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Upset about gas prices??

	2004/05/24, 01:44 PM Well this may make you feel better' How much per gallon? Coca-Cola: $3.10 Coppertone Hydrating Sunblock Oil Free SPF 30: $362.24 Guinness: $14.17 Sue Bee honey: $41.92 Chanel No. 5 perfume: $3,839.25 Kendall-Jackson Estate Series Chardonnay: $85.75 Red Bull Energy Drink: $28.88 Paper Mate Liquid Paper: $182.65 Blood (for refrigeration and testing): $1,156 Botox: $1.36 million OPI nail polish, in the shade of "I'm Not Really a Waitress": $1,766.54 Starbucks latte: $21.76 Heinz ketchup: $9.68 Bausch & Lomb ReNu Multipurpose Solution (for contact lenses): $117.23 Robitussin-DM cough medicine: $111.89 Large chocolate shake from Steak 'n Shake: $13.21 Rogaine: $850.93 Evian: $6.40 Planet Smoothie large smoothie: $17.63 Vigo Imported Extra Virgin Olive Oil: $31.28 So instead of Evain at $6.40 per gallon, just have a nice frosty mug of your favorite gasoline at $2 per gallon!!!! :big_smile::big_smile::big_smile: -------------- Foolish consistancies are the hobgoblins of small minds. Charlie
princesslodgey Posts: 1,748 Joined: 2004/02/21	2004/05/24, 02:12 PM CHARLIE, I am so annoyed with you! I just filled up with OPI nail polish in the shade of "I'm not really a waitress" and now my car won't start!
	2004/05/24, 02:24 PM Hihgness, for your car, you must cut it with 1 gallon of Guinness Stout and a quart of Rogaine. Careful though, your door handles will grow hair. -------------- Foolish consistancies are the hobgoblins of small minds. Charlie
CristalBelle Posts: 1,389 Joined: 2003/06/27	2004/05/24, 02:59 PM $2 a gallon. I wish I could get gas for $2 a gallon. Right now gas where I live is at $2.49 a gallon. We stopped drinking soda just to save money for gas! It's rediculous!!!
enjcmn Posts: 39 Joined: 2002/05/23	2004/05/24, 03:57 PM I got a kick out of this, good post Charles.
goldengloves Posts: 690 Joined: 2003/09/19	2004/05/24, 04:06 PM Gas you need pop you dont good choice :big_smile: I paid $2.89 for a gallon of unleaded 87 RIPOFF! ============ Quoting from CristalBelle: $2 a gallon. I wish I could get gas for $2 a gallon. Right now gas where I live is at $2.49 a gallon. We stopped drinking soda just to save money for gas! It's rediculous!!! =============
Datdanigirl Posts: 452 Joined: 2004/02/11	2004/05/24, 04:58 PM Driving a suburban from Michigan to Florida the day after tomorrow, and back on Sunday. 2400 miles @ 13 mpg * $2.05.9 = $381 Still cheaper than 4 plane tickets. But definitely not what my original trip budget said back when gas was $1.57... that's an extra $100 bucks. -------------- : ] ~Danielle The deepest rivers flow with the least sound.
Woodie Posts: 148 Joined: 2004/04/28	2004/05/24, 05:07 PM Nice list, but none of those things will get mye to work. -------------- Woodie.
mmaibohm Posts: 1,621 Joined: 2003/09/30	2004/05/24, 07:00 PM great list but it still rotts about the gas prices. I only run 93 octane in the jeep because of performance upgrades. I cant afford to fill it anymore lol -------------- I am that which must be feared, worshipped and adored. The world is mine now and forever.No one holds command over me. No man. No god. I am ANIMAL! and that is enough.
