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From: MaryW
Date: 04-01-2005, 05:45 PM (1 of 98)
I just gotta complain about this one.  The price of gas in this province is unreal. 96cents a qt. or $3.84 a gallon.Filled up our van yesterday. It was still a quarter full and it cost $97.00 Robbery, pure and simple. MaryW
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From: Hogmami
Date: 04-01-2005, 05:59 PM (2 of 98)
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I know. We are paying 2.24 here in N Michigan.
Carolyn
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From: Chrysantha
Date: 04-02-2005, 01:36 AM (3 of 98)
Highest I've seen here in FL is $2.59.....yep filled my tank (13 gal Acura 29 mpg) for OVER $25. for the first time...it was weird. ( my Dad worked part time at a gas station when I was a kid (lo those many years ago  )and I remember the price being .19 cents a gallon. (and they checked your oil, washed the windows, took your money and actually WORKED on cars.) Now a days you don't even have to see the people who work there. Just shove in a card, pump your gas (except in OR, where you're not allowed to) and leave...sad... Chrys
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From: plrlegal
Date: 04-02-2005, 02:33 AM (4 of 98)
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We're paying $2.01 to $2.15 so far. It is costing DH around $65.00 for a tank of gas for his F150 truck. I can drive for 2 weeks on a tank of gas in my Explorer but that's only because I've cut way down on my errands and try to do whatever is necessary on my way home in the evenings. Guess there won't be much vacation traveling this summer. What a bummer! Patsy Patsy
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From: DorothyL
Date: 04-02-2005, 09:00 AM (5 of 98)
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Every time one of those big SUVs cut me off in my little Mini Cooper I smirk. At least they pay dearly for the privilege. Dorothy |
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From: shediditagen
Date: 04-02-2005, 10:20 AM (6 of 98)
| I paid $2.04 a gal. at Sam's Club and moaned. After reading the other posts I am counting my blessings. Betty |
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From: shediditagen
Date: 04-02-2005, 10:23 AM (7 of 98)
| OOOPS.....I live in Springfield, Missouri Betty |
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From: Serenity
Date: 04-02-2005, 10:31 AM (8 of 98)
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It is awful...just awful. $2.18 on yesterday. I am afraid to look today. Arub
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From: sewingrandma
Date: 04-02-2005, 11:12 AM (9 of 98)
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We recently visited Monterey CA. Gas prices ranged from $2.89/gal to $2.34/gal. Here in VA it averages $2.10. Sam's Club it's $2.00/gal.
Brockie
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From: HeyJudee
Date: 04-02-2005, 11:34 AM (10 of 98)
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I guess I am luckier than Mary and some other Canadians, but we all are not as lucky as those of you who live in the US. I filled up my car this morning for 85.5 cents a liter (similar to a quart). So that is approx. $3.42 Cdn a gallon which probably converts to more than $4.85 US a gallon at today's exchange rates. Last night they were saying the prices will be going up even higher over the summer...so everyone will probably be staying home a lot more this summer. 
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From: carman
Date: 04-02-2005, 12:17 PM (11 of 98)
we are at 90 cents here in Alberta, we have a double edge sword here, the higher the oil prices go up, we as a province are rolling in the dough, yet they, the province won't seem to roll some of it our way 
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From: Bama
Date: 04-02-2005, 06:10 PM (12 of 98)
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I paid $2.06 US money this morning. I heard it should be $3.00 a gallon this summer. |
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From: Julia's Nana
Date: 04-04-2005, 05:42 AM (13 of 98)
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We just got back from a trip to CA. I saw stations with $2.64 a gallon..............makes the $2.22 here at home seem almost reasonable until you think about it. My husband has a standard rant and rave that he goes through every time we get gas about how the American people are getting robbed. Well, Mary, next time I will tell him that you are getting robbed right along with us. Norma |
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From: Magot
Date: 04-04-2005, 08:15 AM (14 of 98)
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Ours is about 98p per litre ( I think - I can't remember to be honest) if that is nearly an american quart( you have small pint sizes) then that is $7.32 a gallon. I know last time I filled up it was about £46 - $86.25 I'm giving my car away this week and getting back on my bike - OK is summer as the asthma is controllable but not so good in winter... love and kisses, Jan
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From: DorothyL
Date: 04-04-2005, 08:42 AM (15 of 98)
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I always try to run the car so that it needs to be filled when my husband is driving. Our gas is about $2.30 I think. At least in the sticks it is. Dorothy |
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From: grandmasue
Date: 04-04-2005, 03:37 PM (16 of 98)
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Wisconsin checking in. I have been paying around $2.35 a gallon. Of course I recently started a job that I like very much but have to travel an hour everytime I go to work. Spring hasn't really arrived yet but I got the motorcycle up and running and will put on an extra layer to keep warm. I can get 2 trips out of a $6 fill-up on the motorcyle versus 2 trips for a $28 fill-up on the car!
Grandma Sue
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From: Sewhappie
Date: 04-04-2005, 05:01 PM (17 of 98)
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Gas here is around 2.08 to 2.18 a gallon. Wish there was a way that we could recycle DH's Natural Gas!!!!!!! 
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From: MaryW
Date: 04-05-2005, 08:18 AM (18 of 98)
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The prices are rising here. It is now 99.9 per litre so that is $4.00 a gallon.
MaryW
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From: Pudge99
Date: 04-05-2005, 10:40 AM (19 of 98)
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You can check out gas prices here. It is kind of cool to see what everyone else is paying and once I even found a really cheap gas station. http://www.gasbuddy.com/
Gina
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From: beachgirl
Date: 04-05-2005, 10:42 AM (20 of 98)
| Our gas here varies depending what station your at. We paid $ 2.49 per Gal. yesterday. Thank heavens I have my Saturn that is great on gas. I plan my errands to not have to back track & where I can do several in one trip out. If any of the neighbors need anything I'll pick up there stuff also or they can go along. Did you know there are some gas stations that sell only American gas & others that get the oil from our enemy? We won't buy from them. |
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From: dmoses
Date: 04-05-2005, 11:22 AM (21 of 98)
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Who's the enemy?
