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dixiegrrrrl

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35. I was unclear..neighbor's family.

Sun Oct 28, 2012, 07:58 PM

Oct 2012

Amazing thing was...the old man, now 85, put 4 children thru college on the income from a service station that had been here since the 40's.
and he said to me.." I was planning on retiring in a few years, but guess this darn economy is making me do it early".
At 85!!!!

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A storm/gasoline pet peeve. All out of regular. [View all] Bonhomme Richard Oct 2012 OP

Misinformed. eom Mika Oct 2012 #1

Ummm...yeah, tank trucks do in fact make deliveries with different grades of fuels to fill separate LiberalLoner Oct 2012 #2

Separate grades of gas in separate tanks filled by separate trucks. nt Speck Tater Oct 2012 #3

At some gas stations you can even see the different "caps" on the ground above the tanks. Tigress DEM Oct 2012 #4

wow WooWooWoo Oct 2012 #5

Post removed Post removed Oct 2012 #6

What a mean post,oh perfect one. virgogal Oct 2012 #12

Seriously? You think this is mean? onenote Oct 2012 #13

Yes, I also thought your post was a little mean. Logical Oct 2012 #15

I wouldn't call it mean mythology Oct 2012 #16

^^^^^This one^^^^^ ToxMarz Oct 2012 #20

Typically VMA131Marine Oct 2012 #7

I appreciate the clarity and politeness of your reply dixiegrrrrl Oct 2012 #29

This message was self-deleted by its author Mariana Oct 2012 #8

Regular sells faster than premium and they have to be seperate tanks. liberal N proud Oct 2012 #9

Low information consumer? oldhippie Oct 2012 #10

Yes, and yes nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #11

My bad. I learned something new. n/t Bonhomme Richard Oct 2012 #14

Me too treestar Oct 2012 #17

I just figured that they mixed in different amounts of additives..... Bonhomme Richard Oct 2012 #18

Not dumb at all. My reply was just, "yeah, you ARE supposed to believe that, because that is LiberalLoner Oct 2012 #25

Your reply was not ChazII Oct 2012 #40

I didn't take your reply as snarky. It was useful info. n/t Bonhomme Richard Oct 2012 #44

...roll with it. Ellipsis Oct 2012 #37

There are no dumb questions, Richard. dixiegrrrrl Oct 2012 #30

I managed a gas station for a couple of years. MineralMan Oct 2012 #19

Nowadays, they use a Veder-Root monitoring system which gives a very accurate accounting of the fuel FSogol Oct 2012 #21

Wow, that is so cool! :) LiberalLoner Oct 2012 #27

I have a question for ya, then, if you don't mind. dixiegrrrrl Oct 2012 #31

In the past, nothing happened and the tanks and sludge stayed in the ground leaking. FSogol Oct 2012 #34

I was unclear..neighbor's family. dixiegrrrrl Oct 2012 #35

Yah. It was in the mid-60s when I managed that station. MineralMan Oct 2012 #48

Maybe they inject octane boost at the point of the pump ileus Oct 2012 #22

No way because fuel has to be inspected before it is sold. You can't add anything to it and then LiberalLoner Oct 2012 #26

If there is a run on the pumps, regular goes first. DollarBillHines Oct 2012 #23

And you can guarantee a run on the pumps in hurricane season. dixiegrrrrl Oct 2012 #32

I am from the Gulf Coast DollarBillHines Oct 2012 #36

Yeah, and they will also be COLD! dixiegrrrrl Oct 2012 #43

Misinformed madokie Oct 2012 #24

It's really too bad that they don't actually teach practicle stuff like this in schools. PavePusher Oct 2012 #28

Thank god for DU, eh? dixiegrrrrl Oct 2012 #33

...or spelling Major Nikon Oct 2012 #42

Heh, mea culpa. PavePusher Oct 2012 #49

A. Yes. Ikonoklast Oct 2012 #38

I was raised in Louisiana. You learn not to wait long after you learn of an approaching storm... Honeycombe8 Oct 2012 #39

stores were also cleaned out of flashlights and candles Rosa Luxemburg Oct 2012 #41

of course there are different tanks underground, and the tankers carry more than one type Motown_Johnny Oct 2012 #45

Different tanks, but far more demand for regular n/t TexasBushwhacker Oct 2012 #46

You're misinformed, there are separate tanks Spider Jerusalem Oct 2012 #47