The chart doesn't really apply. It apparently tracks flow based on some sort of average, and is scaled by years, not hours. It says nothing at all about whether the flow is stopped for a few hours; the resolution isn't nearly sufficient.
I haven't worked at a station for over forty years, but back then the main tank was 'metered' by means of an eight foot 'dip stick' that you'd stick down through the tank's fill hole (usually at closing) to measure the remaining fuel. You could then check for discrepancies between the stick readings and the till.
Not that it matters. Forcing the pump to run normally should be far easier than forcing it to run AND to bypass the meter, which is probably impossible. And it appears that the attendant was able to (eventually) see that the pump was being used, presumably by watching the remote meter running.
"And yet, nobody ever provides a cash discount. Funny that."
An extraordinary claim which can be disproved by a casual drive through California, via Google Maps' Street View feature. A typical intersection can be found at http://tinyurl.com/ya8xojyl; a corner on Ventura Blvd where Shell, Chevron, and an independent station are all advertising both cash and credit prices.
For a wider view, go to GasBuddy.com, a crowd sourced gas price survey. You have to join to get full details, but their [public] summary information indicates whether a cash discount applies. You can punch in locations all over the US; cash discounts abound.
I'll stand by my original comment: that cash discounts are offered by far more than "a handful of small businesses", and that the dollar volume represented by the US stations alone offering such discounts is freakin' huge.
A simple visit to arco.com will show that they are alive and well and expanding into Mexico. hey are now part of BP, but the brand continues. They still refuse credit cards, and still charge a 35 cent 'convenience' fee for using debit cards. (They are also ubiquitous in SoCal).
Visa and MasterCharge used to ban cash discounts in their contracts. They were sued by the DoJ back in 2010, immediately settled, and agreed to never again discourage merchants from offering cash discounts or pushing other forms of payments.
"I know there are a small handful of businesses that reduce their price for cash purchases, but it's not normal"
Unless you're a gas station, at least in southern California. I can name only one single station (in a small mountain town) in SoCal that does not charge around a dime a gallon extra for plastic - and I've seen the same in any other part of the country that I've encountered.
I don't know how many gas stations there are out there compared to other businesses, or how there gross sales compare to others, but I don't think they would be classified as 'a small handful' by any reasonable means.
Yes, I should have said that they lost power assist. And I don't know how the suspension reacted.
However, I would not call it 'manual steering and brakes', as that term usually refers to a system which has no power assist from the start. Losing both would be a handful, and it seems that common failures would be more common than separate ones,
No - losing the wallet file is akin to losing your physical wallet.
I acquired 0.05 BTC from the Bitcoin Faucet back when it was worth about a nickel. Forgot about it for years and years till they were back in the news - I had to search through a handful of old drives and PCs for the relevant file.
Just build variable banking into each corner, as super speedways do. The faster you go, the further out on the corner you go, and the steeper the banking gets. No problemo.
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Again, the chart is a daily average, with no indication of whether or not it was shut off during the day.
I would be somewhat surprised if they actually did cut the flow, but I've found no hard evidence either way.
[BTW, I've taken the inside tour of the dam, and would heartily recommend it to one and all.]
I read the thread and was mildly amused - so it seems you may have a use, after all.
The chart doesn't really apply. It apparently tracks flow based on some sort of average, and is scaled by years, not hours. It says nothing at all about whether the flow is stopped for a few hours; the resolution isn't nearly sufficient.
Are you taking double penetration?
I haven't worked at a station for over forty years, but back then the main tank was 'metered' by means of an eight foot 'dip stick' that you'd stick down through the tank's fill hole (usually at closing) to measure the remaining fuel. You could then check for discrepancies between the stick readings and the till.
Not that it matters. Forcing the pump to run normally should be far easier than forcing it to run AND to bypass the meter, which is probably impossible. And it appears that the attendant was able to (eventually) see that the pump was being used, presumably by watching the remote meter running.
...this was before everything was digitized so shit happened.
But imagine skimming a few cents off a million accounts every few months ...
If you spent three months manually skimming from a million accounts, you're averaging around 10,000 accounts per day.
I've worked accounting. No, I can't imagine it.
Plural? I'm . . . impressed.
"And yet, nobody ever provides a cash discount. Funny that."
An extraordinary claim which can be disproved by a casual drive through California, via Google Maps' Street View feature. A typical intersection can be found at http://tinyurl.com/ya8xojyl; a corner on Ventura Blvd where Shell, Chevron, and an independent station are all advertising both cash and credit prices.
For a wider view, go to GasBuddy.com, a crowd sourced gas price survey. You have to join to get full details, but their [public] summary information indicates whether a cash discount applies. You can punch in locations all over the US; cash discounts abound.
I'll stand by my original comment: that cash discounts are offered by far more than "a handful of small businesses", and that the dollar volume represented by the US stations alone offering such discounts is freakin' huge.
A simple visit to arco.com will show that they are alive and well and expanding into Mexico. hey are now part of BP, but the brand continues. They still refuse credit cards, and still charge a 35 cent 'convenience' fee for using debit cards. (They are also ubiquitous in SoCal).
Visa and MasterCharge used to ban cash discounts in their contracts. They were sued by the DoJ back in 2010, immediately settled, and agreed to never again discourage merchants from offering cash discounts or pushing other forms of payments.
"I know there are a small handful of businesses that reduce their price for cash purchases, but it's not normal"
Unless you're a gas station, at least in southern California. I can name only one single station (in a small mountain town) in SoCal that does not charge around a dime a gallon extra for plastic - and I've seen the same in any other part of the country that I've encountered.
I don't know how many gas stations there are out there compared to other businesses, or how there gross sales compare to others, but I don't think they would be classified as 'a small handful' by any reasonable means.
Doesn't it start flashing '01:00' during the spring?
Neither a Gremlin nor reliability equates to class.
Yes, I should have said that they lost power assist. And I don't know how the suspension reacted.
However, I would not call it 'manual steering and brakes', as that term usually refers to a system which has no power assist from the start. Losing both would be a handful, and it seems that common failures would be more common than separate ones,
One of my favorite Pacific rim e-tailers includes a printed warning warning with every single thing that they sell that ships to CA.
They explain why (Prop 65) on one of their web pages.
As you say, cheap insurance.
Sorry, that s/b around 40 to 50 times your weight..
I did the math. Assuming around 150 - 175 lbs per guys, you're only pulling about 40 times your weight.
According to the article that I read, It was a 2012 without autopilot.
Unless you have a (perhaps older) Citroen, with a common hydro-pneumatic system powering your steering, brakes, and suspension.
Most countries might, but one huge market - California - does not.
None â" they use electric mules.
Update: Cashed out yesterday (11/2/17) for $520.
No - losing the wallet file is akin to losing your physical wallet.
I acquired 0.05 BTC from the Bitcoin Faucet back when it was worth about a nickel. Forgot about it for years and years till they were back in the news - I had to search through a handful of old drives and PCs for the relevant file.
Hint: the file is/was named wallet.dat.
1. Send it to a data recovery service.
2. Recover wallet.
3. $8,000+ profit.
Questions?
He already did that, about four years ago: Tail Camera
Just build variable banking into each corner, as super speedways do. The faster you go, the further out on the corner you go, and the steeper the banking gets. No problemo.