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$2.89 per gallon fill-up,, what'cha paying now???

Discussion in 'Fred's House of Pancakes' started by lester williams, Oct 13, 2014.

  1. JimboPalmer

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    The nearest Costco to me is 105 miles away in another state. I have never been there. Slightly closer, is SamsClub at 80 miles, but I do not get gas there often. Murphy Gas is my 'goto' station, although I have a Shell card as well.
     
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    $2.93/gal at Costco on Monday before the storms arrived.

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    ...sorry Jimbo, our Costco gas station is < 1 year old but it really changed the low cost position...we are $2.98 at Costco

    OK so I think you have 21 cents state tax to my 17 cents, so I am paying about $2.62 before tax (for EPA RFG) and your are paying $2.53 for non-RFG...that sounds just about right...my gaso is a more expensive "boutique" blend.
     
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    What you all going to spend the $1.07 per tank saving on?
     
  5. JimboPalmer

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    I am doing better than that but I would like the downward pressure.

    More gas. I am taking my wife to see fall foliage on the Blue Ridge Parkway.
     
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    107 1-cent fizzy cola bottle chews.

    And this is why high petrol prices are a good thing.
     
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    That's a lot of tanks worth. Good to have an aim though. It would be rude not to (y)
     
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    Do you get them in Oz? Stuff this Haribo nonsense, nothing beat a quarter of fizzy cola bottles from your corner shop.
     
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    We do. They're not 1 cent any more, though. I like the fizzy cherry cola ones too.

    Qatar was brilliant for this sort of thing: there were big sweet shops in the souq full of pick-and-mix sweets. There was interesting Middle Eastern stuff, and there were proper, loose, fizzy cola bottles.

    At our school tuck shop, we had beer-flavoured chews in the shape of pint glasses. They went well with those candy cigarettes. Start 'em early, I say.

    You're right: Haribo is a poor imitation of the joy of a proper fizzy cola bottle.
     
  11. GrumpyCabbie

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    lol I used to love those. The candy cigarettes with the banned red food colourant on the end, all nicely presented in a pretend fag packet. Kids today don't know they're born lol.

    And then there was Junior Beer from Viz lol.

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    I do look at those candy cigarettes now and think "What were the grown-ups thinking?"

    On the plus side, the beer chews looked like a pint of proper Northern beer, with a proper creamy head. It is good to educate kids as early as possible.
     
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    For two weeks , west Michigan price $ 225 jumped to $ 325 ,,,, who knows why , price
    Of oil goes down , gas goes up
     
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    That sounds nice! You'll probably find some low cost gaso and maybe some E0 over in that region.
     
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    $3.25 to $3.65 Central Valley in Kalifornia today.
     
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    ^ They have a carbon scheme to pay for.

    $2.79 on the Redneck Riviera......
     
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    £1.23 a litre here :) Down from £1.40 about a year ago. It now works out at $6.93 a US gallon. Down from about $8 a US gallon earlier this year.

    Still keeping the Prius though.
     
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    We have until Jan 1, 2015 until that kicks in. :p
     
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    $3.05 at the local, $2.85 at costco. that's a 25 cent drop in a week. how low will it go?
     
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    Low enough for Putins cronies to get rid of him? I think there's some way to go.
     
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