filled my car up with gas today

[cornermouse]

anyone got an effigy?

[Parche]

1. ITS A GAS

How much did you have to borrow from the bank?

[mduffy31]

2. Isn't it sad

I filled mine up also. I have a little Dodge Stratus and it cost me $45.00. When I still had my Ford Explorer it didn't ever cost that much. I would have put E-85, but it costs just about the same. Does anyone know why, it is made out of corn for christs sake, and last time I checked, that is a true renewable resource.

[cornermouse]

3. At the rate things are going, it won't be long before it requires a loan.

[NNN0LHI]

4. The checkout lady used to give me shit when I would use a hundred dollar..

...bill to buy 40 bucks worth of gas to fill up because it made her short of change. Now that its 80 bucks to fill up I am the one giving her shit. I feel I owe it to her.

Don

[rainbow4321]

12. This is what 5 bucks gets you

<from an email>:


More proof that gasoline prices are out of control:

I pulled into a full service gas station today and asked for five dollars worth of gas.


The guy farted, took my five and walked away.

[soup]

5. Luckily, I have more than one child.

Go ahead, take the firstborn. I've got more.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

6. So you won't be eating this week, huh?

[Historic NY]

7. I read in the paper today that the Assoc. of convenience stores

states most people are now using credit cards to buy gas. I've started drving all three of my cars a little each to stretch out having to do refills. (note 2 are antiques)I plan my trips out so I don't have to do repeats.

[CTyankee]

8. Planning trips better

I am resisting the habit of running off somewhere just to browse around. I am making ONE trip to buy food/gas/wine/get manicure and pedicure/etc instead of several. EVERYTHING is getting planned out.

Look, if my parents could deal with gas rationing in WW2 and somehow I got born and survived, we can do this!

My spouse takes the bus to work every day. He loves it. He can talk to his bus buddies or read and just relax. It's good for his blood pressure. Let's look on the bright side of this thing. AND get smarter and get some grit.

[MadisonProgressive]

10. Well, thanks for the sentiment, but

not everyone can take the bus to work. And will you be able to survive if gasoline goes to 5 or 6 dollars a gallon?

[CTyankee]

17. Is this from Madison, WI?

I must say that my husband was strongly influenced by progressive, Democrative values of the liberal democratic party of Wisconsin. He went to school at UW Milwaukee. We now live in New Haven, CT a city very much like Madison, WI in its liberal political leanings.

I work very close to home, by choice, and part time (I am semi-retired). I am weighing my choices now in terms of how much time I spend at home and at the office.

[MadisonProgressive]

26. Yes, it is. Hi!!!!!!!!!!!!

:hi:

[SammyWinstonJack]

27. Might have to forego that manicure/pedicure.

:evilgrin:

[MadisonProgressive]

9. Not to change the subject - but I will anyway

My neighbor has a almost 17 year old daughter. She bought her daughter a $3000 car. She is paying an extra $120/month just to put her daughter on her car insurance! At that rate she can afford to total a car every 2 years or so! Damn, my daughter is going to be 14 soon... The funny thing is - she makes her daughter pay for her own gas and the daughter can barely afford to drive the car - and her mom is paying $1440/year EXTRA just so she can!!!!!!!!!!

Oh, and her employer just made everyone in the company take a 10% pay cut!

Sorry, but I just couldn't believe it...

[havocmom]

11. Up fifteen cents a gallon over night on Thursday where I live

And, no, the big tanker truck was NOT at the station with a fresh load. Pisses me off that they raise it that much overnight for gas they bought a week ago at much lower rate.

The rich will have to do their own pools, landscaping and windows cuz the help won't be able to go to show up for work soon.

[Ikonoklast]

16. Bought a week ago?

Not likely. That fuel is probably replaced every DAY if the station is doing any sort of business. Those tanker trucks never stop, and refill those underground tanks 24/7.

[havocmom]

18. You have NO IDEA how out of the way my home is!

Population on your block might be more than my whole county

Maybe what is the norm in your 'hood is not universal? ;)

edited to add: I live less than 100yards from the station, am home all the time and have NO obstructions of my view of the station. They have not had a load of new fuel in a week

[Ikonoklast]

19. Read my post

"....if the station is doing any sort of business." If it isn't, they will still adjust prices to reflect current market conditions and replacement cost of product.

[havocmom]

20. I read your post, You sorta insinuated I didn't know what I was talking

about.

[Ikonoklast]

22. I insinuate nothing

Ipso loquitor.

[Skidmore]

13. Went up 20 cents in 6 hours yester day in our area.

By the time we were going home from work last night, no grade of gas was less than $3.

[rainbow4321]

14. $30,000 in fuel reported stolen from station

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/100105dneasfueltheft.2145c9a3.html

The managers of a Royse City truck stop say a thief or thieves made off with more than $30,000 worth of gasoline and diesel over several weeks, apparently by somehow thwarting the credit card readers at the pumps and filling containers after midnight, when the station was unmanned.

As his losses mounted, the station manager began to stake out the station. Starting Sunday, he parked at the Texaco next door and slept inside the truck-stop convenience store.

Between midnight and 1 a.m. Thursday, he saw two people in a pickup make off with 412 gallons of premium gasoline, much of it in barrels. He said he chased them but couldn't catch them.

About 12:30 a.m. Friday, he said, he saw Mr. Smith pumping gasoline into a large drum and called police. Mr. Smith had filled up his 2003 white Ford Trax pickup, and he had six large barrels. His mother and a friend were with him when police arrived.

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http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/education/stories/DN-itinerant_01met.ART0.North.Edition2.221051c8.html

Mobile staffers, such as teachers, nurses and computer technicians, are spending more money on gas these days as they make their daily treks between district campuses. Some school districts are doing what they can to help, but even they acknowledge it may be tough to keep up.

"Budget issues as a whole have caused us to really cut back on things, and travel is one of the first things to go," he said. "But we have some teachers who travel between campuses, and we'll just have to bite the bullet on those."

"The wording now is whatever the current IRS reimbursement rate is, so I assume we'll follow it," Mr. Husfeld said. "The problem is, we didn't increase any department budgets to cover any increase. We're going to have to look at discretionary expenses to cover it."

Some school districts, including Dallas and Mesquite, avoid fluctuating reimbursement rates by paying a set travel stipend. Mesquite's stipends recently were increased for some employees, but Dallas did not make any adjustments this year. Both districts base the stipends on the amount of driving their employees have to do.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

15. What is really sad is that my son has a friend whose Mom is unemployed

and she had to borrow money for gas and can't repay it now (which is fine..it's times like this when I wish I was wealthy). It really is heartbreaking. I used to joke about cigarettes being what they cost here in NY, people would start mugging others for cigarette money...It might not be a joke when it comes to gas.

As to heating costs this winter, I shudder as to what's going to happen here in the northeast.

[boston bean]

21. I have been having a very bad feeling about it myself.

I have natural gas. It will be no picnic for those who have harsh winters.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

23. I have natural gas also, and am thinking of things to do in advance to

get ready for what is going to be a rude awakening to many.

[Kaylee]

24. Stocked up on flannel sleepers today for my kids in

anticipation. I never thought I would be as miserly with the heat as my father was when I was growing up.

Me: "Dad, it's freezing in here!"
Dad: "Go add another sweater."

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

25. My youngest son is going to be the lucky one, all of the heat goes up

to his room. Everyone else will be using electric blankies!