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Article #83Re: I pumped my own gas in NJ today!!
From: Bob Ward
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 18:11
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 18:11
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On Mon, 17 Jun 2002 11:58:08 -0500, Mike Berger <berger@shout.net> wrote: >-:I guess it depends on how much risk you are willing to assume. I know of a >-:cab company in Waukegan Il. that lost most of their cars a few years ago when >-:someone got careless filling the tank. And there have certainly been gas station >-:explosions caused by lit cigarettes in the past year, though I doubt they occur >-:daily. That doesn't mean the NJ law is nonsense. It means that you're willing >-:to assume a much bigger risk from idiots than I am. >-: Obviously, that is a strong indication that YOU should not fill YOUR (or anyone else's) gas tank. However, I feel much safer if I do it myself - because there ARE people such as yourself who aren't equipped for the job. >-:"Andrew M. Saucci, Jr." wrote: >-: >-:> I'm sorry. I thought my previous posts on this subject and my use of >-:> the term "blown up" qualified my message as "facetious." No, if >-:> self-service stations were inherently dangerous, then we would be >-:> hearing about stations being blown up all the time because they are >-:> legal almost everywhere else except NJ. Since we DO NOT read of all >-:> manner of accidents at self-service stations, we must conclude that no >-:> terrible danger exists, and the NJ law is just so much nonsense. -- This space left intentionally blank
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