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DMW
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Just saw this happen.
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They/Them
Morgantown, PA

XL BGE - S BGE - KJ Jr - HB Legacy - BS Pizza Oven - 30" Firepit - King Kooker Fryer -  PR72T - WSJ - BS 17" Griddle - XXL BGE  - BS SS36" Griddle - 2 Burner Gasser - Pellet Smoker
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  • Lit
    Lit Posts: 9,053
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    I saw that once. Scary.
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  • ponder
    ponder Posts: 77
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    Overexposed?
    Bloomington Springs, TN... LBGE, charcuterie, winemaker, cheesemaker, experimental plumber and approximate carpenter. Selective misanthrope and budding retrophrenologist.
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  • Eggcelsior
    Eggcelsior Posts: 14,414
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    Ungh! I want a wagon like that so bad!
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  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 30,978
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    OK, I'll bite.  Looks like they just forgot to put the pump back, and tried to drive off.  But how did the hose end up in the back?  Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on this one.
    "I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike
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  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 18,731
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    Maybe they have a pump at home that they needed the hose for??

    #1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February  2013 • #3 Mini May 2013
    A happy BGE family in Houston, TX.
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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 15,491
    edited July 2014
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    Too lazy/rushed to turn around and put the gas cap towards the pump?  
     
    (tip for those of you who get rental cars often: most (but not all) auto makes put a small arrow next to the gas pump symbol on the gas gauge in the car, so you can pull up to a pump correctly right before your flight home).  
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    Tin soldiers and Johnson's coming...


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  • DMW
    DMW Posts: 13,832
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    They drove off. We were leaving the gas station and had to do a u turn to get where we were going. Saw a car driving with the hose hanging out. Saw the pump without the hose and pulled in to let them know. Gas was spraying out. I hit the emergency stop button. A few minutes later she pulls in with the hose tucked in the back.
    They/Them
    Morgantown, PA

    XL BGE - S BGE - KJ Jr - HB Legacy - BS Pizza Oven - 30" Firepit - King Kooker Fryer -  PR72T - WSJ - BS 17" Griddle - XXL BGE  - BS SS36" Griddle - 2 Burner Gasser - Pellet Smoker
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  • stevethegreat
    stevethegreat Posts: 247
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    @Botch‌ I just learned about that a year ago and it blew my mind
    Steve
    Outside of Appleton, WI - MBGE, LBGE
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  • GATABITES
    GATABITES Posts: 1,260
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    I pulled a hose off when I was in college. no gas spills though, thank goodness. 

    lucky you were there to hit the shut off. 
    XL BGE 
    Joe JR 
    Baltimore, MD
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  • DMW
    DMW Posts: 13,832
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    @Botch good tip, been there done that.
    They/Them
    Morgantown, PA

    XL BGE - S BGE - KJ Jr - HB Legacy - BS Pizza Oven - 30" Firepit - King Kooker Fryer -  PR72T - WSJ - BS 17" Griddle - XXL BGE  - BS SS36" Griddle - 2 Burner Gasser - Pellet Smoker
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  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 18,731
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    Those are designed to break away for incident s just like that. Covered by your auto insurance. I know because a friend did that a long time ago.

    #1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February  2013 • #3 Mini May 2013
    A happy BGE family in Houston, TX.
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  • Wolfpack
    Wolfpack Posts: 3,551
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    What's wrong is the $4.05/gallon- don't blame her for taking the hose
    Greensboro, NC
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  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 30,978
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    You have to be fairly self absorbed to both drive off with one of these still in your car and get far enough away to where you need to stuff it in the back of your car and turn around. I assume she was talking on her cell.  
    "I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike
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  • Holepuncher
    Holepuncher Posts: 388
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    Better this than people leaving their kids in a hot car.
    Hendersonville, TN.
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  • Jeremiah
    Jeremiah Posts: 6,412
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    Not to get side tracked here but how the hell do you leave your kid in the car??? I just can't imagine.
    Slumming it in Aiken, SC. 
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  • Wolfpack
    Wolfpack Posts: 3,551
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    Yep- special place in hell for that couple from Georgia. I'd put their ass in an oven and see how they like it. Make it a big oven and put the child molesters in there too
    Greensboro, NC
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  • johnkitchens
    johnkitchens Posts: 5,227
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    I agree @Wolfpack‌.

    Louisville, GA - 2 Large BGE's
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  • NPHuskerFL
    NPHuskerFL Posts: 17,629
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    Epic fail! 8-}
    Wish you had a motion video on that one. Would make for a good YouTube video. :))
    LBGE 2013 & MM 2014
    Die Hard HUSKER & BRONCO FAN
    Flying Low & Slow in "Da Burg" FL
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  • NPHuskerFL
    NPHuskerFL Posts: 17,629
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    @DMW‌ I'd say the shoe fits for a description of»»» here's your sign. :))

    Bill Engvall - Here's Your Sign (Video): http://youtu.be/p5ZkdHImCuQ
    LBGE 2013 & MM 2014
    Die Hard HUSKER & BRONCO FAN
    Flying Low & Slow in "Da Burg" FL
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  • TexanOfTheNorth
    TexanOfTheNorth Posts: 3,951
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    Most gas stations in Ontario (not sure about the rest of Canada) do not have the little lever on the pump handle that let's you walk away from the car while fueling. It can be a pita but, it does help avoid this sort of thing from happening.
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  • Farbuck
    Farbuck Posts: 276
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    Don't know about driving off with a gas hose but yeas ago, I drove off with a drive-in movie speaker still attached.   I didn't get too far because it yanked out the driver's side window.    That was a tough one to explain to my father - it was his car.




    Two Large Eggs; Too Little Time

    Newtown Square, PA
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  • Hairless_Hand
    Hairless_Hand Posts: 214
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    This happens too often at the gas station near my house. Lots of soccer moms living out here in the suburbs get back in their cars to stay warm during the winter time. During the winter there are always 4-5 pulled off. I literally have to look at the pumps to be sure there is a hose before I park.
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  • Eggcelsior
    Eggcelsior Posts: 14,414
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    Most stations around me have break-away hoses the connect at the top of the pump. If you accidentally drive away, the hose is saved along with your gas tank and no fuel is lost. Maybe it's a Maryland thing or just at newer stations. I tend to only frequent the newer places since they typically have diesel.
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  • Fred19Flintstone
    Fred19Flintstone Posts: 8,168
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    When cellphones were still known as carphones, I worked at a gas station taking care of the full-serve (remember full-serve?).  I watched a lady on her carphone so engrossed in her conversation that she took out one of my pumps.  I hit the emergency stop so fast that I'm not sure the gas on the ground ran out of the demolished pump or we had a leak.
    Flint, Michigan
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