Take care,
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From: blessedmommyuv3
Date: 04-05-2005, 02:11 PM (22 of 98)
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Mary, my heart goes out to you. My local station is charging $2.45/GAL (they are the cheapest in town). Our news keeps saying that it will be up to $3.00 by summer. I certainly hope not! But $4.00/GAL--I would have to seriously re-evalute my trips. I think I would be taking the bus alot more. Maybe even ordering fabric online! lol! Who knew there would be somewhere more expensive to live than Southern CA! Is housing high in Canada too? The median house price here is in the $400,000.00 range. We live in the desert which is much more affordably priced $250's... but dh has to commute 1 1/2 hours to work each way. 3 hour commute a day. YUCK! We plan to move to St Petersburg FL this fall.... just waiting on dh's job to come through.  I'm not a good waiter! lol!Jen |
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From: Hogmami
Date: 04-05-2005, 02:53 PM (23 of 98)
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Gas here this morning was 2.24. I hate these prices. I'm looking for a job real close to home. We don't have bus service here so I will probably start walking to do errands here in town. Can't walk to JoAnn's, its 21 miles away. I just go there when I have errands to ran there. So I get to JoAnn's about twice a month. Thats ok there is a quilt shop within walking distance.
Carolyn
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From: DorothyL
Date: 04-05-2005, 03:22 PM (24 of 98)
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Since I work at home and what little driving I do for work can come off my taxes I figure I got a raise this year. Dorothy |
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From: beachgirl
Date: 04-05-2005, 03:47 PM (25 of 98)
| dmoses, Saudia Arabia is boycotting American goods, so why should we buy their oil for our gas ? Now, that's just how we feel & I'm not wanting to start a big discussion on this subject. Everyone has a right to buy where & what they want. That is part of our freedom, thank heavens. It was rough in the 70's when gas was in short supply but we all made it. I sat with our youngest dd waiting in line most of the day so dh would have gas to go to work. Next day I sat in line for a neighbor in his car so he could get to work. Dh & neighbor car pooled to work & took turns. Several of us got together & went shopping for groceries in my station wagon. When we were stationed in Germany in the 60's quite a few things were rationed. I'm not saying it's fun but there is a lot people can do if we have to in order to keep our freedom & America safe. Simply my thoughts & feelings. |
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From: dmoses
Date: 04-05-2005, 04:07 PM (26 of 98)
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Hi beachgirl, I was just wondering which country you were referring to... Take care,
Donna |
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From: beachgirl
Date: 04-05-2005, 05:05 PM (27 of 98)
Hi dmoses, Sorry I got so long winded. I was afraid I'd start some sort of war on this thread. LOL. I've been taken wrong before. 
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From: Domestic Goddes
Date: 04-05-2005, 06:14 PM (28 of 98)
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It makes me want to weep each time I fill up my tank - it costs me approximately 90 dollars each week. Magot, I wish I could join you and become a cyclist but with a 100-mile round trip to the office it's not an option. Are large cars/SUV's still popular in the US? Many people can't afford to run or insure them here. |
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From: Chrysantha
Date: 04-05-2005, 06:51 PM (29 of 98)
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There are MILLIONS of trucks and SUV's here in the states. It started about 10 yrs ago. The BIGGER the better. Now they're all crying about the price of gas and how they cost too much. (also the recalls...) I like my small car (2 dr hatchback Acura...my husbands is a 4dr sedan Acura) but we are ROUTINELY cut off, run in front of, almost DAILY -attacked- by the SUV's who can't, won't see us on the road. Twice on Sat, I was on a one way street, DIFFERENT parts of a town we don't even live in, when some idiot was comming right at me, in an SUV, DRIVING ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD. I honked and had to swerve to not get hit. They didn't BOTHER TO LOOK. Yes there were signs, ALL OVER THE PLACE. I'm not saying don't buy an SUV. I'm not saying they don't have a place. I'm saying they DON'T OWN the WHOLE ROAD. Just because your SUV outweighs, is taller, longer and you set up higher, doesn't mean you're better. Last week an SUV pulled out in front of me, I honked, she looked back and slammed on her brakes, honking back, to make me try to hit her. Here, thats ROAD rage and can be a police matter. If I'd have had my cell phone, I'd have called and had her arrested. ::off my soap box now:: Thank you.... Chrys
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From: Sherri
Date: 04-05-2005, 08:22 PM (30 of 98)
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Our gas is 1.02 per litre. Sher My website
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From: MyGirlFriday
Date: 04-05-2005, 11:10 PM (31 of 98)
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This is just sad if you ask me!! Here in the part of Texas that I am $2.19!! I am one of those who drives an SUV~and I love it!! Wouldn't trade it for nothing!! Yea gas is costing more but I feel safer and ride in comfort...so I will pay the price. But I really wonder if this is just a way for the government to get more money from us the consumers!! Something to think about!! I suppose I could ride a bike to and from work!! I am only about 2 miles from there!! But here in a few more weeks it will be too hot for that! mgf~ 
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From: Julia's Nana
Date: 04-05-2005, 11:20 PM (32 of 98)
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I have a SUV too and will gladly pay the gas price because I feel much more safe inside. I don't think I own the road, personally I see bad drivers in all kinds of cars..........big, small and in between. I think the point here is it is the DRIVER not the vehicle that does dumb things. So, my complaint about gas is not that I have to pay more to use more, it is the fact that somewhere someone is getting fat and happy on the profits they are making off of the little guy. I really feel for those whose budgets are already to the line but still have to find the money somewhere so they can get to work, the dr., buy food and so on. It is like prescription drugs, if they are so high that you are not able to buy decent food as fuel for your body, what good are they?? Someone is taking advantage and the people who are suffering are sometimes the ones who can least afford it. Norma |
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From: plrlegal
Date: 04-05-2005, 11:47 PM (33 of 98)
