Hey I pumped my own gas Today!!!!

**MotherOfGizmo** · August 1, 2006, 07:55 AM

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So much for conservation!

**Heidi3** · August 1, 2006, 08:00 AM

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I love you my sistah I would have done the same thing!!!!!!!...and God bless Oregon and New Jersey both right to work states

Originally posted by Lisa M

Yea, Heidi!

I drive over to Oregon to take advantage of their, "No patron pump" law. They pump my gas and clean the windshield for "free"--especially in the Winter time when the temp is below freezing and I refuse to get out of the car when I have to. Hey, they get paid more then me! I have no pity.

When I get gas in Idaho I sometimes forget there's no attendant to pump the gas. I actually sat in my car for a minute once waiting impatiently for someone to pump it for me. Luckily my DD11 spoke up, "Uhm, Mom. You have to do it yourself". <oye>

**Lisa M** · August 1, 2006, 08:12 AM

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Idaho's the same Right to Work, but they don't see the reasoning behind raising the minimum wage to match the growing economy. The gas attendants in the State of Oregon make anywhere between $7 and $13 a hour...depending on the gas station and time spent on the job. Cost of living? Same as Idaho. Idaho's minimum wage? $5 something an hour.

**Heidi3** · August 1, 2006, 10:38 AM

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who on earth can live on $5/hour??? that is crazy!!! Idaho is a stunningly beautiful state!

Originally posted by Lisa M

Idaho's the same Right to Work, but they don't see the reasoning behind raising the minimum wage to match the growing economy. The gas attendants in the State of Oregon make anywhere between $7 and $13 a hour...depending on the gas station and time spent on the job. Cost of living? Same as Idaho. Idaho's minimum wage? $5 something an hour.

**MotherOfGizmo** · August 1, 2006, 10:45 AM

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Originally posted by Heidi3

I love you my sistah I would have done the same thing!!!!!!!...and God bless Oregon and New Jersey both right to work states

You got me curious with that statement. According to the official National Right to Work Legal Defense and Education Foundation, Inc.
website, neither Oregon nor New Jersey are "right to work" states.

North Carolina is though!

Right to Work States

http://www.nrtw.org/rtws.htm

A Right to Work law secures the right of employees to decide for themselves whether or not to join or financially support a union. However, employees who work in the railway or airline industries are not protected by a Right to Work law, and employees who work on a federal enclave may not be. Moreover, a Right to Work law does not prohibit limitations on when a dues deduction authorization card can be revoked. Workers should carefully read the fine print before signing such a card.

**Heidi3** · August 1, 2006, 10:49 AM

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Originally posted by MotherOfGizmo

You got me curious with that statement. According to the official National Right to Work Legal Defense and Education Foundation, Inc.
website, neither Oregon nor New Jersey are "right to work" states.

North Carolina is though!

http://www.nrtw.org/rtws.htm

glad you are on top of that Mog appreciate the correction thanks doesnt change my love for gas attendents whatever the reason I am happy to have them there if I need them

**not2late** · August 1, 2006, 10:56 AM

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When I briefly lived in Nu Joisy, the service station thing was from the taxes and from all those lovely toll-roads, like the Turnpike and the Parkway.

So yeah, it was nice to sit in your car, have someone else pump your gas, and have slightly lower gas prices than New York, Pennsylvannia or Delaware, but you paid for that service through your taxes and through the tolls. I remember it would cost me about $30 a month each for the Turnpike and Parkway tolls. So that $60 plus the income tax, I figured that in the end I was spending the same amount on gas as they were paying elsewhere.

**MotherOfGizmo** · August 1, 2006, 11:00 AM

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Megs, I was just reading that 5 cents is included in each gallon of gas to pay for that service as well. We don't have tolls here (yet) but our tax per gallon is like 29 cents!

**not2late** · August 1, 2006, 11:23 AM

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We have a gas tax here in Maryland. It's something like 23 cents to a gallon. It's higher than the gas taxes in DC and Virginia, but our average gas prices are between the prices in DC and Virginia.

The Virginia tax is interesting because they have a yearly tax for having a car. Around here you pay an excise tax when you buy the car, and we get hit with little fees here and there. But, if you sit down and figure it all out, in the end they're paying about the same for their gas.

**MotherOfGizmo** · August 1, 2006, 11:50 AM

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We have an annual tax for owning a car here too Megs, its based on the blue book values. We pay a tax when we buy a car and then we pay a tax every year that you own it too! And of course registration and tag fees every year, plus we have to have an annual inspection and that includes a 5 dollar city tax.

Regular just hit 3 bucks a gallon here a the place by my house, here near work its about 4 cents more on average!

**dotsamantha** · August 1, 2006, 11:56 AM

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I dislike having someone pump my gas so much that while i was stationed in Jersey I'd drive out of my way to the base so I could do it myself. I think it's the inherent lack of patience in me. I can't wait, lol.

**Jerzaka** · August 1, 2006, 11:57 AM

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Originally posted by MotherOfGizmo

. We pay a tax when we buy a car and then we pay a tax every year that you own it too!

OMG!

**sadie147** · August 1, 2006, 12:02 PM

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What's a Right to Work State mean?

WE just got our first Electronic toll highway here a few years ago (it takes a pic of your plates when you get on off) It costs a fortune to travel on IMO. I go about 20 miles on it when i go to the office and it's about $10 that's one way. Luckily it's not that often i have to take it.

**dotsamantha** · August 1, 2006, 12:06 PM

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For those of us on the east coast, I couldn't tolerate the turnpikes and parkways without my ez-pass http://www.ezpass.com/ Going over the Hudson River crossings between New York and New Jersey is torture anyway, it makes it a little easier when I can go through the lane without stopping.

**Jerzaka** · August 1, 2006, 12:10 PM

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We accidentally went into the EZ PASS lane on our way home from Jersey. We didn't have an EZ Pass and it wouldn't let us pay with cash. About a week later, I got a lovely picture of my van in the mail with a ticket.

Hey I pumped my own gas Today!!!!

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