Hold-open Clip

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Circulation and Infrastructure •
Posted by Rezwan • Oct 18, 2009 • (1) Comments •
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I was at a gas station here in New Jersey. Started talking to the guy about the thing on the gas pump that lets you keep pumping without hands. Hands free!

"You mean the hold-open clip for the nozzle?"

And then he just gave me a whole catalog for gas station owners. What a guy! What great things to buy!

Truck stop nozzle hooks!

Water-finding paste!

Oil-eating microbes! For sale! From a catalog!

Dude! Those standard unleaded fueling nozzles with automatic shutoff and a hold-open clip are only $46.95 and come in 8 different colors!

Manhole cover lifters are only $79.95.

Horizontal baby changing stations are $262.95.

"Turn air into dollars!" - coin operated air machine for tires. $1,359.95. OK, that ones a bit much.

I remember asking the gas station attendants in Iran about self clippy nozzles. "We had those once. But you had to replace things and...and sanctions! And...stop being a wuss, you lazy American-ish person." Well, actually, he didn't say that.

Gas station ownership in Iran.

I remember being in a taxicab in Iran. Chatting with the driver.
Me: So...are you happy with your job, or do you have other plans, Sir?
Cabbie: Matter of fact, I want to own a gas station. Been saving up for years. Only thing is, I'm worried about revolutions.
Me: Revolutions?
Cabbie: Yeah. Every time there's some sort of disturbance, people go and mob the gas stations. Burn 'em down. Gotta wait for things to stabilize
Me: No insurance?
Cabbie: Pffftht!

He's right, though. Such a thing would be Force Majeure

Vision of Gas station futures

Gas stations of the future will be more generalized "energy stations" - may be fusion generators powering electric cars, with fuel for the hybrids. And hopefully, they will all have state of the art gizmos and gadgets to make pumping and charging a dream.

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