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I know there are several people on this board that are Florida residents that should know the crude oil game in this country. Every day, day in an day out, at Port Everglade, Florida, and all along the Gulf coast, Texas, Mobile, Alabama, etc., crude oil tankers from all over the world are turned away by the major oil companies in this counrty so they can yell and scream we have a shortage of crude oil. Not true!!! Here in Oklahoma, the prices for the small foreign cars are going over the top again and you can buy the trucks and suvs at fantastic discount rates now. It's a freakin big game between the oil companies in this country and foreign auto manufacturers that feel their business here in the U.S. has gone down the tubes the last few years because of the sales of the bigger vehicles. I drive a mid-size suv and I love it and don't plan to ever go back to a small car. My DH drives an F150 4 door truck that we both love. I heard an analyst from New York this morning sayng that the gas price thing is sitting on a bubble and sooner or later, that bubble will burst and gas prices will plummett because he says the average American worker is getting fed up with paying humongus prices just to get to work and back and slowly but surely, everyone is cutting back on their use of gasoline and the oil companies are going to be left with a glut of petroleum and I hope they drown in it and have to give it away. And, I agree with Nana that it's not the large vehicles themselves that are nuts on the roads, it's the drivers behind the wheels of those vehicles (large and small) that probably shouldn't even have a license to drive. And Chrys, from personal experience, people who drive small cars cause a lot of accidents by whipping in front of the bigger vehicles, etc. For those of you who drive smaller vehicles, you need to keep in mind that it takes longer to stop a big suv than it does a honda, therefore, you are really asking for it when out of spite, etc. you cut them off trying to teach them a lesson. I've seen several small cars and their occupants crushed by semis here in Oklahoma City the last couple of years because they thought they would show that dude who really owns the road.  Patsy Patsy
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From: Julia's Nana
Date: 04-05-2005, 11:57 PM (34 of 98)
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Patsy....well SAID! Now I need to ask, have you been talking to my husband as you make several of the same points he makes in his "I just bought gas and the American people are getting screwed big time." rant and rave. Sad thing is you are both right about the big guys who don't care about the rest of us as long as that old green stuff flows THEIR way. Norma |
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From: mamadus
Date: 04-06-2005, 02:09 AM (35 of 98)
I'm in Cleveland and our gas prices just went to $2.34 a gallon... I have been saying for a number of years now that the price of gas will be allowed to rise until we are willing to accept alternative fuels... anybody notice how many oil refineries have exploded or burned in the last 10 years?? How many of them do you think have been rebuilt?? NONE... why.... the oil companies are preparing themselves for making the switch to alternative fuels... the hybrid cars presently offered are a stop gap offering... the ultimate goal is hydrogen powered vehicles... personally, the sooner the technology becomes available, the better... it annoys me greatly that the world economy is being held hostage by the oil producing nations... okay.. that's my soapbox!!  MO life is too short, not to explore
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From: DorothyL
Date: 04-06-2005, 07:44 AM (36 of 98)
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Chrys -- So the SUVs are chasing you too. We got a Mini Cooper last summer and I just love it but sometimes I think all those SUV drivers resent sharing the road with my little guy. I'm always dodging some idiot. Then they honk like I did something to them! Now my husband -- who likes to pretend he's in "The Italian Job" -- does zip around a lot but I a careful considerate driver and the monster trucks out there intimidate me sometimes. But it sure is nice filling up that little tank rather than a big one. Our other two cars are both smallish too and cheaper to drive. Dorothy |
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From: Pudge99
Date: 04-06-2005, 10:07 AM (37 of 98)
Reading all this got me thinking. Over spring break I drove across west Texas & south east New Mexico in my 20 mile  to the gallon mid size van. For those of you who have never seen west Texas, you should before it is all gone. They are drilling new oil wells the whole way across. The plateaus are lined with wind turbines. The past meets the future often on the same land. You would think that gas prices in this area should be lower but they aren't. Actually they were highest in the refinery town that I drove through. UUGH! It would really tork me off to live in a town that stinks like that and not get any relief in the prices. Gina
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From: Julia's Nana
Date: 04-06-2005, 10:17 AM (38 of 98)
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Again, it is not the SUV's who are doing the chasing.........it is the rotten DRIVER! It is the same theory with a gun..........it is the person who shoots it, NOT the gun itself. If your husband darts in and out in front of them, well he deserves what he gets in the end but I feel sorry for the poor SUV driver like myself who trys to drive safely, especially when I have my two grandbabies in the car. We bought the SUV mainly to transport them easily and SAFELY but all it takes is one driver being a jerk to kill us all, regardless of the size of either car. People take responsiblity for your own actions..........and forget about the choice of vehicle you choose. Sorry but that is the view from my soap box or is the the view from my SUV windshield? Norma |
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From: OnAMissionBC
Date: 04-06-2005, 11:07 AM (39 of 98)
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*sigh* Went to work yesterday with gas price at 77.5 cents per litre here, didn't fill up like I should have. 2 hours later the gas price was 94.9 per litre and I was out of luck.
Barb
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From: blessedmommyuv3
Date: 04-06-2005, 11:35 AM (40 of 98)
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I am anxiously awaiting the hybrid cars. I hope that the very next vehicle we buy will be a hybrid. Right now in CA they can't make them fast enough, and the dealers are taking advantage of this by charging ABOVE the msrp. I hope they will really concentrate their efforts on mass production of them, so they become affordable to us all. Then everyone, especially our environment wins!!! Remember this is the Earth our kids and grandkids will inherit from us. Drilling in Alaska and such will only adversely affect one of our last beautiful frontiers, and supply 20 yrs or so of oil for us. Not a good trade off in my humble opinion. Jen PS: What can I say? I am a tree-hugging, Earth loving, vegetarian after all. 
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From: Hogmami
Date: 04-06-2005, 11:38 AM (41 of 98)
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Went by the gas station this mornning, gas had jumped 11 cents. Its now 2.35.
