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iscooterliberally

(2,860 posts)
Thu Mar 10, 2022, 01:38 PM Mar 2022

I stopped for gas this morning.

I don't like the high gas prices, but right now I can still handle it. I have to drive for work, or I would stick to the bicycle. It felt a lot worse back in 2007 than it does now. Anyway, I have to put the 93 octane in my car or it runs horribly. The owner's manual even calls for it. I got to the station near Ft Lauderdale and the price was $5 a gallon. I noticed someone put stickers with Biden's picture on it pointing to the price with a caption of "I did this" on the sticker. Someone apparently spent their money to do Putin's work for him. I peeled the stickers off and threw them in the trash can where they belong. If you see these in your travels, please do the same. Thanks!

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I stopped for gas this morning. (Original Post) iscooterliberally Mar 2022 OP
$5.19 in Boca today obamanut2012 Mar 2022 #1
You are right up the street. iscooterliberally Mar 2022 #3
Friends in Boynton and Delray said the Wawas there are "under $5" today obamanut2012 Mar 2022 #15
Any time I see these stickers on diesel pumps at truck stops, MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2022 #2
I drove a straight job when I was young. iscooterliberally Mar 2022 #8
It's time to take a Sharpie with me when I fill up. Probatim Mar 2022 #4
I didn't want to deface the pumps any further so I just peeled them off. iscooterliberally Mar 2022 #9
Lol, people are writing on gas pumps now? BlackSkimmer Mar 2022 #20
Nutters are putting stickers on the pump handles - Sharpies to upgrade message. Probatim Mar 2022 #24
I have a friend who manages a convenience store in q-bert's district. He has niyad Mar 2022 #5
Saw those stickers before. WVreaper Mar 2022 #6
How about a sticker w/ tfg and Putin? redwitch Mar 2022 #7
Excellent idea! SheltieLover Mar 2022 #11
I feel lucky. Only 3.84 the other day here in Arkansas calguy Mar 2022 #10
Very happy about my Chevy Volt now Silent3 Mar 2022 #12
I've been seeing derogatory stickers & Sharpie comments on gas pumps for several weeks SheltieLover Mar 2022 #13
That's a Russian talking point to blame Biden for the price of gas. These fuckers are traitors and uponit7771 Mar 2022 #14
Those stickers (or the remains of them) have been on every pump at every station for months here Amishman Mar 2022 #16
See what u can do to scrape them off onetexan Mar 2022 #18
pocket knife works fairly well and I do try, but its swimming against the current Amishman Mar 2022 #19
Damn idiots are now spreading propaganda on gas pumps too? onetexan Mar 2022 #17
We need stickers with Trump/Putin's faces that say "I did this!" lagomorph777 Mar 2022 #21
I get the sentiment. iscooterliberally Mar 2022 #22
Went by the Total station this AM - diesel is 2.00 per liter - higher in Marseille. GoneOffShore Mar 2022 #23

iscooterliberally

(2,860 posts)
3. You are right up the street.
Thu Mar 10, 2022, 01:42 PM
Mar 2022

I stopped at a Race Track on US1 in Pompano Beach. That's supposed to be the cheap station too.

iscooterliberally

(2,860 posts)
8. I drove a straight job when I was young.
Thu Mar 10, 2022, 01:45 PM
Mar 2022

Most of the trucks we used ran on gas, but some of the larger ones were diesel. I had to stop at a truck stop on Alligator Alley and fill up one of the diesel trucks. It had a 40 gallon tank. That tank filled up so fast it freaked me out! It was empty and it took all of a few seconds to fill up. I don't drive those trucks anymore. I used to work for a sound company and we hauled large systems around doing concerts. That was back in the 80s.

Probatim

(2,522 posts)
4. It's time to take a Sharpie with me when I fill up.
Thu Mar 10, 2022, 01:42 PM
Mar 2022

FK Trump/FK Putin/FK You Too will fit on those stickers.

iscooterliberally

(2,860 posts)
9. I didn't want to deface the pumps any further so I just peeled them off.
Thu Mar 10, 2022, 01:46 PM
Mar 2022

I did think about doing that though!

 

BlackSkimmer

(51,308 posts)
20. Lol, people are writing on gas pumps now?
Fri Mar 11, 2022, 11:58 AM
Mar 2022

I never understood the bathroom artists of yore, but hell, that was elementary school.

Probatim

(2,522 posts)
24. Nutters are putting stickers on the pump handles - Sharpies to upgrade message.
Fri Mar 11, 2022, 02:20 PM
Mar 2022

Sometimes you have to stoop to their elementary mentality. Reasoned debate isn't going to happen with these folks, so have fun with them at their level.

niyad

(113,251 posts)
5. I have a friend who manages a convenience store in q-bert's district. He has
Thu Mar 10, 2022, 01:42 PM
Mar 2022

to scrape those stickers off almost daily. He is also educating those unwise enough to bitch in his presence about Biden's fault with some facts about BigOil.

He says he learned from me about speaking out.

calguy

(5,305 posts)
10. I feel lucky. Only 3.84 the other day here in Arkansas
Thu Mar 10, 2022, 02:01 PM
Mar 2022

Haven't been in town for a few days. Maybe it's higher now.

Silent3

(15,190 posts)
12. Very happy about my Chevy Volt now
Thu Mar 10, 2022, 02:07 PM
Mar 2022

It does need gas now and then, but lately not more than 2-3 times a year. Nearly all of my driving is close to home and within the car's all-electric range.

SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)
13. I've been seeing derogatory stickers & Sharpie comments on gas pumps for several weeks
Thu Mar 10, 2022, 02:08 PM
Mar 2022

Well before this war.

Finally, someone started writing back in Sharpie, with comments about tfg.

It looks as if someone tried to remove the Sharpie comments, because they are lightly smeared.

I didn't touch any of it. Just observing.

uponit7771

(90,335 posts)
14. That's a Russian talking point to blame Biden for the price of gas. These fuckers are traitors and
Thu Mar 10, 2022, 02:09 PM
Mar 2022

... do the biding of the RF

Amishman

(5,555 posts)
16. Those stickers (or the remains of them) have been on every pump at every station for months here
Fri Mar 11, 2022, 10:35 AM
Mar 2022

Some of them are starting to put a second clear sticker over top, so its really hard to scrape them off

onetexan

(13,036 posts)
18. See what u can do to scrape them off
Fri Mar 11, 2022, 10:48 AM
Mar 2022

A straight knife edge is what i use whenever i replace the registration sticker.

Whenever im in the checkout line & see anything w the idiot's face on it, or anything negative on the cover about our MoJoe (usually trashy prints like the Enquirer) i stick it under the rack or behind other publications. I dont care if other people see me do it. In the least it makes me feel better im thwarting the disinformation in some way.

Amishman

(5,555 posts)
19. pocket knife works fairly well and I do try, but its swimming against the current
Fri Mar 11, 2022, 11:39 AM
Mar 2022

My corner of PA is very red and is showing little sign of simmering down

onetexan

(13,036 posts)
17. Damn idiots are now spreading propaganda on gas pumps too?
Fri Mar 11, 2022, 10:44 AM
Mar 2022

I went to costco & waited about 20 minutes. Gas was $3.89/gallon here. Not Biden's fault. Its putin's fault.

iscooterliberally

(2,860 posts)
22. I get the sentiment.
Fri Mar 11, 2022, 01:24 PM
Mar 2022

I want to retaliate too, but I could honestly live the rest of my life and never see those to ugly shit bag's faces ever again. I don't wouldn't want to pollute the side of pile of dog shit with their ugly faces.

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