Right? I never considered the fact that there would be safety concerns in trying to get a handle on spending. Trouble is, all the stupid spending comes in other facets of Our Lives and not in fueling vehicles. So I reckon for safety's sake, I will relent on the pay cash for everything rule I laid down a couple of weeks ago and repeal it for fueling vehicles.
Bob R On Jan 26, 2015 2:17 PM, "Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes" < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > All the more reason to pay with a credit card. > > On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 4:13 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > A few years ago there was a gas station security camera video posted of a > > thief trying to rob an armed citizen. > > > > The citizen did exactly what you did Bob, the thief was watching for > people > > who paid cash figuring that they would have more cash. > > > > Citizen got back to his car and unlocked it, noticed the thief lurking > for > > no apparent reason and kept an eye on him while pumping the gas. When the > > thief started to make his move, citizen retrieved his pistol from center > > console. Thief attacked in attempt to strong-arm the man's wallet, and > in > > the ensuing action the citizen managed to put a round through the thief's > > chest cavity. On that particular car, gas tank fill was same side as > > driver's door, which allowed the citizen to quickly turn, open the door > and > > get his pistol. Citizen was also helped by keeping a round in the > chamber, > > so only one hand was needed to quickly bring his pistol into play. > > > > Citizen immediately left the area in his car, stopped at a safe location > a > > few blocks away, called 911 and waited for the cops to show up. > > > > The thief was captured shortly after, don't think he died from the wound. > > > > On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 10:55 AM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > So I've gone to using cash for everything. One of the by-products of > this > > > has been learning how my fuel door filler works on my 08 CLK 350. > > > Historically, you stop at the gas pump, get out of the car, walk to the > > > pump, slide your card, fill er up and then get back in the car. Now I > use > > > nothing but cash. So I stopped in a sketchy part of Phoenix the other > day > > > to get fuel. I get out of the car, lock the doors, walk inside give the > > > cashier a 50 tell her I'm going to fill it up, and then come back out > to > > > the car . I press the unlock on the key fob, open the filler cap and > > start > > > the fuel. About 30 seconds into the fueling , I hear the door lock and > > the > > > fuel filler flap locking stab comes out. Wonderful. So i unlock the > doors > > > and the staff does not retract. So I start the monkey with a little bit > > and > > > get it pushed back in enough where I can actually close the filler cap > > when > > > I get done fueling. Trouble is, when i unlock the door after closing > the > > > fuel filler cap it would not unlock. > > > After I get home, I see if I can access it from the trunk. There's > > > absolutely no way to get to it from the trunk I figured out. So I put > the > > > top down in some type of a mid position and you can access it that way. > > So > > > to make the two already long story short, you have to remember to open > a > > > door when you unlock the car to put fuel in or it will try to relock > > itself > > > and the actuator will come disconnected from the little latch. > > > Live and learn. > > > > > > Bob R > > > _______________________________________ > > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > > > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. 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