Carolyn
Michigan |
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From: SummersEchos
Date: 04-06-2005, 11:40 AM (42 of 98)
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I own a full size van, not the car of choice for me, but it has the handicapped lift in it for some of my family members. Last time I filled the tank it was over 50 dollars. I never let it get down to empty, so it was expensive. Gas here goes from 2.19 up to 2.49. You can pass a gas station in the morning have it at one price, pass it in the evening and it has gone up. It is very frustrating to have to pay these prices but we need to drive. On the subject of SUV's compared to smaller cars, I have to agree with the ones who say it is the driver not the car. People are in such a hurry now a days. No one seems to have any patience. I sorta laugh when I see people weaving in and out to get ahead of the cars, and then we meet at the stop light. Summer Summer
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From: Magot
Date: 04-06-2005, 11:53 AM (43 of 98)
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We had an interesting driving program here in Uk that staged a challenge. Three of their top rally drivers were given identical cars and told to drive a 17 mile section of the M25 around Heathrow aiport. You can imagine this road gets packed. Driver 1 was told to stay in the 'slow lane' and just to drive as fast as it went to get to the destination. Driver B was in the middle lane at a steady speed. Driver C was encouraged to lane swap and get there by as much aggressive driving as possible. Driver C made it to the destination first, frazzled but determined - said it was quite high stress driving. Driver B arrived moments later and Driver A (pootle along in the slow lane) arrived some 47 SECONDS after Driver C and much calmer and relaxed. So , children, the moral of this story is, when driving on busy motorways chill-you won't get there much slower andt you will be a lot more relaxed. I'm still getting back on me bike - petrol then costs ...£0! I run on doughnuts. love and kisses, Jan
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From: Hogmami
Date: 04-06-2005, 12:16 PM (44 of 98)
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I like that story, Magot. I always leave a couple of minutes early and drive at a speed I am comfortable which. I go the speed limit and still make it on time. But am always being passed by people who think 70 is the speed limit. The only time I go below the speed limit is in winter when the roads are bad and they still go around me. I have come across some of them in the ditch. So, being and a hurry and not driving save isn't always better. Carolyn
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From: Hogmami
Date: 04-06-2005, 12:16 PM (45 of 98)
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I like that story, Magot. I always leave a couple of minutes early and drive at a speed I am comfortable which. I go the speed limit and still make it on time. But am always being passed by people who think 70 is the speed limit. The only time I go below the speed limit is in winter when the roads are bad and they still go around me. I have come across some of them in the ditch. So, being ina hurry and not driving safe isn't always better. Carolyn
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From: DorothyL
Date: 04-06-2005, 12:19 PM (46 of 98)
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Well my driving isn't on crowded or high speed roads -- mostly state or county highways that see little traffic but I still set my control on the speed limit and relax. I agree with you, Norma, it's not the car but the drivers. But I do think a person's choice of car says something about their personality. And more than half the SUVs I see have only the driver and maybe a passenger in them. Now why do they need that hulk -- and all the gas it guzzles? If they are concerned about safety -- why are they roaring past law abiding drivers? I think most people want them because everyone else has one and once they get that power and size in their hands they get carried away. And now they are paying for it at the gas pump. I'd like to pay less for gas but if you look at what they are paying in Canada and Europe it's still pretty good here. Dorothy |
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From: plrlegal
Date: 04-06-2005, 02:14 PM (47 of 98)
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I'm ready for ethyanol to become cheaper than gasoline because my Explorer is already set up to run on it. In Colorado we saw a lot of the State owned vehicles with signs on them that say "this vehicle is powered by ethyanol". It's an alternative fuel made from corn, I think (maybe sourmash whiskey?) Patsy Patsy
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From: Julia's Nana
Date: 04-06-2005, 06:12 PM (48 of 98)
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Our SUV is driven for the most part on heavy traffic freeways. Both my son in law and my daughter in law have been rear ended on the way to work this year...............and their small cars were totaled by the insurance company. We are thankful that neither was hurt. My dil parents were hit just two weeks ago by someone running a red light. They were in a SUV and it is a good thing because the Mom would have been killed had they been in a small car. If you knew me and how I hate to drive, you would know that the only thing the SUV has to do with my personality is safety. Just drive one of our roads when there are 100,000 snowbirds here in the winter. Just going to Wal Mart is a scary deal. You feel like they are coming at you from all directions...........and for the most part, they really are! I will make budget cuts elsewhere as long as I can to keep us in that bigger, nasty SUV and hope it will keep me and mine from turning into road kill. If I could I would drive a tank! |
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From: beachgirl
Date: 04-06-2005, 07:49 PM (49 of 98)
| Well, I really don't think my little Saturn reflects my personality, but then, who knows LOL. As I said before in an earlier post that I always prefered a large car or a big truck but have to say that once I got used to my smaller car I do really like it. Great mileage & gas isn't costing a fortune plus since they got away from the larger parking spots that helps too. My friend has a caddy suv the top of the line. They bought it to pull their large boat. Myself I have no desire for a SUV but if I had kids at home or a boat to haul or etc I'd most likely have one. There are reasons people need them or some other large thing to drive. A family of 6 can't fit in a small car. One wouldn't have a seat belt. |
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From: Julia's Nana
Date: 04-06-2005, 08:00 PM (50 of 98)
