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From: plrlegal
Date: 04-20-2006, 03:40 PM (1 of 47)
 How many of you are suffering from gasoline price shock!!! Our gasoline bill to run 2 vehicles (Explorer (v6) and F150 (Triton v8)) just doubled!! I told DH I'm seriously considering going to work a few nights a week at Hancock Fabrics just to keep us even with price increases here in Oklahoma. It's not only gasoline, it's everything -- property taxes, homeowners' insurance, grocery prices -- you name it. To get the oil changed in each of our vehicles if over $60.00 now.Patsy Patsy
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From: Chrysantha
Date: 04-20-2006, 04:10 PM (2 of 47)
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I drive a small car....it takes premium.(yes it can run on regular, but it won't run well.) It's only got a 13 gallon tank...it kills me to fill it..especially remembering when my Dad worked at a gas station when I was a kid and gas was .19 cents a gallon... Our house insurance MORE than doubled...with NO claims...ever. If we had to buy our house now, we couldn't afford it....
Chrys
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From: DorothyL
Date: 04-20-2006, 04:29 PM (3 of 47)
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Gas, groceries, everything here is crazy too. Dorothy |
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From: bluebirdie
Date: 04-20-2006, 04:46 PM (4 of 47)
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As of this week, premuim gas costs a bit shy of $4 here. It costed me more on gas to bring our yard trimmer in for repair at the dealer, than to just buy a new one near where we live. The dealer decided it's not worth repairing coz their technician is so expensive, and just ordered us a new one free of charge. Yup The price for almost everything else also went up. - Robin
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From: Sewhappie
Date: 04-20-2006, 05:06 PM (5 of 47)
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I bought a new clothes line the other day, as long as it's sunny the wash goes outside to dry. Our gas just went up to 2.89 today, can't wait to see what it will be like by Memorial Day!!!! Funny everything is going up and all the jobs are leaving the Country!! The the biggest worry around here is about a 7 foot tall Italian Bakestball Player who the NBA wants to draft to play here in the States. Somehow I don't see this as a "REAL PROBLEM". DS just bought a new car this week, it's a 4 cylinder so hopefully he won't be paying out the fanny for gas. He's happy to have wheels again, (so is DH) |
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From: swartzrn
Date: 04-20-2006, 05:16 PM (6 of 47)
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I shudder to think of what the gas prices will be in a month! They are always higher in the summer. We have a trail blazer and a volvo and that trail blazer is killing us on gas. Post is a 20 minute drive one way and this is everyday for hubby..he drives the gas guzzler and parks it. The volvo in itself has to run a certain level of gasoline so we end up paying more for it as well but it gets decent gas mileage. We're planning on driving out to AZ the middle of June and I am seriously contemplating just flying b/c we'd end up paying more for gas, a hotel room in Texas coming and going and so forth. Julie
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From: esrun3
Date: 04-20-2006, 07:21 PM (7 of 47)
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Gas jumped from $2.89 this morning when my daughter filled up to $2.95 when I left work!! I expect $4 a gallon by Memorial Day. I drive an SUV but am not likely to trade down, I need the room with the grandkids and car seats, etc so I'm going to bite the bullet and maybe not take as many extra trips anywhere.
Lyn
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From: SummersEchos
Date: 04-20-2006, 09:31 PM (8 of 47)
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Gas jumped up here too from morning on the way to work and night coming home from work. Glad it is a short distance drive for me to work, and I only work part time. My car is good on gas, not like the full size van I also have. That will only get driven to take mom places at these prices. Now I am glad I didn't buy the Hummer I really really wanted.
Summer
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From: DorothyL
Date: 04-21-2006, 10:00 AM (9 of 47)
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I love my Mini Cooper at the gas station!! Dorothy |
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From: mozeyrn
Date: 04-21-2006, 10:41 AM (10 of 47)
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My dh turned in his leased Toyota Tundra pick up (he has a company vehicle now) and I traded in my Escape for a great 5-speed Scion (not the one that looks like a refrigerator on wheels). My dd loves it because she can get herself in and out of the carseat on her own (I'm just hoping she doesn't figure out how to undo the harness locks - ). I drive about 70 miles round trip M-F; it was costing me almost $10 a day! As long as I don't do alot of extra driving a full tank on Sunday will usually get me thru the work week w/o refilling. Plus being that I park away from the other cars at work/shopping center (lessens any kind of damage from other car doors opening) I'm getting some well needed exercise. - Maureen.
