C'mon $4.00. C'mon....
Eat less, buy more gas. Less body mass means you go faster. It's all about power to weight ratio.
If Capone was in charge this would have never happened
Expensive for sure but we are vacationing in Portugal now and the gas prices are the equivalent of $7.15 US per gallon - so it could be a lot worse.
Quote from: jk66gt350 on November 08, 2021, 04:07:15 PM
Expensive for sure but we are vacationing in Portugal now and the gas prices are the equivalent of $7.15 US per gallon - so it could be a lot worse.
Europe has always been off the charts where fossil fuel is concerned. Me, I like fossil fuel so much, I want to buy myself a Fossil watch just to flaunt it at the EV crowd.
The wealthy in this town dont care what fuel costs. The south side will just jack up the price of dope to cover it. The middle just get screwed over as usual. The down state folks want Chicago voted off the planet.
Quote from: trotrof1 on November 08, 2021, 04:52:28 PM
The wealthy in this town dont care what fuel costs. The south side will just jack up the price of dope to cover it. The middle just get screwed over as usual. The down state folks want Chicago voted off the planet.
Chicago should revert back to the swamp that it once was.
Quote from: FL SAAC on November 08, 2021, 03:57:33 PM
If Capone was in charge this would have never happened
And...agreed.
Quote from: jk66gt350 on November 08, 2021, 04:07:15 PM
Expensive for sure but we are vacationing in Portugal now and the gas prices are the equivalent of $7.15 US per gallon - so it could be a lot worse.
Portugal, REALLY? As your buddy would say, "C'mon MAN, it aint that bad!...Like the doufis he is! Don't worry it will be almost 7 bucks soon, so then we can be happy that we are just like Portugal.
Where is Mrs. O Learys cow now when we really need divine intervention.
Add a dollar a gallon for our prices. No sympathy here for the Midwest complainers. 8)
$3.19 here. BUT...
Don J, what is the average hourly wage there?
Quote from: deathsled on November 08, 2021, 01:36:49 PM
C'mon $4.00. C'mon....
Eat less, buy more gas. Less body mass means you go faster. It's all about power to weight ratio.
$4.00? Richard, looks like $3.64 to me ;D
$4 For a gallon of premium, hmmmmmm
But no one complains about their 16 ounce mocachocolatayaya.... at Starbucks for $6.99
Creole lady marmalade
By Labelle
Quote from: 69mach351w on November 08, 2021, 06:01:42 PM
Quote from: deathsled on November 08, 2021, 01:36:49 PM
C'mon $4.00. C'mon....
Eat less, buy more gas. Less body mass means you go faster. It's all about power to weight ratio.
$4.00? Richard, looks like $3.64 to me ;D
It 'tis. But like a gambler I am rooting for $4.00 in the most pessimistic and sarcastic of ways. Will likely be $4.00 before this year is out.
Quote from: FL SAAC on November 08, 2021, 06:29:16 PM
$4 For a gallon of premium, hmmmmmm
But no one complains about their 16 ounce mocachocolatayaya.... at Starbucks for $6.99
Creole lady marmalade
By Labelle
I do spend about twice as much money per month on coffee as I do on gas. Got to help keep people employed. I tipped $10 to all 25 workers at my Peets coffee place as a thank you for working through the pandemic and not sitting on there Azz taking the government hand out.
Roy
Quote from: deathsled on November 08, 2021, 06:34:34 PM
Quote from: 69mach351w on November 08, 2021, 06:01:42 PM
Quote from: deathsled on November 08, 2021, 01:36:49 PM
C'mon $4.00. C'mon....
Eat less, buy more gas. Less body mass means you go faster. It's all about power to weight ratio.
$4.00? Richard, looks like $3.64 to me ;D
It 'tis. But like a gambler I am rooting for $4.00 in the most pessimistic and sarcastic of ways. Will likely be $4.00 before this year is out.
Yea, but $.36 difference is equal to approximately 1 pint of gas and if your car get 20MPG, that like getting to drive approx 2.5 miles per every 20 miles. That would be a "bunch" of miles between now and 12/31/21.......
