"Jim Thompson" wrote in
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On Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:41:26 -0500, flipper wrote:

On Wed, 1 Oct 2008 07:57:25 -0500, "Anthony Fremont"
wrote:

Jim Thompson wrote:

From your comments I wonder if you were even there?? I was. I didn't
enjoy pushing my cars in line at the gas station.

Oh come on now Jim, you didn't really push your car now did you? As I
recall, most of the people in line were trying to top off their tanks by
adding a whole gallon of gas. Just like they do here in houston when a
storm is coming, people ran on the gas stations keeping the lines long
and
the pumps dry.


With that ridiculous rewrite of history I can see why he wonders if
you were ever there.

That's the kind of vague sentence that gives me pause...

Did you think _I_ presented a "ridiculous rewrite of history", or were
you referring to Fremont?

I did have to push my cars, nearly on empty... it'd be a bit foolish
to stand in line when you don't really need gas.

In the UK you only have to mention the words: "fuel strike" and everyone's
in line clogging up the forecourt - its guaranteed to run every filling
station dry within a matter of hours even if there is no interruption to
deliveries!