Fuel Prices

[Beaverslayer]

I have a 1990 Jeep Cherokee that I picked up at the auction for $270.00, that was a theft recovery. Had to put a new steering column in it that cost another $45.00, so about 4 1/2 tanks of gas altogether. Only down side is that the gas milage sucks with the 4 litre inline six engine. But she runs great.

One of my "to Do" things, is to recover the steering wheel I took from the old steering column and re-cover it with a carved and laced one...someday

Ken

[TwinOaks]

I'm in a similar situation, Ken. There's a Chevron refinery less than 50 miles from here, and prices are up.

Interestingly enough, the demographic of the fuel station really plays a large role in the fuel price. In some of the rural parts of Ms, the fuel prices are consitantly 15-20 cents cheaper than in the urban centers. True in Al, too. So it's not how much it cost to import, refine, and ship.....it's how much you're willing to pay for it.

And, I'd be willing to bet good nickels that it a truly viable alternative energy popped up- say tomorrow I found a compound to replace traditional solar cells and could mass produce it for pennies - oil would drop like a rock, BEFORE I could get the product to market.

But hey, what are we worried about? Oil prices won't matter once the giganto asteroid smashes the moon and peppers the planet with debris, before impacting the earth.

Edited April 12, 2008 by TwinOaks

[TwinOaks]

Hmmmm....I seem to be in a mood today.....time to go beat a dead cow.

[Ian]

I'm in a similar situation, Ken. There's a Chevron refinery less than 50 miles from here, and prices are up.

I just heard a story - gasoline in Venezuala costs 17 cents a gallon, but across the border in Columbia it's close to 4 bucks. There are guys who just drive back and forth all day, filling their tanks and driving back to Columbia to sell it - are making a fortune. But then, those Columbian dudes always were good at making a fortune taking things across the border hidden in gas tanks.

Speaking of which, as one of the last smokers left in the world, we just had a dollar a pack increase. Their rational is it is needed to cover the cost of health related issues, which is what they say each time they increase the tax. Every dollar increase generates around 250 million a year. I'll be joining the hoardes driving to tax free New Hampshire, and I might even fill my tank in Connecticut to avoid giving this socialist state the gas tax.

[tonyc1]

I just heard a story - gasoline in Venezuala costs 17 cents a gallon, but across the border in Columbia it's close to 4 bucks. There are guys who just drive back and forth all day, filling their tanks and driving back to Columbia to sell it - are making a fortune. But then, those Columbian dudes always were good at making a fortune taking things across the border hidden in gas tanks.

Speaking of which, as one of the last smokers left in the world, we just had a dollar a pack increase. Their rational is it is needed to cover the cost of health related issues, which is what they say each time they increase the tax. Every dollar increase generates around 250 million a year. I'll be joining the hoardes driving to tax free New Hampshire, and I might even fill my tank in Connecticut to avoid giving this socialist state the gas tax.

I'm a smoker also, so what do they cost in your neck of the woods?

Tony.

[Beaverslayer]

Here in my neck of the woods, smokes cost $12.50 for a 25 pack.

Ken

[Luke Hatley]

what kind of Blunts you smoking............ lol....

carotn price here is 32.00

Edited April 13, 2008 by Luke Hatley

[TwinOaks]

Here in my neck of the woods, smokes cost $12.50 for a 25 pack.

Ken

In that case, Ken, I'd like to order two leather wrapped cartons, please. Tooling optional.

Oh, wait...you said for a 25 pack. Nevermind....I'll keep bootlegging them from Mississippi.

Edited April 13, 2008 by TwinOaks

[Beaverslayer]

Luke, if only you could send me 100 cartons and I didn't have to pay all the taxes when they come across the border. When I was in prison we did not have to pay the taxes on smokes, there a 25 pack only cost $4.10, and there was no need for gas...LOL kinda makes ya wonder about retiring to a nice "Club Fed"...LOL

Up here we don't have the same as you in the IRS, we have a government that taxes EVERYTHING else. that way they don't have to chase so many people at the end of the year.

Hell we even got taxes to use the campgrounds to camp in. Here in Alberta alone, our great government has been "saving" some of the tax dollars for a few years now "for a rainy day" called the Heritage Savings Trust Fund, the thing has over 18 BILLION in it right now, and they just put a new "Royalty" on oil and gas exploration and production, to add to the "Rainy Day" fund.

Ken

[Jordan]

I had to explain why I had 2 cartons of cigareetes when I drove a tractor trailer into Calgary to deliver avacados from mexico in the dead of winter. Guess the border officers thought I was a real desparado and going to supply the the whole country, they tried to confiscate them but let it slide when I told them I was going to the west coast for my second drop and I smoked alot. That was almost 15 years ago, Hwy 1 was quite a drive biggest mountains I ever saw.