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From: Magot
Date: 04-21-2006, 11:36 AM (11 of 47)
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design classic Dorothy! Aren't your difficulties with gas etc due to the economic drain on the country due to Iraq? They are reported as that here.
love and kisses, Jan
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From: bluebirdie
Date: 04-21-2006, 12:46 PM (12 of 47)
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Mini Cooper is so cool!
- Robin
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From: swartzrn
Date: 04-21-2006, 03:19 PM (13 of 47)
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Jan, I think it's a combination of things. I don't know alot about alot of things and all the reasons behind the gas increase is one of them but I do know that it went up substantially after the hurricane's (specifically Katrina which hit the gulf coast) last year. This was due to the alot of damage done to offshore oil production facilities, pipelines and refineries. Supply has gone up as well and also there is alot of problems that relate to the Iraqi conflict (which is a whole other can of worms.) I guess you could call it an uncertainty in the geopolitical situation. The reliability of supplies from Iran have been thrown into the mix b/c of nuclear sanctions tension and this has contributed to the problem as well as Iran, I believe is the 4th largest supplier. There are also problems with pipelines in Iraq being damaged or destroyed as well. Personally, I don't think it could be blamed on ONE single thing that has caused the problem but a combination of many--some domestic, some acts of nature and some political differences.
Julie
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From: DorothyL
Date: 04-21-2006, 03:28 PM (14 of 47)
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Jan -- People want to blame it on Iraq and Katrina -- but oil companies have had record profits for the last year -- in spite of Iraq and Katrina sooooo.... make what you will of that. We have an oil man in the White House -- remember. But gay people can't get married so all is right with the world. Thank goodness the religious right is here to legislate values for the rest of us. Oh yeah -- my Mini is purple. Dorothy |
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From: Sancin
Date: 04-21-2006, 03:35 PM (15 of 47)
It is too bad you Americans didn't embrace the Toyota Echo (aka Yaris). I get 60 miles/gal in mine and as I don't drive much or far I fill up only every 6 -8 weeks.  No comment on shortages of oil.
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From: swartzrn
Date: 04-21-2006, 03:39 PM (16 of 47)
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Holy Smokes--60 miles/gallon???? I'm moving!!!
Julie
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From: Ronda Sews
Date: 04-21-2006, 03:41 PM (17 of 47)
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I thought it was just me being sensitive to the gas prices when I said something to my hubby about everything seemed to be getting more expensive. A trip to the grocery store- yikes! I, too, drive a 70 mile round trip. Hubby also- he just bought a Colorado last summer BEFORE the price explosion. I think if we could have known what the future gas prices were going to be, he wouldn't have bought that truck. My car is an Impala and gets pretty good mileage. Oh the good old days. I actually said that I missed Clinton in the White House the other day!! Ronda Bernina Aurora 440QE
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From: plrlegal
Date: 04-21-2006, 03:46 PM (18 of 47)
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Ladies let's leave politics and religion out of this thread before we get a controversy started, please. Patsy Patsy
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From: swartzrn
Date: 04-21-2006, 03:47 PM (19 of 47)
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As far as the President and politics, like I said, that's a whole other can of worms. I will only say that I was a huge supporter during the elections of Pres Bush. I have decided that everyone has personal motivations and a personal agenda and it's a "me,me,me" society all around. I have not been 100% happy (or even close) at all the things done and the state of the Country since the last elections. I think the next elections will be quite interesting.
Julie
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From: Magot
Date: 04-21-2006, 03:53 PM (20 of 47)
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are Canadian gallons larger than US gallons Nancy? I know they are differnt for UK ones - but we buy in litres to make life confusing. My little Corsa gets filed up once every 2 months or so and costs about £35:00 - not bad - but if we move it will be whole load more..
