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Porsche-O-Phile · Porsche-O-Phile's Garage

I thought it was "beckon call" too. As in, you're beckoning someone as a form of calling them - a "beckon call".

Beck rocks.

VINMAN · 08-06-2009, 09:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Heel n Toe

It's beck and call.

But don't ask me what a beck is.

Vinnie... why not walk over to his car real slow with a Clint Eastwood squint on your face and say... "So... how long have you been laboring under the false assumption that it's all about you, Princess?"

LMAO. Cant remember,What was that from?

Was really tempted to walk over and say "Aint your lease up yet"?

Heel n Toe · 08-06-2009, 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by VINMAN

LMAO. Cant remember,What was that from?

Was really tempted to walk over and say "Aint your lease up yet"?

Not from anything... just came to me as a way to possibly make the guy think twice about doing it again.

Good one on the "lease up yet?" You shoulda done it.

Found on the internets:

To have someone "at your beck and call" means to have complete control over every action that person takes, to command their constant attention, and to have them standing ready to obey your slightest whim. (As you can probably deduce from that definition, it's a heck of a lot more fun having somebody "at your beck and call" than being the beck-and-callee.)

The "call" part of the phrase is pretty straightforward: if your master calls, you had better answer pronto. The "beck" part is a bit more obscure. "Beck" is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as "A mute signal or significant gesture, especially one indicating assent or notifying a command; e.g., a nod, a motion of the hand or forefinger, etc." If you've ever worked (as I have) for a boss who graduated from the "point and grunt" school of management, that "motion of the forefinger" business will conjure up all sorts of fond memories.

Although the word "beck" used outside of "beck and call" is archaic and rarely heard today, it's really only a shortened form of our familiar word "beckon," meaning "to make a mute signal or gesture," especially to call a person over to you. "Beckon," in turn, comes from an old Germanic word meaning "signal," from which we also derive the modern English word "beacon."

As a verb, "beck" first appeared around 1300 A.D. ("beckon" is a bit older, first showing up around 950). The phrase "beck and call" is much more recent, dating only to about 1875.

Seahawk · 08-06-2009, 09:16 AM

The first time I got gas on the NJTP I innocently got out and started to pump my own gas...

Talk about a four alarm cluster foxtrot...it was like I had a, "Go Cowboy's Giants Suck" banner plastered all over my car.

They take this gas pumping rule very seriously.

Porsche-O-Phile · Porsche-O-Phile's Garage

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Originally Posted by Heel n Toe

Not from anything... just came to me as a way to possibly make the guy think twice about doing it again.

Good one on the "lease up yet?" You shoulda done it.

Found on the internets:

To have someone "at your beck and call" means to have complete control over every action that person takes, to command their constant attention, and to have them standing ready to obey your slightest whim. (As you can probably deduce from that definition, it's a heck of a lot more fun having somebody "at your beck and call" than being the beck-and-callee.)

The "call" part of the phrase is pretty straightforward: if your master calls, you had better answer pronto. The "beck" part is a bit more obscure. "Beck" is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as "A mute signal or significant gesture, especially one indicating assent or notifying a command; e.g., a nod, a motion of the hand or forefinger, etc." If you've ever worked (as I have) for a boss who graduated from the "point and grunt" school of management, that "motion of the forefinger" business will conjure up all sorts of fond memories.

Although the word "beck" used outside of "beck and call" is archaic and rarely heard today, it's really only a shortened form of our familiar word "beckon," meaning "to make a mute signal or gesture," especially to call a person over to you. "Beckon," in turn, comes from an old Germanic word meaning "signal," from which we also derive the modern English word "beacon."

As a verb, "beck" first appeared around 1300 A.D. ("beckon" is a bit older, first showing up around 950). The phrase "beck and call" is much more recent, dating only to about 1875.

Good to know. Learn summin' every day. That's what I love about this place.

t6dpilot · t6dpilot's Garage

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Originally Posted by VINMAN

WaWA station guys here in Jerzee are like gas nazi's

No soup forrrrrr you!

white85carrera · 08-06-2009, 09:30 AM

Coffee just came out of my nose.....

"Talk about a four alarm cluster foxtrot...it was like I had a, "Go Cowboy's Giants Suck" banner plastered all over my car." -Seahawk

another reason I stay outta NJ.

looneybin · 08-06-2009, 09:31 AM

I think i heard that Jimmy Hoffa disappeared after pumping his own gas

Gogar · 08-06-2009, 09:47 AM

So, heres a question:

Do you tip pump jockeys? Or if not, do you tip them if they perform other "Full Service" tasks, i.e. Checking oil, etc?

legion · 08-06-2009, 10:03 AM

I'd argue the problem is NJ, not the car!

speeder · speeder's Garage

When I was a teenager, many years ago, I worked at an Amoco station in MN. Back in the full-serve days. My drunk-ass boss had lots of pearls of wisdom, sort of an amateur philosopher, if you will. One my favorite sayings of his was,

"Any idiot can pump gas but it takes a real genius to put the cap back on."

rouxroux · 08-06-2009, 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Heel n Toe

It's beck and call.

But don't ask me what a beck is.

Here you go:

Heel n Toe · 08-06-2009, 11:41 AM

That's Beck, not a beck.

rouxroux · 08-06-2009, 11:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Heel n Toe

That's Beck, not a beck.

Nah, that's JEFF Beck, not "Beck"...hehe

OK, OK, splitting hairs (hares)?
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Heel n Toe · 08-06-2009, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by rouxroux

Nah, that's JEFF Beck, not "Beck"...hehe

You are correct, sir!

I was not paying attention.

924slover · 08-06-2009, 12:46 PM

one other thing is i NEVER let anyone pump gas into my boat while trailering it. when we pull in i hop into the boat and they don't even ask they just hand me the pump.

NO GAS FOR YOU!!!!

mschuep · 08-06-2009, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Gogar

So, heres a question:

Do you tip pump jockeys? Or if not, do you tip them if they perform other "Full Service" tasks, i.e. Checking oil, etc?

No tipping expected...

In my 4.5 years living here I have yet to have any "pumper" offer to check the oil, etc. Occasionally they will wash your windshield...if they do so, and the windows are cleaner than when they started, I try to give them a buck.

dad911 · 08-06-2009, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by legion

I'd argue the problem is NJ, not the car!

I live here, and agree.

Looking_for_911 · 08-06-2009, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by 924slover

one other thing is i NEVER let anyone pump gas into my boat while trailering it. when we pull in i hop into the boat and they don't even ask they just hand me the pump.

NO GAS FOR YOU!!!!

Good move on pumping your own boat gas... when I was a teenager I had friend who I worked with at a gas/grocery where we were the pumpers. He filled a boat one day and a spark from somewhere (static?) ignited the fumes and blew his butt forty-feet into the air. He had some nice burns and abrasions from hitting the boat and pavement on the way down. Most don't realize the danger of filling a vessel like that.

924slover · 08-06-2009, 02:22 PM

one of the other reasons no one pumps gas into the boat is they always put the hose in and leave it and my boat has a vent tube out the side of the hull and it won't shut the pump off it will just keep pumping out the side. so after continuously cleaning gas off my boat i never let anyone touch it.