Ron's SNAFU

[Mike Seymour]

Filling the diesel PU truck with regular unleaded gas, at 2330 hrs, in Bloomington, Ill...........$52.00
Tipping a truck stop diesel mechanic to watch us pump out the tank and put in a new filter...$120.00
Scott Miller taking a picture of the operation.......................................................Priceless
Guess us dumb Oregonians are just used to the green nozzle being for diesel.

[Mark Tombleson]

Ah... both of you step away from the nozzle.

Last time I was up there in Oregon the station would not let anyone pump their own gas.

I now see why this is the case in Oregon as those who live in Oregon cannot seem to get the hang of it.

[gerrykan]

Did you stop at a BP station?
A friend did the same thing.
There is no regulation about using green for diesel only, but there should be.

[Jon]

Some people shouldn't be allowed out of their own yard, let alone out of the State.
So Mikey, didja sell the Unleaded you sucked out ?.. be good for someone's lawn mower.

JR

[Nick D]

Glad we dont have that issue here in New Jersey...One of the few states where you dont have to pump your own gas

[Steve Webb]

I see you were in Illinois, but I heard a definition of people from Iowa that fits.
Idiots
Out
Wandering
Around

[j506]

Thanks for posting Mike
I'm taking great comfort in knowing I'm no longer alone
I'm thinking maybe Ron won't soon forget either...Huh..

Other than that, how did the rest of the trip go?

John

PS Ren will probably fill you in on my latest ....embaressment

[Mike Seymour]

Other than that, how did the rest of the trip go?

Funny you ask, John... Three hours later Ron got into some bad donuts and got food poisoning...spent about a half hour 'sellin' Buicks' behind the trailer in a rest stop parking lot....so I had to drive most of his shift too.... I told the kid we should just stay in Evansville and had no business roaming around in foreign states in the middle of the night with no sleep...But noooo!

[Nick D]

Did you get the donuts, the gas station?

[dick dobs]

Donuts........ well thats why Ron looked a little under the weather, saturday @ 8am in Iola, WI. I thought it was a bad night under the stars! He did look a bit white in the face. At least it wasn't the brats n beer!


dick dobs
Semper Fi

[Mac]

So Mike, you have finally told the story, now post it on the Norway site, they are waiting !!---------------------Mud

[Keith Buckley]

I expected one of you guys to comment that mistaking that small gas nozzle for the large diesel nozzle explains alot more than just a wrong tank of fuel doesn't it???

[Mike Seymour]

So Mike, you have finally told the story, now post it on the Norway site, they are waiting !!---------------------Mud

Whatsamatter, Mud..is their mouse busted?

[Derek Eddlestone]

Did you stop at a BP station?
A friend did the same thing.
There is no regulation about using green for diesel only, but there should be.

Roy,

As long as you remember that it's black in the UK.......

Derek.

[Mike Seymour]

I expected one of you guys to comment that mistaking that small gas nozzle for the large diesel nozzle explains alot more than just a wrong tank of fuel doesn't it???

All up and down the western US, diesel nozzles are green. In Oregon it is against the law to pump our own gas but we can pump diesel. Here diesel cost the same wether they pump it or you pump it...so why get out of the truck and get your hands all smelly? As far as nozzle size, I've never noticed...never had to.
Anywhoo, life was good until we got in the great state of Illinois where nozzle colors are determined by what looks feng shui to the station owner...
I for one will give the pumps a second look from now on, wherever I am.