wow didn’t think i’d ever see it again 2.53 for regular gas…….. in west memphis , arkansas at a dodges store….
for those that don’t know Dodges sells more fried chicken in Mississippi than KFC… and you can get the good parts fried… livers & gizzards
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Hmmm, two good reasons to come to Mississippi ! ! ! !
Greg
$3.89 in Amagansett, LI
But that's where the rich folk hang out.
I wish I were one of them.
Just filled up today for $2.89...I was thrilled...It's kind of sad, really.
Young, poor, and eager to learn
TGNY - $2.95 in bellmore...Buic
Still $3.09 here.
At least we have it better than TGNY.
=0)
A good heart embiggens even the smallest person.
There is a gas station in Montauk (the most eastern tip of Long Island) that used to have the distinction of the most expensive gasoline on the continental U.S. according to local rumour.
I think I'd be looking for a place to live that had less of a "reputation".;o)
A good heart embiggens even the smallest person.
Ok ... Ok ... I can't find "embeggins" in my dictionary ...
Edited 8/25/2006 2:23 am ET by Homebuilder1
I think it's a missspelt....
wondered the same...
http://www.myspace.com/chewa
6/19/2006 7:35 AM The only mind it boggles is your own. You are like candle in the wind. Your struggle to stay alight imbeggins me to be a better man.
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WOW!!! What a Ride!<!----><!---->
Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
Edited 8/25/2006 2:50 am by IMERC
It's spelled embiggins. It's from the Simpsons."Makes larger".
A good heart embiggens even the smallest person.
& I thought it was the magazine that Al Bundy always read.No Veterans = No USA-----Bumper Sticker
ROFLOLI beleive he reads two magazines..."Jugs".And "Bigguns".
A good heart embiggens even the smallest person.
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ROFLOL
I beleive he reads two magazines...
"Jugs".
And "Bigguns".
I think youre right
Wrong dictionary.http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=EmbigginsAnd here it is in use.http://linkfilter.net/?s=p;pid=10281;cmd=results
@@ There is a gas station in Montauk (the most eastern tip of Long Island) that used to have the distinction of the most expensive gasoline on the continental U.S. according to local rumour
I think the one in Death Valley, CA may be higher (they truck it a lot further and your choices are ___), but check GasBuddy.com.
1.11/litre for diesel at the dock at Ganges, Saltspring Is., B.C. C$ 23 for filling my 5g jug to less than 5g.The ToolBear
"Never met a man who couldn't teach me something." Anon.
is it correct that there are still some places where you can not pump your own fuel?
we have proven here that even with the improvement of idiots... it is thus far pretty much idiot proof...
best part with pay at the pump here most places you can purchase fuel even when the station is closed
p
can't pump your own????
yes out here in the PNW
Oregon to narrow it down. Got to have jobs for the kids you know.
2.83 to 3.07 around here , SW fl
the Oregon territory, they must pump your fuel as you may not do it yourself.....2 days ago $2.879 @ a Costco there.......today $3.209 at a self serve in Long Beach, Washington, across the river from Oregon. (stations only 20 miles apart) Washington state taxes suck BIG time !!!
bum...two wrongs don't make a right, but... three lefts do... :)
$2.63 in Omaha, NE and $2.59 across the river in Iowa.
What, you don't like paying for that pretty Korean built bridge in Tacoma?No Veterans = No USA-----Bumper Sticker
Is it called the "KIA Narrows"
who was Killed In Action???
or is that Kia Motors???
or Kia as in the burning man...
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WOW!!! What a Ride!<!----><!---->
Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
Edited 8/25/2006 8:48 am by IMERC
I was thinking KIA motors, are they not Korean?
yup....
IIRC there's a Kia bird too...
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WOW!!! What a Ride!<!----><!---->
Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
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3.89 last night...
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WOW!!! What a Ride!<!----><!---->
Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
Welcome to my world
can you stop it and let me off...
that's for diesel...
150$ isn't a fill up...
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WOW!!! What a Ride!<!----><!---->
Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
the oil fields and refinery is just up the street and delivered here via pipe line...
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WOW!!! What a Ride!<!----><!---->
Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
Edited 8/25/2006 9:29 am by IMERC
If I go that way I drive around the long way....it takes less time than the usual traffic mess at the KIA Narrows.
bum...two wrongs don't make a right, but... three lefts do... :)
I was all fine & dandy with a new bridge
I live just around the corner from there, can see the top of the columns from my house.
Then I saw the ship with all the bridge sections prebuilt on it.
I said WTF talked to a couple of people & yup------ imported from the orient.
I am so pizzed, that my tax dollars for american drivers is being spent on imported steel & labor.No Veterans = No USA-----Bumper Sticker
Not just your tax dollars....you'll get to pay a fee anytime you use it
bum
...two wrongs don't make a right, but... three lefts do... :)
Edited 8/27/2006 2:39 am by oldbeachbum
I seem to recall there were no sales taxes up there a decade ago. Still true?-Jazzdogg-
"Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive." Gil Bailie
Oregon has no sales tax. But, they do have an income tax. We, here in Washington state have no income tax (YET !! They are working on it) but our sales taxes are anywhere from 7.5% to almost 9%, depending on county and municipality.
They are trying to get us to agree to an income tax and tell us they can then cut the sales tax "considerably" or possibly eliminate it. Yeah, right, and I just saw a flock of pigs fly over.
Then there are the "surcharges", "fees", "assessments" and any other name they can come up with to slither into your pocket. I suppose I should be happy, I get screwed every day!
bum...two wrongs don't make a right, but... three lefts do... :)
Unfortunately we have you beat. Federal and Provincial income tax, and Federal GST (Goods and Service Tax 6%), and PST (Provincial Sales Tax 7%) on almost every thing you buy.On gas both Federal and Provincial gas tax and GST applies on top of those, and for good measure for those that live in the Vancouver area, there is the Transit Tax of about 6 or 8 cents on a liter too.Tax the way it is. :-(
I have a brother-in-law in the Maritimes (Moncton area) and he keeps us posted on your situation. I am old enough to remember when I lived in upstate NY near the border that a dollar was a dollar either side of the line and currencies were freely accepted that way in both countries, but those days are now gone. The exchange rates hurts business on both sides.