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I really hate being put in a "catagory". To say that SUV drivers hog the road or buy them because everyone else has them offends me. I would never spend that much money just to have what the neighbors have..........I am more inclined to go the other direction........spend less and have something no one has! Much thought and consideration was given to our purchase, and we decided that the more "Hulk" we had between our fragile bodies and the other cars the better. Comes from living in a big meto area I guess but it is a jungle out there. As for spending that much money...........it is a small price to pay. Too many family members and friends have had their small lighter cars crumble with the inpact. Not to say it can't happen in a SUV but give me all the protection I can get when I have those little ones in the back seat. Ok will crawl back under my rock. (which is a big one too!! LOL) Norma |
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From: plrlegal
Date: 04-06-2005, 10:05 PM (51 of 98)
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My DH is 6 ft. 5 inches tall and weights around 285 lbs., so it is very hard for him to fit into a small car let alone be safe in one. His knees are jammed against the dashboard and his head touches the top in most anything smaller than an F150 truck or big SUV. I have a 2004 Explorer that is gorgeous but I'm the only one that drives it because, even though he has traveled in it, he barely fits behind the steering wheel. I had a Ford Escape and he traded it back in before it was even ayear old because he wanted me in a bigger, safer vehicle. Not everyone can fit into and be safe in a small vehicle regardless of the gasoline savings. Also, because we live so far from our families (2000 mile round trip), I really don't relish the thought of that trip in a small vehicle. Patsy Patsy
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From: beachgirl
Date: 04-06-2005, 11:06 PM (52 of 98)
| I can sure understand your plight Patsy. One of our Gs's is 17 & same height & weight as your dh. He can drive his mom's Saturn but has to put the drivers seat all the way back & his knees are still hitting the steering wheel & his head touching the headliner. He has a big truck. My brothers are the same way, big guys & small cars & trucks just don't work for them. I'm not afraid in my Saturn but do watch out for the crazies on the road. Our roads are packed all the time & everyone is in a rush. It's unreal the stupid stunts they pull at times. |
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From: Magot
Date: 04-07-2005, 02:29 PM (53 of 98)
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I alway thought modern small cars are designed to crumple on impact - it being part of the way they absorb the shock of the impact - the energy has to go somewhere - if you hit something with a big 4x4 the other item takes the shock - be it tree, deer, child or whatever. I find it frustrating in England that we have a fashion for everybody and her husband to have a people carrier. Why? They only have 1 kid???? Now I have a friend who has 4 and it makes perfect sense for her to have a 7 seater or you can't fit the family in, but another friend was insisiting to her husband that they needed a car like this for their 3 kids in case they wanted to take a friend out for the day. They compromised and bought one with the seats that fold out in the boot to covert your estate to a 7 seater. We had one of those for a while when the kids were little so we were able to take Gran and Grandad out with us as well. It seems to me that a lot of damage to front seat passengers occurs due to unrestrained luggage or passengers that flies forward on impact. Speaking as a cyclist I hate being overtakien by 4x4's as they seem to have an invulnerable mentality. The only time I was knocked off my bike was by a "Nobody ever comes out of this turning so I can cut the corner off" driver. I was turning out of the corner and when I saw him heading for me I jumped off my bike which he ran over dragging it up the road. I was cross. He was shaken and he paid for repairs to the bike. But he still cuts the corner off. An associate of mine who drives a big 4x4 was on the wrong side of the road when he ran into another car. His defense was "because the car is so tall I can see what's coming so it was OK for me to be there" Obviously he couldn't or he wouldn't have killed the lady in the other car and ended up in prison. His wife had died of breast cancer the year before leaving him with a 6 month old and a 6 year old - who I think were taken into care while he served his sentance. The cars are safe for those who are in them, but not for the other driver/pedestrian that they hit. This is, of course, true for any car - but the cow catchers on 4x4 are vicious on a childs body at an impact that ,if hit by a 'normal' car at the same speed, would be survivable. Off my soap box now and on with my bike helmet! A car is only ever as safe as it's driver - and watch out for the other nut on the road! love and kisses, Jan
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From: plrlegal
Date: 04-07-2005, 03:14 PM (54 of 98)
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Cell phones are the most dangerous thing I can think of right now. People are totally unconcsious about traffic when they are driving and talking and that goes for men and women. I have a cell phone, but I limit my use of it when I'm driving. Every morning and evening, I see people doing hairbrained things in rush hour traffic because they have their freakin cell phone glued to their ear and they're talking faster than they're driving. I hope Oklahoma soon makes it illegal to drive and talk on the phone at the same time. Patsy Patsy
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From: Magot
Date: 04-07-2005, 03:28 PM (55 of 98)
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That is illegal here,instant fine, as well as drinking water from a bottle at a red light (!) doesn't stop people though.
love and kisses, Jan
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From: DorothyL
Date: 04-07-2005, 04:53 PM (56 of 98)
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I agree with Jan - The roads would be a lot safer for everyone with out SUVs. (not to mention the economy) As for cell phones -- It's illegal to talk on them here without a speaker phone or ear piece thingy. But it's ok to dial -- which is when you are looking at the phone not the road! When they were debating the law in Albany and I was working as a reporter our Assemblyman called me to discuss his vote for the bill. Guess where he was calling from -- you got it -- HIS CAR!! Dorothy |
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From: Hogmami
Date: 04-07-2005, 05:45 PM (57 of 98)
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I don't think its a matter of what kind of vehicle is being driven, I think it is the driver not using common sense. Every body is just in too much of a hurry. I don't think cell phones should be used when driving. I keep mine turned off. If something is so important that it can't wait until I am not driving or at home too bad. I'm not going to put my life or anybody elses in damage because I am having a chat with a friend that could have waited.
