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for $4.139 on my way back from an outing. The stations by home were actually higher by about 5 ~ 10 cents. I don't know about the rest of you guys / gals where you live but here people are driving like $4 is nothing. Meaning, people are burning rubber at every stoplight, pedal to the metal, every chance they get, racing to the next red light or traffic jam! I was on the I-88 toll yesterday and, even in the construction zone, people were hauling arse, shooting past me & a couple others like we were going backwards. I was doing 5-over (trying to avoid a $375 speeding fine but not backing up traffic) and I was getting blown by like nothing. Yeesh!! Guess I'm the only one effected by the fuel prices.  Luckily today it was more subdued on the work route (thinking it was due to too many celebrating yesterday's sweep in the Cross-Town Classic & didn't make it into work today.)
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Replying to: jae5 (Jun 23, 2008 9:53 am) |
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Replying to: jae5 (Jun 23, 2008 9:53 am) over the weekend, i took the explorer in for it's bi-annual emissions test. i had to dip into the throttle a few times to get some heat into the engine, before the test. 
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L.A. seeing more people living out of their cars Knoll said she can barely afford to drive around with the rising price of gasoline eating away at the $950 monthly disability check she receives because of mental illness. Having lost her job and her three-bedroom house, Darlene Knoll has joined the legions of downwardly mobile who are four wheels away from homelessness. She is living out of her shabby 1978 RV, and every night she has to look for a place to park where she won't get hassled by the cops or insulted by residents. "I'm not a piece of trash," the former home health-care aide said as she stroked one of five dogs in her cramped quarters parked in the waterfront community of Marina del Rey. Darlene Knoll, 53, takes a moment to herself, Wednesday, June 4, 2008, in the Los Angeles neighborhood where she resides with five dogs in her battered 1978 motor home after losing her job and home five years ago. As the economic slump forces more people onto the street, residents are increasingly complaining about the tide of homeless turning their RVs, vans, campers and cars into curbside housing. In Los Angeles, as in many other cities, it is illegal to live in vehicles on public streets. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D91FV1E80&show_article=1
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Replying to: explorerx4 (Jun 23, 2008 2:35 pm) A lot of people I used to work with had that mentality and some got burned badly when the good times stopped rolling. Oh well, enough with the gripes, back on topic. i had to dip into the throttle a few times to get some heat into the engine, before the test. I've done that myself, especially on the old Merc and Nissan Turbo-turd I had years back. Got to take 'em out on the x-pressway and blow 'em out a little, as pops would say. Gas prices by work dropped somewhat. After the initial 12 rise last Friday the prices have dropped back down about a dime at most places. The Citgo, Jewel and a Shell dropped to $4.099, but the Shell & BP right across from work are still at $4.199. Hopefully the $4.10 price will hold until next Monday ~ Tuesday and I can get a "cheap" fill-up (fingers crossed). |
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Replying to: gagrice (Jun 23, 2008 4:25 pm) I read a similar article a couple months ago about homeless women that stay in parking lots in different cities. Though the article concentrated on CA (can't remember the exact city), there were also areas in Seattle, Georgia and other states where there are specific parking lots set up just for women, and men, to spend the night in their cars. None of the lots were for men and women, for safety reasons, and each were guarded during the night by either city patrols or security guards. This particular lot was for women and they would pull their cars / SUVs in between 6 and 9pm and would stay there until 7am I believe. Some worked, some not, some pulled in SSI or other type of benefit but none could afford a house or apartment. They made their own community basically. And these are the things you don't here about. Very humbling and makes you really be grateful that you have a job and a house / apartment to go to every night. |
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The Sinclair down the street here in Boise is showing: $4.15 regular $4.27 mid-grade $4.39 premium $4.85 diesel
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here in humble little 'ole Willcox, AZ, is Mustang selling it for $3.76 and Doc's matching that price. Doc's used to be a Standard Chevron and his price was about 8-10 cents a gallon higher than Mustang was. But once he broke free from the big 'ole monster he's free to lower his price somewhat. And you get a $.03 discount per gallon if you pay your bill in cash, too. I know, sounds dopey but you'd be surprised how people's eyes light up when they tell you about that 3 cent savings per gallon! Talk about being happy to give you their 3 cents worth! 
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Replying to: iluvmysephia1 (Jun 29, 2008 2:55 pm)  ).
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hee-hee, while the wife and son are gone to Chi-town on vacation it's just me and the 5 pets. I'm not turning the A/C on, just using fans. Yeah...workin' great, man. I think I've sweat away about 35 gallons of sweat since she left.  90 degrees and warm today here....but it's a dry heat! RUG still $3.76 at Mustang and Doc's, but I'll check it again when I cruise home on my 1/4 mile commute.
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