And then there is New Jersey ...

PSUJam

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as it stands alone, as the last state to ban self-serve gasoline.

There's still a few hanging on in NEPA. My 80 year old mother will drive out of her way to have her gas pumped by an attendant.

A few years back my wife took my daughter to teach her how to fill up. When she hit $20 she decided she didn't want to spend anymore so she pulled the nozzle out without letting go of the trigger. Both came home covered in gas and inside of the car smelled for months. Good times! 🤣
 

fairgambit

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as it stands alone, as the last state to ban self-serve gasoline.

An opportune time for the Gambits to briefly check in. Our odyssey continues. We are in New Jersey today after spending last week on the rockbound coast of Maine. We are living the dream and hope all of you are having a healthy, happy summer. As for the Garden State banning self-service gas... well.... the Gambits appreciate the courtesy of a lovely attendant. Now, back on the road. Destination? Who knows? Until next time....may God bless us, every one.


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BobPSU92

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There's still a few hanging on in NEPA. My 80 year old mother will drive out of her way to have her gas pumped by an attendant.

A few years back my wife took my daughter to teach her how to fill up. When she hit $20 she decided she didn't want to spend anymore so she pulled the nozzle out without letting go of the trigger. Both came home covered in gas and inside of the car smelled for months. Good times! 🤣

 

TheBigUglies

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psuro

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I just got fuel for my car at lunch time. Sat in my car which was still cool from the A/C working and watched some poor sap jump around from pump to pump to pump as customers came in and out.

It's good to be the king - only peasants enjoy pumping their own fuel.

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Connorpozlee

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An opportune time for the Gambits to briefly check in. Our odyssey continues. We are in New Jersey today after spending last week on the rockbound coast of Maine. We are living the dream and hope all of you are having a healthy, happy summer. As for the Garden State banning self-service gas... well.... the Gambits appreciate the courtesy of a lovely attendant. Now, back on the road. Destination? Who knows? Until next time....may God bless us, every one.


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psu31trap

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Do you wait to go into public buildings until someone else goes in to sneak in behind them so that you don't have to touch the door handle or do you just carry jars of Lysol wipes with you all day? 😏
Actually I'm not that bad. But I do carry them in the car.
 
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fairgambit

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Ok. One more post while I stop for Mrs. G to tinkle. Found this pic of a pregnant Jenna Fischer pumping gas. I call it "baby bump at the gas pump". You would not see this in New Jersey and that's a pity. Ah, Mrs G. approaches. Gotta run! Not sure where we are headed. Really. "Heads Carolina, tails California." Gambit is outbound.

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psuro

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The gas pumping was neither here nor there, but the brutal lack of left turns in the state of New Jersey was what annoyed me.
Enough evidence shows that jughandles reduce traffic congestion at major interections.
Enough evidence also shows idiots from PA, Va, NY, Delaware and MD don't know how to read clearly marked traffic signs - written in English.
 
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Lion84

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Every time a package gets delivered to my house and they ring the doorbell i loudly proclaim, "The phonebook's here, the phonebook's here"... suffice it to say my wife is so incredibly sick of me but i still crack myself up
I say similar stuff all the time - usually lines from movies - My Daughters and Wife think I am an idiot but it's funny to me and that's all that count in my book.
 
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VaDave4PSU

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Enough evidence shows that jughandles reduce traffic congestion at major interections.
Enough evidence also shows idiots from PA, Va, NY, Delaware and MD don't know how to read clearly marked traffic signs - written in English.

I resemble this remark!

Just let me turn left quicker than a mile!
 

Connorpozlee

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The gas pumping was neither here nor there, but the brutal lack of left turns in the state of New Jersey was what annoyed me.
The inability of people to make a left turn here in Kentucky is going to give me a heart attack some day. Everybody just sits at the light in the left turn lane instead of pulling up into the intersection so they can make the turn without a half mile of an opening.
 

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I talked to my brother in Oregon yesterday - he said commercial businesses (he is a funeral director & coroner) could always get a card that would allow them to fill up themselves at certain stations. But he said he would prefer not to leave his climate controlled vehicle to fill up with gas. I called him a wimp.
 

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An opportune time for the Gambits to briefly check in. Our odyssey continues. We are in New Jersey today after spending last week on the rockbound coast of Maine. We are living the dream and hope all of you are having a healthy, happy summer. As for the Garden State banning self-service gas... well.... the Gambits appreciate the courtesy of a lovely attendant. Now, back on the road. Destination? Who knows? Until next time....may God bless us, every one.


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leinbacker

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In NEW. JERSEY. o_O , people wait in their EVs for the hired help to plug them in.
At least they’re not pulling up to a pump and worst, having a pump jockey walking around with the nozzle looking for the gas cap.
 
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