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From: Julia's Nana
Date: 04-07-2005, 05:48 PM (58 of 98)
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Goes to show we all have our own opinion, great that we live in a country where if you can afford a SUV, you can drive one. My vote is that everyone should be in a car that protects them from the driver who thinks nothing can happen to them regardless of what they drive. I have to wonder if you have ever driven a SUV in heavy freeway traffic at rush hour................oh well, you drive your little car, do your thing and I will continue to ride all alone up high in my gas guzzling hulk of a SUV that we bought because everyone else has one and besides fits my agressive, stupid personality. And God Forbid, when some small car darts out in front of me and gets hit, we will see who comes out in better shape. PS, I don't even carry a cell phone..........when I drive that is ALL I do except listen to oldie music but then I guess you would do away with that choice too????? |
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From: plrlegal
Date: 04-07-2005, 06:24 PM (59 of 98)
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Guess what Nana??? DH and I are keeping our gas guzzlers also. First of all, if you trade them in you'll take a beating and end up owing more for a small vehicle than it will ever be worth and secondly, I feel a lot safer cause I'm like you -- I'll take my chances in a bigger car with more safety equipment on it than I will in a little thing that will almost fit up under my DH's F150. I saw an accident the other day and it wasn't really funny and I'm assuming the person doing the rear ending probably got some pretty good facial and leg injuries from it. This little Saturn was tailgating a suburban; I could see that there was another smaller vehicle in front of the suburban being driven by an older to elderly lady who either couldn't see where she wanted to turn to couldn't figure out exactly where she was; anyway, the older/elderly stopped suddenly and the driver of the suburban had no choice but to do so but the goof ball driving the Saturn was apparently gazing off into space talking on her cell phone and ran up under the back end of the suburban. Needless to say the suburban didn't look damaged at all but the bumper of the saturn was almost mashed against the windshield. Patsy Patsy
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From: Hogmami
Date: 04-07-2005, 06:39 PM (60 of 98)
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I agree. I feel you drive what you feel safe in. I have had small cards, middle size cars and big cars. No SUV's. My daughter and son have SUV's and love them, thats find. I have a middle size car and my husband has a big car. I like the SUV's for traveling. Lots of room. I'm not in a big city so traffic isn't too bad. But I have to say I have seen accidents with all sizes of vehicles. I was an EMT on the volunteer ambulance here for years. And I still say its not what you drive it is how you drive.
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From: plrlegal
Date: 04-07-2005, 08:19 PM (61 of 98)
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Hogmami I agree with you that it's not the vehicle, it's how the driver does or does not handle or drive that vehicle. Some people prefer to think of an auotmobile as a lethal weapon and drive it with an "I'll show you attitude" or take responses to the things going on in their own lives out on unaware, innocent people on the highway. Patsy Patsy
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From: SummersEchos
Date: 04-07-2005, 09:25 PM (62 of 98)
The price of gas keeps rising here. It is a shame when we have to pay so much for something we need to get to work, and take care of our families. Wish my rate of pay would go up like the gas, but I know that is just a dream  . But I am still happy to live in this country, even if at times things do seem unfair.Summer Summer
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From: Hogmami
Date: 04-07-2005, 09:32 PM (63 of 98)
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I hate going by the gas stations every day. They just seem higher and higher. And I can't go around them. I live in a small town with 3 gas stations, all on the way to the main highway.
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From: DorothyL
Date: 04-08-2005, 08:54 AM (64 of 98)
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Sorry to offend you Julia's Nana. Enjoy your drive. Dorothy |
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From: Bama
Date: 04-09-2005, 11:06 PM (65 of 98)
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I paid $2.21 a gallon yesterday. And that was at the cheaper gas station. DH drives 65 miles one way to work. It's starting to hurt. He used to have a Silverado pick-up but had to trade it in for a Ford Ranger because of fuel costs. I worry about him being on the road in that small truck, but what else can he do. We cannot move closer to his job. We can't move away from his elderly parents. |
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From: Debby215
Date: 04-09-2005, 11:49 PM (66 of 98)
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Our average here in Pittsburgh is around 2.21. My son is talking about trading in his Ford Explorer for a Honda, to try and save money. His Explorer is a gas hog. I dont drive too far for work and DH is very lucky, he drives only 3 miles to work, then drives for Access, so he doesn't have wear and tear on his vehicle. I agree with being upset about prices, but I guess we don't have much choice....
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From: Magot
Date: 04-10-2005, 08:35 AM (67 of 98)
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I finally found a way of converting between British and American gallons! As it is we buy our fuel in liters. DH pays about 90-92p per liter for diesel -that works out at £4.00 per gallon that is $7.54 in todays rates. Most of the cost of fuel is tax - about 70% I have heard it said- the most annoying thing is when large companies have petrol stations attached to the supermarkets and they charge different rates depending on the area in which you live. Tesco's Royston is 2p per liter more expensive than the one a few miles away - basically they charge what the market will bear and blame it on the tax.... What can you do? The infra structure has been allowed to fall apart so that you cannot get a bus or train to where you work if you work out of town. I am fortunatel that I can cycle to work - but have just found that my back tyre is split so now have to DRIVE 15 miles to a bicycle repair shop. "Life - don't talk to me about life, brain the size of a planet and they want me to park cars" Marvin the Paranoid Android. love and kisses, Jan
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From: Julia's Nana
Date: 04-10-2005, 03:09 PM (68 of 98)
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Jan, Does the p in your post stand for pound? About how much is that in US dollars? How much is a quid? I watch a program on BBCAmerica called "Cash in the Attic" and they go to a aution to bid on antiques...........but I never know just what they are paying because it is in pounds and quid!! So wondered if you knew so I could make rough conversions............. We lived in Germany in the seventies when my dh was in the military and he used to laugh about how I bought stuff that if I had taken the time to figure out how much it cost there was NO way I would have bought it. He used to get marks for me and called it my "fun money" because it was the first time ever (or sence for that matter) that I just bought what I wanted without stressing over price because I never knew until I got home and did the conversion! Thanks...............and believe me at that price, we would be walking a lot more here! Norma |
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From: Magot
Date: 04-10-2005, 03:54 PM (69 of 98)
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p = pence - there are 100p to the pound The word 'Penny' is derived from old Germanic language. The root gave similar 'Penny' names across Europe, originally meaning a coin or money, for example Old High German pfenning (and recently pre-Euro 'pfennig'), and Danish 'penge'. The oldest English forms, pre 725, were penig and pening. A quid is cockney rhyming slang for 1 pound. The symbol £ derives from the the letter L which is shorthand for 'libra' the Latin word meaning a pound weight, from Middle English.(hence roots in roman occupation) Pre-decimilisation (1971) pennies were shorthanded d ( from the latin deanarius which was the amount of moneu paid to a labourer for a day's wages.) So pre-decimal english money dates back many hundreds of years. Quid is an old slang word which is still in common usage. Occasionally people say "Squid" instead of Quid and so the language developes. I always understood it to come from the phrase "quid pro quo" which was reputed to be written on the notes and meant "tit for tat" or "I'll give you equal amounts of money as you give me goods". I think it now says "I promise to pay the bearer on demand £5" and so on... one pound notes having gone out long ago. Most money slang predates decemilisation and much goes back hundreds of years. We also have a saying "as bent as a £2 note" meaning something was decidedly shifty about this - but the Royal Mint now issues £2 coins. Dollar, brass, bread, dosh, dough, moola, wad are all slang for money a nicker is £1 (possibly from the use of nickel in the minting process) a Sov is also £1 (from sovereign - gold coin introduced by Henry Viii) a fiver = £5, a tenner = £10, a pony is £25, a ton is £100, a monkey is £500, K is £1000 (from kilo - 100 grammes- - finally going metric!) I have yet to meet anybody who uses pony,ton and monkey in normal everyday speech but the rest I have used myself. English is a rich and colourful language! For your TV viewing I would just stick to the fact that £1 is a quid and there are nearly 2$ to the pound ( or 1.5 euros) In an uncanny way - I lived in germany in the late 60's and felt like I had loads of money when I had 2 marks to spend in the NAAFI but it was only about 20p... You can tell I love etymology can't you (the meanng behind words) just don't get me started on anglo saxon or I'll get my primer out... love and kisses, Jan
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From: Serenity
Date: 04-10-2005, 06:01 PM (70 of 98)
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Well we are at 2.23 today. Thats 5 cents more than Thursday last week. Arub "The struggle is not greater than the goal". Be blessed. Stay encouraged.
