Re: AC Compressor

[Domenic Lippolis <domlipps@mail2.nai.net>]

At 02:01 PM 8/6/97 EDT, you wrote:

>Heh, yah, its not funny but I had a little incident while making a pit
>stop there on my way to Seattle last year. We had stopped to gas and eat
>so I dropped off the family at the restraunt while I went next door to
>get gas. As im pulling up, there is about 5 cars in one line nearest the
>station and -all- of the other pumps are open. Odd I thought but
>whatever, right. So, as im pulling up, instead of seeing the regular
>signs like, "self serve" and "full serve" islands, I see "Mini Serve".
>WTF? Wierd but whatever. I pull uo, get out, open the gtas cap and this
>kid runs over and says, "Ill pump it for you!" 
>I say, "no thanks kid, I got it".
>Again he says, "no, no, I'll pump it for you". while hes reaching for my
>hose. 
>Again I say, "no thanks kid, I pump my own gas, thanks."
>Then he gets kinda shitty and says, IM gonna pump it"! 
>So I grab him by the colar and hold him up against the pump and get right
>in his face to make my point very clear, You are NOT gonna pump my gas
>and if you dont go away you WILL get hurt! 
>
        You are the man...  

>While this is going on I see movement to my left. Its the station manager
>running over screaming "Whats going on!". 
>So I tell him.
>He looks at my car, then the licence plate and says, "your from
>California, huh?"  
>Then he tells me that its Oregon state law that you cannot pump your own
>gas. He didnt say why but we did end up laughing about it and naturally,
>I tipped the kid when he was done pumping my gas for me. 
>The family watched the whole thing from the restraunt, they didnt think
>it was so funny. 
>So, if anybody knows why they have that law, id like to know why. I will
>note that even with paying for "Mini Serve" gas, the price was still less
>than anyplace I had payed in California pumping it myself! CA sucks.
>
>
>Shawn Meze
  AKA Mike "Ear Biting" Tyson 

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