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In article ,
"John Larson" wrote:

We have all done some screwy things in our life that have cost us money or
whatever. The difference is, we keep it mostly to ourselves or close
friends.

and the point of being secretive about it is....?
At the very least, it was a good reminder to people to be
careful about shutting off self-service pumps - especially pumps
you are not familar with.

If this went down as the poster says, it was his fault.

agreed.

Most of us would not
take advantage of such a situation, but there are people who do.

and there are people that, given a chance, will make good on a mistake,
especially if they weren't aware of the issue.

This guy is going to eventually learn that when this kind of thing happens,
don't tell the world on rec.aviation.piloting.

Well, he didn't tell rap about it, he was trying to see if someone would
be honest about it. The OP's attempt harms no one.

--
Bob Noel
no one likes an educated mule

"Matt Barrow" wrote in message
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"Allen" wrote in message
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"Matt Barrow" wrote in message
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The fellow in this case failed to closed the pump. In the same way if
he
left his wallet full of cash around, he was grossly negligent.

Too bad, but the fellow needs to grow and an accept responsibility for
his
actions. Or it that passe in America anymore?


You are right but there were two wrongs here. Failure to properly end
the
transaction was the first one. The second was the person who took
advantage
of the situation to make off with the "free" gas. That was like finding
the
wallet full of cash and not trying to return it intact to it's rightful
owner. Responsibility and morality are on the decline everywhere you
look.

And that's something new? Let me give you some insight in to the last
10,000
years...



You are the own asking if responsibility is passe in America now. Same
shoe, other foot.

Allen

Why be secretive? It's not being "secretive" when we screw up and
don't want to become an object of riducule.

Well, not just say "Don't forget to turn the pump off after fueling at
self-service pumps" instead of spreading a blanket statement
maintaining that someone stole his gas?



On Mon, 01 Aug 2005 14:56:13 -0400, Bob Noel
wrote:

In article ,
"John Larson" wrote:

We have all done some screwy things in our life that have cost us money or
whatever. The difference is, we keep it mostly to ourselves or close
friends.

and the point of being secretive about it is....?
At the very least, it was a good reminder to people to be
careful about shutting off self-service pumps - especially pumps
you are not familar with.

If this went down as the poster says, it was his fault.

agreed.

Most of us would not
take advantage of such a situation, but there are people who do.

and there are people that, given a chance, will make good on a mistake,
especially if they weren't aware of the issue.

This guy is going to eventually learn that when this kind of thing happens,
don't tell the world on rec.aviation.piloting.

Well, he didn't tell rap about it, he was trying to see if someone would
be honest about it. The OP's attempt harms no one.

In article , John Larson wrote:

Well, not just say "Don't forget to turn the pump off after fueling at
self-service pumps" instead of spreading a blanket statement
maintaining that someone stole his gas?

I didn't read the original post as an accusation (especially since
he said "If it was you that accidentally filled up that morning after me ").

--
Bob Noel
no one likes an educated mule

"abripl" wrote in message
oups.com...
Too bad, but the fellow needs to grow and an accept responsibility for
his
actions. Or it that passe in America anymore?

Hey Jay, I didn't start this thread to blame anybody. Just posted it
requesting the guy to contact me to straighten this out. There are some
honest people. Some will even return a wallet full of money to the
owner. Is honesty passe in America?

I can understand your point, but in a nation of a million pilots it seems
"silly" to post to a group that has maybe 100 participants.

This is what's called a "long shot" in the extreme.

"Allen" wrote in message
...

"Matt Barrow" wrote in message
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"Allen" wrote in message
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wallet full of cash and not trying to return it intact to it's rightful
owner. Responsibility and morality are on the decline everywhere you
look.

And that's something new? Let me give you some insight in to the last
10,000
years...



You are the own asking if responsibility is passe in America now. Same
shoe, other foot.

Pardon? (Evidently grammar and sentence structure is passé, too).

"Bob Noel" wrote in message
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In article ,
"John Larson" wrote:

This guy is going to eventually learn that when this kind of thing
happens,
don't tell the world on rec.aviation.piloting.

Well, he didn't tell rap about it, he was trying to see if someone would
be honest about it.

Pardon? He posts it in a group of maybe 100 people? Ahhh...

"Bob Noel" wrote in message
...
In article , John Larson
wrote:

Well, not just say "Don't forget to turn the pump off after fueling at
self-service pumps" instead of spreading a blanket statement
maintaining that someone stole his gas?

I didn't read the original post as an accusation (especially since
he said "If it was you that accidentally filled up that morning after me
").


Accidentally filled up?

"abripl" wrote in message
oups.com...
Too bad, but the fellow needs to grow and an accept responsibility for
his
actions. Or it that passe in America anymore?

Hey Jay, I didn't start this thread to blame anybody. Just posted it
requesting the guy to contact me to straighten this out. There are some
honest people. Some will even return a wallet full of money to the
owner. Is honesty passe in America?

Not to confuse the issue even more, but I didn't say those two sentences
that you are apparently attributing to me.

I'm not blaming anyone, either. It's just a damned shame of a situation.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Well, he didn't tell rap about it, he was trying to see if someone would
be honest about it.

Pardon? He posts it in a group of maybe 100 people? Ahhh...

Matt, one thing I discovered at OSH is that this group is HUGE, although
there are only a relative hand-full of regular posters.

I was meeting people all week long from this group, most of whom I had never
heard of. They all started the conversation with "I'm mostly a lurker,
but..."

A great group of folks, BTW. Not a lemon in the bunch.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"