FILL UP TODAY:

[luke m.]

It causes inflation and affects the elderly on fixed incomes the most!

[teazeman]

bump for another jump.....look for a fairly sizeable jump in the next 24-48 hrs.

[StarnetGypsy]

Originally Posted by teazeman

just to add to the thoughts as i've got a few minutes, most of the states including north carolina designate the road tax for a fund and then go about "borrowing" from it to add to the general state fund. our road taxes are not set aside for the sole purpose of maintaining and repairing the highways within our state, i'd bet the same is true no matter where you live. it's a damn shame with the amount of revenue generated by this tax that any state would be without the resources to maintain it's highways. here in north carolina every load of gas that travels to a station generates close to 2000.00 in tax dollars.

very true Teaze. when i went on my roadtrip last October, i was on the fone with Minnow bitchin about how poorly the highways were. only state i drove through that had decent hiways was Oregon, like glass.

the rest are robbin Peter to pay Paul.

[(sportman)]

I travel nowhere and its now killing me.

[nino brown]

the fleecing continues. would oil companies such as exxon be active on the futures markets to drive up prices? they certainly have the bankroll.

[teazeman]

Originally Posted by nino brown

the fleecing continues. would oil companies such as exxon be active on the futures markets to drive up prices? they certainly have the bankroll.

funny you mention that as i was in a conversation with someone who stated most of the speculative money was coming from two sources......big oil and the middle east, odd that higher prices benefit these two intrest the most but nothing being said of the market manipulation that's obviously occuring.

[Total Square]

Originally Posted by (sportman)

I travel nowhere and its now killing me.

i guess theo is hitting the road

with that being said, i really now have to think twice about going anywhere, and if im having those thoughts, im sure i am not alone

[Uncle B]

Originally Posted by (sportman)

I travel nowhere and its now killing me.

[Minnow]

Doesn't seem too long ago when stopping for gas at a convenience store and only having a 50 dollar bill was a problem.

[Uncle B]

Originally Posted by Minnow

Doesn't seem too long ago when stopping for gas at a convenience store and only having a 50 dollar bill was a problem.

lol


thats a good point... used to see those "we can not accept any bills larger than $20" at pretty much ever gas station.

nowadays, $20.00 will barely get you to the next gas station.

[teazeman]

up up and away, crude almost 110.00 per barrell today. look for a fairly sizeable increase in pump prices in the next 24-72 hrs...........fcuking about to kill this economy that's in a slowdown on it's own.

[stevo]

So much for that dime off a gallon i get from safeway. I shop everyday and had a ton of reciepts.

So back to what I was payng in first place.......LOL

[(sportman)]

stevo: get my PM?

[stevo]

Answering now Sporty

[Uncle B]

Originally Posted by teazeman

up up and away, crude almost 110.00 per barrell today. look for a fairly sizeable increase in pump prices in the next 24-72 hrs...........fcuking about to kill this economy that's in a slowdown on it's own.

haven't heard anything about any noticeable bump in price here yet.....but, i haven't left the house since Sunday either, so, i may just be missing it...


i did notice my ticket to Maine was $37 more this time than the last 2 trips though.

[teazeman]

inventory for locations takes about 3-5 days to rotate unless it's a higher volume location...you'll see it middle to late week. if any of you operate diesel vehicles you'll see a larger increase..............you may want to look into "home" brewing of bio-diesel to cut your expenses.

[buffbetonsports]

Reg $3.51

yikes

my car takes prem.

[Superfly]

Cost me $52 to fill up this morning. Couldn't wait any longer. The damn car was flashing a Will Robinson "Danger" sign at me and told me I only had 11 miles to go before I ran out of gas. I've always wanted to test that and see what happens when you get to zero. What's the worst that can happen? They send the roadside assistance guy. But I probably lose two hours of my life I'll never get back.

[cubie]

i work for fedex ground as an independent contractor and it cost me 220.00 to fill up my truck today and the guy told me it was gonna go up 15 cents a gallon tomm. and i was paying 404 a gallon