In February of 1974
lines at the gas stations grew long and tempers grew short.
I have found dinner ideas on walks, rocking babies in the middle of the night, and while eavesdropping on other people's conversations in
line at the gas station, but I have often found moments of great insight in children's books.
Lines at gas stations became commonplace, Odd / Even rationing rules were put into place.
This caused major failures in the gasoline supply chain, forcing drivers to wait in
line at gas stations and limiting New Yorkers» mobility.
Not exact matches
Costco customers wait in
line for
gas at a Costco
gas station in Santa Clara, Calif., Friday, May 27, 2011.
«Use puppy pads as makeshift changing tables or use them to
line not - so - clean changing tables
at gas stations, public restrooms etc..
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork / AP)-- As New York City works to recover from Superstorm Sandy, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn is calling for more buried power
lines, generators
at gas stations and other measures to help prepare for future storms.
Drivers formed long
lines at the few
gas stations with fuel for weeks after the storm.
We're talkin»... people in the grocery store
line, people
at the
gas station — and my husband has commented on it MULTIPLE times.
The growing number of EVs, coupled with lengthy charge times and the inability of many EVs to accommodate various types of fast chargers could lead to 1970s style
gas lines at charging
stations in the future.
Had another shop do another diagnostic on it (because the other shop that installed the fuel pump, in their words, made a simple human error of forgetting to re-attach the fuel
line back on, leading to a gallon of
gas being spilled out as I pumped it
at the
gas station).
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But despite higher
gas prices, once the
lines for a daily or weekly ration
at the filling
station disappeared, consumers found that those little econoboxes with vinyl seats, 5 - speed manual transmissions, AM radios and doors that had to be locked individually and by key, were a pain.
Some strange (and not so strange) places and instances I've used my ebook reader — in
line at Subway,
at the
gas station while pumping
gas, in a parking lot waiting on someone,
at a traffic accident, before or after a meeting (cracking open a book would be unprofessional.
Then there are many other places where your books can be, like
at supermarkets, airports, cruise
lines, independent bookstores,
gas stations, therapist offices and all these places.»
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Chaotic
lines formed
at gas stations during the day.
OK, long
lines of cars with Canadian license plates
at gas stations in Washington.
Long
lines formed
at gas stations as people sought fuel to power backup generators.
I was riding my bike to the store last weekend when I saw a long
line of cars waiting to fill up
at the corner
gas station.