> > My generation can remember a time when you pulled into a service station and they would pump you gas for you, check your tires, check your oil and water, clean the windshield, take your money inside and bring back your change. You only paid for the gas and oil, if any. A really good service station attendent would wipe off your headlights and tail lights. They would thank you for your business and never expected a tip.
> > (Sigh)
> > Howard
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> Strangely, even a young stripling like myself (born 1972) can remember the tail end of the era of full-service gas stations. Maybe they hung on longer in the South. But self-service has been my experience for my whole adult life, and I actually like it a lot. Guess I'm a child of my always-on-the-go generation.
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I just pumped my own gas for the first time a couple months ago. Oregon has a silly law by which self-service gas stations are illegal. It's probably not worth a vacation there for the gas station nostalgia, though. :)

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