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"limey" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:[email hidden]:

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Dora
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It pretty much true. OTOH, my brother has a Hummer, 2 Jeeps, a miata and a
VW convertible. I have not heard him [censored] about gas prices once. He has
probably not seen the credit card bills yet. Even when gas was reasonably
priced it cost a fortune to fill up the Hummer and the Jeeps. I can't even
imagine what it costs now. Lessee... add on the cost of fuel for his 2
boats and his wave runners... I'd be in hock till I was buried if I had all
those toys.

Michael

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limey said:

http://toccionline.kizash.com/films/1001/178/index.php

Dora
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It's cute. But actually, gas prices in the UK have been considerably higher
than what Americans are [censored] about now for quite some time. I wonder
how things fare over there, pricewise, these days?

I was able to fill up my car last week for $2.79/gallon. The price around
here has held steady at about $3.09/gal since then. Your mileage (pardon
the pun!) may vary 😉

I don't drive anywhere I don't have to. This (among other things) is one
reason I find some suggestions, like driving 60 miles to find a specific
food item, to be just plain silly. I'm pretty sure I can live without said
item. Panko is a case in point. I've never had it. I'm sure it's
wonderful stuff; everyone says so. But it would cost me more in gas even
*before* the prices went up to drive to an Asian market to buy Panko than it
would to simply do without. If I were combining the trip with something
else - some other items I needed, or other business in that area of town -
that would be different.

Jill

Dog3 said:

"limey" <[email hidden]> wrote in
news:[email hidden]:

Quoted message said:

http://toccionline.kizash.com/films/1001/178/index.php

Dora
[email hidden]

It pretty much true. OTOH, my brother has a Hummer, 2 Jeeps, a miata
and a VW convertible. I have not heard him [censored] about gas prices
once. He has probably not seen the credit card bills yet.

(snippage)

Quoted message said:

Michael

I definitely don't use credit cards for buying gas (or groceries, for that
matter). If I don't have the $$ now, what's to say I'll have it later? If
your brother can afford it, more power to him.

Jill

Dog3 said:

"limey" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:[email hidden]:

Quoted message said:

http://toccionline.kizash.com/films/1001/178/index.php

Dora
[email hidden]

It pretty much true. OTOH, my brother has a Hummer, 2 Jeeps, a miata and a
VW convertible. I have not heard him [censored] about gas prices once. He has
probably not seen the credit card bills yet.

You don't buy so many gas hogs if you can't afford the price of gas.
He can afford it, but if he's in sticker shock - he will switch over
to the Miata or the VW. Since he's a car collector, I predict he'll
buy a hybrid if prices stay up too long.

limey said:

http://toccionline.kizash.com/films/1001/178/index.php

LOL, now it's set to music!

"jmcquown" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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Quoted message said:

Dog3 said:

"limey" <[email hidden]> wrote in
news:[email hidden]:

Quoted message said:

http://toccionline.kizash.com/films/1001/178/index.php

Dora
[email hidden]

It pretty much true. OTOH, my brother has a Hummer, 2 Jeeps, a miata
and a VW convertible. I have not heard him [censored] about gas prices
once. He has probably not seen the credit card bills yet.

(snippage)

Quoted message said:

Michael

I definitely don't use credit cards for buying gas (or groceries, for
that matter). If I don't have the $$ now, what's to say I'll have it
later? If your brother can afford it, more power to him.

Jill

I don't use CCs for gas or food either. His ability to afford it or not is
besides the point. The sheer gluttony of an excessive number of gas
guzzling toys, is well beyond my scope of imagination... and my pocketbook.

Michael

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jmcquown said:

limey said:

http://toccionline.kizash.com/films/1001/178/index.php

Dora
[email hidden]

It's cute. But actually, gas prices in the UK have been considerably higher
than what Americans are [censored] about now for quite some time. I wonder
how things fare over there, pricewise, these days?