david_s81 Posts: 543 Joined: 2004/04/09	2004/05/24, 07:31 PM The difference between gas prices has hit my wallet with maybe a $5 difference every week. I pay now, about 25 to fill tank, instead of the twenty I usually pay. No biggie. -------------- Spark the fire that will torch the numbness inside. If you look too far ahead, you will lose sight of today - Carpe Diem -
yadmit Posts: 4,670 Joined: 2003/10/05	2004/05/24, 09:27 PM In Canada, we make the crap... in fact, the province I live in has most of it... Alberta... where I pay 88.9 cents per litre... a little research tells me there are about 3.783 litres per US gallon... (if the website I found is correct)... some quick math... here in Alberta... where oil and gas wells are within a stones throw away I am paying about $3.35 per US gallon... of course, that is Canadian... we pay $2.45 per U.S. gallon... which is about on par with what you pay in the States... just doesn't seem right since we make it here... go figure... t -------------- Tim I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies, for the hardest victory is over self. Aristotle GO FLAMES TimDay@freetrainers.com
	2004/05/24, 09:35 PM Tim for what its worth the US may be soon buying its own drugs back from our pucking brothers in Canada. Economics just confuse me. -------------- Foolish consistancies are the hobgoblins of small minds. Charlie
Carivan Posts: 8,542 Joined: 2002/01/20	2004/05/24, 10:34 PM $1.00 cdn per ltr here, and thats for the cheap crap! -------------- "A will finds a way, failure is not an option" Ivan carivan@freetrainers.com Montreal Canada
yadmit Posts: 4,670 Joined: 2003/10/05	2004/05/24, 11:06 PM hahahhaha... me too... go figure.... eh.... haha.. t ============ Quoting from charlie826: Tim for what its worth the US may be soon buying its own drugs back from our pucking brothers in Canada. Economics just confuse me. ============= -------------- Tim I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies, for the hardest victory is over self. Aristotle GO FLAMES TimDay@freetrainers.com
i81b4u81 Posts: 30 Joined: 2003/02/11	2004/05/25, 09:50 AM No matter what ill concieved justification is thrown at us, it's nothing more than brutal greed. My understanding is that it's illegal to monopolize or corner a market but isn't that exactly what's going on with gas, it's not like I can drive down the street to get a better bargain. Both Canada and US can produce their own gas, but I believe they make more exporting it and they import the gas we buy for much cheaper, I could be wrong but I believe that's the current practise. I can remenber complaining about paying 65 cents a litre and that was less than a year ago.
CristalBelle Posts: 1,389 Joined: 2003/06/27	2004/05/25, 03:20 PM It's sad when I think about gas and say I would be happy if it was back down to $2.19 a gallon. :(
	2004/05/25, 03:24 PM Geeze guys, the post was meant to be funny. You are depressing me. :( -------------- Foolish consistancies are the hobgoblins of small minds. Charlie
rpacheco Posts: 3,770 Joined: 2001/12/13	2004/05/25, 03:32 PM I'm gonna buy a horse and buggy... -------------- **_Robert_** Pain is temporary; glory is forever! E-mail: rpacheco@freetrainers.com
CristalBelle Posts: 1,389 Joined: 2003/06/27	2004/05/25, 03:35 PM What they need to do, is make roller skates legal on the highways, then we would save on gas, and we would all be fit and trim!!
david_s81 Posts: 543 Joined: 2004/04/09	2004/05/25, 03:43 PM ha ha...I wouldn't be caught dead rollerskating in public. I'll pay the gas prices. :laugh: -------------- Spark the fire that will torch the numbness inside. If you look too far ahead, you will lose sight of today - Carpe Diem -
asimmer Posts: 8,201 Joined: 2003/01/07	2004/05/25, 03:48 PM What gets me is that the car companies come ut with bigger vehicles every year and every day i see nearly every SUV with just the driver in it. Then some guy on the radio is bitching about sharing the road with bicyclists! Car Pool, people, ride your bike and walk where you can. Gas prices are probably going to be higher soon, and will stay up for quite a while, I am sure. I am going to drink a gallon of Guinness and swagger to work! -------------- If you fall down seven times, get up eight.
