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hunter

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7. Ah, just like the old days when gasoline went over 99.9 cents a gallon...

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Fri May 1, 2026, 05:31 PM

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... and gas pumps were entirely mechanical. There were all sorts of ad-hoc ways of dealing with this. Mostly they replaced the mechanical counter and crudely punched extra slots in the metal bezel framing the numbers.

It ought to be easier now that pumps are electronic. It's past time to get rid of the 9/10 of a cent measure.

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Digital deisel gas pumps are not configured to go above $9.99 in the pricing per gallon [View all] applegrove Friday OP

Would that mean multiple fill-ups for diesel vehicles? no_hypocrisy Friday #1

I fixed it. I was not clear. I meant the price per gallon as advertised applegrove Friday #3

Would require customers to go inside to pay for the amount of gallons they need wishstar Friday #4

This message was self-deleted by its author sop Friday #2

Would existing pumps rzemanfl Friday #5

That is what the CNN guest was implying. Diesel is at $7.00+ applegrove Friday #8

I forgot that pumps these days are digital. rzemanfl Friday #12

Ruh roh! Y2K for gas pumps. surfered Friday #6

Ah, just like the old days when gasoline went over 99.9 cents a gallon... hunter Friday #7

What They Did Here Was... ProfessorGAC Friday #11

Or, eventually, quart. Europe prices by the liter, so we could switch to that, if it weren't so "woke". nt eppur_se_muova Friday #13

Well, If Guess Gets to $20 per Gallon... ProfessorGAC Friday #14

In the 1970s the old gas pumps did not accommodate the $. Gore1FL Friday #9

? applegrove Friday #10

I don't understand the inquiry. What was unclear? Nt Gore1FL Friday #16

I'm just dense tonight. Ignore me. applegrove Friday #18

Make it per liter, the price will look lower. LOL dem4decades Friday #15

remember when gas was like $3.25 and vandals were putting "I did that" Biden stickers on all the pumps? Takket Friday #17