PM, bernie <1234bjs@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> > Here's a unique and amusing gas station thing...In Oregon they have a law
>> > that prohibits you from pumping your own gasoline...so when you get gas
>> > there you hand the gas jockey your key and your credit card or cash and sit
>> > there while he/she pumps it,...
>> >> I hand my keys and credit card to nobody.
>> > I open the gas tank for them and I then insert the credit card into the
>> > pump
>> > to authorize gas.
>> > They pump the gas.
>> > After they are done I put the gas cap back on.
>> > My keys and credit card never leave my hand and that's how I like it.
>> >> Bernie
>> > Vancouver
>> >>> On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 9:09 PM, Rob <vwrobb@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>> At 6/19/2014 10:28 PM, Don Hanson wrote:
>> >>>> .
>> >>> Here's a unique and amusing gas station thing...In Oregon they have a law
>> >>> that prohibits you from pumping your own gasoline...so when you get gas
>> >>> there you hand the gas jockey your key and your credit card or cash and
>> >>> sit
>> >>> there while he/she pumps it,...
>> >>>>>>>>> Once I was getting gas in Oregon, I've handed her my key, card & I'm
>> >> waiting. It's been too long, I get out & go around to see her
>> >> twisting the key in the lock. The lock was not moving, just the
>> >> key.... It didn't break.
>> >> I hate buying gas in Oregon, one bad experience <g>.
>> >>>> Rob
>> >> vwrobb@gmail.com
>> >>>>