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I almost fucked up baaaad.
I drove my oldest back to his mom in MA tonight, which is about 160 miles each way. The tank on my Rav4 gets just around 320 miles when full, so I can generally get the whole way there and back and be running down on my last 12 miles or so when I hit the gas station near my house.
Well today, he and I went to an arcade up in Rotterdam about 30 miles away, and I filled up before going there. I didn't even think about it after dropping him off and starting on my way back, until I noticed my gas light come on while driving through the Berkshire mountains. 12 mile range left. Waze told me the next gas station was 10 miles away off some exit around Lee, with it closing soon (it was about 9:50 when I noticed.)
I added the stop and as I'm driving I'm watching the range on the car decreasing faster than the miles left on navigation... I roll up to the station with my tank reading "---", at 10:01pm. Pumps were shut off. I did another search for nearby stations and found one 0.6 miles away that was 24/7. Car luckily still started up. As I was heading to the one I'd told Waze to go to, I saw a closer station with the pump screens still on, and someone else parked at one. Pulled in there thinking I was saved, got out, put my card in and activated the pump, stuck the nozzle into the tank and... Nothing. No fuel, internal pumps shut off, they just didn't deactivate the POS system...
I couldn't tell if the other car stopped there was managing to get anything or not, so I asked the lady if she was also having trouble, which she was. Another dead station.
She said there was another station up around the corner, which would have been the one I first searched. Again, luckily, the car started back up and I was able to follow her the half-mile to the thankfully open and stocked station, managing to fill my tank.
So I almost got stuck walking in the mountains. Fun.
Also, this is a child pumping gas earlier in the day... Like, 10 or 11 years old.
Maybe if I told my kids to go fill up my tank, I wouldn't have run out of gas.
I drove my oldest back to his mom in MA tonight, which is about 160 miles each way. The tank on my Rav4 gets just around 320 miles when full, so I can generally get the whole way there and back and be running down on my last 12 miles or so when I hit the gas station near my house.
Well today, he and I went to an arcade up in Rotterdam about 30 miles away, and I filled up before going there. I didn't even think about it after dropping him off and starting on my way back, until I noticed my gas light come on while driving through the Berkshire mountains. 12 mile range left. Waze told me the next gas station was 10 miles away off some exit around Lee, with it closing soon (it was about 9:50 when I noticed.)
I added the stop and as I'm driving I'm watching the range on the car decreasing faster than the miles left on navigation... I roll up to the station with my tank reading "---", at 10:01pm. Pumps were shut off. I did another search for nearby stations and found one 0.6 miles away that was 24/7. Car luckily still started up. As I was heading to the one I'd told Waze to go to, I saw a closer station with the pump screens still on, and someone else parked at one. Pulled in there thinking I was saved, got out, put my card in and activated the pump, stuck the nozzle into the tank and... Nothing. No fuel, internal pumps shut off, they just didn't deactivate the POS system...
I couldn't tell if the other car stopped there was managing to get anything or not, so I asked the lady if she was also having trouble, which she was. Another dead station.
She said there was another station up around the corner, which would have been the one I first searched. Again, luckily, the car started back up and I was able to follow her the half-mile to the thankfully open and stocked station, managing to fill my tank.
So I almost got stuck walking in the mountains. Fun.
Also, this is a child pumping gas earlier in the day... Like, 10 or 11 years old.
Maybe if I told my kids to go fill up my tank, I wouldn't have run out of gas.
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Eek, I always hate the moment when the range disappears. Scary stuff and it gets the hypermiling brain going. Glad you made it!I almost fucked up baaaad.
I drove my oldest back to his mom in MA tonight, which is about 160 miles each way. The tank on my Rav4 gets just around 320 miles when full, so I can generally get the whole way there and back and be running down on my last 12 miles or so when I hit the gas station near my house.
Well today, he and I went to an arcade up in Rotterdam about 30 miles away, and I filled up before going there. I didn't even think about it after dropping him off and starting on my way back, until I noticed my gas light come on while driving through the Berkshire mountains. 12 mile range left. Waze told me the next gas station was 10 miles away off some exit around Lee, with it closing soon (it was about 9:50 when I noticed.)
