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desh
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Oval Window Beetle at Gas Station
Gas station attendent pumping gas for customer driving a German Volkswagan automobile as Henry Hudson Parkway & the Department of Sanitation bldg. loom in the bkgd.
Location: New York, NY, US
Date taken: March 1954
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53 0val
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Gas station attendent.............  Those were the days.
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ProjectX
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Believe it or not, I'm in Hackensack, New Jersey all the time and they still pump your gas at all gas stations. Some kind of state requirement or something?
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FRK
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markm
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| In Oregon they have gas station attendants too, state law. |
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simon34
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| They still have them here in new zealand too |
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desh
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We have them here in Australia too, but they are getting few and far between nowadays.
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Patty B.
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But do they wear a uniform and great hat??
Caption---"Hey buddy! Can you get any farther away from the pump?"
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johnshenry
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| 56OvalRHD wrote: |
| Believe it or not, I'm in Hackensack, New Jersey all the time and they still pump your gas at all gas stations. Some kind of state requirement or something? |
Yeah, I think it is a state requirement there.... but I wouldn't let an "attendant" touch one of my vintage VWs...
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79SuperVert
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| Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 5:36 pm Post subject: Re: Oval Window Beetle at Gas Station |
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| desh wrote: |
Henry Hudson Parkway & the Department of Sanitation bldg. loom in the bkgd.
Location: New York, NY, US
Date taken: March 1954 |
I believe that is the FDR Drive on the East Side, not the Henry Hudson Parkway (upper West Side), since I see what appears to be either the Williamsburg Bridge or the 59th Street (Queensboro) Bridge peeking out from behind the Department of Sanitation building. It's not often I get to display an example of my collection of useless trivial knowledge. 
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drscope
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Not just a gas station attendant, but a UNIFORMED gas station attendant!
Too bad we can't see how much the gas costs!
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Slowlow 
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I wonder if he remembered to put the hood prop back down...
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| 53 0val wrote: |
| Gas station attendent............. Those were the days. |
As Markm said , They have attendents in Oregon, But I am never to comfortable having those guys fill my car. I always lift the hood remove the cap and stay there till they are finished. |
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HerrrKafer
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| johnshenry wrote: |
| 56OvalRHD wrote: |
| Believe it or not, I'm in Hackensack, New Jersey all the time and they still pump your gas at all gas stations. Some kind of state requirement or something? |
Yeah, I think it is a state requirement there.... but I wouldn't let an "attendant" touch one of my vintage VWs... |
Ah, that brings back some memories of my first Englishtown show.
See, I didn't know about that law. And the "attendant" didn't speak English. That didn't end well.
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Bruce
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| They also Gas station attendent in Mexico. |
And all they're good for is spilling gas around your filler. A locking gas cap slows them down until you get out of the car.
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kbuby
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| empiracer wrote: |
| 53 0val wrote: |
| Gas station attendent............. Those were the days. |
As Markm said , They have attendents in Oregon, But I am never to comfortable having those guys fill my car. I always lift the hood remove the cap and stay there till they are finished. |
We have uniformed gas station attendent in Dominican Republic too, but i do the same thing as Markm.
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decobugma07
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I guess you need them in DR with all those motorcycles around now days.
I am from Santo Domingo, San Carlos, DR. |
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79SuperVert
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Even though NJ requires that an attendant pump your gas, none of them have ever refused to let me pump my own gas into my Beetle. I think many of them are just too surprised when they see me opening the hood to object.
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kbuby
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| decobugma07 wrote: |
I guess you need them in DR with all those motorcycles around now days.
I am from Santo Domingo, San Carlos, DR. |
Hey nice to meet you man.
I'm Carlos Nuñez i live in mirador Norte, Santo Domingo.
Como anda todo por alla?
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vwbrewer
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| Japan has uniformed addendents also. They run out when you pull in and marshall you into the spot. They wash your windows and check the fluids. I've seen locals go inside and smoke a cigarette while they wait for the full service. They also run your car through the carwash if you want. One time I was in getting gas and I asked them to wash it also. While I was inside I can see the guy trying to figure out the roller pedal. He even called his buddy over. Finally they came in to get me to drive it to the car wash. I laughed about that all the way home. |
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