If we could only find a way to isolate Ottowa and DC unto themselves then we all might have a chance. Maybe we can get Rick Mercer, Red Green and the Royal Canadian Air Farce to collaborate and "fix" things for us. We don't have that kind of talent down here and we take ourselves way too seriously.
bum
...two wrongs don't make a right, but... three lefts do... :)
Oh! You mean in the olden days. I was a young teen then and remember the Canadian dollar was the stronger with it taking $1.06 or $1.07US to get $1.00Can. As for our respective capitals, I think they should all be rounded up and scattered all over the Middle East with nothing more than an English/Arabic dictionary. When they have found there way back here they might be less inclined to try to be so influential in the world and more inclined to get along with one and all..... I know I'm dreaming. ;-)You left out 'This Hour Has 22 Minutes', another Maritime great. The talent is in the US too but isn't expressed on network TV the way it is here. Probably because, as you put it, "we take ourselves way too seriously."All the best.
This will get me into some hot water but......to have and appreciate humor and satire one must have a little intelligence and sense of what is going on. Too many here are way too interested in celebrities and no interest in what really matters and affects them.
The network execs are among these as well as having no b--lz and the old puritanical double standard here of "No we can't have that" type of attitude and then go off to Vegas or somewhere and practice it anyway. (hypocritical?) Whew, next time I'll take a breath or use a comma!
I love it here, do not get me wrong, but we are way too egocentric. We are part of the world, not all of it. Until the majority of Americans realize this and correct our course we will continue tostumble and bumble. I guess I'm way off thread here so I'll say "au revoir".
bum
...two wrongs don't make a right, but... three lefts do... :)
Edited 8/26/2006 2:21 pm by oldbeachbum
2.46 at The WaWa today
Today, on the peninsula we are at 3.239 reg/unld and 3.209 deisel.
They're keeping us bent over. Glad I'm retired, if for nothing else the daily required costs of trying to make a living. I truely feel for you guys that have to be on the move and have to haul the heavy stuff.
I talked with our contractor (putting in a two car garage, small workshop, studio apt combo building). The fuel, alone in his operation ,is really putting a crimp on him. We agreed and contracted for this job a year ago but I told him if he needed to add surcharges because of materials and fuel I could agree to some modification of price. He has treated us so well, does such a good job and has his guys and family to take care of. I couldn't possibly, in good conscience say no. I'll never be rich and I won't be able to "take IT with me", but I really feel he shouldn't take all the increases. He is honest and hard working and I am the one benefitting from his talents and labor. Besides, if I want another job down the road sometime I want him still in business.
Wishing you ALL the best with this can of worms.
bum...two wrongs don't make a right, but... three lefts do... :)
I talked with our contractor (putting in a two car garage, small workshop, studio apt combo building). The fuel, alone in his operation ,is really putting a crimp on him. We agreed and contracted for this job a year ago but I told him if he needed to add surcharges because of materials and fuel I could agree to some modification of price. He has treated us so well, does such a good job and has his guys and family to take care of. I couldn't possibly, in good conscience say no. I'll never be rich and I won't be able to "take IT with me", but I really feel he shouldn't take all the increases. He is honest and hard working and I am the one benefitting from his talents and labor. Besides, if I want another job down the road sometime I want him still in business.
Not to start something big here, but do you think he would refund you money if the prices dropped 5% across the board?
Jon Blakemore RappahannockINC.com Fredericksburg, VA
Not to start something big here, but do you think he would refund you money if the prices dropped 5% across the board?
great question.... I'm kinda deal'n with that now maybe start another thread...
guess in the end you do what you feel is right and don't worry what others do in return
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John,
Really good question. But, it's the way I feel about it personally and the kind of relationship we've had. It's not always a money thing with this guy. Many times they have gone above and beyond what I ( a picky person ) have expected, sometimes even faster than I had hoped for. Always top quality. I tend to agree with what PONYTL said....two wrongs don't make a right, but... three lefts do... :)
I always get to pay the most. $3.67 for 89 today at the Shell station. All the gas comes here on a landing barge, and they have us convinced that this adds about $.60 per gallon to the cost. How much gas is in one of those tandem tankers?
David,
I had an Exxon station for many years in the 80's/90's in Maple Valley, Wa. The tandems that delivered to us there were 11,500 gallon deliveries, debited from my account at delivery. (Loading time, their terminal). When I was forced out of business by BP Oil (who acquired our properties) in '92 I was taking a delivery every 30 hours.
bum...two wrongs don't make a right, but... three lefts do... :)
Maple Valley isn't that far from here. From everything I've read a gas retailer only makes a few cents on each gallon. That your experience?
Anyway, if they're bringing 11,500 gallons and charging .60 per gallon to barge it, that's over $6000 per load. I just can't see it costing that much, but then again I don't own a barge either.
Yes, just a few cents depending upon your local competition. I usually averaged 1.5 to 3.5 cents per gallon/regular unld in the late 80's early 90's. Mid grade ny markup was about 7-9 cents and premium was 10-12 cents. We also had full service and to that we added about 35 cents/gallon. Try and find full serve now.
At the time we had this business we also operated a full service repair facility with ASE certified mechs, a small snack shop and porpane.
We kept the regular price to be as competitive as possible without giving away any product and at the same time to attract business in the shop for repairs/tires/tune-ups, etc. We generated a lot of cash daily because of the pumps as you can see but you couldn't keep that kind of operation and staff going on gas sales alone.
In those days the gas was the hook to get you in. Then you had to sell yourself and your services. Today it is volume sales, junk food and whatever else we seem to NEED as we drive around burning dinosaurs. (No offense Dinosaur)
bum...two wrongs don't make a right, but... three lefts do... :)
Paid $6.37/gal yesterday in Ramstein, Germany...
"Would someone please give Bush a BJ so we can impeach him?" bumper sticker
How much is that in real money?...two wrongs don't make a right, but... three lefts do... :)
Well, it was 1.38 Euro per liter. If I did the conversion to gallons and Euros correctly it comes out to that much per gallon. Fortunately it was a business trip so the company pays.
"Would someone please give Bush a BJ so we can impeach him?" bumper sticker
Just imagine how things would work out if (when?) the world drifts from the US Dollar to the Euro. Interesting scenarios will develope. Maybe I should start hording "pieces of eight". My pension and Social Security !!! Yikes !!! How do we pay back all we owe to the Chinese and Japanese?
