No more gas
Sunday, August 17, 2003 by Dreamdesign3d | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
Well the NE US may have lost power but for the last week Arizona has been with out gas. They’re saying another week or so maybe more before it returns. As for now there are lines for any gas station that has gas up to 2 miles long. And the ones that do have gas are raising their prices fast. Today one went from $1.62 to $2.09 in 18 minuets.
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WOM
Reply #3 Sunday, August 17, 2003 6:00 PM
Reply #3 Sunday, August 17, 2003 6:00 PM
Should have looked, knew it was one of those 2 word states. 
I'll bet you noticed a big difference in the weather!
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I'll bet you noticed a big difference in the weather!
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WOM
Reply #5 Sunday, August 17, 2003 6:02 PM
Reply #5 Sunday, August 17, 2003 6:02 PM
Same way a Country runs out. They quit shipping so the price will go up.
yrag2
Reply #6 Sunday, August 17, 2003 6:03 PM
Reply #6 Sunday, August 17, 2003 6:03 PM
They don't need to stop shipping for the price to go up.
Dreamdesign3d
Reply #7 Sunday, August 17, 2003 6:12 PM
Reply #7 Sunday, August 17, 2003 6:12 PM
Well the main broke.
Oh and as far as the weather I have lived here before, hmm dont think there is a state I have not lived in. I do think that it is getting hotter out here as poeple move here.
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Oh and as far as the weather I have lived here before, hmm dont think there is a state I have not lived in. I do think that it is getting hotter out here as poeple move here.
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EventHorizon
Reply #8 Sunday, August 17, 2003 6:47 PM
Reply #8 Sunday, August 17, 2003 6:47 PM
Out here, $2.09 wouldnt be too bad... (Everythings so d*mn expensive in Hawaii) 
I.R. Brainiac
Reply #9 Sunday, August 17, 2003 7:18 PM
Reply #9 Sunday, August 17, 2003 7:18 PM
Yeh not too many tanker trucks or pipelines going to Hawaii. 
Lady_Akasha
Reply #10 Sunday, August 17, 2003 9:00 PM
Reply #10 Sunday, August 17, 2003 9:00 PM
Well, I just recently got home from waiting FOREVER to get gasoline! >
I'm hot...tired..cranky and ripped off! It cost me 19.00 to fill HALF a tank of gasoline. I was in line for hours, in my car, in 106 degrees on the corner of 35th & Peoria (nearly the only gas station that I found that still had gas)!It normally costs my new Maxima about 22.00 to completely fill up, in Phoenix's already high gasoline prices, but today $ 19- to top my tank, which was maybe half a tank. This is ridiculous. I've wanted out of this horrid state for a while, this only feeds that even more.
Lady_Akasha in her ever so dramatic way leaves mumbling and grunting about how she loathes Arizona.
I'm hot...tired..cranky and ripped off! It cost me 19.00 to fill HALF a tank of gasoline. I was in line for hours, in my car, in 106 degrees on the corner of 35th & Peoria (nearly the only gas station that I found that still had gas)!It normally costs my new Maxima about 22.00 to completely fill up, in Phoenix's already high gasoline prices, but today $ 19- to top my tank, which was maybe half a tank. This is ridiculous. I've wanted out of this horrid state for a while, this only feeds that even more. Lady_Akasha in her ever so dramatic way leaves mumbling and grunting about how she loathes Arizona.
Lady_Akasha
Reply #11 Sunday, August 17, 2003 9:02 PM oh yeah...where on earth in Phoenix do you find gasoline for 1.62?
Reply #11 Sunday, August 17, 2003 9:02 PM
oh yeah...where on earth in Phoenix do you find gasoline for 1.62?
Dreamdesign3d
Reply #13 Sunday, August 17, 2003 9:27 PM
Reply #13 Sunday, August 17, 2003 9:27 PM
Lady Akasha I go to 3 places frys I'm a VIP member, Luke Air Force base, or to Sams Club.
Dreamdesign3d
Reply #15 Sunday, August 17, 2003 9:56 PM
Reply #15 Sunday, August 17, 2003 9:56 PM
Fry’s is a grocery store but also has its little gas station. Fry’s is just Kroger under a different name.
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BoXXi
Reply #16 Monday, August 18, 2003 5:42 AM
Reply #16 Monday, August 18, 2003 5:42 AM
Heh! Gas prices in England would scare you guys to death! I think it's around £5 per gallon at the moment, that would be $7.95 in USD. 
BoXXi
Reply #17 Monday, August 18, 2003 5:46 AM
Reply #17 Monday, August 18, 2003 5:46 AM
Lady Akasha: It costs me around £55 to fill my Ford Explorer, That's about $87. I bet you don't feel so bad now.
KarmaGirl
Reply #18 Monday, August 18, 2003 5:58 AM
Reply #18 Monday, August 18, 2003 5:58 AM
BoXXi, I think you should trade in your explorer on a Jetta TDI or something I hope you don't drive much. I'd have to move if gas costs that much here. I drive 55 miles each way to work. I commute with my hubby if at all possible, but even with that it costs over $250 a month for gas to get back and forth to work. If it was $7.95/gallon I would go broke just driving!
I hope you don't drive much. I'd have to move if gas costs that much here. I drive 55 miles each way to work. I commute with my hubby if at all possible, but even with that it costs over $250 a month for gas to get back and forth to work. If it was $7.95/gallon I would go broke just driving!
XX
Reply #19 Monday, August 18, 2003 6:28 AM
Reply #19 Monday, August 18, 2003 6:28 AM
Hm I always wondered. Why does other counties (Non-USA) get those sky-high prices??
Is it lack of competation? Insanely high taxes? Too high price per barrel?
Is it lack of competation? Insanely high taxes? Too high price per barrel?
BoXXi
Reply #20 Monday, August 18, 2003 10:49 AM
Reply #20 Monday, August 18, 2003 10:49 AM
XX: The high prices here in England are all TAX. For every £10 of gas I put in my car, something like £9:30 goes to the government!! Same with cigarettes, a pack of Marlboro Lights is around £5 here, (well over $7) and the majority of that is tax also. Then we get V.A.T. on most things too, at 17.5%, kind of like your state tax. It stands for Value Added Tax, though there is little value in it to us! Our government has lots of other "stealth" taxes that they get us with too >
Angie: I drive 3 miles to work, and I spend as much as you do on gas per month.
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Reply #1 Sunday, August 17, 2003 5:54 PM