love and kisses, Jan
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From: Sherri
Date: 04-21-2006, 04:25 PM (21 of 47)
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We buy in litres to Jan. But I think the car Nancy was talking of is a hybrid. I wish I could get a hybrid minivan or something a little midsized since we routinely travel around 20 hours both ways we need the larger vehicle for our family of four. I am thinking of trading my beloved Dodge minivan for a Hybrid Ford (yuck yuck yuck) Escape. I also only fill up every 4-6 weeks because if I don't have to drive there I walk. So except for like the grocery store I am walking. Sher My website
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From: swartzrn
Date: 04-21-2006, 06:06 PM (22 of 47)
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The honda accord I had got pretty good gas mileage as well but it was a 2-door coupe and the 2 door thing stunk with the carseat, a 5'10" teenager and so forth. We started looking before Christmas for something else that was better for our family and looked at minivans but I was worried about the gas prices, etc. I liked the Honda Odyssey the best but what I wanted was WAYYYY out of our price range. My head nurse happened to see the 4-door Volvo when he'd been down at the dealership doing something with his vehicle and told AL about it. He went down and looked at it, got some #'s for our trade in and we ended up trading and getting that car right after the New Year. The best things were the safety features. We've been happy with it so far. I've always had Accords but the 2003 I had was very disappointing. I don't know if it's because we got it before they tweaked alot of the bugs out or what but I was a bit disappointed in it. The other's I had over the years were wonderful! Even with those bugs though, we got decent gas mileage. We have just had to cut back alot of our running back and forth and combining errands into one trip.
Julie
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From: Chrysantha
Date: 04-21-2006, 09:58 PM (23 of 47)
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Hybrids (gas/electric) like the Echo are hard to come by here in the U.S. They don't keep them in stock and the ones they DO have they want $5000-$15000 MORE as a premium for selling them. Honda hybrids are selling as soon as they hit the lots down here in FL. I think the gas prices going up are a factor of a lot of things...mostly price gouging, and futures selling on the stock market, driving up the prices for no good reason. It's insane....like it was in the 70's when they told us there was a gas shortage and there was nothing of the kind. Chrys
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From: plrlegal
Date: 04-21-2006, 10:44 PM (24 of 47)
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The stock market is definitely the driving force behind the gas price escalation. Everytime Iran sneezes or the North Korean nutcase has another trantrum the panic buying starts all over again. The problem with the hybrids is that unless everywhere you go you drive 25 miles an hour or slower, you're still using gasoline and most of the hybrids don't get that much better gas mileage than the gasoline powered vehicles of the same size plus Kathy is right, the hybrids are now selling at such exorbitant prices people can't afford to buy them. The other thing is with my DH is that he can't fit into those tiny little hybrids. I heard a young attorney today say that he doesn't care how high gas prices go he's not going to shove his small children into the back seat of one of those tiny hybrids and hope he is never involved in an accident. He is correct that the lives and safety of his family is much more important than higher gas prices. DH feels the same way about me driving a small vehicle. I had an Escape and he put me back into our Explorer as he felt the Escape was too small and people here drive 75 mph and faster on the expressways and if you're in a small vehicle and get hit by a semi or one of the big pickups or suvs, your chances of survival without a life threatening injury are very, very small. Patsy Patsy
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From: Tom Land
Date: 04-21-2006, 10:49 PM (25 of 47)
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All it would take to get prices back down would be a boycott on Exxon stations and any station known to get their gas from Exxon. This would force Exxon to quit gouging and warn other companies to straghten up. They think they have us over a barrel because we have to have gasoline and we can't quit buying it. They are right but we can quit buying from specific companies. Do the math. If the cost of a barrel of oil goes up $10 it is less than 1 cent increase per gallon of gas but gasoline will go up at least 10 cents ussually more like 30 cents Have fun or don't do it, Tom
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From: Sherri
Date: 04-22-2006, 12:59 AM (26 of 47)
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The problem with the hybrids is that unless everywhere you go you drive 25 miles an hour or slower, you're still using gasoline and most of the hybrids don't get that much better gas mileage than the gasoline powered vehicles of the same size plus Kathy is right, the hybrids are now selling at such exorbitant prices people can't afford to buy them. This is actually false on most hybrids there is at least a 30% increase in fuel efficiancy based on regular driving not fuel emmission testing. Sherri My website
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From: Sancin
