SIGN of the times...... you decide good or bad.
 

so i saw something that made me pause for just a second last night.

stopped to fill up on gas as i was on fumes...... jumped and out went to pump.........

a quick glance at the pump.... then a double-take.... then another look and it got me thinking..... enough to take a picture and wonder,

what the heck is going through that persons mind before/after they pumped their gas.....

• single mom?
• single dad?
• wanting to get home to the kids after work?
• kid trying to get to their min wage job?
• do i pump gas or get some milk?
• can i get home on 5.00 ?
• what about tomorrow?

maybe it's nothing...... who knows.

seems like NOT that long ago, didn't even think twice about pumping gas.........

kinda made me sad to be honest........

carry on.................................

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Motorcycle.

some relief Flipper...... good option..... bit of a stretch BUT i will take it compared to the alternative...... :)

so true..
you'll hear it more and more..
5..10 on pump 2 or 4..

Rika

An older dual sport or adventure bike and they were topping off for the week?

If it were here I would have said snowmobile.

Yeah...sad. For many, the tank is running dry.

It could have been me. I use a one gal can for the 2 cycle mix at home.

true optimist Flipper.... thank you.

although..... this saddens me a bit. UUUGHHH.

Somebody is gouging on prices ... because they can ... as usual :(.

Price is below 3 bucks here for regular stuff.... I did leave a pump showing 4.00 on the total last week tho' ... needed 1 gal of 93 octane NON-ethanol so I went a penny over ;).

That was me too....

gas is $2.85/gal for reg here now.

California...need I say more? 'Bout the same here in Oregon.

The other day I went out, saw the gas gauge, decided better safe than sorry.
Stopped, put in a similar amount.

At 24MPG I knew it'd ensure I could get where I was going and back to have just that bit extra.
I could fill up for realsies later.

ok ok..... maybe i was making more of this than i needed to........ :)

i'll shut my pie hole.......

Lawnmower, powerwasher, motorcycle, other yard equipment?
Enough to make it to the cheaper gas station? I've done that.

ok ok.... i get it... :)

i feel better........ whew!

The stations around here won't let you pump one octane and switch it to a diff octane without re-setting.
I typically fill my car with premium and the one gal can with regular. It forces me to reset and re-enter my card for the second fill....annoying.

Ive done that plenty of times.

I remember back when I worked in a Mobil station in the early 80s I think gas was around $1. 25 or so in NYC. People would come in and ask for like $ 1. 50 in gas. As I started pumping, they would root through there car seat and yell out the window " hey I found another 16 cents! :D

Back in 2008 had to move stuff down to FL from NJ. Diesel was around 4.50 average. That was murder!

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Taking a rental car back.

3.10 here, pretty middling gas price here over the last 15 years.