I'm not feeling so gassy these days
. . and I'm not sure it's a good thing
Monday, May 5, 2008 by ZubaZ | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
Holy cow! I'm planning where I go and how I get there more and more.
Oil hit $120US today and I'm feeling it at my house. Thank goodness I work out of the house and the wife works close by. The summer trip looks right out though. (
Check out the Gas Temperature Map for the US. I'm in a green zone . .but it still hurts.
Oil hit $120US today and I'm feeling it at my house. Thank goodness I work out of the house and the wife works close by. The summer trip looks right out though. (
Check out the Gas Temperature Map for the US. I'm in a green zone . .but it still hurts.
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eieio
Reply #22 Monday, May 5, 2008 10:47 PM
And your point is ...
Reply #22 Monday, May 5, 2008 10:47 PM
And still you clicked.
Sick. Sick, sick SICK!
Sick. Sick, sick SICK!
And your point is ...
starkers
Reply #23 Monday, May 5, 2008 10:50 PM
Reply #23 Monday, May 5, 2008 10:50 PM
I don't own a car - haven't in over 20 years now - so I've been pissing on the oil companies and the revenue man for yonks, when it comes to paying for fuel myself... not to mention, repayments repairs, registration, tyres and general servicing.
I've always made sure that I live somewhere with a good public transport system - right now I can get either a bus or train every 30 minutes to anywhere I need to go - and when I need a car once a fortnight to get the groceries home, I pay for a $5.00 - $6.00 cab fare.
OK, so I'm paying a little more for fares these days, but not a lot, and food prices have increased some because of oil prices rising, but all in all, I'm still saving thousands every year by not owning a car.
Personally, I think this oil pricing thing is one huge rort/ a con job of gigantic proportions... and the revenue man is gleefully rubbing his hands because his share goes up with every fuel increase. So think about it... what is our/your government doing to help ease the burden on motorist struggling to meet ever increasing costs?
*** Oh, and Zubster, on another note, I'm feeling as gassy as ever!!
***
I've always made sure that I live somewhere with a good public transport system - right now I can get either a bus or train every 30 minutes to anywhere I need to go - and when I need a car once a fortnight to get the groceries home, I pay for a $5.00 - $6.00 cab fare.
OK, so I'm paying a little more for fares these days, but not a lot, and food prices have increased some because of oil prices rising, but all in all, I'm still saving thousands every year by not owning a car.
Personally, I think this oil pricing thing is one huge rort/ a con job of gigantic proportions... and the revenue man is gleefully rubbing his hands because his share goes up with every fuel increase. So think about it... what is our/your government doing to help ease the burden on motorist struggling to meet ever increasing costs?
*** Oh, and Zubster, on another note, I'm feeling as gassy as ever!!
***
SirSmiley
Reply #24 Monday, May 5, 2008 11:15 PM
That's why I wanted to be sure and post down wind of you
Reply #24 Monday, May 5, 2008 11:15 PM
*** Oh, and Zubster, on another note, I'm feeling as gassy as ever!!
That's why I wanted to be sure and post down wind of you
Bichur
Reply #25 Monday, May 5, 2008 11:48 PM
haven't made it in time to see the roses sinces 1984 - mom's side is from Longview
an it's about 40 miles to work
Reply #25 Monday, May 5, 2008 11:48 PM
Rose Capitol (That's Tyler to non-Texans)
haven't made it in time to see the roses sinces 1984 - mom's side is from Longview
(it's a pickup, I live in Texas; everyone drives a pickup in Texas)
an it's about 40 miles to work
starkers
Reply #26 Monday, May 5, 2008 11:55 PM
There is NO downwind.... curried cabbage gas is like radioactive fallout... it can travel upwind, downwind and 'crosswind, not to mention through thin walls and doors.
Reply #26 Monday, May 5, 2008 11:55 PM
That's why I wanted to be sure and post down wind of you
There is NO downwind.... curried cabbage gas is like radioactive fallout... it can travel upwind, downwind and 'crosswind, not to mention through thin walls and doors.