How much do you suppose the Saudis have in EUROs? The Israelis?
hmmmmmmmmmm...........let's ask the prez what we should do. I'm guessing we'll have to go metric then, huh? New tapes, speed squares, adjustable wrenches....
bum ;)...two wrongs don't make a right, but... three lefts do... :)
I know a guy in Holland who got a mortgage in Japanese Yen when the Euro was first coming out because it was closely alligned to the US dollar. He did his research and was convinced that the dollar would weaken against the Euro. The Euro went from about $.78 to $1.27 and his mortgage was effectively reduced by 40% or so against his salary...
Your pension might be OK as long as you stay in 3rd world countries like the future United States and don't buy those expensive imported products... ;-)
"Would someone please give Bush a BJ so we can impeach him?" bumper sticker
Gotcha'.
What a marvellous legacy we are leaving our grandchildren. I try to be a "glass is half full" type but I am starting to doubt our direction, anymore. The only lessons we leave them with is we don't play well with others and it's OK to mortgage everything. Don't save up for anything, "we want it now".
bum...two wrongs don't make a right, but... three lefts do... :)
That's the new and improved American Dream, didn't you get the memo.
... I guess I was daydreaming that day...
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Ooh, saw medium-sized local, name-brand down to $2.689 (diesel was still $2.919, a dime over 93 octane).Occupational hazard of my occupation not being around (sorry Bubba)
I keep looking for a straight answer as to why deisel costs so much...
emails.. websites... always looking for a POC....
Nada...
guess nobody wants to admit to out and out greed...
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What's In A Barrel of Oil?
Petroleum Products Yielded from One Barrel of Crude Oil in California
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Product
Percent of Total
Finished Motor Gasoline
51.4%
Distillate Fuel Oil
15.3%
Jet Fuel
12.6%
Still Gas
5.4%
Marketable Coke
5.0%
Residual Fuel Oil
3.3%
Liquefied Refinery Gas
2.8%
Asphalt and Road Oil
1.9%
Other Refined Products
1.5%
Lubricants
0.9%
One barrel contains 42 gallons of crude oil. The total volume of products made from crude oil based origins is 48.43 gallons on average - 6.43 gallons greater than the original 42 gallons of crude oil. This represents a "processing gain" due to the additional other petroleum products such as alkylates are added to the refining process to create the final products.
Additionally, California gasoline contains approximately 5.7 percent by volume of ethanol, a non-petroleum-based additive that brings the total processing gain to 7.59 gallons (or 49.59 total gallons).
Source: California Energy Commission, Fuels Office, PIIRA database. Based on 2004 data.
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WOW!!! What a Ride!<!----><!---->
Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
Diesel is produced from petroleum, and is sometimes called petrodiesel when there is a need to distinguish it from diesel obtained from other sources such as (biodiesel). It is a hydrocarbon mixture, obtained in the fractional distillation of crude oil between 250 °C and 350 °C at atmospheric pressure.
The density of diesel is about 850 grams per liter whereas petrol has a density of about 720 g/l, about 15% less. When burnt, diesel typically releases about 40.9 megajoules (MJ) per liter, whereas petrol releases 34.8 MJ/L, also about 15% less. Diesel is generally simpler to refine than petrol and often costs less (although price fluctuations sometimes mean that the inverse is true; for example, the cost of diesel traditionally rises during colder months as demand for heating oil, which is refined much the same way, rises).
Diesel powered cars generally have greater fuel economy than gasoline powered cars, which is due to the greater energy content of diesel fuel and also the intrinsic efficiency of the diesel engine. That translates commonly in a 40% better milage than equivalent gasoline engines [1]. Proponents of diesel powered automobiles often cite this advantage as a way to reduce Greenhouse gas emissions. However, diesel's 15% higher volumetric energy density results in 15% higher greenhouse gas emissions per liter compared to gasoline[1], it's the 40% better fuel economy that the modern diesel's car have that offsets the emissions of greenhouse gases, resulting in less CO2 emission per mile
Source... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel
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Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
Diesel is generally simpler to refine than petrol and often costs less (although price fluctuations sometimes mean that the inverse is true; for example, the cost of diesel traditionally rises during colder months as demand for heating oil, which is refined much the same way, rises).
That's likely the answer. The cooler (than predicted) ocean temps (which have limited the atlantic storm season so far), may be an indication of a cooler-than-normal winter, which might could mean needing more fuel for heating.
Or, Big Oil may just hate diesel drivers.Occupational hazard of my occupation not being around (sorry Bubba)
been that way since before last winter...
never went down over the summer...
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Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
Don't forget,
Petroleum products ( Gasoline and Diesel and Home Heating Oil) are traded as commodities. Very leveraged commodities.
I often wonder, when Gasoline is traded as a future, how much influence is exercised on the price in order to protect those investors?
Then there is the .43 a gallon in taxes my state charges.
Paid $2.59 for 87 yesterday.
Noticed that diesel was still at $3.03We change the course of history,everyday people like you and me
Around here yesterday it was 2.45 a gallon. 2.35 a gallon if you paid cash.
What the problem is?
2.14 a gallon yesterday in Dayton, OH.
Thats a good price, I thought the one I saw was a good one.
Maybe it's a sign, buy enough gas to get out of Ohio before Michigan takes you guys out to the woodshed. :)
What the problem is?
I bought gas in the Mommy van in PA and it was like 3.15 a gallon, where Ohio was 2.60 or so. Weird.
Filled up today for $2.21 for 87
I often wonder, when Gasoline is traded as a future, how much influence is exercised on the price in order to protect those investors?
Well, commodity traders are "taking a dare" in their purchases, bought "long" or "short." It's my impression that the commodity buyers/traders are completely unconcerned about retail prices--only the commodity price is "important" to them (which is some logical, considering).
Retail prices tend to reflect the "guess" by the vendor as to where the price will go. If you see prices come down a nickel, do you buy 1000 gallons, or 2, or a truckload? Guess wrong, and the guy down the street orders his next tankful at the newer dealer rate 8¢ cheaper . . .
On Saturday, the $2.50 price point was pretty much 'broken' excepting those locations comfortable to put another 2-3¢/gal on (like they always do). Name-brand retail from $2.479 to $2.519; "grocery store" prices 5-6¢ cheaper than that.
Then there is the .43 a gallon in taxes my state charges.
