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Gas Stations

I stopped for gas this morning rather than run out somewhere. My first choice for coming to my rescue when I run out of gas is a University of Maryland graduate and doesn't care about Ohio State or Michigan, but he is in Baltimore this weekend. The next several people I might try to call are either at the Ohio State -- Michigan game or watching the game on television; and a call to any of them not attending the game would be rebuffed without any sympathy for me whatsoever. The other two people on my mental list are playing golf down south somewhere. So, I made the calculated decision to stop for gas and not take a chance of running out.

I passed by a BP station because I am still boycotting BP and a Shell station. Has anyone ever noticed that Shell stations play a shell game with the grades of gasoline? Invariably, the highest price gas is the left button, where normal people expect the lowest-priced button to be located. I have found, at most Shell stations, that the lowest-priced grade is a button in the middle, where the normal gas buyer would never expect it. I don't like Shell for that reason.

I stopped at Road Mart, where the pump looked like this:

The gas station is a dive. But there is no shell game here. And it's cheaper than most places -- low overhead, I guess.

Posted by Bill at November 27, 2010 12:51 PM