Date: 04-22-2006, 02:54 AM (27 of 47)
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Margo I also buy in liters (which I think is the same as yours - our gallons are different than US) but then I translate to gal and Km to miles as I have a hard time picturing Kilometers. I have made most of the metric conversions but not that one. Further, we in North tend to think travel in time, not distance - right Sheri? FYI: the Echo is not a hybrid, the Prius is. The Echo is a little ugly, but tall. In fact my first one, which was destroyed in a collision last year, I named Ooogly. My first car was a VW Beattle and the Echo is a little like that in shape. I figured I would go out the same way I came in as I don't anticipate purchasing another car before I give up driving. According to Toyota, Americans just wouldn't buy the car. It is a bit moot at this point as it is no longer in production as a sedan or even 2 door. I went into a dealership buy a Camray (which every second car in Washington state seems to be) 4 years ago. My Accord was 15 years old, still running well, had low milage, getting good milage, yet had a terrible paint job, and I didn't want to start car payments after I retired. As I have multiple back problems I found the Camray low - my legs out in front as in a sports car - as my Honda was (and not adjustable) thus I got the Echo, which has a higher seat. My son informs me that in Montreal and Toronto many older people are driving them, yet I think Toyota intended them for an entry car. When my Mom died at New Years I rented a Toyota Matrix which I liked very much and if I was in the market that is what I would get. I didn't have to even fill up the rental when I return it in spite of driving for a week. I don't like hatchbacks but the Matrix was so comfortable, and lots of utilitarian storage areas. Because I put so few miles on my car and get such good milage I really never pay attention to gas prices but did notice it was $1.14 / L here today. I haven't done the conversion yet - as Margo can attest my number handling sometimes is a little off. Regarding safety. I must admit that is a concern of mine and at one point when I was car pooling with children I drove a Volvo just for that reason. When I was in the collision last year I came to, after about 2 sec blackout, to find myself turned around in the middle of an intersection with no car around me - just me with my face in a bag, wondering if I should ask for cream cheese, and strapped to the front seat. I was told that the seatbelt and the airbag saved my life plus the fact that the car was made of so much plastic it just disintegrated rather than collapse on me or anyone else! I am not sure I wanted to hear that and found it particularly hard when I was unable to get another Echo for 2 weeks and then had to get a red one that was a year newer than the destroyed one, and 4x the milage on it. But my insurance company gave me a lot on my write off so did not have to come up with much money.  But I am now shopping for 4 new tires 
*~*~*~* Nancy*~*~*~* " I try to take one day at a time - but sometimes several days attack me at once."
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From: sewingrandma
Date: 04-22-2006, 09:36 AM (28 of 47)
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Guess, I'll add my nickels worth here too! Gas has hit $3/gal here. Not only are we reeling from the cost but many stations are out of gas here. We've been told that it is the switch to the ethanol blend that is causing the shortage, that the tanks have to be cleaned and a new filter put on. Also have been told that there was a vapor leak at one of the terminals so they had to repair it before they could ship any gas out. Who knows who to believe any longer. This area has been grappling with the idea that one of the Naval bases will be closed. It has been a real roller coaster ride with it. People have been told that their homes will be taken in order to keep the base running, then they are told that this isn't so. We all got our new tax assessments not long ago and many of us are still in shock with that. On average they went up %25, some as high as %55. The latest is the Ford Plant is closing here. Everyone is just in a daze any more. Brockie
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From: swartzrn
Date: 04-22-2006, 10:16 AM (29 of 47)
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Brockie--I hadn't heard that they were closing your Naval Base?? And the Ford plant closing? Wow, lots of changes. Our gas is creeping up to $3/gallon and I expect it to get there soon. I don't know alot about the hybrids at all..all this you guys are saying about them is very interesting!! My husband has told me when was stationed in Italy they bought fuel in liters and back then it wasn't too bad. Of course, he's been gone from there for 4 years now so I'm sure alot (and prices have changed there as well.) It's funny b/c I remember the big rumor that there would be no gas after 9/11 and the prices of what was left would be sky high. The pumps were crowded, everyone was going nuts and it we could drive across the bridge to GA and get it for less than 1 dollar. It didn't really go up like everyone said. Then last yr after Katrina, I saw a news broadcast that said that gas was running out in Columbus and we went and gassed up both vehicles and gas didn't run out like they said (prices went up but we never had a problem finding gasoline.) Julie
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From: Magot
Date: 04-22-2006, 01:03 PM (30 of 47)