Trade'ya--it's 47¢ here.Occupational hazard of my occupation not being around (sorry Bubba)
"Well, commodity traders are "taking a dare" in their purchases, bought "long" or "short." It's my impression that the commodity buyers/traders are completely unconcerned about retail prices--only the commodity price is "important" to them (which is some logical, considering)."Based on some of the articles that I posted in a thread in the tavern my guess is that traders have realized that both oil and gas are over priced and they are selling out to cut their loses.They never stated it in those words, but kept mentioning the oversupply and expections for prices to drop more."Retail prices tend to reflect the "guess" by the vendor as to where the price will go. If you see prices come down a nickel, do you buy 1000 gallons, or 2, or a truckload? Guess wrong, and the guy down the street orders his next tankful at the newer dealer rate 8¢ cheaper ."Yes, the prices here are droping 2-3-4 cents at a time and sometime more than once a day.So you will see stations with a couple of blocks that differ by upto 7 cents. And a couple of days later the station with the old high price will be the lowest.He is a source for gas prices around the country.http://www.gasbuddy.com/There are a couple of others.
Yes, the prices here are droping 2-3-4 cents at a time and sometime more than once a day
That's been the odd/funny thing to watch, at least in the name-brands.
Just two weeks ago, I spotted $2.669, and "zoomed" in to nab a tankfull at that price. The same station is now showing $2.479 down from $2.499 on Saturday (I think, though, Qasim is responding to his BIL's last Chevron delivery which took his price from $2.519 to $2.479 today).
The troubling thing I note is the rather pointed lack of change in the price for diesel. Sure, I like lower retail gasoline prices--I'd prefer to see all fuels down similarly as almost every retail item I buy is shipped using diesel fuel.Occupational hazard of my occupation not being around (sorry Bubba)
$2.17 for regular unleaded in Lexington, KY. I hear you about the diesel.
"Let's go to Memphis in the meantime, baby" - John Hiatt.
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I hear you about the diesel.
No lie. I look up as I'm fueling up yestereve, and it occurs that gas has come down 40¢ in the time that diesel has come down 4¢.
Demand for diesel, in all fairness, does tend to stay the same, unlike the seasonal variations in "car" use. So, maybe, just maybe, there's logic in the dissimilarity. Not enough, likely, to make me happy were I buying diesel in any quantity.Occupational hazard of my occupation not being around (sorry Bubba)
One of the stories that I linked to in the thread in the tavern said that diesel prices where staying high because of the demand and also starting stock piling for heating season.
I linked to in the thread in the tavern
Ok, I'm drawing a blank on which thread that was--I clearly must catch up.
said that diesel prices where staying high because of the demand and also starting stock piling for heating season.
True enough. I'm guessing (could ask my bro who deals fuel to retailers) that the "seasonal" swing in "car" fuel is probably steeper/different than the "transportation" diesel fuel demand is.
Of course, the fact that a number of bozons out there started buying diesel instead of heating oil, and turned that into a 'market trend' cannot help the demand curve.Occupational hazard of my occupation not being around (sorry Bubba)
Diesel competes for the same fractions of crude as heating oil and jet fuel, all of which have pretty inelastic demand - trucks and jets must roll and fly and houses and offices must be heated regardless of fuel price. Gasoline is subject to people driving less when prices are high, thus reducing demand and driving prices down.BruceT
2.27 for 87 octane, but some stations just started selling 85 octane for 1.99.
Can anyone give me a reason not to run the 85 in my work trucks?We change the course of history,everyday people like you and me
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That’s pretty impressive. See <!----><!---->U.S.<!----><!----> Patent 6866756<!----><!---->
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If Aquygen is indeed actually Browns Gas, it is produced cheaply in a small device located under the bonnet of the car and is consumed immediately by the motor and turns back into water. Browns Gas doesn’t need to be stored under high pressure in a vulnerable storage tank nor does it require an expensive Hydrogen fuel cell or a heavy Storage Battery array. The water by-product need not be wasted. It can be collected for re-use ad infinitum.<!----><!---->
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Twenty years ago only the military were able to use the Global Satalite Positioning System now it's available to us all, at a price. Wouldn’t be ironic, if President George W. Bush, was not so much remembered as the invader of Baghdad, but for having let the Genie out of the bottle and being responsible for us entering the Hydrogen age, in having Browns Gas adopted as, The Fuel Of The Future.<!----><!---->
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Perhaps the Federal and State Governments should be looking into how the U.S. Military Hummers are being modified to run on Aquygen, with a view to modifying our public transport fleets similarly. Hey, but there again, wouldn’t any fuel savings so achieved, result in less taxes being collected?<!----><!---->
Crabby,I am wondering if I can get you to go over to quittintime, and re-post this information.Mark Cadioli has started a thread there on biodesel. I think your information and insight may benefit that discussion.Thank you.=0)A link to the discussion at hand...http://www.quittintime.com/ubbthreads/postlist.php?Cat=0&Board=TipsandTricksClick on "biodeisel".You'll have to register there if you want to post, just like here.
Carpe that ol' diem ! ~LisaL
Do you want Extra Air with that <!----><!----><!---->
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"Extra Air". He scratched his head and said I don't know what is it? I explained :- <!----><!---->
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Back in the nineteen thirties the carburetors of cars, trucks and busses here in Sydney Australia were fitted with a small port located below the main jet. The port was similar to the ports on a Clarinet that open when a small lever key is pressed to change the note. I think the ports still exist on carbys today but are only used now for unscrewing a metal plug and temporarily fitting tune up equipment. <!----><!---->
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The idea of the port was when the vehicle was traveling down a hill the driver would pull a knob marked Extra Air on the dashboard that linked to a lever on the port opening it up resulting in air entering the carburetor throat below the main jet. The vacuum caused by the Venturi drawing the petrol through the main jet immediately ceased to be, so the vehicle continued down the hill with the spark plugs still sparking but no fuel was being made available to the cylinders for ignition. In doing this, a considerable fuel saving was possible. <!----><!---->
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The moment the next up hill section of the road was approached the knob on the dash board was pushed back in to it's normal position, the port closed and the fuel once again squirted through the main jet via the carby throat into the cylinders, the spark plugs ignited the petrol vapour and the vehicle powered on up the hill. <!----><!---->
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No great benefit was possible on the open plains due to them being mostly flat, but the Extra Air feature worked particularly well in hilly country. <!----><!---->
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I seem to recall Extra Air fell out of favour due to cold unburnt air chilling the head and causing it to warp and or crack. <!----><!---->
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Perhaps the next generation of bright young Engineers might like to re-examine this old idea and spruce it up to work properly, this time under electronic management and save us a fortune on gasoline consumption. <!----><!---->
I knew Coke was a nasty drink for some reason.