Anni313 Posts: 1,790 Joined: 2004/03/04	2004/05/25, 03:48 PM Don't be sad Charlie! Your post made me laugh, and then it made me glad that I don't have to buy a gallon of my nail color, it's one of the most expensive things on the list. I need a sugar daddy, again. :cool: -------------- Anni ******* Hard work must have killed somebody
rpacheco Posts: 3,770 Joined: 2001/12/13	2004/05/25, 03:51 PM ============ Quoting from anni313: Don't be sad Charlie! Your post made me laugh, and then it made me glad that I don't have to buy a gallon of my nail color, it's one of the most expensive things on the list. I need a sugar daddy, again. :cool: ============= Again?? LOL! -------------- **_Robert_** Pain is temporary; glory is forever! E-mail: rpacheco@freetrainers.com
	2004/05/25, 03:51 PM How much is anni per gallon??:big_smile::big_smile: -------------- Foolish consistancies are the hobgoblins of small minds. Charlie
Anni313 Posts: 1,790 Joined: 2004/03/04	2004/05/25, 03:59 PM More than the nail color. lol -------------- Anni ******* Hard work must have killed somebody
	2004/05/25, 04:03 PM Well, thats better than botox. -------------- Foolish consistancies are the hobgoblins of small minds. Charlie
hecdarec Posts: 2,457 Joined: 2003/12/16	2004/05/25, 04:31 PM I ran out of gas today on the way to work. I tried to get every pennies worth. I asked a guy to help me push my car and he said "no" and kept driving. I finally was able to get a nice man to help me. I filled up a one gallon gas can and put it in the car. Just enough to get me to the gas station. I then filled up and it cost me 30.00. I hate gas. -------------- Would it be classified as overly competitive if I refused to let a 4 year old beat me at chutes and ladders?
CristalBelle Posts: 1,389 Joined: 2003/06/27	2004/05/25, 04:37 PM A few weeks ago, I made it to the gas station, but ran out of gas before I got to the pump. How Embarassing!!
rpacheco Posts: 3,770 Joined: 2001/12/13	2004/05/25, 05:36 PM Word is gas prices will go down prior to the November elections...hmmm... In the meantime, I'm stocking up on the carrots I'll need to feed my new horse. -------------- **_Robert_** Pain is temporary; glory is forever! E-mail: rpacheco@freetrainers.com
Carivan Posts: 8,542 Joined: 2002/01/20	2004/05/25, 07:21 PM Whats that about a sugar daddy Anni????? We are heading to elections here in June and no sign of prices going down! -------------- "A will finds a way, failure is not an option" Ivan carivan@freetrainers.com Montreal Canada
yadmit Posts: 4,670 Joined: 2003/10/05	2004/05/25, 07:33 PM Shouldn't that be "SPLENDA Daddy?" :laugh: t ============ Quoting from anni313: Don't be sad Charlie! Your post made me laugh, and then it made me glad that I don't have to buy a gallon of my nail color, it's one of the most expensive things on the list. I need a sugar daddy, again. :cool: ============= -------------- Tim I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies, for the hardest victory is over self. Aristotle GO FLAMES TimDay@freetrainers.com
	2004/05/25, 07:44 PM Tim wins the buffalo zinger award. LOL -------------- Foolish consistancies are the hobgoblins of small minds. Charlie
Carivan Posts: 8,542 Joined: 2002/01/20	2004/05/25, 09:50 PM good one Tim! -------------- "A will finds a way, failure is not an option" Ivan carivan@freetrainers.com Montreal Canada
Anni313 Posts: 1,790 Joined: 2004/03/04	2004/05/26, 12:27 AM I don't accept artificial anything when it comes to men.:surprised: No Splenda daddy. -------------- Anni ******* Hard work must have killed somebody
david_s81 Posts: 543 Joined: 2004/04/09	2004/05/26, 02:41 AM The metaphor would be the money thing for me. I am not quite wealthy, just the same as Splenda is not quite sugar. -------------- Spark the fire that will torch the numbness inside. If you look too far ahead, you will lose sight of today - Carpe Diem -
	2004/05/26, 11:02 AM Hey Robert, Mutt is doing the dino training thing. He is also trying to earn extra money for a gym membership. Maybe you could offer him a job pulling the buggy. ============ Quoting from rpacheco: Word is gas prices will go down prior to the November elections...hmmm... In the meantime, I'm stocking up on the carrots I'll need to feed my new horse. ============= -------------- Foolish consistancies are the hobgoblins of small minds. Charlie
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2004/05/26, 11:36 AM LOL I would pull it for food! -------------- LIFT HEAVY! BECOME STRONG, LIKE BULL! 7707mutt@freetrainers.com
asimmer Posts: 8,201 Joined: 2003/01/07	2004/05/26, 12:12 PM Great, now I am gonna see Mutt on the freeway off-ramp with his cardboard sign "will pull for food" I tried to get one of those guys to come wash my kitchen floors and give my dog a bath in exchange for a home cooked meal and he walked away. -------------- If you fall down seven times, get up eight.
