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What Would You Do With $27,000 Worth of Free Gas?

Recently, a girl from Nebraska found a gasoline station pump glitch at her native fillup spot. And, naturally, she exploited it, filling up without spending a dime for over six months, in keeping with 1011 Now, a neighborhood information outlet. 

I, personally, make no judgment—have you ever seen the value of simply…dwelling as of late—however the police are, as local 1011 Now states “Lincoln Police got a call from Bosselman Enterprise’s loss prevention manager on Oct. 20, 2023. The manager got word from the Pump and Pantry near West O Street and Sun Valley Boulevard that someone had been participating in a fuel scam.”

The police then realized that the gasoline pumps on the Pump and Pantry had acquired a software program replace in “November of 2022,” which “managed orders and reward cards”. But that replace had a glitch that allowed clients to make use of their rewards card to “enter the pump into a demo mode” as long as they swiped twice and…pump free gasoline. 

Hell yeaaa…I imply, that’s flawed. That’s unhealthy. Very unhealthy, certainly.

 According to police, the suspect used the rewards card exploit 510 occasions, and it used a number of occasions a day, permitting others to make use of it, and sure made off with round 7,413 gallons throughout the time she began till she tried to promote the cardboard and was stopped by police. 

“The manager estimated the average fuel cost between those months to be approximately $3.758 per gallon, bringing total losses to $27,860.27,” stated the report on 1011 Now. That’s a hell of a variety of gasoline. 

Again, I’m not right here to go judgment. I ain’t the cops, nor your mother. But this entire saga bought me questioning: What would you all do with $27,000 value of free gasoline? 

For me, I’m pondering I’d begin some form of race sequence in my yard. It’s already arrange for pit-bikes, so why not get all my pals, household, the coworkers I like, and perhaps even those I don’t, and get them over for a festival-style pit-bike championship? We might barbeque, hit sick jumps, and usually trigger some good old school yard chaos. And, clearly, it’d be a multi-day occasion. I imply, we have now $27,000 value of free gasoline. We’re gonna tear issues up. 

You might additionally in all probability do a full Long Way Round. And Long Way Up. 

But once more, what would you all do with $27,000 value of free gasoline? Let me know within the feedback beneath.

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From the archive: on this day in 1955

“Here – for the first time – is a car specially designed to appeal to the woman who has very definite ideas about the car she wants her husband to buy,” read an ad in 1955. 

“While to all outward appearances this special One-O-Four is entirely suitable for everyday business use, [it also has many] luxury features carrying a strong feminine appeal.”

Today, most women would find it insulting for a car maker to try and attract them with a special set of maps, rugs, a picnic set, and an in-dash vanity case containing Max Factor cosmetics.

In motoring, as in many aspects of life, it has been a long struggle to eliminate chauvinism. Interestingly, it was a woman named Bertha Benz (the wife of Karl) who took the first significant car journey in 1885, and others soon followed her.

In 1898, an anonymous Brit wrote to us saying, “When I decided to have a motor and drive it myself, I found it quite easy. In fact, I think a woman would be a better driver than a man. I’m surprised that I don’t see more ladies driving alone.”

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However, during that time, women couldn’t vote, open a bank account, or have many jobs, so men often complained about them driving. “Women should not drive,” one asserted in 1905. They believed that women were better off staying at home and that they lacked the nerve to drive on crowded streets.

When Britain’s men had to go to war in the Great War, driving jobs had to be filled by women, which turned out to be helpful for their cause. A lieutenant colonel wrote that many women joined with no experience, which made for nerve-racking times. However, thousands of women quickly acquired the necessary skill and experience and successfully replaced men in those roles.

In the 1920s, it became more acceptable for women to lead independent lives, so many more women took up driving. Elizabeth Butler noticed that the gender split was fairly even at motor shows, and she noted that no car company made separate cars for men and women because their needs as drivers were practically the same. ‘Latona’ encouraged those who were nervous, saying, “Has any woman ever admitted she could not use a pedal sewing machine? No! Well, if she can do that, which means using her feet, hands, and brain at the same time, then she can soon drive a car.”