not me but i would imagine people who lived in a gas-attendant place would wonder where the helpers are if they visited a place where there’s no gas attendant.
for my own experience, lost the tv remote, tv is now unusable.
A universal remote is a remote control that can be programmed to operate various brands of one or more types of consumer electronics devices. Low-end universal remotes can only control a set number of devices determined by their manufacturer, while mid- and high-end universal remotes allow the user to program in new control codes to the remote. Many remotes sold with various electronics include universal remote capabilities for other types of devices, which allows the remote to control other devices beyond the device it came with. For example, a VCR remote may be programmed to operate various brands of televisions.
I come from South Africa, I’ve driven at least 200,000km in my life, the first time I put Fuel in a car was at the age of 30 after temporarily moving to Europe.
‘Petrol Attendants’ often also wash your windscreen while you fuel up
I was at a gas station one day, pumping my gas like normal when this lady came up to me. She was from New Jersey and visiting my state and had no idea how to pump her own gas. New Jersey doesn’t allow you to pump your own gas BTW. I talked her through it and she seemed genuinely freaked out by the whole experience, like she was afraid her car would just burst into flames as she pumped. She was an older lady too (maybe 50-60), but i guess she never traveled alone before and just hadn’t had to do it for herself. Nice lady though, she gave me 5 bucks for helping her out.
She was an older lady too (maybe 50-60), but i guess she never traveled alone before and just hadn’t had to do it for herself.
I wouldn’t be terribly surprised if her husband always did it, and he might have died.
One thing I think is a good idea in a marriage — which often, especially traditionally, divided up responsibilities — is to have the other partner do any important things at least enough to know how to do it at a basic level if they have to do so in a pinch. Could be taxes or making dinner or fueling the car or whatever. You may not always be available, and, to be blunt, one of you is going to die first.
Something I had not thought of but ran into with some people who lived with someone — not even always a spouse — and had someone die who always handled X and never learned how to do it themselves. If suddenly, in addition to someone dying, you now have to immediately deal with the fact that you don’t know how how the family finances work, or paying utilities works, or where the X, Y, and Z subscription comes from, it just adds more load. It’s a lot easier to deal with it ahead of time.
The TV one is real. Without the remote the TV has one button. Hitting it turns it on if it’s off. When it’s on, hitting it brings up a menu, tap to what you want then hold it down to select it. Even turning it off is super annoying, but trying to do anything else is damn near impossible.
not me but i would imagine people who lived in a gas-attendant place would wonder where the helpers are if they visited a place where there’s no gas attendant.
for my own experience, lost the tv remote, tv is now unusable.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_remote
I come from South Africa, I’ve driven at least 200,000km in my life, the first time I put Fuel in a car was at the age of 30 after temporarily moving to Europe.
‘Petrol Attendants’ often also wash your windscreen while you fuel up
when i see it in the movies, i feel like having the attendants is a different experience altogether – like a drive-thru type gas station.
I was at a gas station one day, pumping my gas like normal when this lady came up to me. She was from New Jersey and visiting my state and had no idea how to pump her own gas. New Jersey doesn’t allow you to pump your own gas BTW. I talked her through it and she seemed genuinely freaked out by the whole experience, like she was afraid her car would just burst into flames as she pumped. She was an older lady too (maybe 50-60), but i guess she never traveled alone before and just hadn’t had to do it for herself. Nice lady though, she gave me 5 bucks for helping her out.
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I wouldn’t be terribly surprised if her husband always did it, and he might have died.
One thing I think is a good idea in a marriage — which often, especially traditionally, divided up responsibilities — is to have the other partner do any important things at least enough to know how to do it at a basic level if they have to do so in a pinch. Could be taxes or making dinner or fueling the car or whatever. You may not always be available, and, to be blunt, one of you is going to die first.
Something I had not thought of but ran into with some people who lived with someone — not even always a spouse — and had someone die who always handled X and never learned how to do it themselves. If suddenly, in addition to someone dying, you now have to immediately deal with the fact that you don’t know how how the family finances work, or paying utilities works, or where the X, Y, and Z subscription comes from, it just adds more load. It’s a lot easier to deal with it ahead of time.
The TV one is real. Without the remote the TV has one button. Hitting it turns it on if it’s off. When it’s on, hitting it brings up a menu, tap to what you want then hold it down to select it. Even turning it off is super annoying, but trying to do anything else is damn near impossible.
channel skipping / surfing is hard with the tv buttons as well!