When Air Was Free

[HeavenSent]

When I was a kid, my bike was my primary transportation. If i needed some air and I was away from my bicycle pump, there was always a gas station nearby with an air hose. Back then the air was free and just about every gas station had a set of 2 hoses (air & water) coming out the floor of each pump island. Filling your tires was almost instantly.

Now, most places have the pay-air machines. Some are as little as 25 cents & some are as much as $1.50. The price of the air has nothing to do with the quality of the pump or the amount of time it takes to fill a tire. The air pressure is different from machine to machine.. Not only that, but some have holes or bad connections on the hose, which seems like more air is leaking than going into the tire. Just finding a gas station with a good air hose isn't easy. One day a station might have a new machine & the next day, someone has fucked the hose up somehow.

It sucks paying to get some air & finding out it isn't worth the effort.
It sucks when there's a slow leak on a tire.
It just sucks.

Free air was so much better all around.

[Pummel]

[DoTheFandango]

Air's still free in CT -- sucks to love God, I guess. He charges for everything.

[Ignominy]

God

not his fault when you egg him on. you're no better than him here, and I won't fault him when he defends himself accordingly.

[Scurvy]

this is just the beginning. haven't you seen spaceballs?

[ZeUs!!]

When hair was free

[HeavenSent]

this is just the beginning.

Yeah. Next thing they're gonna charge is the use of the squeegee to wipe the windows

[Dack Falu]

You can purchase your own squeegee and a manual bicycle pump.

[HeavenSent]

Because I have a slow leak in a couple tires, I have a couple mini air compressors. One of them can even jump start my car & with my power converter, power small appliances. I can even plug one of the other compressors into it. It's just that it takes about 15 minutes just to pump 15 PSI.

[Epinephrine]

In Japan, convienience stores such as 7-11 will sell bottled oxygen for people to take a few breaths in... it's the newest fad. I guess Spaceballs has already happened!

[Galleleo]

But isn't that like those oxygen bars Epi? Like really pure oxygen, not what we breath in and out daily.

And over here air is still free at gas stations.

[Twerp]

You're always welcome to blow air into your tires..

[404 Not Found]

Some service stations charge for Air here in the Philly area. Even 7-11's (some of the ones in my area) have Air & they charge .50 for 1 minute.

It's a growing trend it would seem.

Recently I watched a news story noting how the U.K.'s Parliament is moving towards having the government install meters in cars that are privately owned and charging them for each mile they drive.

So if you purchase a car, the Government will be able to charge you for driving that car on top of paying insurance and buying petrol for the car....why would anyone want a car in the U.K. is that gets passed into law?

All part of the green law to reduce the amount of cars....I just hope there is never a strike or breakdown in the public transit systems.

[Capital Knockers]

this is just the beginning. haven't you seen spaceballs?

I stopped reading here, ends this topics on a hillarious note

EDIT - 404 Not Found - is that Steve Buscemi.. think i spelt it wrong, but you get the idea eh?

[thesearcher]

So if you purchase a car, the Government will be able to charge you for driving that car on top of paying insurance and buying petrol for the car....why would anyone want a car in the U.K. is that gets passed into law?

thats exactly the idea, but all it will accomplish is rich people being able to own cars, and poor people having to get public transport, the busses are already full of chavy cunts wanting to mug you, the result will just mean taking your life into your own hands everytime you need to get somewhere.

dont get me started on how shit london transport is already, getting on the tube to get to work in the morning is murder, there are more regulations on how cattle can be transported than there is on how many people can be squeezed into an underground train.