22 Oct 08 05:48, Roger Nelson wrote to Roy Witt:

 RN>> Some stations have only the first digit (3) on their signs and you
 RN>> have to pull in next to the pumps to see the prices.
 RW>> That's illegal. The state will jump on them, if somebody reports
 RW>> it.

 RN> An Exxon station I passed twice yesterday had the first digit
 RN> missing.  All you can see is the " .89".  (-:

I would have asked for gas at that price.

 RN>>  If that is of no help, then you have to either exit your car and go
 RN>> into the office to ask or drive off wondering.  Diesel prices are
 RN>> still high.

 RW>> I wouldn't trade there, but I would report the failure to
 RW>> prominantly display the price on a sign.

 RN> That situation is at just about all of the service stations here.
 RN> I'm sure if I complained, most would say their numbers went missing
 RN> due to the hurricane and they're waiting for some replacements to
 RN> arrive.

It takes three years to get new numbers?

 RW>>> I remember filling up my 1968 Camaro with $.32/gal premium. :o(

 RN>> And before I had a drivers license, it was $.29/gal.

 RW>> I remember that too, but I didn't have the Camaro then. :o) I was
 RW>> driving a 62 Pontiac Catalina and it used regular.

 RN> Those were the good old days.

I traded it in on a 67 Malibu SS. The night before, my feudal neighbor put
moth balls in the Catalina's tank. I know this because his wife confessed
that to me while enjoying an 'after' smoke in bed a little while later.

                R\%/itt



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