I was able to fill up my car last week for $2.79/gallon. The price around
here has held steady at about $3.09/gal since then. Your mileage (pardon
the pun!) may vary 😉

This is the first time since we moved to Seattle that the price of gas
here was lower than back east. Regular was nearly $3.30/gallon in
upstate NY this week, according to my mother. Regular is just under
$3.00/gallon here. The major reason is that the west coast doesn't rely
on Gulf of Mexico refineries for its gas.

OB Food: We took SO's mother to Blue C Sushi last night. This is a
place where the menu offerings go by patrons on a conveyor belt. She
was dubious. We started her off with some miso soup and teriyaki
chicken. After that, she tried some of the more esoteric (to her)
offerings.

Cindy

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C.J. Fuller

Delete the obvious to email me

Cindy Fuller said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

jmcquown said:

limey said:

http://toccionline.kizash.com/films/1001/178/index.php

Dora
[email hidden]

It's cute. But actually, gas prices in the UK have been
considerably higher than what Americans are [censored] about now for
quite some time. I wonder how things fare over there, pricewise,
these days?

I was able to fill up my car last week for $2.79/gallon. The price
around here has held steady at about $3.09/gal since then. Your
mileage (pardon the pun!) may vary 😉

This is the first time since we moved to Seattle that the price of gas
here was lower than back east. Regular was nearly $3.30/gallon in
upstate NY this week, according to my mother. Regular is just under
$3.00/gallon here. The major reason is that the west coast doesn't
rely
on Gulf of Mexico refineries for its gas.

OB Food: We took SO's mother to Blue C Sushi last night. This is a
place where the menu offerings go by patrons on a conveyor belt. She
was dubious. We started her off with some miso soup and teriyaki
chicken. After that, she tried some of the more esoteric (to her)
offerings.

Cindy

I read about you taking her out, Cindy; sounds like she enjoyed herself!
Good!

Jill

limey said:

http://toccionline.kizash.com/films/1001/178/index.php

Dora
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I had to run out to pick up something. The price dropped from $3.09/gal two
days ago to $2.99/gal. Yay!

Jill

jmcquown said:

I had to run out to pick up something. The price dropped from $3.09/gal two
days ago to $2.99/gal. Yay!

We're down to $2.71 at some stations and $2.74 at the rest. I count us as
fortunate.

Carol
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http://www.manilowfund.com/

"You Deserve a Break Today" by Barry Manilow

In article <[email hidden]>,

jmcquown said:

limey said:

http://toccionline.kizash.com/films/1001/178/index.php

Dora
[email hidden]

I had to run out to pick up something. The price dropped from $3.09/gal two
days ago to $2.99/gal. Yay!

Jill

Ours is down to $2.79.

I won't be happy until it gets back down below $2.00 per gallon again,
but I'm doubting I'll ever see that in my lifetime again.

<sigh>
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

jmcquow wrote

Quoted message said:

I had to run out to pick up something. The price dropped from $3.09/gal two
days ago to $2.99/gal. Yay!

*getting out my calculator* we're paying 1,46 Euro per liter - that's
approx. 2 Dollar per liter or roundabout 8 dollar a gallon 😉

Petra in Hamburg, Germany

In article <[email hidden]>,

Petra Hildebrandt said:

jmcquow wrote

Quoted message said:

I had to run out to pick up something. The price dropped from $3.09/gal two
days ago to $2.99/gal. Yay!

*getting out my calculator* we're paying 1,46 Euro per liter - that's
approx. 2 Dollar per liter or roundabout 8 dollar a gallon 😉

Petra in Hamburg, Germany

Yeah, but Germany is a LOT smaller than America!
You don't have to drive as far!
I'll bet my nightly commute to work
would go all the way across Germany.

<sigh>
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

jmcquown said:

I definitely don't use credit cards for buying gas (or groceries, for that
matter). If I don't have the $$ now, what's to say I'll have it later? If
your brother can afford it, more power to him.