A bird does not sing because it has an answer. A bird sings because it has a song.
Stick to carrot juice.
banana would be more his speed...
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!<!----><!---->
Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
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Paid 18 rubles a liter in Moscow 2 weeks ago.
Hmmm... 67 cents a liter... that's pretty good!
"Would someone please give Bush a BJ so we can impeach him?" bumper sticker
At $2.58 a US gallon it's alot cheaper than my part of Long Island.
I was in Germany back in 1982-83, and was paying $2.50 a gallon back then. Guess that's why they have such nice roads over there.....
War is a mere continuation of policy by other means. [Karl von Clausewitz]
>Try and find full serve now.Saw that at a station in Allentown PA the other month. Same station that did it when I lived there 20 years ago. Principled or stubborn, don't know which.###$2.449 at Exit 90 on I-85 in SC today!20 cents higher 10 miles in either direction.
In NJ you have to be a trained gas station attendant to pump gas; you can't just get out and pump your own.
I think there's only one other state that won't let you
Oregon has the same silly law - you can't pump your own.
Gas in San Jose has broken back below $3.00. Saw an ARCO at $2.87 (with quite a line - lol) and my local Valero is at $2.95.
3.99 - diesel... at one of the country bumpkin stores out in the mountains...
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!<!----><!---->
Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
$2.53 today in Hunterdon County, NJ
"is it correct that there are still some places where you can not pump your own fuel?"It's true! In NJ, you don't even get out of the car. Pull up and roll down the window and tell them how much.One problem that has happened to my wife twice and some other woman that I know, is that my wife told the guy 10.00 and he gave her 20.00.I think they do it on purpose to woman because they don't think that they will fight back and argue. I've never heard this story from a guy.
Joe Carola
$3.25 in the oil state Alaska ... been there most of the summer .... a year ago $1.79
Record oil company quartly profits again ...... mmmmmmmmmmm.......
Edited 8/25/2006 2:23 am ET by Homebuilder1
Was $2.749 yesterday (cheapest name brand price); that's $2.719 today.
Still $2.859 over by campus, though (down from $2.999, though).
Theres a tropical storm/hurricane heading for the gulf coast, better fill up now!
$2.66 for regular unleaded in Indianapolis.
Still $3.09 for diesel.........damn crooks!
John
J.R. Lazaro Builders, Inc.
Indianapolis, In.
2.81 diesel cash price 2.87 charge... no reason for diesel to ever be more than regular... but...
p
I agree that there is no reason for diesel to be more than regular. That is ONE of the main reasons I bought a diesel other than fuel economy and power. The truck stops do have diesel cheaper than the gas stations, unfortunately there isn't a truck stop nearby.
I have pulled up to those big truck pumps a couple of times where they forget to charge the road tax and they have the big nozzle. If you hold it up tight to the hole in the filler tube and pump real slow you can get it in there and save a few bucks.John
J.R. Lazaro Builders, Inc.
Indianapolis, In.
Sounds to me like it's time for you to get to work with a plastic pop bottle, and a heat gun.Make a slip on nozzle extension. Slip it on to gas up, slip it back off and save for the next pump...
A good heart embiggens even the smallest person.
Need to be careful about static electricity. The gas hoses have a wire inside to ground the hose to the nozzle which in turn is grounded when the nozzle make contact with the tank filler tube. Your suggestion to put a plastic transistion between the nozzle and the filler tube breaks that connection. Static electricity could then build up and cause a fire.
Saw one station with $2.05 for reg. Most have $2.09.
jt8
"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success." --Albert Schweitzer
That's true. And a good point.Maybe he should permanently ground a wire near the gas filler, and have an alligator clip on the other end, to clip onto the gas nozzle handle somewhere ?Or he could get ahold of Grant or Duane, and get one of them to make him up a slip fit nozzle extension out of copper... ;o)
I like a good husky woman. Shows they have sandwich making skills ~Gunner '06
Price was all the way down to 2.79 a gallon today !!I doubt if we'll see it any lower than that.Taking 15 dollars worth of gas now, just to go to Sultan and back. The truck was getting 14 miles to the gallon while there was a leak from the exhaust manifold. Now that I have plugged that up, mileage has gone down even further. I'm thinking maybe a plugged exhaust...
I like a good husky woman. Shows they have sandwich making skills ~Gunner '06
87 octane was at 1.95 last night at a Quicktrip convenience store in Blue Springs , Mo.[ just east of Kansas City on I-70]
DANGGGGGGGGGG
(ok, where's the pics? you ARE in the "show me" state, right? <g>)
Well, the indy's and the big boys selling round here in central AR, are all posting $2.23/gal for 87 right now.DUM SPIRO SPERO: "While I breathe I hope"
Actually if you want cheap gas it is available for under $1.80 in Jackson, MO (near Cap Girardeau).http://www.missourigasprices.com/But prices in the KC area are still hold around 1.95 with a couple 1.93/4.What is odd (and a little expensive) was that after Chuck posted that $1.95 at a Quicktrip on 7Hwy I made a trip into Blue Srings on on 40 Hwy there was a 1.99, 1.95, and two 1.97.The next day I had to go the other way and it was I needed to fillup so I just planed on stopping at the QuickTrip on 40 Hwy 2 miles the other direct assuming that it would be $1.95 also. And that QT is was usually a leader in droping prices.It is still 1.97.
The actual location of the station was the Quick trip on Woods Chapel, over near your lake. I attended an outdoor wedding ceremony followed by a reception at the clubhouse Although I have lived around the area most of my life, This was the time to actually see the lake. The wedding was at a home at the north [?] end of the dam.
There are some nice homes there. Do you have a horsepower restriction on boats there? It's a small lake, so I didn't expect to see Lake of the Ozarks type boats and a few small runabouts.
Next question----How is it getting around on those roads in the winter time? I noticed several small plows in the lot near where the wedding was. Does that mean that the roads are privately maintained?
Chuck
Regular here dropped to $2.08 for a few days, then went back up to $2.12.Sure is nice...
I live in a crummy apartment.
