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- From: chrz@tellabs.com (Peter Chrzanowski)
- Subject: Re: Legal Tender???
- Message-ID: <1992Dec17.181757.16732@tellab5.tellabs.com>
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- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 18:17:57 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec16.175203.2840@doug.cae.wisc.edu>, kolstad@cae.wisc.edu (Joel Kolstad) writes:
- > I once filled up a car with about $5 worth of gas, and
- > ... left my wallet at home.
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- [Went to cashier, told to come back and pay it]
- > Is this experience the same at all gas stations?
-
- I had the same experience. My guess is that they figured if your intent
- was to steal the gas you would have just driven off.
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- I doubt that the clerk would find it worth his/her risk to try to detain
- you, but if they wanted to be nasty they could report you to the police.
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- Perhaps they'd be less accomodating if you had out-of-state plates.
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- >
- > ---Joel Kolstad
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