zakai1369
Reply #27 Tuesday, May 6, 2008 12:26 AM
Hell even last year I used to spend that much a week in my pickup. And that was when gas prices were about $1/gallon cheaper then they are now. About $4/gallon here in upstate NY now. It would almost make me glad that I won't be able to get my license back for another year, if it weren't for the fact that 99% of the time I was putting my fuel on a work card
Reply #27 Tuesday, May 6, 2008 12:26 AM
the fuel bill on my personal vehicle (it's a pickup, I live in Texas; everyone drives a pickup in Texas) is close to $100 a month
Hell even last year I used to spend that much a week in my pickup. And that was when gas prices were about $1/gallon cheaper then they are now. About $4/gallon here in upstate NY now. It would almost make me glad that I won't be able to get my license back for another year, if it weren't for the fact that 99% of the time I was putting my fuel on a work card
Nimbin
Reply #28 Tuesday, May 6, 2008 1:27 AM
Reply #28 Tuesday, May 6, 2008 1:27 AM
Our car runs on LPG so we are paying 68 cents a litre. Unleaded petrol hit $1.60L here in bendigo today.
makes me happy that we outlaid the $1500 for LPG conversion.
makes me happy that we outlaid the $1500 for LPG conversion.
Chasbo
Reply #30 Tuesday, May 6, 2008 2:16 AM
Reply #30 Tuesday, May 6, 2008 2:16 AM
Being in NW Indiana we are too close to Chicago to get cheaper gas. I'm using the Geo Metro. I can still fill it up for 20 bucks. Doesn't get much better than that. I don't go much over 50 miles an hour on RT. 30. When I go to the McDonalds or Burger king I park the car and go inside. I don't burn up gas while waiting for the food. If I have to wait for a train I turn the car off. I combine trips to the store. Etc Etc What else can you do? 
angus1949
Reply #31 Tuesday, May 6, 2008 1:49 PM
VStyler, I'm THE FATHER that pays for my daughters vacations. It's why I'm stuck here in the summer.
Reply #31 Tuesday, May 6, 2008 1:49 PM
...and your Dad is paying for the entire week
VStyler, I'm THE FATHER that pays for my daughters vacations. It's why I'm stuck here in the summer.
angus1949
Reply #32 Tuesday, May 6, 2008 1:51 PM
FrogBoy, Perhaps a direct human interface with an LP vehicle would work then.
Reply #32 Tuesday, May 6, 2008 1:51 PM
I'm always gassy. So says my wife.
FrogBoy, Perhaps a direct human interface with an LP vehicle would work then.
starkers
Reply #33 Tuesday, May 6, 2008 11:17 PM
I got one of those... a missus who complains about too many curried cabbage induced Sou'-Westerlies, hehe.
Shouldn't it be: "He/she who is without sin (gas) cast the first stone!!" ??
Reply #33 Tuesday, May 6, 2008 11:17 PM
I'm always gassy. So says my wife.
I got one of those... a missus who complains about too many curried cabbage induced Sou'-Westerlies, hehe.
Shouldn't it be: "He/she who is without sin (gas) cast the first stone!!" ??
Bebi Bulma
Reply #34 Wednesday, May 7, 2008 12:57 AM
Reply #34 Wednesday, May 7, 2008 12:57 AM
I'm in California (southern) where the whole state has the highest gas prices. 
Jafo
Reply #35 Wednesday, May 7, 2008 2:25 AM
Reply #35 Wednesday, May 7, 2008 2:25 AM
I'm in California (southern) where the whole state has the highest gas prices.
Well....THAT's relative.....
When you take a wee trip to Oz...and discover we have real distances to travel to get just about anywhere...and look at that $1.50+ per Litre ....
You know....there was [maybe still is] a traffic light in Oz.....that's 700km away from the nearest next one...
And to top it off, it's cheaper to fly from the East coast to New Zealand than it is to the West coast of our own country....
SKoriginals
Reply #36 Wednesday, May 7, 2008 2:31 AM
Reply #36 Wednesday, May 7, 2008 2:31 AM
its over $4 a gal here now 
I'm in NorCal and the county next to ours on that map is 'High Red', it should be updated cause we're in that top mark now too
I'm in NorCal and the county next to ours on that map is 'High Red', it should be updated cause we're in that top mark now too
starkers
Reply #37 Wednesday, May 7, 2008 1:04 PM
...and with a bit of shopping around, you can fly to England/Europe cheaper than taking the train to Perth from anywhere on the East coast... so with high petrol prices at present, a trip on the space shuttle would be cheaper than driving it.
Reply #37 Wednesday, May 7, 2008 1:04 PM
And to top it off, it's cheaper to fly from the East coast to New Zealand than it is to the West coast of our own country...
...and with a bit of shopping around, you can fly to England/Europe cheaper than taking the train to Perth from anywhere on the East coast... so with high petrol prices at present, a trip on the space shuttle would be cheaper than driving it.
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Reply #21 Monday, May 5, 2008 10:39 PM
And still you clicked.
Sick. Sick, sick SICK!