My Lawnmower must be a Chevy

Sorry to get off subject but I see this stuff about the crappy gas now-a-days. My generator has the same gas in it from when I used to use it to power a small compressor for my air powered spud gun. That was 2006. Go out, turn the gas on, verify the kill switch is on & give it a half hearted pull & it is runing....back to the regularly scheduled programing.....