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 Message 1203 
 Roy Witt to TOM WALKER 
 Hey! 
 20 Jul 12 03:46:25 
 
20 Jul 12 06:18, TOM WALKER wrote to ROY WITT:

 RW>> We have the option of swiping the card and then answering the
 RW>> question; Credit or Debit. If credit, they ask for your zip code if
 RW>> debit, they ask for your pin. Then they ask questions like, do you
 RW>> want to add a car wash to your purchase, or a gasoline additive for
 RW>> more fuel economy, yes or no. Finally they ask, would you like a
 RW>> reciept? I always answer Yes in every instance on the
 RW>> receipt...then, after your card is approved, they tell you to lift
 RW>> the pump handle and select the grade of gas you want. Wait a few
 RW>> seconds and the selected fuel numbers change to all zeros and you're
 RW>> ready to pump...

 TW> I am not into the Cashless Society. I like the ARCO stations becasue
 TW> they ahve a outside machien I slip a couple of 20's in and pump away.

I can't keep cash in my pocket long enough to save it for gas. That's why
I went cashless, not to mention that bank pays me to use the Debit/Credit
Card. I get a check in the mail from my financial institution every
spring. That amounts to 10 cents per transaction, which at the end of the
year grows to a very tidy sum.

 TW> I usually never ley my gas tank get below 1/2 but recently I was not
 TW> paying attention. It is a smaller tank(Toyota Tacoma PU) and it cost
 TW> $50.00 to get the same amount of gas I got for $5.00 in the GOOD old
 TW> Days :-)  :-)

I spent nearly that amount yesterday. Like you, I don't like to let the
tank get too much lower than half a tank, but let it slip to 1/4 tank
after taking a trip to San Antonio. I usually put 10 gals in the tank and
with the price changes, that works out nicely. When the pump reached 10
gals yesterday, I wasn't paying attention and it went over about two
gallons, so I decided to put in 15 gallons. At $3.09/per, that came to
almost $50...used to fill up the 68 Camaro (in 1968) with that amount of
100 octane premium fuel, at just 36 cents/gal...What a deal!

                R\%/itt

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