Did something today that I've never done in 25+ years of driving....drove away from the gas station with the gas pump nozzle STILL IN THE TANK. Pulled away and was about to pull onto the highway and a truck pulling in flagged me down and the guy told me what I had done. I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT! What a dumb ass!
As it turns out, it wasn't as big a deal as I would've thought. I took the nozzle out of my tank and walked back to the pump. The little stub of hose was hanging there, no leakage etc. I'm pretty sure the fill had stopped before I drove off. Not sure what would've happened had it been still filling. I looked up at the little hose stub and it appeared to have a disconnect fitting such that (heaven forbid) if someone pulled too hard it came apart "cleanly". I'd bet money there's some kind of spring loaded shutoff valve or other shutoff mechanism in there.
So I laid the nozzle (and its associated ~8 ft of hose) on the ground at the pump and (after some reasonably good natured harassment from my fellow filler-uppers) went in to the convenience store (buc-ees) to report my stupidity. The lady I talked to (who was the shift team leader) said not to worry, it happens all the time. This surprised me quite a bit (and comforted me as well!). I was a little skeptical and asked if she needed contact info, or insurance info, etc, and she said no its not a big deal. So I did a 180 and headed back to the truck.
HOW EMBARRASSING!!
The only thing I could think of as I drove away, is I really should have taken a picture of that nozzle hanging out of the gas tank and the hose dragging along behind it!
Friday, September 10, 2010
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Updates
Well its been a while since I updated a few topics so here goes.
Dental Saga: Got my #15 molar pulled on Monday 30Aug, it was relatively uneventful as these things go. I'm now 5.5 days post op and everything seems to be healing. I don't think I took any pain medicine (other than an occasional advil) since Monday night. The Dr did put the IV for sedation in my left arm, following my report of phlebitis on the right from the previous surgery. So far no pain there, although the site of the IV needle is slightly tender. Going back on 13Sep for a followup.
Garden Tractor: We bought a John Deere X324 lawn tractor, picked it up tuesday. Have mowed most of the easily mowable part of our land. We were planning to work on it some more this weekend but its been rainy. So far quite happy with the new mower. It also makes doing the lawn at the house a breeze (cuts mowing from about 1hr to about 10 min). Its a little overkill for a simple city lot but it really shines out at the land.
Next step on the land will be (after doing the remaining mowing) to bring in some topsoil and till in a 24x32ft garden plot. Have done some tiller research and have concluded that while we may go ahead and buy a tiller at some point, for the initial ground breaking we will rent one. Sunbelt rentals has a place in pearland (about 40 miles away) and will rent a really super duper tiller for 66$ a day. It may be we can rent one more locally but havent found one yet. I also want to get some driveway material and put it down in the first ~20 feet after our ditch crossing, which has been a little muddy.
Dental Saga: Got my #15 molar pulled on Monday 30Aug, it was relatively uneventful as these things go. I'm now 5.5 days post op and everything seems to be healing. I don't think I took any pain medicine (other than an occasional advil) since Monday night. The Dr did put the IV for sedation in my left arm, following my report of phlebitis on the right from the previous surgery. So far no pain there, although the site of the IV needle is slightly tender. Going back on 13Sep for a followup.
Garden Tractor: We bought a John Deere X324 lawn tractor, picked it up tuesday. Have mowed most of the easily mowable part of our land. We were planning to work on it some more this weekend but its been rainy. So far quite happy with the new mower. It also makes doing the lawn at the house a breeze (cuts mowing from about 1hr to about 10 min). Its a little overkill for a simple city lot but it really shines out at the land.
Next step on the land will be (after doing the remaining mowing) to bring in some topsoil and till in a 24x32ft garden plot. Have done some tiller research and have concluded that while we may go ahead and buy a tiller at some point, for the initial ground breaking we will rent one. Sunbelt rentals has a place in pearland (about 40 miles away) and will rent a really super duper tiller for 66$ a day. It may be we can rent one more locally but havent found one yet. I also want to get some driveway material and put it down in the first ~20 feet after our ditch crossing, which has been a little muddy.
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