Comments on: A Tale of Five Tires.

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Fri, 15 May 2009 21:24:40 +0000

[...] Here’s a roundup of friends’ posts, Jim has A Tale of Five Tires [...]

By: Teresa

Teresa — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 21:58:33 +0000

When we got 4 new tires for my car last year, we were charged a $15 disposal fee for the old ones. *sigh*

As for the gas pumping thing – I don’t think I’ve seen a service station with full service pumps for years. The stations where I pump gas, they have signs for disabled people that say

“Honk your horn, IF the attendant is free they will come help you pump gas”

Sheesh! What are you supposed to do if they don’t come help you?

By: JerryK

JerryK — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:34:45 +0000

“Not having to pump our own gas may be the best thing about the state”.

I agree, Jimbo. Sitting in the car in a pouring rainstorm while someone else does the “dirty” work suits me just fine. That’s why they call them “SERVICE stations”.

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:37:40 +0000

Not having to pump our own gas may be the best thing about the state.

Jimbo

By: dogette

dogette — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:08:35 +0000

That not being able to pump your own gas thing STILL weirds me out. OTOH, nothing I read about Jersey here surprises me much anymore. What a state.

By: Bou

Bou — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 03:02:20 +0000

This does not surprise me. They don’t even let you pump your own gas there.

By: joated

joated — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:10:20 +0000

You forgot the “disposal fee” charged when you wear those tires out and have to buy new ones.

By: GUYK

GUYK — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:02:19 +0000

used to be a battery disposable tax also…but I think most places dropped that because of the lead shortage caused by rednecks buying bullets

By: El Capitan

El Capitan — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:33:37 +0000

We used to be able to declare the selling price of a used car when transferring the title. Many was the time I’d cheerfully write down “One Dollar and other valuable consideration” in the Sales Price slot on the tax form, and pay the state about 8 cents tax on a $1000 car.

They finally got wise and started using Blue Book value as the basis for determining the sales tax owed.

Bastards…

By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:45:04 +0000

Jimbo my friend, my woman and I did a Tea Party yesterday, and it was good. Tires are too heavy to put on a sign, but the tax issues were front and center.

I’m talking some Juju.