The Socal H/Ter's, Arno, Louie, Greg, Catherine, and I got on our merry way after leaving the Expo and headed south to Pittsburgh to to get grub and then to the airport. Well after eating we thought we'd be up for a uneventful trip to the airport and the plane ride home.

We needed to fill up our rental Chevy Blazer with gas in order to return to the rental agency. We then proceeded to the only gas station right outside the airport. OK, Louie gets out to pump gas while Arno volunteers to go inside to pay for the gas. So we think! I along with Greg and Catherine follow him inside to pick up a few things in the mini-mart.

Arno gets up to the cashier and give him money for gas and then tells him the appropriate pump number. The attendant tells Arno, within earshot all of, us that the pump is already on. Arno wonders but doesn't say anything because he thought Louie, who is at the pump, already paid with his credit card. Car then gets filled up, we get in, and we leave. BAD MOVE!

Well, while heading to the rental place Louie asks Arno how much did he pay the cashier for the gas. Arno says, "I didn't because the cashier said the pump was already on". "I thought you paid with your credit card at the pump?" replies Arno. Louie replies, "No, I didn't pay with a credit card at the pump!" Thanks Arno! j/k!

At that very moment, while amisdst our replies in horror of "Oh ****!", we realized that we hadn't paid and stolen gas from the gas station. We realized that this particular gas station required that the customer pump first and then pay. Well where we are from, Socal, you have to pay before you pump. For all we knew the rest of the world did it this way, too! NOT

Thank God we decided to return to the gas station and pay for the gas! It turns out that the cashier and his manager had already called the police on us. About 5 minutes after we got there, one of Pittsburgh's finest pulls up and meets us at the door. By that time we had paid and explained to them the situation and that we from out of town. All of them were cool about it and we proceed to the rental place.

After many sighs of relief we thought it was over....NOT! Arno tried to check in a cardboard box with his dissasembled SMS header, my can of ATE brake fluid, and Joker's empty beer keg. After the approved inspection the header and beer keg, it took the TSA almost 45 mins to tell us that the can of brake fluid could not be boarded as baggage. I now have to get rid of a can of brake fluid in a town I don't live in and I can't throw away! This was at 7:55pm and our flight leaves at 8:30pm. I am frantic at this point!

I don't give a damn and just want to get the hell out of Pittsburgh. No can of brake fluid is gonna make me miss my flight...fugg that! Louie takes the brake fluid and gives it one of the ticketing agents as a gift. Problem solved! We thought that was the end until we get to the gate. Catherine cannot find her boarding pass. AAAARRRGGGHHH! Eventually she finds it in her purse or pocket...I can't remember. We have all worried way too much and the plane is not even in the air!

We get on the plane and the flight is delayed for a half hour becuase the galley service doesn't put the right amount of inflight meals onboard. We finally take off and eventually we make it home safely without anymore incident!

Cliff Notes:

-Arno doesn't pay the cashier for gas at gas station. We return, pay for the gas, and avoid being arrested for theft.
-My can of brake fluid hold us up for so long at baggage inspection thay we barely have enought time to make it to our flight.
-Catherine cannot find her boarding pass and finds it right before we are called to board the plane.
-Flight gets delayed 30 minutes after airline screw up.
-Greg manages to blame Arno for everything that happens, hence the title "Thanks Arno!"

 

Arno

 

yeah, when life hits you with a bunch of problems, blame the Iraqi

haha j/k arno

 

nice story Lloyd, glad y'all made it out of there

ps - flying nowadays is a REAL pain

 

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haha j/k arno </TD></TR></TABLE>

lol funny shieet

 

Good job Arno...

 

ay ricer i aint Iraqi nice try

I did nothing wrong, i wanted to pay for the gas, I put money on the counter and the attendent didnt take it, basically he gave us the gas. We didnt steal it. And that ATE brake fluid was in my baggage but wasnt mine, so i did nothing wrong

 

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racial profiling ownz arno

 

Nice to meet ya Lloyd, Arno and y0sh.

 

Sorry Arno!

Joker and Louie insisted I write this

 

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Yah definitely it was nice to meet all the Cali peeps.

 

damn i missed it all lol

 

hahaha, no problem Lloyd, i was waiting for it, im suprised it took so long

IT was nice to meet all you guys there

Yea can you talk about racial profiling, im of middle eastern descent, (well my grandparents are, both I and my parents were born in the US) and im submitting a box of pipes with some brake fluid, i was waiting for the drama

 

You shuold have made it more interesting, when they stopped you and checked the header and the brake fluid, you should have talked into your shirt saying, "Abort! abort!" in Armenian. It would be fun seeing a h-t member on national news for this. haha

 

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Are you even old enough to fly without a parent yet?

 

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Are you even old enough to fly without a parent yet? </TD></TR></TABLE>

Haha.....you have been OWNED!

 

yeah being 18 restricts me from flying on a plane

 

LOL!
nice job guys
Glad to hear you all had fun

 

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People Under The Stairs

 

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Joker and Louie insisted I write this </TD></TR></TABLE>
Wait a minute, this was all Arno's fault. Don't go blaming it on me
Wasn't it Arno, who said "pipe bomb" in the TSA inspection area? I still can't believe that we didn't all end up in jail
Oh yeah, thanks Arno
"(Arno) Hey Greg, he wants to talk to you." "(Greg) Dude, I don't know you!"

 

Dang!! Y shi & I missed da fun!!


MikeHonda - who got lost three times gettin around in Penn.

 

hehe Damn SoCaliens Stealing gas

It was Great meeting you guys, Yoshi, Arno, Louie (The Carne King), Lloyd, Mike Honda, KitKatR and Many Others
PS I'll check into IAS tommorow, will let you guys know

 

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Can you really blame us??

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j00 shoula called me like Greg did.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SoCal ITR &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">j00 shoula called me like Greg did. </TD></TR></TABLE>
No kidding! The tip on Quaker Steak and Lube was worth it's weight in gold

 

thanks arno, me and mike got lost 3 times b/c of j00!

yshi - who thought he was gonna get arrested after they found a set of rear axxis pads in my helmet