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Diesel is now £1.00 a litre here - $1.78 per litre US $2.02 Canadian Petrol is a little less. love and kisses, Jan
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From: Sherri
Date: 04-22-2006, 01:13 PM (31 of 47)
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I think there are 3.785 litres in a gal . I think last I looked we are at about 1.30 per litre. So I think that would be like 4.92 Canadian per gal or 4.32 USD or 2.42 GBP. And your right Nancy I always think of how far I am going in time not distance. Just more real to me. Sherri My website
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From: anne
Date: 04-22-2006, 03:41 PM (32 of 47)
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Here in New Zealand gas was $168 a litre earlier in the week. Yesterday they said oil hit a new high of $75 US a barrel so it has probably gone up again. It doesn't help that our dollar is falling and we pay in US dollars. We have stopped making unnecessary trips. I consolidate all the errands I need to make in town and do them once a week if possible. High prices are here to stay and we have to adjust to them. Anne in Dunedin |
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From: Ronda Sews
Date: 04-22-2006, 03:57 PM (33 of 47)
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Here's something that happened to me today. I was filling up and using the automatic holder while I was washing my windows. When I came around the car, gas was pouring out of the gas valve thingy all over the ground!!! I'll bet I had to pay for $8.00 worth of gas laying on the ground!!!!  It didn't automatically stop when it was full. The attendant said it was my fault for putting the nozzle in too far!  I've been getting my own gas for 24 years now and have NEVER had this happen.It was an expensive fill up today!! Ronda Bernina Aurora 440QE
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From: swartzrn
Date: 04-22-2006, 04:04 PM (34 of 47)
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Ronda, I am giggling not because you had to pay extra for your gasoline (that the ground got) but b/c I can SO see something like that happening to me!!
Julie
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From: Domestic Goddes
Date: 04-22-2006, 08:01 PM (35 of 47)
Welcome to our world  My tank holds 55 litres of diesel. This past week it's been filled up 4 times due to the need to visit sick and old friends and relatives. That's a cost of USD $334 in a week. With careful driving I can get over 50 mpg (it's a 2000 Hdi engine) but I still want to cry when I visit the filling station! |
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From: sewingrandma
Date: 04-23-2006, 11:17 AM (36 of 47)
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Julie, the Brac commission hasn't decided fully that Oceana will close. It is on the list and has given Va Beach a list of things that has to be done in order to keep it open. The city has built up around the base in places that are directly in line if there ever was a crash. That is why so many homeowners were terrified of loosing their homes because the commission said that the home had to go. Visited our daughter in Naples, Italy a couple years ago. She had coupons to use for her gas and had to tell the attendant how much gas she wanted. She said at first it was hard to judge how much she needed because she didn't get change back. She also found out you had to watch the attendants because they would also pump gas into a can instead of her tank! The are was beautiful and we so enjoyed our trip. Gas is starting to trickle into most of the stations here. It was so strange to drive down our main street and see so many stations closed or have half their pumps covered. Brockie
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From: Magot
Date: 04-23-2006, 11:29 AM (37 of 47)
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yeouch Dom, that a lot of mullah! Time for me to get my bike out again. Better fort he hips anyway.
love and kisses, Jan
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From: paroper
Date: 04-23-2006, 01:04 PM (38 of 47)
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I think that our oil problems are a lot of things. We haven't don't much oil exploration over the last 20 plus years. In 1986 the oil industry in OKLA basically shut down...that, with agriculture and ranching was the majority of our economy. Suppliers closed, geologists started other lines of work, the colleges stopped turning out oil-related specialists, the wild catters and rough necksweree laid off and it has been pretty quiet in the oil industry for about 20 years. We turned our sights to foreign oil. Now, the equipment and refineries are in pretty bad shape, there are few parts suppliers and many of the old wells are drying up. In the meantime we haven't turn many oil specialists out of the colleges...and it takes time to get all of those things back to speed. The oil industry is starting to boom again in at least in our state and there is good money to be had. The cost of putting in one well is very high and if you hit a "dry hole", you've lost your investment. If the prices are too low, no one can afford the gamble. We in the US need to understand that if we are going to have oil and gas we are going to have to drill for it...we cannot rely on another country to supply it for us. In the meantime, I'm not in favor of letting the oil companies run over us! THERE HAS TO BE A HAPPY MEDIUM THAT WE CAN ALL LIVE WITH!!! All through high school the local gas station sold gasoline at 19.9 (cents). We actually had a gas war and the three stations at the local corner went down to 9.9. The stations were making money and so was everyone else. In the 1970's when gas was 29.9, if I pulled into a station selling for 35.9, I pull out! I realize that inflation has gone up a lot since then, but this is way out of line. My local station owner says that he is making his money on volumn because he can't afford to price to make money any other way..at that he is only make 2-3 cents a gallon (over expenses)...of course, that does add up but if he were selling jewlry or pastries, his profit margin would be much greater. I have a little royalty money coming in each month (very little). That amount hasn't varied more than a couple dollars for over 7 years so the people at the well aren't seeing the extra money...makes you wonder exactly WHERE it is going...I hope it is being put into exploration!!!! pam