Lol, but I'm being sarcastic now ;)
Quote from: 69mach351w on November 08, 2021, 06:00:14 PM
$3.19 here. BUT...
Don J, what is the average hourly wage there?
About $20.00/hour. Median price for home just hit $1 million. But we don't have to buy winter clothes or heating oil so can run Shelbys year around with the money saved for fuel. 8)
Alright, alright, alright so sorry if I offended the Starbucks crowd.
Let's do water, if you buy H2O at $2.59 A bottle or just 10.9 cents an ounce and convert that into one gallon, that's only $13.95 a gallon for smart water
Now that's not very smart compared to $4 a gallon of premium gas for your car
And if you think $4 a gallon for gas is bad, just wait.....
Drink gasoline instead? Yum.
Quote from: deathsled on November 08, 2021, 08:26:02 PM
Drink gasoline instead? Yum.
. Ever siphon?I call it a "hillbilly cocktail".... :o
Quote from: FL SAAC on November 08, 2021, 08:23:15 PM
Alright, alright, alright so sorry if I offended the Starbucks crowd.
Let's do water, if you buy H2O at $2.59 A bottle or just 10.9 cents an ounce and convert that into one gallon, that's only $13.95 a gallon for smart water
Now that's not very smart compared to $4 a gallon of premium gas for your car
And if you think $4 a gallon for gas is bad, just wait.....
My water a gal is .88 cents...????
I will add that when we moved "here" gas was 1.52....one year later 3.19 I dont know how you want to justify it or what you want to call it, but there is something wrong and if you cannot see it, then....I better just shut up.
Quote from: 67 GT350 on November 08, 2021, 08:56:06 PM
I will add that when we moved "here" gas was 1.52....one year later 3.19 I dont know how you want to justify it or what you want to call it, but there is something wrong and if you cannot see it, then....I better just shut up.
+ 1. Just wait
Quote from: Don Johnston on November 08, 2021, 08:17:57 PM
Quote from: 69mach351w on November 08, 2021, 06:00:14 PM
$3.19 here. BUT...
Don J, what is the average hourly wage there?
About $20.00/hour. Median price for home just hit $1 million. But we don't have to buy winter clothes or heating oil so can run Shelbys year around with the money saved for fuel. 8)
$12/hr avg here.
Probably why our gas is cheaper than yours.
It all averages out ;D
Current cost of a gallon municipal water coming out of the faucet is $2.09
88 cents is one heck of a deal
Quote from: 67 GT350 on November 08, 2021, 08:53:10 PM
Quote from: FL SAAC on November 08, 2021, 08:23:15 PM
Alright, alright, alright so sorry if I offended the Starbucks crowd.
Let's do water, if you buy H2O at $2.59 A bottle or just 10.9 cents an ounce and convert that into one gallon, that's only $13.95 a gallon for smart water
Now that's not very smart compared to $4 a gallon of premium gas for your car
And if you think $4 a gallon for gas is bad, just wait.....
My water a gal is .88 cents...????
Speaking of high prices, we were at the grocery this week-end and I just happened to see the sign over the customer service counter...Marlboros $7.95/pack! Wow! 40 cents a smoke...So glad I gave 'em up 40 years ago.
Quote from: NC TRACKRAT on November 08, 2021, 09:24:34 PM
Speaking of high prices, we were at the grocery this week-end and I just happened to see the sign over the customer service counter...Marlboros $7.95/pack! Wow! 40 cents a smoke...So glad I gave 'em up 40 years ago.
Yea, but if you smoke the cheap cigarettes where the tobacco is swept off the floor, you can smoke for 1/3 of that price :o
Quote from: NC TRACKRAT on November 08, 2021, 09:24:34 PM
Speaking of high prices, we were at the grocery this week-end and I just happened to see the sign over the customer service counter...Marlboros $7.95/pack! Wow! 40 cents a smoke...So glad I gave 'em up 40 years ago.
With Thanksgiving just around the corner, let's talk turkey:
"This year, turkeys have been selling for $25-$28 per bird, compared to $13-$15 in 2020."
Good time to be a prepper.
