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Re: socialism etc. (was: Re: Blue Hopper Car Mania...)
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Fri, 19 Nov 1999 14:11:08 GMT
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Simon Robinson wrote:
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> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Frank Filz writes:
> > Several years ago, I was driving home from Thanksgiving, and had had a
> > frustrating drive (try losing your alternator belt at 4:00 PM the
> > Saturday after Thanksgiving, with several hours of driving left, and the
> > rain pouring down
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> I'm curious. Just out of interest - don't you have anything in the States
> equivalent to the UK's AA or RAC? (You pay a fee - anything from about
> £40 ($60) per year upwards then whenever you break down anywhere,
> someone will come out to fix it. Anytime, 24 hours a day, and
> normally they'll arrive within less than an hour. You'll only get charged
> for any replacement parts, not for labour. And if they can't fix it at the
> roadside, they'll tow you to a garage - though in that case you'll have to
> pay the garages charges).
Unfortuanately at that time I didn't have AAA. Now I do. I'm not sure
that they would have gotten my car fixed before Monday (though they do
have some premium plans which might have helped). Part of the trouble
was that I was taking back roads and was in the "wasteland" of central
Virginia. Fortuanately people in rural areas tend to be helpefull.
> > Was I being stupid - yes. Was I taking justified action - yes. The
> > service station had a serious hazard. Unfortuanatley I don't know if
> > they did anything about it. They sure didn't close the pump, even after
> > I showed the clerk and the cop the leak.
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> Wouldn't it be illegal for them to operate a pump like that?
I would assume so.
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Frank Filz
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