I discovered another kick in the teeth this morning as I drove to the
local grocery store.
As I drove past my local Arco gas station --
97 octane -- $4.28 a gallon
Supreme -- $4.50 a gallon
Ugh, good thing I don't drive very much now, and only need to fill it up about
once a month or so.
Brian.
On Tue, 3 Jun 2008 15:11:07 -0400, Brian Donaldson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Sign of the times indeed.
>
>Recently, I went to go to the grocery store. As I started up my truck for the
>short two mile drive to the local Ralphs I was overwhelmed by the ghastly
>*ROAR* coming from underneath the chassis of my little Toyota truck. I
>switched off the ignition and crawled underneath the truck to see what was
>going on.
>
>Would you believe that some dirtbag in the night had relieved my truck of its
>catalytic converter! This is no joke! A new replacement cost over $700....
>
>
>Brian.
>
>On Tue, 3 Jun 2008 09:55:26 -0500, Ray Shahan <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
>
>>Hi all,
>>
>>
>>
>> We needed to get some trees for our yard (umm, really, my
>>wife wanted the trees - we didn't **need** them), so we (she) found some
>>nice trees for a great price (according to her) at Home Depot. We
>>rented the air conditioned Home Depot truck (they load and tie down the
>>trees for you, too), and off we went to drop the tress of at our house
>>about 11 miles from the Home Depot. To avoid 'stressing 'the trees (the
>>poor things), we had to take the city streets, and stop at every *&^%
>>light along the 11 mile route back home.
>>
>>
>>
>> What we found was that the truck was a great deal - it was
>>$20.00 for 75 minutes (more than enough time, and your time doesn't
>>start until after the truck is loaded), but the fuel we used amounted to
>>$15.00 (3.79 * 4 gallons)!!! By this time next, year, the gas for the
>>same task, may actually cost more than the truck!!!
>>
>>
>>
>> In another stark contrast; back in 1976, I got my first used
>>car with my own money...it was a 1969 Ford Galaxy 500 with a 390 engine
>>and an automatic. I don't recall how big the tank was (I think it was
>>about 18 gallons), but it never took more than about $7.00 to fill it at
>>.40 a gallon (in West Texas at the time, gas was really only about .35
>>to .38 per gallon, IIRC). Now it takes $7.60 to just fill the 2 gallon
>>gas can for my mower!!!
>>
>>
>>
>> I'm of the belief that in the near future, drug dealers will
>>likely give up drugs sales, and start to peddle underground gas. 8-)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Have a great week,
>>
>>
>>
>>
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