For 73 years, new jerseys have relied on full service petral station attendantes to fill up their cars and lorries. It's become a point of pride for many of them to say they don't know how to petrel. A recent poll from rudkers university showed that 73 % of new jersey as do not want to pump petrel themselves.
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