Once, opportunity knocked and a wall collapsed.
We got to $1.97, then it popped up to $2.25. I think right now it is $2.18.
jt8
'Grandpa used to say "know your role and shut your hole." ' --Stilletto
I live on the oposite end of the lake so sometimes it is a while since I go out on Woods Chapple.But for the 2 previous weeks I was working in that direction and was coming home for lunch. So I went by it 4 times a day. Interesting watching the change in prices between the QT, the small station across the street and the large one up by the McDonalds.Yes, there is an HP and boat size limit on the lake. Boats are limited to 18ft and 140 hp for I/O. I think that it is 90 for outboards. Used to be 70, but then 90 became standard on that size boats.The roads are owned by the Developement Company (AKA Country Club). The lake has a 2 or 3 full time maintance workers a couple of summer help.They do a very good job of plowing the streets in the winter. Never get more than 1-2" of buildup and even that much is uncommon.
Clearly, I gotta keep an eye out for reason to swing by MO more!
Whodathunkit? "gas tourism..." <g>DUM SPIRO SPERO: "While I breathe I hope"
Whodathunkit? "gas tourism..." <g>
Actually, those folks I know living near the Sabine River, have often crossed over to LA to buy gas, it being 15¢ cheaper in taxes on that side.Occupational hazard of my occupation not being around (sorry Bubba)
well see? I'm always the last to know...DUM SPIRO SPERO: "While I breathe I hope"
Saw in the paper a church group in Des Moines, IA was subsidizing gas price for several hours at on station yesterday for $1.49 per gal. The going price for the station was $1.95 & they were paying him the difference.
2 weeks ago on a trip from Iowa to Oklahoma, cheapest anywhere was in Des Moines. Strange when that is driving toward the source of the gas, but then IA subsidizes ethanol containing 89 octane by about 8-9 cents.If you have a problem, don't just talk do something to set it right.
Jim Andersen
I guess I was wrong. (When I said we probably wouldn't get any lower than 2.79 a gallon.)I was in town again on thursday. Gas was all the way down to 2.75 a gallon !Greedy doesn't even begin to describe it, if youse have prices as low as 2 dollars and less.They get by with it here because no one says or does anything. Probably because most everyone is not really aware of the big price differences.Almost makes me want to stand out on the highway in front of a gas station with a big old sign that lists your low gas prices. If enough people here were aware of the discrepancy in prices, the state might have to do something about it.Pisses me off that I have to pay ten dollars more to fill a 12 gallon gas tank than I would pay back east.SOMEbody is raping Washington state gas consumers !
If enough people here were aware of the discrepancy in prices, the state might have to do something about it.
SOMEbody is raping Washington state gas consumers !
ROAR!
whaddya wanna bet "somebody" IS the STATE? (and so the last part of your first sentence excerpted above...would be a JOKE.)
Sick eh?DUM SPIRO SPERO: "While I breathe I hope"
Sick ? Yeah.Joke ? Yeah.Strooth ? Probably.Sad, too.
You can never get ahead by getting even.But you can get even by getting ahead.
I hear ya.DUM SPIRO SPERO: "While I breathe I hope"
Theres a tropical storm/hurricane heading for the gulf coast
Actually, it's only vaguely headed towards Jamaica right now, and won't be close to there until Sunday, maybe.
About even odds for the upper air sheer to un-storm this thing. After that, about equal odds, this time of year for it coming ashore in Beliez as in, oh, Hilton Head (after tramping across FL somewhere).
Now, keeping the storm out of the Gulf oil platforms, which are only now starting to get back to production--that's a bit more important . . . Occupational hazard of my occupation not being around (sorry Bubba)
that is still enough reason for them...
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!<!----><!---->
Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
2.46 along I-85 just as you cross into SC from NC.Stopped into the men's room. Saw a machine on the wall. First thought was it sold condoms. But noooooooo, nothing so normal. This was a cologne machine! Turn the knob to one of 6 fragrances, insert your coin, press a button, and it will spray cologne on you, right there in the men's room at the truck stop. It'd be fascinating to hear the stories of the people who actually use that.
$2.89 a gallon here in Minneapolis. I shouldn't buy it on a Friday. Always higher Thursday thu Sunday. Last week paid $2.78 (bought on a Tuesday)
2.49 today...whoo whoo, southeast Va.
I'll see you $2.49 & lower it by a $1.60!
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$2.49 Shell Narrows VA. Today!!!!
$3.13/gallon for 87-octane unleaded today in San Diego, CA.
-Jazzdogg-
"Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive." Gil Bailie
The cheapest that I've seen locally is $3.26 At a co-op in Brewster Wa.
$2.85 in Md.
$2.35 for 87 octane tonite all along I-40 in western edge of West Memphis and BEYOND
(gotta love "love's truck stop" and TA gas stations)
DUM SPIRO SPERO: "While I breathe I hope"
2.25/ 87 octane . Petro truck stop, Russellville, Ar.
Whoopeee!!!!!!
Tim Memphest 2006
November 18th
Filled up the honda today: $2.15/gal for 87 octane today, AND they now have a new sign saying: THIRSTY THURSDAYS - fill up with unleaded plus (89 octane) for the price of regular unleaded!!!DUM SPIRO SPERO: "While I breathe I hope"
Thats because they are too high on their gas. 2.10 here. [Walmart supercenter buying with walgas card 3cents off]
Outta be cheaper there but it aint .
Like Marty says , sombodies greedy.
Tim
Memphest 2006
November 18th
Edited 10/1/2006 3:14 am by Mooney
and diesel still holding tight to 3 bucks...
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!<!----><!---->
Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
and diesel still holding tight to 3 bucks
I'd mail you some, were that permissible, it's $2.369 to $2.419 for diesel here.Occupational hazard of my occupation not being around (sorry Bubba)
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$2.09 for 87 on I-75 outside Monroe, Michigan today.
paid $1.96 a gallon at a sunoco today,Also saw it at $1.96-$1.97 at a BP and a Sheetz today.
Stephen
$2.19 here.We change the course of history,everyday people like you and me
Just left Michigan this morning. Prices there about 1.99 to 2.03.
Get to Denver this PM. Prices running 2.59.
Still 2.75 a gallon here this morning.
Come in, she said...
And I'll give ya...
Shelter from the storm !
$2.32 dropped a fifity on it!