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From: Mom of Six
Date: 04-10-2005, 09:22 PM (71 of 98)
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Here in Michigan there is talk that if it goes over $2.50 they will drop some taxes to lower the price temporarily. I haven't heard if it passed yet. I hope they work fast it was at $2.43 when I checked the other day. I buy most of my gas at a fueling station through my husbands business. They don't pst prices but it is always within a few cents of the other stations & we get a discount if we pay with 10 days of billing so it usually evens out. (except when I lose a bill). This prevents shock at the pump & also we don't have to carry cash or credit cards.
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From: plrlegal
Date: 04-11-2005, 12:12 AM (72 of 98)
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Prices here in the Oklahoma City area have dropped a few cents in the last couple of days. Dh paid $2.09 to fill up my Explorer this afternoon and we saw it later in the day for $2.06. The highest I've seen here has been $2.15 but believe me, that is high enough! By the way foryour easterners and southerners, they're opening old oil wells and drilling new ones all over Oklahoma and west Texas again. Give us about another year and maybe those Arabs will have some competition and we may not need so much of their oil and then what will they do, drink it for breakfast?. Patsy Patsy
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From: Julia's Nana
Date: 04-11-2005, 01:47 AM (73 of 98)
| We are at about $2.34 but it changes really fast some days. The other day we were out and past a station that had it for $2.31 and on the way home passed the same station and it was up to $2.33 in less than a hour. |
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From: mamadus
Date: 04-11-2005, 02:17 AM (74 of 98)
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they'll let gas prices go up until we're all ready and willing to switch to alternative fuels... I'm ready now... I'm tired of allowing the oil producing nations to rule the world economies.. just my 2 cents.. MO life is too short, not to explore
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From: Magot
Date: 04-11-2005, 12:06 PM (75 of 98)
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I have joined the ranks of the pedestrians again - I was going to be riding my bike until DH told me the back tyre was shot - we went to buy a new one and he managed to get the wheel off the bike but the nuts have now stripped and it now needs a new axle....the story goes on. Anyway - I am now walking which is far better for my health but I had forgotten how much time it takes - so far I have walked 3 1/2 miles home from work. This had better show on my hips!
love and kisses, Jan
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From: Domestic Goddes
Date: 04-11-2005, 12:35 PM (76 of 98)
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I have yet to meet anybody who uses pony,ton and monkey in normal everyday speech but the rest I have used myself. English is a rich and colourful language! I worked in the East End of London for a while - they use these terms all the time but it's just fashionable at the moment. Now you can do conversions thanks to Jan: it's just cost me £51.15 to fill my car with diesel That's well over $90 I'm considering using my sewing machine engine to convert a bicycle! |
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From: Magot
Date: 04-11-2005, 01:55 PM (77 of 98)
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Tony wants to fix my exercise bike to run the lights! Out here in leafy Hertfordshire we don't speak Cockney, my dears! But then you are in the wild and wooly North where the wind blows Dom Goddess. love and kisses, Jan
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From: BRG
Date: 04-12-2005, 08:12 AM (78 of 98)
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Got gas yesterday at 1.98 in the suburban Twin Cities ... I am expecting a jack up price like 2.30 or so - it's too scary to watch the prices!
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From: Julia's Nana
Date: 04-12-2005, 10:08 AM (79 of 98)
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We use a special mixture in the summer for pollution control and it adds to the price of each gallon. The newspaper said yesterday that they were going to ask the feds to let us not use that this summer because of the price but that it really wouldn't make much difference. So you trade price for not being able to breath in the future. Think they are looking in the wrong place for a way to fix this. But at least they are trying to do something. Norma |
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From: SummersEchos
Date: 04-12-2005, 10:22 AM (80 of 98)
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I read somewhere, but really don't remember where, that they were thinking of removing the taxes from gas. Instead you would pay takes on the miles you drive. All cars would be equipped with equipment that would log how many miles you drive per month, then you would get a bill for the taxes. I can see the pro's and cons' to this. I can also see how people would try to fix it so they could drive more but have it not register. MY SIL is a truck driver. He use to do the over the road long hauls, but gave that up when he got married. Now he basically stays in the same area. His dad though still does the long hauls and is saying how it is more and more expensive for them to make these runs. Now he may have to lay over for an extra day to make sure he has a full trailer of goods. This is good for it cuts down on a few of the costs, but is bad for these truck drivers don't get paid for waiting. A no win situation again. Gas here was anywhere from 2.19 to 2.39. Summer Summer
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From: plrlegal
Date: 04-14-2005, 10:54 AM (81 of 98)
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Finally, the price of gasoline has dropped a few cents here in Oklahoma City. I've seen it as low as $2.04 the last couple of days. However, usually when they drop it a few cents then in another couple of days it goes even higher than before the prices dropped. Patsy Patsy
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From: beachgirl
Date: 04-14-2005, 02:43 PM (82 of 98)
| Gas is $2.50 a gal here. Might find it a penny or 2 cheaper at a couple.I've seen it at $ 2.65 some place. Think they charge what they want. I know down town is always higher. |
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From: BRG
Date: 04-14-2005, 03:18 PM (83 of 98)
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1.95 was the cheapest I found around here in the northern Twin Cities suburban area
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From: suesodyssey
Date: 04-14-2005, 03:49 PM (84 of 98)
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Unleaded in our area is running about 2.06. Diesel is around 2.19. We have a large Freightliner truck to pull our RV....really hurts when we have to fill that baby up...holds 100 gallons. Sue |
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From: beachgirl
Date: 04-14-2005, 06:58 PM (85 of 98)
DH filled up his truck this evening & cost $2.31 per gal. Looks like it's coming down a little but can jump up tomorrow. Never know around here. 
