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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Shakey (the Original)
Reply #22 Monday, August 18, 2003 9:35 PM
Reply #22 Monday, August 18, 2003 9:35 PM
I see that there are a few other desert dwellers experiencing the Phoenix gas crunch. I just finished sitting in line for one hour and forty-five minutes to fill up. They're saying that within two weeks the main will be fixed and things will return to normal. I hope that they are right.
DavidK
Reply #23 Monday, August 18, 2003 9:53 PM
Reply #23 Monday, August 18, 2003 9:53 PM
Wow that's a drag. My brother lives in Phoenix, I didn't realize it was that bad... I guess he can't get enough gas to drive to a phone 
Funny but we just had the same excuse for a price jump here in Oregon (Portland at least). Our price went up 17 cents today because a pipeline failed in Anacordis WA. The local supermarket gas deal here is Fred Meyer which was $1.59 for regular and today it was $1.76. The name brand stuff is about $1.90 for regular.
DavidK
Reply #24 Monday, August 18, 2003 10:00 PM
Reply #24 Monday, August 18, 2003 10:00 PM
A few years ago a freind of mine who worked for a gas wholesaler told me to fill up all my cars cause prices were gonna go up in about a week. He said they were warned that there would be a huge price jump but don't tell anyone...
A week later prices jumped about 20 cents a gallon right after an "accident" caused a gas refinery in Los Angeles to blow up. He said yep, that was it, and that plant wasn't even part of the supply chain, it was old and they needed to replace it.
kona0197
Reply #25 Monday, August 18, 2003 10:06 PM
I noticed prices in Albany, Oregon went up to.
Reply #25 Monday, August 18, 2003 10:06 PM
| Funny but we just had the same excuse for a price jump here in Oregon (Portland at least). Our price went up 17 cents today because a pipeline failed in Anacordis WA. The local supermarket gas deal here is Fred Meyer which was $1.59 for regular and today it was $1.76. The name brand stuff is about $1.90 for regular. |
I noticed prices in Albany, Oregon went up to.
DavidK
Reply #26 Monday, August 18, 2003 10:08 PM
Reply #26 Monday, August 18, 2003 10:08 PM
ahh... there goes my plan to drive down to Albany to get cheap gas... nuts 
kona0197
Reply #27 Monday, August 18, 2003 10:12 PM
Reply #27 Monday, August 18, 2003 10:12 PM
Sorry to dissapoinbt ya. I work in Corvallis and it is even higer there!
Sugaree
Reply #28 Monday, August 18, 2003 10:34 PM
Reply #28 Monday, August 18, 2003 10:34 PM
My dad buried 50 gal drums of gas in our back yard...during the California gas shortage in the 70's
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Sugaree
Reply #30 Monday, August 18, 2003 10:42 PM No, the first rain popped'em up like corks...must have been 5 of them! No not on a well... geezzzzz I'm not that old David
Reply #30 Monday, August 18, 2003 10:42 PM
No, the first rain popped'em up like corks...must have been 5 of them! No not on a well... geezzzzz I'm not that old David
DavidK
Reply #31 Monday, August 18, 2003 10:48 PM
Reply #31 Monday, August 18, 2003 10:48 PM
old? I'm on a well...
okay... I'm old too... 
that must've been incredible when they popped up in the rain! kind of like the bodies in Poltergeist
UBoB
Reply #32 Tuesday, August 19, 2003 3:48 AM
Reply #32 Tuesday, August 19, 2003 3:48 AM
When I returned to Canada the first thing I did was trade in my Camry for Toyota's hybrid auto the Prius. It claims 52(84) city/45(72) highway/48(77) combined mpg.(kpg.) Approximately 570 miles (917 km.) to a tank of gas. (and it costs me $28 Candian to fill it.)
My wife and I performed a little test just after we got it. We drove to Atlantic City for a weekend excusion. We drove straight through (appx 1000 km from where we live.) Did not have to stop and refil once. Just filled up in AC for the drive back.
There are ways to beat the advancing price of gas. My next step will be to go completely electric.
Oh, and I always have my legs.
My wife and I performed a little test just after we got it. We drove to Atlantic City for a weekend excusion. We drove straight through (appx 1000 km from where we live.) Did not have to stop and refil once. Just filled up in AC for the drive back.
There are ways to beat the advancing price of gas. My next step will be to go completely electric.
Oh, and I always have my legs.