I added the stop and as I'm driving I'm watching the range on the car decreasing faster than the miles left on navigation... I roll up to the station with my tank reading "---", at 10:01pm. Pumps were shut off. I did another search for nearby stations and found one 0.6 miles away that was 24/7. Car luckily still started up. As I was heading to the one I'd told Waze to go to, I saw a closer station with the pump screens still on, and someone else parked at one. Pulled in there thinking I was saved, got out, put my card in and activated the pump, stuck the nozzle into the tank and... Nothing. No fuel, internal pumps shut off, they just didn't deactivate the POS system...
I couldn't tell if the other car stopped there was managing to get anything or not, so I asked the lady if she was also having trouble, which she was. Another dead station.
She said there was another station up around the corner, which would have been the one I first searched. Again, luckily, the car started back up and I was able to follow her the half-mile to the thankfully open and stocked station, managing to fill my tank.
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So I almost got stuck walking in the mountains. Fun.
Also, this is a child pumping gas earlier in the day... Like, 10 or 11 years old.
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Maybe if I told my kids to go fill up my tank, I wouldn't have run out of gas.
Definitely. Kids no longer get allowance, they get to save up to fill the tank.
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I know they put the "empty" gauge a little higher than actual empty, to account for idiots like me, but yeah... Anxiety get.
Edit: and honestly the first time I've ever hit that "---" low! Fair record, I guess.
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There’s a Cumberland station on route 7 in great barrington that I believe is 24/7I almost fucked up baaaad.
I drove my oldest back to his mom in MA tonight, which is about 160 miles each way. The tank on my Rav4 gets just around 320 miles when full, so I can generally get the whole way there and back and be running down on my last 12 miles or so when I hit the gas station near my house.
Well today, he and I went to an arcade up in Rotterdam about 30 miles away, and I filled up before going there. I didn't even think about it after dropping him off and starting on my way back, until I noticed my gas light come on while driving through the Berkshire mountains. 12 mile range left. Waze told me the next gas station was 10 miles away off some exit around Lee, with it closing soon (it was about 9:50 when I noticed.)
I added the stop and as I'm driving I'm watching the range on the car decreasing faster than the miles left on navigation... I roll up to the station with my tank reading "---", at 10:01pm. Pumps were shut off. I did another search for nearby stations and found one 0.6 miles away that was 24/7. Car luckily still started up. As I was heading to the one I'd told Waze to go to, I saw a closer station with the pump screens still on, and someone else parked at one. Pulled in there thinking I was saved, got out, put my card in and activated the pump, stuck the nozzle into the tank and... Nothing. No fuel, internal pumps shut off, they just didn't deactivate the POS system...
I couldn't tell if the other car stopped there was managing to get anything or not, so I asked the lady if she was also having trouble, which she was. Another dead station.
She said there was another station up around the corner, which would have been the one I first searched. Again, luckily, the car started back up and I was able to follow her the half-mile to the thankfully open and stocked station, managing to fill my tank.
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So I almost got stuck walking in the mountains. Fun.
Also, this is a child pumping gas earlier in the day... Like, 10 or 11 years old.
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Maybe if I told my kids to go fill up my tank, I wouldn't have run out of gas.
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Probably, and I was also just a little bit before the service plaza, but I didn't think I'd make it that much further. X's are the ones I tried, arrow is around where I hit "---", just before that exit.
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you would have hit others that would have been open on route 7 before reaching great barringtonProbably, and I was also just a little bit before the service plaza, but I didn't think I'd make it that much further. X's are the ones I tried, arrow is around where I hit "---", just before that exit.
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Still would have been 2+ miles more than I assumed I had.
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I'm sure I could make a Venn-diagram of this area to find the overlap between "Native American named towns", "European towns with 'new' stuck in front", and "Stupid white people names".
I actually assume most of the funny sounding ones I picked out here are in the first category, having some Native meaning, but "Kerhonkson" is firmly on the "stupid white people names" end.
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The idea of habitually waiting until you only have 12 miles worth of gas left to fill up is making me anxious just thinking about it.
If you want your fuel pump to last as long as possible, don't let your tank fall below a quarter full. Fuel pumps use fuel to cool and lubricate themselves. If you get new vehicles every few years, you probably won't ever see the consequences, but if you're planning to keep your vehicle for a while, it will kill the pump eventually.
A quarter tank may seem higher than necessary, but it's because fuel sloshes around when you drive.
If you want your fuel pump to last as long as possible, don't let your tank fall below a quarter full. Fuel pumps use fuel to cool and lubricate themselves. If you get new vehicles every few years, you probably won't ever see the consequences, but if you're planning to keep your vehicle for a while, it will kill the pump eventually.