Jill

It's not whether you use the credit cards for daily purchases (some of
them have cash-back and other benefits), it's whether you pay the bill
in full each month.

Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!

"jmcquown" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

limey said:

http://toccionline.kizash.com/films/1001/178/index.php

Dora
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I had to run out to pick up something. The price dropped from $3.09/gal
two
days ago to $2.99/gal. Yay!

Jill

Still $3.49 here in upstate NY this morning

Elisa

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"jmcquown" wrote in message

Quoted message said:

limey wrote:

http://toccionline.kizash.com/films/1001/178/index.php

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Dora
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It's cute. But actually, gas prices in the UK have been considerably
higher
than what Americans are [censored] about now for quite some time. I wonder
how things fare over there, pricewise, these days?
<snipped>

Jill

Some time back, my family in the UK said they were paying almost $7/gallon.
They have paid almost $5 for years. I don't know how much it has risen in
the last weeks. The big difference is the fact that UK gasoline is taxed
heavily by the government, whereas high prices here seem to mean fat profits
for the oil companies.

Dora

sf said:

You don't buy so many gas hogs if you can't afford the price of gas.
He can afford it, but if he's in sticker shock - he will switch over
to the Miata or the VW. Since he's a car collector, I predict he'll
buy a hybrid if prices stay up too long.

Before the gas prices went up 100%, the rubric was that you would have
to own that hybrid for ten years just to break even on the price
differential for the same-model non-hybrid.

Now it is down to five years.

jim

Petra Hildebrandt said:

jmcquow wrote

Quoted message said:

I had to run out to pick up something. The price dropped from $3.09/gal two
days ago to $2.99/gal. Yay!

*getting out my calculator* we're paying 1,46 Euro per liter - that's
approx. 2 Dollar per liter or roundabout 8 dollar a gallon 😉

Petra in Hamburg, Germany

And that perfectly illustrates why $3/gal doesn't bother me at all.
Anyone who has been offshore knows just how good the US has it.

Personally, I would like to see gas at $4 because then all the morons
driving SUVs just because they are cool would have to get back to
reality and drive cars they can actually parallel park.

jim

jmcquown fired off:

Quoted message said:

I had to run out to pick up something. The price dropped from $3.09/gal
two days ago to $2.99/gal. Yay!

Jill

There are two factors in play: the worldwide shortage/bubble
in the price of crude oil and the lack of U.S. refining capacity.
Katrina took out (temporarily) a significant share of refining
capacity in the eastern U.S. This will result in high prices
that may persist for the rest of the year.

The big news is it cut U.S. consumption of crude oil. The
international crude oil market runs on a very thin margin,
which made it vulnerable to the recent shortage, compounded
by the speculative bubble. That bubble was very fragile,
and almost anything would pop it. Unfortunately, there was
nothing that could be done on the supply side, because all
of the producers were already running at full capacity to sell
as much oil as possible at current prices. However, Katrina
wiped out enough refining capacity to pop the bubble. Already,
oil has fallen five dollars off its recent high, and I would
predict that by the end of next week it'll fall below $60.

This will be fantastic for the stock market (yay!), and
helpful in bringing further declines in gasoline prices
on the west coast. People on the east coast will continue
to suffer -- it's not clear for how long. If the shortage
persists into the winter (that would sure be a shame, say
the oil refiners), there could be another price spike
if (through some amazing coincidence) the shortage collided
with the surge in demand for home heating oil. Pray for
a late and mild winter.

What could really spoil everything would be something that
would send oil prices soaring. For example, the long-awaited
overthrow of the Saudi government. That's a situation which
has been simmering for a long time, and the perfect time for
it to happen would be within the next ten days. All it
would take is one bullet in the head of King Abdullah, and
within 72 hours the whole Saudi regime is gone and only
Allah knows what the price of crude oil will be. With so
much money riding on these events, and the low cost of
bullets, it's amazing this hasn't happened already.