	2004/05/26, 12:17 PM Maybe he thought your dog was a mutt. -------------- Foolish consistancies are the hobgoblins of small minds. Charlie
Anni313 Posts: 1,790 Joined: 2004/03/04	2004/05/26, 12:56 PM LOL -------------- Anni ******* Hard work must have killed somebody
bigandrew Posts: 5,146 Joined: 2002/10/21	2004/05/26, 03:12 PM thank goodness for my caviler.......34 miles to gallon, with the ac on high lol -------------- .......adversity causes some to break, but others to break records! ......minds are not vessles to be filled, but fires to be enlightened ......Confucious once said ,DO NOT play leap frog with a unicorn
	2004/05/26, 03:17 PM Yo Andrew...town car...28 mpg, big V8 6 passengers in the car and 4 bodys in the trunk!!! -------------- Foolish consistancies are the hobgoblins of small minds. Charlie
bigandrew Posts: 5,146 Joined: 2002/10/21	2004/05/26, 03:32 PM lol...........but differance is I look pretty in my cavy with my big elton john sunglasses lol Quite funny being a big guy in a lil car though lol -------------- .......adversity causes some to break, but others to break records! ......minds are not vessles to be filled, but fires to be enlightened ......Confucious once said ,DO NOT play leap frog with a unicorn
CristalBelle Posts: 1,389 Joined: 2003/06/27	2004/05/26, 03:49 PM Tell me about it. My hubs is a big guy like you Andrew, and he drives a Ford Escort ZX2 Sport. Watching him get into the car is like watching all of the clowns trying to get out of the funny car at once. It's hilarious!!
garvani Posts: 43 Joined: 2004/04/01	2004/05/26, 07:54 PM rips out the ol calculator.. im in new zealand and we pay out the ass for gas!! its $1.35 per litre at the momment (it was down to .92c 6 months ago) they say we have unleaded 91 but apparently thats bs and its more like unleaded 80 or something.. so anyways at the momment we pay $3.08 US per gallon of low grade gas.. just my litte bitch.. my 2.5ltr mx6 is costing me a fourtune!!!
bigandrew Posts: 5,146 Joined: 2002/10/21	2004/05/29, 06:20 PM 2.5? mines a 2.2 liter engine, and still 25 bucks lasts me a week......cristal....mines a 4 dorr so its not as bad, but i pretty much sit in the back seat anyways, so its pretty much a 2 siter. I got in my friends vw mini cooper.......now that was funny...... -------------- .......adversity causes some to break, but others to break records! ......minds are not vessles to be filled, but fires to be enlightened ......Confucious once said ,DO NOT play leap frog with a unicorn
Kyrah Posts: 251 Joined: 2004/03/11	2004/06/02, 02:42 PM I don't even want to calculate the gas money for my trip in July. . . From Central TX to the IL/WI border. . . Drive around for 3 weeks there. . . then from IL/WI border to Baltimore, MD to catch a flight to Turkey. . . anyone know what gas prices are there? <aprox. 3k miles> LOL anyways have a TransAm so can only run 91 octane or higher. . . I'm gonna be SO broke. . . Gonna go cry now. . :laugh: -------------- Love me as I am . . . Let me worry about how I look!
GOWAR Posts: 361 Joined: 2001/10/24	2004/06/03, 03:21 AM $2.01 in orlando florida, cheepest place I've spotted $1.92. Damn ! that sucks in my opinion. Just around a year ago or so , the cheepest gas I saw for unleaded was $0.81 cents a dream come true, cheeper than a bag of sour patches. HHEHEEHEHEHe!!!
princesslodgey Posts: 1,748 Joined: 2004/02/21	2004/06/03, 01:28 PM 83.9p a litre, but fortunately the UK is a much smaller country than US
asimmer Posts: 8,201 Joined: 2003/01/07	2004/08/23, 09:12 AM bump