A quarter tank may seem higher than necessary, but it's because fuel sloshes around when you drive.
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Pffft... The chances that both my cars are 10,000+ miles past due for an oil change is very high... I'm not the type of person to care about being on top of proper vehicle maintenance, ever. But they're both Toyotas, and those things are so durable that they facilitated an entire war.
I'd also not say it's habitual to let the tank hit empty. Most of the time when I'm not being ADHD as fuck I'll fill up before making the return leg of the journey. I was just eager to get home and spaced on the earlier amount I'd driven.
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I always read the sign for Scotrun, Pennsylvania as “Scrotum”
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Ahahaha. That reminds me of when my dad gave me his old car, and it sounded pretty funny, so I asked him when he'd last had the oil changed.
Him: Before driving to Oregon.
Me: ... What? I don't understand. We live in Oregon.
Him: Yeah, it was before that.
That was years prior, and he'd been using it to commute an hour each way five days a week since then.
That same car once got driven for an hour with no coolant before it finally overheated. After letting it cool and refilling the coolant, it still ran completely fine.
So yeah, apparently some cars can take a lot of abuse and be fine.
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Your son is a goat..?
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Haha fixed
At least if he was a goat he could earn his keep by keeping the grass mowed
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This is the correct position. Our masters, the furry felines, need to assert dominance at every opportunity.
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This looks cool, but I have to wonder... Is it not annoying to try to drink from? That diagonal ridge looks like it'd be right around where you'd drink from holding it right handed.
That's my experience with most fancy mugs. They look neat, but aren't very practical for every day use.
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Fair enough. I'd think how I hold it depends entirely on the shape of the mug/handle, in my experience. A round one does seem good for palming, though.
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I remember the days of having a fuckton of shirts like that… but I ended up retiring all of them before my kid could read, because, well… yeah… none of them were appropriate, and I typically didn’t cross paths with many kids prior to having one for it to be an issue before then.
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I used to have one that said "If you choose to speak to me you waive the right to regret it."
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That would have been perfect. I saw one recently that I really liked, it was modeled off of those patches you put on dog harnesses. It said “Not Friendly” in bold letters.
I went through a phase where I exclusively wore offensive shirts, just to be a real life troll. One of my crowning moments was about 17 years ago, when my ex was pregnant with our daughter. My ex caught a black eye putting her hoodie on a couple days before her first obstetrics appointment, so there we are sitting in the waiting room with her and a black eye and me in a shirt saying “I’m not a gynecologist, but I’ll take a look” in a room full of women. Today? I’d be burned at the stakes with tampons used as tinder for a stunt like that. 20-something me did not give a fuck, however.
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...yeah, be careful with those shirts, they can get you called out, too. I was the quiet kid in high school (shocker?!?), and I once wore one that said "CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?!" and it got me called into the school administration offices for two hours of questions because they thought I was planning something. Apparently being the socially anxious, leave me the fuck alone type makes you very much a stereotype. So...hey, be careful with funny shirts.
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I went to private schools my whole life. So I only wore shirts like that in public where people can kiss my behind if they didn't like it lol
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I went to a pretty crappy high school in a pretty crappy part of Phoenix, I kept to myself and tried not to make waves because I just wanted the world to leave me alone until I could get home again and shut myself away. Yay for being an anti-social teen lying in denial about who you are and desperately avoiding any interaction with the outside world
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You'll deny it, of course, but I think you turned out pretty fucking awesome.I went to a pretty crappy high school in a pretty crappy part of Phoenix, I kept to myself and tried not to make waves because I just wanted the world to leave me alone until I could get home again and shut myself away. Yay for being an anti-social teen lying in denial about who you are and desperately avoiding any interaction with the outside world
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You're not alone there when it comes to being anti-social. Never cared for fitting in with the cliques, and that pretty much summarized social life at my school. You either fit in or you didn't.I went to a pretty crappy high school in a pretty crappy part of Phoenix, I kept to myself and tried not to make waves because I just wanted the world to leave me alone until I could get home again and shut myself away. Yay for being an anti-social teen lying in denial about who you are and desperately avoiding any interaction with the outside world
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Pretty universal, it seems. Conform to the norm or be hated.
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Any excuse
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Well, too bad for them because I'm not pretending to be someone I'm not to fit in. Like Kurt Cobain once said, I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved for someone I'm not.
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It's true though.Any excuse
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Well too bad for you, you're loved for who you are.
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