Dave
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One of the local issues is the Interstate runs right past our little town. We have no gas station. In fact it is about 80 miles from Ontario (Not Canada) to Baker City. There is no gas station between the two. Every week 2, 3, 4 people pull in here because they are out of gas. Two guy who live right by the freeway keep gas on hand. One charges $5 a gallon, the other $8. So a week or so ago one of the ladies saw two tricked out Harleys parked in town. She stopped and ask how things were going. One was dead out of gas. They were on their way to Seattle to some big time charity ride that will eventually end in Florida. She told them that she would get them some gas, which she ran home and came back with some. She was driving an old beater Datsun 4x4. To say that pickup has seen its better days would be an understatement. They own a ranch. She works on the ranch. I would be pretty certain she wasn't cleaned up. Anyway after she gave them the gas the guy handed her $100. I am sure that between that old pickup, her appearance, and the old falling down houses where they were parked, that the biker thought she was dirt poor. Her Husband and her have a pretty good size ranch. They are far from poor.
I am now telling my wife that when I dress in old ratty cloths that I am trying to look poor in case someone wants to give me $100 for a couple gallons of gas.
She refused the money. They wouldn't hear of it. She donated it to the charity that they were riding for.
I am now telling my wife that when I dress in old ratty cloths that I am trying to look poor in case someone wants to give me $100 for a couple gallons of gas.
She refused the money. They wouldn't hear of it. She donated it to the charity that they were riding for.