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From: mamadus
Date: 04-15-2005, 02:17 AM (86 of 98)
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its running right around $2.29 here... MO life is too short, not to explore
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From: DorothyL
Date: 04-15-2005, 07:25 AM (87 of 98)
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$2.30 here. Dorothy |
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From: plrlegal
Date: 04-15-2005, 08:29 PM (88 of 98)
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Saw it at $1.99 this evening. Wonder how much it will drop before they figure out a new scheme for raising the prices even higher the next time? Patsy Patsy
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From: Serenity
Date: 04-15-2005, 09:23 PM (89 of 98)
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Okay I saw 2 stations at 2.21 today. I have to go out of town tomorrow and need to fill up my car, and dh has to fill up the one he just bought (used and old)... . So hopefully we will not spend too much. I mean after all I am not taking my first born with me. Arub
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From: Chrysantha
Date: 04-15-2005, 09:23 PM (90 of 98)
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Last sat when I got gas it was $2.45/9 at the base for premium. ( base gas is 10-12 cents lower than town...and I only know premium because thats what our cars run on....yeah we know...but we LOVE our cars)
Chrys
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From: Mother in Law
Date: 04-15-2005, 11:27 PM (91 of 98)
| Considering we live between two refineries within one mile of each both ways, our gas is high also but not as high as some. Our cheapest I saw today was 1.95 but the highest was 2.01 for regular. My truck says to use regular only something about aluminum something. It's new so I guess they are starting to wake up at the manufactures and making things that run well on the cheap stuff. |
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From: Jessica3
Date: 05-02-2005, 04:37 PM (92 of 98)
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Our SUV is driven for the most part on heavy traffic freeways. Both my son in law and my daughter in law have been rear ended on the way to work this year...............and their small cars were totaled by the insurance company. We are thankful that neither was hurt. My dil parents were hit just two weeks ago by someone running a red light. They were in a SUV and it is a good thing because the Mom would have been killed had they been in a small car. If you knew me and how I hate to drive, you would know that the only thing the SUV has to do with my personality is safety. Just drive one of our roads when there are 100,000 snowbirds here in the winter. Just going to Wal Mart is a scary deal. You feel like they are coming at you from all directions...........and for the most part, they really are! I will make budget cuts elsewhere as long as I can to keep us in that bigger, nasty SUV and hope it will keep me and mine from turning into road kill. If I could I would drive a tank! I know what you mean. I lived in Mesa, Apache Junction for years and the Snowbirds caused a Lot of wreaks.. and the freeway man that is a scary place.. Not to cause a ruff, but I have seen more little cars racing (100 to 120) down the road in vally freeways then big Suv's. I have a 1992 toyota 4 runner and it is darn good on gas and it's an Suv.. it gets the same miliage as my 2001 toyota Camry. my Dh had a 2000 Dodge Ram Diesel and it got way better gas mileage than a car! it just depends on the car and the person. Like a lot of people said above there are bad drivers of both cars and SUV's Jessica
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From: Jessica3
Date: 05-02-2005, 04:48 PM (93 of 98)
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Lexus came out with a new hybird suv.. It is so cool.. It gets great gas miliage.. and is really nice. The price however is not so nice I think it is $50,000US
Jessica
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From: Lise
Date: 05-02-2005, 06:50 PM (94 of 98)
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Magot, If "quid" is cockney rhyming slang , with what does it rhyme ? Lise |
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From: Domestic Goddes
Date: 05-03-2005, 08:02 AM (95 of 98)
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Sorry for answering this Jan but I'm stuck at home kicking my heels at the moment. It's not technically rhyming slang but definitely cockney! Here's a link to a dictionary in case you ever wonder what some of us are rabbiting about - or if you get UK television programmes where you are, me old china plate! http://www.cockneyrhymingslang.co.uk/default.asp Diesel has gone down in price where I live by a whole PENNY! You should have seen the queue....... |
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From: Jessica3
Date: 05-03-2005, 11:21 AM (96 of 98)
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Some oil tyecone is rolling in all of our money
Jessica
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From: mommydionne
Date: 05-13-2005, 09:20 PM (97 of 98)
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Anyone out there a minivan mama too? We vetoed the SUV b/c of gas prices and they just did not have enough space inside for our family (4 kids and the very hairy dog) and luggage. But.... it has a big tank and costs about $60 to fill now (gas is 94.9 per litre right now), hubby is waiting for things to warm up so he can take his motorcycle to work instead of the truck sigh... Speaking of smaller vehicles, someone near us has a Smartcar, see them on the road all the time, makes the cooper look HUGE!! Jeanette
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From: Magot
Date: 05-14-2005, 09:12 AM (98 of 98)
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No probs Jane, but the link to the slang didn't work for me - curses - it's the "quid pro quo" thing.
love and kisses, Jan
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