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From: reddeviltj
Date: 04-23-2006, 02:09 PM (39 of 47)
| I'm committed to the American-made vehicles (if there really is one these days) since I'm an employee at the GM Tech Center. I went as "American" as you can get - the Jeep Wrangler TJ - still made the same as the military versions only a little more comfy. I can go anywhere - but, the mileage isn't so hot. On a good day I get 18 mpg and drive 66 miles round-trip to work ea. day. I don't go out for extra trips and do all my errands on my way home from work. I have plenty of time since I'm off at 2:30. On-line shopping works the best especially with free shipping on some sights. |
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From: plrlegal
Date: 04-23-2006, 10:18 PM (40 of 47)
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I found gasoline for $2.71 this afternoon here in Midwest City. DH said he paid $2.75 yesterday morning to fill up his F150. It cost me $41.00 for about 15.5 gallons. It went down 4 cents from yesterday but tomorrow it will probably go over $3.00 a gal. Who knows. It's totally crazy. You never know from week to week what to budget for gasoline. Patsy Patsy
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From: DorothyL
Date: 04-24-2006, 07:52 AM (41 of 47)
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I spent $15 and didn't even get half a tank in the Mini. That's a little more than 200 miles. That's not far when you figure it is almost 40 miles to town. It was so depressing my daughter and I parked beside the station and watched people in their SUVs cringe just so we could feel better at their expense. Dorothy |
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From: HeyJudee
Date: 04-24-2006, 04:43 PM (42 of 47)
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I have a Buick Century that currently still has half a tank full of gas that I paid .88 cents/litre in Ottawa a couple of weeks ago. I know that I will be in shock when I go to fill it up. I take the bus to work and pay for a monthly pass. I only use my car to go shopping, quilting classes and for trips to visit my family (approx. 250 km from here). This morning I passed a station that was selling it for $1.13/litre. My doctor says I need to get more exercise...guess this will be one way to encourage me to do it. 
TTFN from
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From: esrun3
Date: 04-24-2006, 06:41 PM (43 of 47)
We hit $2.99 this morning-makes me glad I dumped $35 into my tank yesterday at $2.95! 
Lyn
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From: Chrysantha
Date: 04-24-2006, 09:35 PM (44 of 47)
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My husband paid $3.05/9 at the base today....the base's prices are about .10 to .15 cents lower than civilian stations...oh boy..
Chrys
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From: Bama
Date: 04-25-2006, 05:23 PM (45 of 47)
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I always think of how far I am going in time not distance. Just more real to me. Sherri, I've always done that too. Whenever I give someone directions I tell them about how much time it takes to get there, not how many miles. Gas is $2.83 gal. here. It's started cutting into our grocery budget. Hubby drives 65 miles one way to work every day. Good thing hubby has a big garden planted again this year.  He wrecked his Ford Ranger a couple months ago (or I should say a deer wrecked his truck) so he's driving my Intrepid and I got a Mazda 6. They both get pretty good gas mileage. We couldn't make it if we drove SUVs. We live less than 10 minutes from my job, thank goodness. |
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From: paroper
Date: 04-25-2006, 05:58 PM (46 of 47)
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We have 4 cars in the family. My daughter, understanding what is happening in the economy has taken it upon herself to get a job to pay for her gasoline. My son, who has a little money from his accident is allowed to fill once a week on us...all the rest is on him. When school is out, it will all be on him. We just can't fill 4 cars anymore, at least not at these prices!
pam
Bernina 200e, Artista V5 Designer Plus, Explorations, Magic Box, Bernina 2000DE & 335 Bernette Serger, Bernina 1530 Sewing Machine, Bernina 1300 DC Overlock (with coverstitch) |
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From: plrlegal
Date: 04-25-2006, 06:16 PM (47 of 47)
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I can understand that Pam. DH and I are groaning with 2 vehicles. Our monthly gasoline bill has tripled this year. We are now close to $500 alone for gasoline a month to run 2 vehicles. Patsy Patsy
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