Trap for us less educated

[Moi]

Servo???? This is New Zealand we don't have servos. Jeez.

Falls into the same category as "rego", "ambo", "garbo"...

There sure as shit 'aint any actual service either. Just some curry muncher at the till who barely makes eye contact and doesn't say thank you.

Depends on which ones you use. Our local Mobil is manned by a single person and they are always polite to us. Others have forecourt attendants...

The last time I was in Oregon USA, it was illegal to pump your own gas. Great service due to all the thousands of fuel attendants needed in that state although the fuel was more expensive of course...

Done, I was informed, as part of the state's employment policies - and fuel prices in Oregon, as of last Oct, were no more expensive than B.C., Washington State or California - and they all have self-serve.

As for servo, Cosmik de Bris it beats having to type out "Service Station" especially when your a one finger at a time type of bloke, rather than jumping in fists and all.

My father used to talk of going to the "petrol station" and pulling up beside the correct "bowser" and filling the car with "benzine", even though the gauge read "Petrol"...

[jasonu]

The last time I was in Oregon USA, it was illegal to pump your own gas. Great service due to all the thousands of fuel attendants needed in that state although the fuel was more expensive of course...

That's still the case.
Gas (petrol for you down under types) in Oregon is generally a few cents a gallon higher than the national average.

[Zedder]

Done, I was informed, as part of the state's employment policies - and fuel prices in Oregon, as of last Oct, were no more expensive than B.C., Washington State or California - and they all have self-serve.

Well, you were wrongly informed. It's a law dating from 1951 related to having only trained station workers putting Class 1 flammable goods into vehicles.

When I was there a few years ago it was more expensive, enough that people from Oregon were moaning.

[Zedder]

That's still the case.
Gas (petrol for you down under types) in Oregon is generally a few cents a gallon higher than the national average.

I certainly enjoyed it there though, Bend in particular with the rivers, lakes and mountains. Despite the rain, the sunshine hours are really high too, about the same as Nelson over here.

[russd7]

Servo???? This is New Zealand we don't have servos. Jeez.

no but apparently we have peanut butter and oreo cadbury chocolate, fuck em, gonna be supporting local