I've been paying less than $2 for about 2 weeks, yesterday I paid $1.91 at a local Wawa.
Jon Blakemore RappahannockINC.com Fredericksburg, VA
I gotta make the trek to local wallyworld today...will ck out their prices; but if past experience is any indication, they'll likely be a few cents lower!
but heck, I needed to get some gas in my tank so I could even GET there!
$2.15 sure didn't feel bad compared to what it's been these past few months, that's for sure.
DUM SPIRO SPERO: "While I breathe I hope"
Thats because they are too high on their gas
We got down to $2.12 gas station-$2.08 grocery store (and $1.999 in Huntsville), but every body & their brother has come and bought up gas for cars, mowers, boats an the like enough to increas demand on the 87 octane to where it's back to $2.199--oh well (and 89 octane is $2.209 as nobody is buying that at all).Occupational hazard of my occupation not being around (sorry Bubba)
I paid $2.529 for regular unleaded on saturday night in Lowell, IN around the corner from my future in-laws house. 15 or 20 miles north of there at Dyer, IN (on the Illinois-Indiana border) it was $2.789. Cross into Illinois and instantly goes to $2.879. The station down the street from my office in Joliet, IL was $2.859 at lunch today. Fortunately, I'm in Lowell enough (every weekend) that I don't have to fill up here in Illinois that much.
Ill gas has always seemed high. I am guessing that it is the state taxes.When I travel from Kansas City to Lousiville I always fill up in St. Louis and likewise on the return.
According to this site, Illinois actually has pretty low gas taxes compared to other states. We also have several refineries in the Chicago Area (Citgo in Lemont and ExxonMobil in Joliet) It doesn't make any sense why there is that much of a price difference driving down the street and just crossing from Indiana to Illinois.
2.499 (why can't they just say 2.50?) in leesburg/Chantilly VA today, 3 stations! Then 3.54 in Potomac MD, just over the river. Pirates!!!
2.28 today at sams club regular... diesel just paid 2.83 just ain't right
p
$2.79 for 85 if you like to go hunting. diesel still at $3 plus per gal.
3.19 to 3.59$
be hate fueling up
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!<!----><!---->
Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
2.499 (why can't they just say 2.50?)
Because there was a behavioral study (before such things were called 'marketing reasearch') that showed we actually percieve 2.499 as being some fraction of "forty" not "fifty" and that's cheaper. Intellectually, of course, it's poppycock, but visual perception is a strong driving force in marketing.Occupational hazard of my occupation not being around (sorry Bubba)
There is a Marathon station by me that only goes to two decimal places. The self service gas station is a side to their main business of bulk fuel delivery to businesses and construction sites.
was filling up in Maine, they had one of them stickers that tell you how much tax per gallon. Gas was 40.4 cents, deisil was 47.4 cents.
bobl Volo, non valeo
Baloney detecter WFR
Hi Poolman,
I used to operate a gas station (Grrrrr!) in the Seattle area and about 17 or 18 years ago I started to price my product at even cents.....no 10ths. I got nothing but praise from my customers and nothing but flack from "the company". Seems it unnerved them to have someone buck tradition. Since I was on a lease (leash?) they put lots of pressure on me to stop the practice and inferred that my prices might rise considerably if I didn't get back in line. How ironic that many years later they are settling up some major class action decisions about THEIR pricing practices as regards cash/credit sales.
bum...two wrongs don't make a right, but... three lefts do... :)
Almost there.....
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where did you find diesel that cheap???
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!<!----><!---->
Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
In the Hood, 28th, by MLK Blvd.
still over 3 on the east slope and 3.39 out in the hills...
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!<!----><!---->
Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
I could get you a Jerry cans worth & a Nickle bag at the same time!
answer yer cell..
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!<!----><!---->
Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
Got to find it first!
in 2....
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!<!----><!---->
Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
$2.19 for the cheap stuff.......Marietta Ohio
Today's NYT has an article on oil trading futures. Fund managers are dumping oil contracts right now and oil is at around $63 a barrel and some think it will go lower. Improvements in the middle east, a slowing economy, lack of a major hurricane (so far), and the Chevron find in the Gulf of Mexico are some of the reasons.
85 going down! But the Diesel holding strong!
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not fair....
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!<!----><!---->
Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
At the risk of piling on, 2.49 in Asheville, but 2.09 in Winston-Salem (dropped .18 in last 24 hrs).
$2.26 in DE today....
West Slope... 3.99...
greed sucks...
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!<!----><!---->
Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
Think its time you leave Aspen! Only the high rollers can afford $3.99 a gal!
2.17 gal unleaded
St. Paul, MN
it's yur mission...
yur picking up the tab...
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!<!----><!---->
Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
Thank Gawd I didn't buy a diesel truck!
(87 octane regular here: $2.34/gal)DUM SPIRO SPERO: "While I breathe I hope"
rub it in...
ya know ya don't get yur gold card till ya get a diesel truck.....
platinum comes when ya get the heacy equipment to go with it...
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!<!----><!---->
Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
Sam's club tonite - West Little Rock: 87 Octane = $2.27/gal
Couldn't resist topping off the tank in the Tundra at THAT price! DUM SPIRO SPERO: "While I breathe I hope"
sure... keep rubbing it in...
and next week when ya stop by yur local friendly fill'er up depot they're gonna tell somebuddie from Colorado took it all....
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!<!----><!---->
Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
Not likely!
all the people I know in CO give much more than they "take"!DUM SPIRO SPERO: "While I breathe I hope"
yup...
like a hard time finding fuel within 500 miles of yur house..
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!<!----><!---->
Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
three BP stations yesterday one at 2.21 , bp accross the steet at 2.29 bp less than a mile away 2.45
Hey...
diesel was 2.71 yesterday... WOW!!!
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!<!----><!---->
Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
broke the 3 buckeroo barrier eh? well good for you!
hey, for reg unleaded: in Hot Springs, AR this week: 2.12/gal for 87
For same yesterday in W. Memphis: 2.09/gal
Last nite at wally world in Cordova, TN = $2.06!!!!!!!!!!! DUM SPIRO SPERO: "While I breathe I hope"
gawd do I detest greed...
about time... 100 bucks a pop to fuel up and not topping off hurt...
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!<!----><!---->
Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
Miz,
Minor hijack here. I followed the thread on truck liners since I've just upgraded wheels.
Are you pleased with the Rhino spray in liner?
