<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div>And there was sometimes a third option, mini-serve, where the attendant filled your tank, but didn’t clean your windows or check your oil.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Back in the day that gas stations were really “service stations”, the full service option probably lead to some (needed or not) sales on the service side. Topping up oil was a more frequent need, and of course there might be a belt or something that you might convince the owner that should be changed.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Now they want you to stock up on drinks and snacks….</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">-Darrell<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jul 8, 2019, at 2:50 PM, Randall <<a href="mailto:tr3driver@ca.rr.com" class="">tr3driver@ca.rr.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">We’ve tried that in the past; used to be stations across the country would have “full service” pumps and “self service” pumps with perhaps only 5 to 10 cents difference in price.</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Some quick assumptions show an average cost (to the owner) of roughly $.10 or $.15/gallon (assuming an attendant pumps all gas sold, etc), so it probably wasn’t a ripoff.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Never seemed worth the price, to me; I almost always used the self service pumps. I’m guessing that’s what the station owners saw as well, since I haven’t seen a full service pump in a long time (outside of Oregon, where it’s required by law).</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">-Randall</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Sent from<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">Mail</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>for Windows 10</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); padding: 3pt 0in 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; border: none; padding: 0in;" class=""><b class="">From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b><a href="mailto:wbeech@flash.net" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">wbeech@flash.net</a><br class=""><b class="">Sent:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Monday, July 8, 2019 3:04 PM<br class=""><b class="">To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b><a href="mailto:tjwakeman@gmail.com" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">TeriAnn J. Wakeman</a><br class=""><b class="">Cc:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b><a href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">triumphs@autox.team.net</a><br class=""><b class="">Subject:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Re: [TR] Car Talk</div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">TeriAnn,<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Just thinking the other day. What would it cost a station, in terms of cents per gallon, to hire a guy to pump fuel and clean windscreens? And, what would the public be willing to pay?<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Bill<o:p class=""></o:p></p><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Sent from my DynaTAC 8000X<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><br class="">On Jul 8, 2019, at 10:01 AM, TeriAnn J. Wakeman <<a href="mailto:tjwakeman@gmail.com" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">tjwakeman@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p class=""></o:p></p></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">On 7/8/19 3:57 AM, David Friedlander wrote:<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><blockquote style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt;" class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">What's an "attendant"?<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></blockquote><p class="">The guy in Oregon who fills your fuel tank while you sit inside your car, or while you are cleaning your windscreen.</p><p class="">TeriAnn<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="">--</p><div class=""><p align="center" style="text-align: center;" class=""><a href="http://overlandtravel.us/" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">Book - The Essential Guide to Overland Travel in the United States and Canada</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">2 years to write and 38 years of travel and camping to learn what to write<br class=""><br class=""><b class="">Because the world beckons and life waits for no one</b></p></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; 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