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Dylan · Leader Of The Banned

PASSING GAS

WebGuy · Doesn't Do Windows

I'll have to make note of what it is here next time I go by the station.

ghostdancer · Ghost In The Machine

We're at $3.45 for "regular" here, but with today being Wednesday I expect it to go up another 5 to 10 cents just because the weekend is coming. Doesn't matter if the price of a barrel of oil goes up or not......MI automatically raises gas prices for the weekend (because they know people will be out and about) then they drop it a few cents on Sunday night.

We get a double whammy if oil goes up between Wednesday and Sunday....we then pay the increase for oil along with the "increased weekend luxury rate". hmm

Do they do that where you guys live?

MzHartz · Permanent Vacation

Have you ever checked out http://www.gasbuddy.com/ ? I like to use that when I'm driving all around town or out of town, then I can plan my trip to hit the cheapest station.

Right now, the stations closest to me are at $3.44. But when I go to Kroger, I get $0.10 off per gallon. It's still expensive.

In related news, I walked to work again today.

Dylan · Leader Of The Banned

If I lived closer to work, I would think about walking, but I live 17 miles from work.

MzHartz · Permanent Vacation

You'd just have to leave earlier. ;)

Dylan · Leader Of The Banned

I cant argue with that logic. biggrin

WebGuy · Doesn't Do Windows

Or just stay there. I expect your employer has a bed you could use.

Dylan · Leader Of The Banned

I would but we arent known for our luxury accomodations.

MzHartz · Permanent Vacation

There's even showers.

Dylan · Leader Of The Banned

Yup, all the comforts of home. Just with inmate cooties as an added bonus.

WebGuy · Doesn't Do Windows

... and "three squares a day".

Dylan · Leader Of The Banned

3 things that have been known to cause prison unrest are interruption in mail, visits and just the quality of the chow. Web, these are "squares" that Logan would gladly sign a contract not to eat.

WebGuy · Doesn't Do Windows

I can imagine that jail food is not the best.

Mad Mema · Bad Biker Granny

On the Kansas side of the state line, gas is currently $3.27 - $3.29 per gallon depending on which station you use. On the Missouri side, I paid $3.22 per gallon last night. Missouri has fewer taxes, so I try to fill up over there since it is only about 3 miles out of my way when I'm at the office.

I think during the summer months we do see somewhat of an increase in gas prices for what would be considered the "Increased weekend luxury rate", but it is not anything anyone admits to officially. Still... seems like the weekends tend to be higher once boating season starts in the Lake of the Ozarks.

confuzzed · Permanent State of Confusion

I use gas buddy.

I filled up for $3.37/gal last night.

Does anyone remember years and years ago how gas used to only go up once a week. And it was only a penny or two?

Mad Mema · Bad Biker Granny

I can still remember filling up once a week and it cost me less than $10! Man, do I feel old.

confuzzed · Permanent State of Confusion

I remember going to church on a summer Sunday and gas was .85 or .87 a gallon. Now that is me feeling old.

MzHartz · Permanent Vacation

Right when I started driving, gas dropped ridiculously low. I remember filling up for $0.79 a gallon at one point. If I had the car I had then with the gas prices as they are now, I probably wouldn't have been able to afford to drive.

MzHartz · Permanent Vacation

Man, I did get lucky. I started driving in the late 90's:

confuzzed · Permanent State of Confusion

I don't think we can afford to drive now.

The sad thing is I do 300 miles per week for just work. I don't do much driving other than that regualr stint. There is the grocery store every two weeks, but that is a 2 mile round trip. I have always tried to combine my errands so that I can use the most efficient route. There are occasional longer trips (to Mom's or the ballgame) but nothing on a regular basis. I sure don't know how to save on my gas costs when I don't really go anywhere extra.

MzHartz · Permanent Vacation

They would tell you to carpool. Because doesn't everyone want to spend an extra couple hours with their coworkers?

confuzzed · Permanent State of Confusion

While we are a large workforce (even just in this office) and several of us come from out my way, none of us keep the same hours.

I just need to quit having such a long drive to work. Way back when my old company merged and I spent six months off, I applied for two open positions in the local borough office. I had governement experience and thought it would be good to pay myself to work. My taxes paying me sounded good. What sounded better was that I could work to work everyday, as the building is less than a mile from my house. Alas, that didn't work out so well for me. Oh well.

Mad Mema · Bad Biker Granny

I used to carpool with Pambo when she was a) not on disability all the time and b) we worked on the same team. At the time, we only lived about 1.5 miles apart too. It worked out well. Too bad that really isn't the case anymore.

I remember the 1976 OPEC Oil Embargo... me and Momma sitting in the line at the Stop & Go in Belton, MO, waiting for hours to get gas. I asked her why so many people were there and everybody was mad. She tried to explain it to me that oil had suddenly become rare, so gas was expensive and hard to get.

Didn't make much sense to me.

When I started driving, gas was around $.76 a gallon if I remember correctly. I definitely remember it being around $.86 a gallon when I got my brand new car. I thought it was insane when it went permanently over $1.00 a gallon.