Quote from: NC TRACKRAT on November 08, 2021, 09:24:34 PM
Speaking of high prices, we were at the grocery this week-end and I just happened to see the sign over the customer service counter...Marlboros $7.95/pack! Wow! 40 cents a smoke...So glad I gave 'em up 40 years ago.
Never smoked, and cannot imagine it.
https://balancingeverything.com/cigarette-prices-by-state/
I can still remember most of the cigarette TV commercials. Smokes were .55 cents a pack and the only thing you needed to purchase was to be tall enough to operate a vending machine. I think the same strategy on gasoline is at work.
Quote from: 67 GT350 on November 09, 2021, 11:43:13 AM
Quote from: NC TRACKRAT on November 08, 2021, 09:24:34 PM
Speaking of high prices, we were at the grocery this week-end and I just happened to see the sign over the customer service counter...Marlboros $7.95/pack! Wow! 40 cents a smoke...So glad I gave 'em up 40 years ago.
Never smoked, and cannot imagine it.
https://balancingeverything.com/cigarette-prices-by-state/
Nor I. Wasn't even tempted. I do remember pop-eye candy cigarettes they used to sell in Toronto. They were tasty but it never got me in to the actual habit. Don't know if they were a thing here in the US back in the 60s 70s.
Ladies and Gentlemen I have found nirvana, this is a place where all the gasoline junkies can move to and purchase 95 octane at a totally insane price.
I present you VENEZUELA !
I feel your pain...
$4.269 for a gallon of Shell premium here on Sunday 11/7. Ouch :(
Quote from: trotrof1 on November 09, 2021, 12:31:49 PM
I can still remember most of the cigarette TV commercials. Smokes were .55 cents a pack and the only thing you needed to purchase was to be tall enough to operate a vending machine. I think the same strategy on gasoline is at work.
I can remember the Flintstone's had cigarette commercials as did the Munster's.
Was watching an episode of Emergency and Dixie (Julie London) was smoking on her break. Seems like the year was 1974?
Also watching Quincy and see people smoking in the hospital as well.
Crazy, Crazy how times have Surely changed :o
Quote from: deathsled on November 09, 2021, 03:01:23 PM
Quote from: 67 GT350 on November 09, 2021, 11:43:13 AM
Quote from: NC TRACKRAT on November 08, 2021, 09:24:34 PM
Speaking of high prices, we were at the grocery this week-end and I just happened to see the sign over the customer service counter...Marlboros $7.95/pack! Wow! 40 cents a smoke...So glad I gave 'em up 40 years ago.
Never smoked, and cannot imagine it.
https://balancingeverything.com/cigarette-prices-by-state/
Nor I. Wasn't even tempted. I do remember pop-eye candy cigarettes they used to sell in Toronto. They were tasty but it never got me in to the actual habit. Don't know if they were a thing here in the US back in the 60s 70s.
Candy cig's are still sold in some areas here in NC. There's a small Mom & Pop convenient store on the other side of town that sells them. Actually he owns two convenient stores and sell them at both. I know, because my granddaughter loves them ;D But I have never smoked either.
Used to have chewing gum cigs in Cali.Paper wrapper around the gum with powdered sugar inside.You could blow through em and the sugar would billow like smoke.Gotta start em young... ::)
Back to gas prices after this word from our sponsor:
The types of children's cigarettes we had in L.A. in the mid-to-late '60s included chewing gum cigs, chewing gum cigars, and white sugar cigs with the "lit" tips created with healthy red food coloring.
Those sugar cigs were sold in 10-packs (IIRC) with labels and packaging that looked kinda, sorta, close to Marlboros and Kools.
Actual cigarette prices, in the grocery stores at the time, was 25 cents a pack, and 35 cents in most vending machines.
That last time I smoked was in 8th grade, under the Sepulveda Blvd bridge with my two best buddies and three neighborhood girls. That was actually a pretty good day.
Quit yur bitchin, the rest of you. I shot this pix the other day, in West L.A., adjacent to Beverly Hills.
^^^^ OUCH :o >:( ::)
I have a hard time feeling sorry for two States:
NY
CA
ok here is more
OR
WA
AZ (because of something else)
GA (because of something else)
The NY of the Southern States, NC (because of something else)
PA (because of Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Harrisburg, SCRANTON...for another reason)
and more...(etc)
This is what they WILLINGLY VOTED FOR.
