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Re: I pumped my own gas in NJ today!!

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From: Mike Berger
Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 15:57
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It could be a safety issue.  At least the station attendants don't fill the
tank with a lit cigarette dangling from their lips.

VictorMouse@thewall.com wrote:

> That's the stupidest law I ever heard of.  Like what's the point?
> About the only advantage I can see is that there might be a few less
> drive offs without paying, so they save $200 a month in drive offs,
> and spend $2500 a month to hire employees to pump gas....
> Now, this seems totally illogical to me.
>
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From: Mike Berger <berger@shout.net>
Newsgroups: phl.transportation,misc.transport.road,rec.autos.driving,misc.consumers,dc.general
Subject: Re: I pumped my own gas in NJ today!!
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