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Originally Posted by desertgrandma
You can pay with debit or credit cards.
You can choose to go into the little kiosk and pay the man with cash.
I remember with nostalgia being able to drive into a gas station, have the has pumped for me, the windows washed while it filled, and the oil being checked!! All this with a smile!
The bathrooms were clean.......'sigh.
Its faster now, true......but not as elegant.
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move to Oregon. you can't fill your tank there, it has to be pumped by a station attendant. I think I recall there is another state o.n the east coast thar is the same way.
I remember one of the last times I got gas at a non computerized station. it was off (WAY OFF) the beaten path in podunk nowhere. strangers really didn't pass through this place. there was a teeny tiny sign that said the price on the pump was half of the actual price. I found out later that their equipment could not handle the "high gas prices". this was in the mid 80s, I think the first time gas had gone over a dollar. I didn't have enough cash (hadn't caught the sign), no check book, only a debit card and the town didn't have an ATM. I did have a military ID, the guy took my word and a couple of days later I sent him a 5 dollar and change money order.
yeah those were the days
