Gas prices AGAIN. Up up and away they go!

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#21 Postby Guest » Thu May 06, 2004 8:13 pm

Let me get this straight, Josh:


(regains composer after seeing a relatively huge price)

$2.45 a gallon. Sheesh! :grrr: :x :grrr: :grr:
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#22 Postby BEER980 » Thu May 06, 2004 8:13 pm

Did anybody notice milk went up .50 a gallon overnite? I hear talk from both coasts about an independent trucker strike at the ports for a day or so to make a statement.
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#23 Postby Guest » Thu May 06, 2004 9:18 pm

BEER980 wrote:Did anybody notice milk went up .50 a gallon overnite? I hear talk from both coasts about an independent trucker strike at the ports for a day or so to make a statement.



Actually i did hear about both. It was a day or so ago i heard about Truckers in California blocking the interstates because of this. Prices where this was happening were actually close to what fur said at about 2.69 a gallon for the so called cheap stuff. And i agree with the Truckers doing it. Let it screw with everything enough to put a huge dent in the so called re booming economy then maybe the government will take some better action on this.:grr: :grr: :grr:
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#24 Postby wx247 » Thu May 06, 2004 9:24 pm

Our milk is $3.22 a gallon.
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#25 Postby weatherlover427 » Thu May 06, 2004 10:13 pm

Here milk is about $4 or so for a gallon.

And yes Brian, you read right, $2.45 a gallon for the expensive gas. My neighbors and I were just talking about this. One of them drives all over the county as a sales rep for a certain company, and the other works at another company whose name I forget. The one who is a sales rep gets re imbursed 75% or so of her costs but she pays the rest. She drives a Saturn, which as you may or may not know is a relatively small car.
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#26 Postby tomboudreau » Thu May 06, 2004 10:19 pm

Don't get me started on the price of milk. I am soo POed at how much things have inflated the last 4 weeks, that I am ready to just about ready to not buy milk anymore and do as little traveling as I can, good chance of that happening when I'm moving in 2 weeks. Its going to kill me when I have to fill the darn U-Haul truck up before I return it. I can only imagine what the price will be tomorrow when I get home from work. I bet it will be close to 1.95 a gallon. Someone needs to put a stop to this madness now before it gets out of control. GRRRRRRR!!!
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#27 Postby azsnowman » Fri May 07, 2004 7:11 am

Gas here is UP and DOWN! With the refinery explosion in Gallup New Mexico a few weeks back, ours shot up to 1.89 for the cheap stuff, then went to 1.96 gallon, 4 days ago, it dropped to 1.78 gallon, then yesterday, it shot back UP to 1.86 gallon. Can you say "PRICE GOUGHING?" Why the roller coaster ride?

If we Americans took "ONE" day, just ONE day and didn't buy a DROP of fuel, it would bring the bassturds to their KNEES!

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#28 Postby TexasStooge » Fri May 07, 2004 7:15 am

The premium gas at almost all Shell locations here is now topping $2.00/Gallon!
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#29 Postby Amanzi » Fri May 07, 2004 7:43 am

It really is bad... I pay $1.69 for regular. Im so glad I have my little car ;) and not a gas guzzler.

BUT if you think we got it bad. I have friends who are farmers in Zimbabwe, they have practically shut there whole farm down... this is from an article they sent me.

[quote]However, fuel imports by the parastatal National Oil Company of Zimbabwe would be distributed to government departments, institutions, public transport operators and the agricultural sector at the state controlled price of Zim $450 a litre for petrol and Zim $200 a litre for diesel.

The two-tier system means that private sector motorists would pay the new pump prices for petrol of Zim $1,170 per litre and diesel at Zim $1,060 per litre announced by the oil companies yesterday.
[\quote] That is Zim dollars by the way.. but still, these people earn NOTHING! My poor friends have just about lost everything, because as the gas prices are outrageous the transportation costs go up on basic food items like bread and milk.. so there cost of living is exhorbetant... its about time they start using totally electric cars and trucks, we cant be played the fool by the oil tycoons any longer!
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#30 Postby stormraiser » Fri May 07, 2004 11:33 am

It is up to $2.03 at some stations here, but I found one that is still $1.89. I filled up this morning because they may wisen up :lol:
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#31 Postby furluvcats » Fri May 07, 2004 1:09 pm

KOW...the 2.89 per gallon was talking about was GAS not milk! Milk is almost at 4.00 per gallon! I did notice in LA lastnight that gas was 2.46...should have filled up! WHY is it more expensive in a town like Temecula, then booming Los Angeles?
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#32 Postby TexasStooge » Fri May 07, 2004 1:18 pm

Where are those hybrid cars that run on electricity when you need them?
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