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Liberal math?Quote:
Originally Posted by a5150nut
Inflation makes math complicated. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnC
btw - diesel fuel dropped to $4.99 here.
It’s not InflationQuote:
Originally Posted by More Power
it’s the lefts common core
Paid $4.54 yesterday. Still hurt to see the pump show $112 after pumping only 24.5 gallons!
One station about 12 miles out of my way has it currently for $4.37.
Casey
Daughter was home over the weekend. We went for a short drive in her Blazer. Filled up the tank while we were out. Took 15.0 gallons - cost $75.00. Luckily, we already had 15 gallons to start with!Quote:
Originally Posted by arveetek
Did you see the news about the "I Did That" stickers?Quote:
Originally Posted by arveetek
https://nypost.com/2022/04/09/pennsy...s-on-gas-pump/
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Originally Posted by More Power
Wonder how long that will last?Quote:
Amazon sells 100 packs of the stickers online for $8.95.
Diesel is $5.09 here now. The local pump stopped at exactly $100.00 the other day when I filled up. A fluke or was it really full? The gauge reads like it's full. Odd that it stopped at exactly $100.00. Yeah, he did that!
Here in SW Missouri, diesel was $4.59 a little over a week ago. Then it went to $4.79. Thursday, I had to pay $4.99. This morning, it's at $5.19! :(
This is the first time in my life that I have personally seen fuel go over $5 a gallon.
Casey
Mission accomplished. Welcome to the new normal.
truck stops are higher than their auto counterparts just down the street here. Casey's (Pilot still owns the pumps just a branding scheme) diesel $5.19 while Pilot Truck stop 200 yard away cash $5.69 credit $5.75
And typically Debit cards shut off at $75 or $100 where credit cards will go higher. Has to do with the amount of risk the vendor is willing to take.
Yup, back over $5 here again.
$5.50 in Klamath, Oregon.. that’s $176 to fill up my truck.
I used to say I couldn’t vote for a democrat because I still had a Mother that’s living….
$5.39 here for the past week or so... I need some of those "I did that!" stickers...
I check Gas Buddy pretty much daily to get a feel for the trend. Last Tuesday, the spread was from $5.05 to 6.38 at 8:00 AM. There was only one station near by at $5.05. Around 1:00 PM the same price was still posted (same 8:00 AM posting), so I headed on over. When I got there the pump said $6.28. I looked for the next cheapest near by and it was $5.49. When I got there it was $5.99. I said "f" it and filled up. I figured if I went to the next station it would be even worse.
Right now, in a different part of the state, the spread is showing $4.99 - 6.49. I suspect the $4.99 is incorrect, but I won't be driving 10 miles to find out.
A little bit of nostalgia I had forgotten about...
To update:
Central New Hampshire $6.49/gal.
$5.75 now in southern oregon (Klamath) that’s $184.00 to fill me up.
Time for the pilot of Airforce One to take one for the country.
Think about what you're saying... "President Kamala Harris..."Quote:
Originally Posted by spongebob
I went through the first 20 or so names on the succession list and basically, we're screwed... (President Nancy Pelosi...)
No president Nancy Pelosi, yet. That would only happen if both, the pres and vice were lost, simultaneously. "President Harris" would appoint a vice, which still leaves Nancy #2 (read that however you like). With any luck (and/or a fair election), that will only be an option until November but, alas. Harris is Biden's defense against the 25th. So, that's where we are. If there was ever a definition of FUBAR...Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnC
Yeah. Screwed.
There was a Saturday Night Live skit back when Jessie Jackson was campaigning for President. The jist was he had been elected president and a reporter was asking him if he was concerned about assassination. His response was "No, like my predecessor I have retained Dan Quayle as my vice president..."Quote:
Originally Posted by DmaxMaverick
(Apologies to Dan Quayle...)
it’s my opinion that the rise of the anti-American left started about the same time we started putting warning labels on dangerous chemicals..
T r ump ran the table with his primary endorsements... There's panic in them thar hills.
we can only hope...Quote:
(and/or a fair election)
I have no confidence in the federal election system, the left broke state laws the last go around and there was no consequence. Who’s going to stop them
This time?
Time to move?
Attachment 6519
On top of %13.2 income taxesQuote:
Originally Posted by JohnC
I moved out early 2014
Yeah, but think of all you're getting for your money!Quote:
Originally Posted by a5150nut
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Originally Posted by JohnC
I know that urban sprawl over the last 50 + years in CA had pushed commuters out into the nether reaches of sanity for time/miles of a daily commute. Now add $8 gas... :eek:
California was among the first to repurpose gas tax revenue to fill holes in their state's general budget - something the gas tax was never supposed to be used for... Roads, bridges, highway infrastructures were the reasons used for a gas tax in the first place. It was easy to persuade voters to vote for a tax that put motorists on the hook for roads, bridges, etc.
We are rapidly approaching Ludicrous Speed. I fear we'll be seeing Plaid sooner than later.
Beware the bait & switch. Fuel costs are the headliners, for obvious reasons, but not the only elephant in the room. Keep an eye on DEF supplies and costs (as it may apply to you). It can't cross burned bridges. The EPA doesn't care if you are dead on the shoulder, or can't cross an intersection quick enough to not get T-boned. Run low and, "Reduced Propulsion Power" will be the understatement of the year. If you've experienced this, you know what I mean.
Diesel fuel has reached $6/gal in a few out of the way places here in Montana - $5.80/90 where I buy fuel locally.
Is the US now officially in a r e c e s s i o n? Not looking good for the blue on the ballot this fall.
Not according to Uncle Joe. All is good!Quote:
Originally Posted by More Power
Heard good one yesterday: Millennials can afford an electric car but can't pay their college loans...
Fuel prices have been slowly easing back down in my neck of the woods. Gasoline can be had from a few spots for $3.98 locally, and I paid $4.99 for diesel this morning, and learned of another station nearby that had it advertised at $4.93.
I just back from a 2 week camping trip across Missouri, and paid between $5.29 and $5.39 for the entire trip.
Casey
Last week I was up near the Maine boarder and there's one station up there that is consistently lower than everyone else. Paid 5.699. (Gas Buddy says he's at $4.99 today!) This week, around here, there are a few stations that have dropped to a few cents below $6.00, but there's still a long way to go...
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Originally Posted by arveetek
On my way home from work this evening, the same station I filled up at this morning had dropped down to $4.89 for diesel!
Casey
Just finished a 700 mile round way trip from northern to southern Illinois and back.
Cost me almost exactly $400 in fuel -- the fill-up near home in the west suburbs of Chicago was at $5.99.
Grr...
Prices sure come down slower than they go up. TA near the freeway has come from a high of 5.759 down to 5.629
Gas buddy ranges 5.099 to 5.799 for this area
Drove about 840 miles this past week here in Montana. Diesel fuel prices ranged from a low of about $5.89 to a high of $6.04 on I-90 west of Bozeman, MT.
Cost ~$228 to drive 840 miles - at 22-mpg in Lil Red. I saw quite a few campers and RVs on the highway, but will people continue to pay these prices?
What has Putin done to make the prices fall?
Prices continue to fall here in Knoxville diesel ranges 4.75 to 5.59 now
It happened to me again yesterday. I filled up in the morning for $4.89, and then on the way home after work, it had dropped to $4.79!
Casey
Never fill up in a falling market
Always fill up in a climbing market