Now that is funeeeeeee, I know a few that live there
You are correct Sir!
Quote from: 67 GT350 on November 10, 2021, 11:10:57 AM
I have a hard time feeling sorry for two States:
NY
CA
ok here is more
OR
WA
AZ (because of something else)
GA (because of something else)
The NY of the Southern States, NC (because of something else)
PA (because of Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Harrisburg, SCRANTON...for another reason)
and more...(etc)
This is what they WILLINGLY VOTED FOR.
Quote from: Side-Oilers on November 09, 2021, 10:43:18 PM
Back to gas prices after this word from our sponsor:
The types of children's cigarettes we had in L.A. in the mid-to-late '60s included chewing gum cigs, chewing gum cigars, and white sugar cigs with the "lit" tips created with healthy red food coloring.
Those sugar cigs were sold in 10-packs (IIRC) with labels and packaging that looked kinda, sorta, close to Marlboros and Kools.
Actual cigarette prices, in the grocery stores at the time, was 25 cents a pack, and 35 cents in most vending machines.
That last time I smoked was in 8th grade, under the Sepulveda Blvd bridge with my two best buddies and three neighborhood girls. That was actually a pretty good day.
So are we talking second base???? LOL
Quote from: Side-Oilers on November 09, 2021, 10:45:09 PM
Quit yur bitchin, the rest of you. I shot this pix the other day, in West L.A., adjacent to Beverly Hills.
Can't be. That must be CGI. Wow!
Quote from: gt350hr on November 10, 2021, 11:27:21 AM
Quote from: Side-Oilers on November 09, 2021, 10:43:18 PM
Back to gas prices after this word from our sponsor:
The types of children's cigarettes we had in L.A. in the mid-to-late '60s included chewing gum cigs, chewing gum cigars, and white sugar cigs with the "lit" tips created with healthy red food coloring.
Those sugar cigs were sold in 10-packs (IIRC) with labels and packaging that looked kinda, sorta, close to Marlboros and Kools.
Actual cigarette prices, in the grocery stores at the time, was 25 cents a pack, and 35 cents in most vending machines.
That last time I smoked was in 8th grade, under the Sepulveda Blvd bridge with my two best buddies and three neighborhood girls. That was actually a pretty good day.
So are we talking second base???? LOL
My buddies and I actually called it "second gear" back then. Figured our parents wouldn't know what we were talking about. But, I kinda think my dad did.
Quote from: deathsled on November 10, 2021, 04:47:17 PM
Quote from: Side-Oilers on November 09, 2021, 10:45:09 PM
Quit yur bitchin, the rest of you. I shot this pix the other day, in West L.A., adjacent to Beverly Hills.
Can't be. That must be CGI. Wow!
It's indeed true, Richard. I shot it myself. That's the highest I've seen in SoCal, but $5.00/gal is becoming more prevalent.
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Did they call an alignment specialist after the slip and fall?
LMAO !
Quote from: deathsled on November 11, 2021, 07:18:03 PM
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That's cheap for California
Quote from: Side-Oilers on November 09, 2021, 10:45:09 PM
Quit yur bitchin, the rest of you. I shot this pix the other day, in West L.A., adjacent to Beverly Hills.
That's price gouging. I was just watching world news and the avg nationwide is $3.22.
Then again you mentioned BH, well it don't take much to know that most who live there don't really care what gas prices are ::)
Agreed, $1 or $2 or $10 per gallon probably doesn't matter to them.
But aren't those in BH (a lot of Hollywood people) supposed to be ones saving the planet...traveling in their private jets?
Quote from: Side-Oilers on November 12, 2021, 09:51:31 PM
Agreed, $1 or $2 or $10 per gallon probably doesn't matter to them.
But aren't those in BH (a lot of Hollywood people) supposed to be ones saving the planet...traveling in their private jets?
Exactly. Hypocrite-wood. 8)
cf: https://www.euronews.com/green/2021/10/06/cop26-organisers-are-pandering-to-the-rich-with-private-jet-guide >:( :o :-\ :'(