Thanks,
Walter
I'm DELIGHTED with my rhinoliner in the truck! (If I had that 2-thumbs up gif file handy, I'd be c/p it here...)
I've tossed lumber and tools in the back and nary a dent or any other indication of wear as yet on this liner.
I've helped haul furniture the other week for some friends who were putting stuff in storage during a room redo, and it was fine for that too.
no issues, nothing but contentment DUM SPIRO SPERO: "While I breathe I hope"
I've helped haul furniture the other week for some friends who were putting stuff in storage during a room redo
heh heh no... ROAR!Hey everybody, Miz has got a truck!!!
be*ring* *ring*
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yuk yuk yuk
go ahead...
yuk it up!
(well, after hauling lumber...and tools...twas only natural there was a furniture move gonna happen. Guess she's now properly broken in, eh?)DUM SPIRO SPERO: "While I breathe I hope"
Miz,
Thanks for the report on the Rhino. I'm still undecided on whether to spray in or use the non skid Penda liner insert.
I'm worried about body dents with the Rhino since I haul mass quantities of heavy stuff which at times is not placed with great care.
My new wheels are shown under truck racks thread.
Best regards, Walter
I'll have to find that Truck Racks thread and ck out your...wheels!!!
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Have you ever seen the Chirs Rock stand up where he does a bit on MLK Blvd...
Basically boils down to MLK always being in the "hood" and if you find yourself on it, in any city RUN!
I'm not doing it any justice but it was pretty damn funny and spot on in the area's I've lived in that had a MLK road
Did see the Chris Rock bit, sure fits the area by us thats close to MLK Blvd. But to be honest with you the people in the Hood,(at the gas pumps) seem to be more friendly then the the crowd @ Elm & Main!
2.22 reg seems to be the std low ball deal here now... and 2.43 for diesel at the truck stops in west memphis
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I got filled up at $2.02 yesterday (87 unleaded) and an hour later it was up to $2.22.
"Let's go to Memphis in the meantime, baby" - John Hiatt.
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1.99 in s.e.Va.
2.39 in North Jersey. not to bad.
Headstrong, I'll take on anyone!
We just saw it for $2.49 at the "cheap" station on Sunrise Hwy in Suffolk county NY.
Still 3.09 here.
I bet before you know it, babies will be sent home with a sticker warning them that living causes death~piffin '06
You posted this almost exactly two months ago.
Believe it or not, the price here was exactly 2.53 yesterday.
They are probably trying to drive up the sales of vaseline...
Never mind that kink in my slinky
Still in the $2.30 range here - and we have 5 refineries within 20 miles - greedy bastiges!
it's almost not news anymore.... ie... gas prices..
$1.94 for regular here is the cheapest i've seen in the last few days, 2.43 for diesel
weird for me is that filling the truck tank doesn't even register on my radar... but let me fill a 5gal can for tools and i guess my mindset is still at the $1 a gal range...
a 50cent gal swing within a couple hundred miles you would think some tanker driver would think.... i can transport 10,000 gal a day that distance and make a pretty good living...
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Often there is a different blend required for air polution just a few hundred miles apart.About 4-6 years ago there was change in the regs andd for a month or two there wheree places with gas shortages, but in the same state there would be areas with surplus, but they where different blends.They relaxed the rules just after Katrina, but I assume that they are back again.Have no idea of that is happening how or not.
$2.05 to $2.11 in Dyer, Indiana as of this morning.
While gas prices aren't news on the mainland anymore, they still are in Hawaii. I noticed that while filling my rental car last week while on my honeymoon.
I paid $3.24 a gallon for regular on monday on the North Shore of Oahu.
It was in the $3.27-$3.34 range for regular on Maui on wednesday to saturday when I saw it.
The earthquake didn't do anything to raise prices that I could see. It did create lines at every station at the west end of Oahu. Each pump had ten to twelve cars waiting in line.
The real kicker was in the town of Hana on the northeast side of Maui. There is only one station in town and he doesn't post prices on his sign. Our tour driver said that the price is in the $5.00 a gallon range for regular.
One of my best friends just went on his honeymoon to Maui, he flew out the night before the earthquake, anyway in Hana he told me he paid $4.25 a gallon.
Friday diesel was $2.55/gal. Sunday reg unleaded was $2.08/gal, kerosene $3.09/gal.
jt8
"All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own." -- Goethe
Where did you get Kerosene that cheap? I'd imagine a gas station, unfortunetly around here none of the stations have a kerosene tank so you're forced to purchase at the hardware store in 5 gallon jugs.... Last I looked it was almost 30 bucks for 5 gallons at the depot.. Blew my mind.
Yes, at a small town Hucks station. Fewer stations carry it though (I can only think of two off the top of my head). Even the station that carries diesel, biodiesel, and E85 doesn't carry kerosene.
I probably would look into propane space heaters before I'd pay $5/gal for kerosene, because each heater burns...hmm.. 1.5gallon in 8 hours? jt8
"All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own." -- Goethe
we had a propane heater but it didn't seem to throw off nearly as much heat as the torpedo kerosene heaters...
I'd like to say screw it they can freeze out there!
but the money for the fuel is definitely offset by the gain in productivity by 1)being more comfortable and 2) not bogged down in 18 layers of clothing...
well that I'm not quite that heartless...
for my hot tar kettle they would deliver a 500gal tank (propane).... i assume they'd do the same for heaters... don't know if it's cost effective.... but when they'd deliver a tank it was the same price for the fuel we just didn't have to haul the 90 gal tanks we had to be filled ...
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the big D...
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Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
We started our first full day in Honolulu with the earthquake. We were told $5 a gallon but that was 3 days after the earthquake so it probably went up a little.
Edited 10/23/2006 5:04 pm by boiler7904
What island did the quake hit?
I have relatives on the big island, and haven't been able to get through to them on the phone.
Quake was on the big island, near Kona. No fatalaties, a few injuries. The worst impact was on Oahu where they thought it would be a really good idea to turn off the power to the whole island for over 12 hours (150+ miles from the quake epicenter).
We were on Kauai at the time; didn't feel it though some people said they felt a bit of swaying.
Gas there was $3.27 - $3.29. Who cares, it's freakin paradise!
Paradise is right.
My uncle and aunt retired there, as well as my grandma and grandpa. THey love it there.
THey live in Oceanview on the southwest side of the island.