Michael Ficarra
Reply #33 Tuesday, August 19, 2003 4:54 AM
Reply #33 Tuesday, August 19, 2003 4:54 AM
Lady Akasha, you don't like Arizona?! I'll trade you. Try living in New Jersey in August for 1 week. You'd die with all the humidity. Here, 85 feels like 110 there. I was there last summer on vacation and it was 113 and it felt like a cool, 75 degree day because there's no humidity. Sure, the sun feels strong on the back of your neck, but it's not hot at all.I'd much rather live out there. I miss the West 
IPlural
Reply #34 Tuesday, August 19, 2003 6:11 AM
Reply #34 Tuesday, August 19, 2003 6:11 AM
Lets just hope no one is ignorant enough to claim it is John M's fault >
He's a good un...
He's a good un...
Lady_Akasha
Reply #35 Wednesday, August 27, 2003 12:54 PM
Reply #35 Wednesday, August 27, 2003 12:54 PM
This gas thing is getting old already! >
All we have is 87 grade anywhere I go...when are these pumps going to be in order?
arraci.... I'm originally from NYC-- I'd rather have that I think...
All we have is 87 grade anywhere I go...when are these pumps going to be in order?
| #33 by arraciFleahciM - 8/19/2003 4:54:17 AM Lady Akasha, you don't like Arizona?! I'll trade you. Try living in New Jersey in August for 1 week. |
arraci.... I'm originally from NYC-- I'd rather have that I think...
Dreamdesign3d
Reply #36 Wednesday, August 27, 2003 2:11 PM
Reply #36 Wednesday, August 27, 2003 2:11 PM
Lady Akasha I'm going up to Luke Air Force base on the 1st or 2nd if you want to meet up there, and I'll take your car in and fill it up, or my wife can if its an automatic, she can’t drive a stick she lost her leg in the Army.
kona0197
Reply #37 Wednesday, August 27, 2003 2:21 PM
one word: Bicycle
Reply #37 Wednesday, August 27, 2003 2:21 PM
| There are ways to beat the advancing price of gas. My next step will be to go completely electric. |
one word: Bicycle
Lady_Akasha
Reply #38 Wednesday, August 27, 2003 3:15 PM
Reply #38 Wednesday, August 27, 2003 3:15 PM
awwww dreamdesign...you are too too sweet, thank you. It is an automatic-and so sweet that your wife would. S'nice to see such kind folks still around 
Thank you, that made my day.
That is a very kind gesture, and I would take you up on it, but I'm flying out to Oklahoma
to meet my hubby, he's out there right now--goin' stir crazy without him 
, need a lil visit, and since I just got laid off (that's why I'm playing here mid day ) I figured might as well now before I get a new job.
I hope I get a new job...fast.
is it bad for the car to put 87 grade in a car that should have higher?
Hubby would say 'yes' but this car is his baby, so not asking him,...not sure which baby ranks higher me or the car.
This is all very true Kona, you're right... but the bicycle part;
some cities that could work, but not in Phoenix. This is one of those states where you really can't get around w/out a car. Let's put it this way; it's not the usual to see people walking around. Unless it's downtown, old town scottsdale, the zoo, something happened- yeah people walk to 'see', and a few other things. And hot as hell.
Thank you, that made my day. That is a very kind gesture, and I would take you up on it, but I'm flying out to Oklahoma
to meet my hubby, he's out there right now--goin' stir crazy without him 
, need a lil visit, and since I just got laid off (that's why I'm playing here mid day ) I figured might as well now before I get a new job. I hope I get a new job...fast.is it bad for the car to put 87 grade in a car that should have higher?
Hubby would say 'yes' but this car is his baby, so not asking him,...not sure which baby ranks higher me or the car.
| #37 by kona0197 - 8/27/2003 2:21:12 PM There are ways to beat the advancing price of gas. My next step will be to go completely electric.one word: Bicycle |
This is all very true Kona, you're right... but the bicycle part;
some cities that could work, but not in Phoenix. This is one of those states where you really can't get around w/out a car. Let's put it this way; it's not the usual to see people walking around.
Unless it's downtown, old town scottsdale, the zoo, something happened- yeah people walk to 'see', and a few other things. And hot as hell.
kona0197
Reply #39 Wednesday, August 27, 2003 4:20 PM
Reply #39 Wednesday, August 27, 2003 4:20 PM
I have been known to ride my bike 25+ miles to work one way. Not a big deal to me. I would rather spend 5000 dollars on a bicycle than get a new car but heh, not everyone is like me.
MrDigital1
Reply #40 Wednesday, August 27, 2003 4:22 PM
Reply #40 Wednesday, August 27, 2003 4:22 PM
I'm in Arizona and my city is not having a gas shortage 
I have friends in the Phoenix area that told me about it, of course it was on the news too.
I have friends in the Phoenix area that told me about it, of course it was on the news too.
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Reply #21 Monday, August 18, 2003 8:06 PM
I've been to the Fry's pumps...not bad prices you're right. Haven't checked out sams club's gas yet. And Luke...well...hehe outta luck there.