- #7728 of 8805
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Re: Upstate NY [jac0bsdad]
by steve_ HOST
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May 28, 2008 (8:04 pm)
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Replying to: jac0bsdad (May 28, 2008 6:23 pm)
Hixson would be like what Brooklyn is to NYC..
Hey now, I bought a couple of canoe in Hixson at the old Canoeist Headquarters before those Rock Creek yuppies bought them out.
oops, playing old home week again - 
Here's one way to avoid the high cost of filling up:
"Police suspect the thief parked the vehicle over storage tanks, opened a trap door veiled by rubber flaps that hang to the ground and began sucking out the fuel with a make-shift tank hidden in the trailer. The vacuum was powered by the truck's engine, which masked the sound of the operation"
Tricked-out rig allows diesel thief to pump his ride
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- #7729 of 8805
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Today's prices...
by jae5
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May 29, 2008 (4:06 am)
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on my work route range from:
87 octane: $4.069 to $4.159
89 octane: $4.199 to $4.259
92 octane: $4.289 to $4.499
E85: $3.699 (Gas City)
Diesel: $4.999 (Gas City)
The city is much higher, especially down-town Chi. Glad I'm not in Detroit area where people are puncturing gas tanks to steal fuel. This is getting ridiculous!!
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- #7730 of 8805
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Re: Upstate NY [steve_]
by gagrice
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May 29, 2008 (5:36 am)
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Replying to: steve_ (May 28, 2008 8:04 pm)
If the guy were to fill the 5000 gallon tank that trailer would be close to 40,000 lbs. I wonder if he ever broke any axles or popped a tire. I doubt that trailer is rated for more than 20,000 lbs. That was a fad a few years ago when gas was high priced. I remember a VW microbus set up like that with a trap door.
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- #7731 of 8805
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Chaatanooga, TN Gas Price - Update
by jac0bsdad
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May 29, 2008 (4:58 pm)
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RUG has gone up overnight by 8 cents at the BP and Mobil/Exxon on Hixson Pike in Hixson, TN..
RUG for those 2 outlets: $3.82/GAL
Conoco, Citgo: $3.76/GAL
I have a BP card that gives me 5% back on my gas purchases, so I am paying $3.82/GAL... I do anticipate the other stations to follow suit and go to $3.82... I will let you guys know... I did hear on the news that the national average for RUG is now $3.95/GAL...
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- #7732 of 8805
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Re: Chaatanooga, TN Gas Price - Update [jac0bsdad]
by imidazol97
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May 29, 2008 (5:08 pm)
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Replying to: jac0bsdad (May 29, 2008 4:58 pm)
Oil prices have dropped from the high of $136 to $126. That means tomorrow morning should have a 40 cent drop in price if it matches the way the gas companies raised their prices here when it went up several dollars.
The local Marathon affiliates raised their prices from $3.85 roughly to $3.99 again just to celebrate Thursday paychecks and Friday paychecks and gas purchases. Oil prices went down yeseterday but Marathon/SPeedway raised their prices today. Grin.
Other stations have stayed at $3.85 with some lower.
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- #7733 of 8805
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Re: Chattanooga, TN Gas Price - Update [imidazol97]
by jac0bsdad
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May 29, 2008 (5:39 pm)
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Replying to: imidazol97 (May 29, 2008 5:08 pm)
Ha-ha... I like you man, your alright... what you said about the price dropping at the pump in the corresponding manner in which it has risen was the same thing a colleague of mine from work said today at lunch while we were eating at Sticky Fingers in downtown Chattanooga... we both saw the report about the $3.95 national average and we were like, crap! Anyway, she said the same thing about lowering, in the same manner that I read your post... We all know they won't do that.. 
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- #7734 of 8805
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Re: Chattanooga, TN Gas Price - Update [jac0bsdad]
by imidazol97
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May 29, 2008 (5:47 pm)
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Replying to: jac0bsdad (May 29, 2008 5:39 pm)
We get much more violent jumps than you do in TN. The graph is smoothed out because it's an average of hundreds of stations around the area. There are regions where the price drops because of competition? and then it jumps 30-40 cents to catch up with the rest of the area which experiences a 15-20 cent jump. Have friends who live near Nashville (Smyrna) and their prices go up or down 1-2 cents when we are there! We're used to 15 cent jumps every Thursday afternoon to catch the paycheck-to-paycheck people who have to fill their cars on Thurs/Fri/Sat
full size
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- #7735 of 8805
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Re: Chattanooga, TN Gas Price - Update [imidazol97]
by jac0bsdad
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May 29, 2008 (5:59 pm)
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Replying to: imidazol97 (May 29, 2008 5:47 pm)
Are you in the Midwest part of the USA? The city on the graph that indicated Knoxville, is that Tenn or Iowa? I have a frat brother in Nashville and he is in the commercial construction business, but I don't get too much of a chance to talk with him since we are both so busy with jobs, kids, etc.. Overall, Nashville is a lot more expensive to live in than Chattanooga... I think that is a travesty about raising your fuel costs on Thurs afternoons!! That seems criminal to me.. A friend of mine at work went to Cades Cove last week with her husband and she told me gas was going for $3.90/Gal in Gatlinburg, TN.. That is the highest I know of in TN..
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- #7736 of 8805
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Re: Chattanooga, TN Gas Price - Update [imidazol97]
by gagrice
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May 29, 2008 (8:01 pm)
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Replying to: imidazol97 (May 29, 2008 5:47 pm)
Does that mean the people in TN are more stable than the folks in Ohio? 
Our Costco jumped 15 cents since last Friday. We are now over $4 everywhere. Costco today $4.03.
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- #7737 of 8805
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Re: Chattanooga, TN Gas Price - Update [gagrice]
by jac0bsdad
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May 30, 2008 (2:53 am)
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Replying to: gagrice (May 29, 2008 8:01 pm)
Ha-ha.. No, we can be as unstable as anyone here in TN my friend... I am hoping our RUG is not up another 8 cents like it was yesterday morning at my local BP in Hixson, TN...
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