$2.95 a gallon Gas

[riverrat]

I bought gas last nite payed $2.95 a gallon didnt think I would see a day when I was was glad to pay that for gas. guess it is better than $4.00 a gallon. The oil industries thinking has worked. Raise gas to $4.00 then drop to $3.00 the suckers will be glad to pay it.:cry: wonder if that would work for honey prices. we could raise it to $10.00 lb then drop back to $8.00

[Sundance]

It isn't that here yet........... but I know what you mean.

Pretty sad when I bring gas cans with me to fill up when I
go out of town where it's only $3.49 instead of the local
gougers $3.79.

My heart would skip a beat at $2.99!!:cry:

[dragonfly]

Still 3.59 here for the big three brands.

[honeyman46408]

:cry::no: RUB IT IN, RUB IT IN :p

I live within 20 miles of one of the largest refinerys and it is still 3.54:cry:

[Zane]

:) Riverrat, We had the 2.95 on Saturday and I noticed 2.93 this morning!!!
I heard propane dropped a bit also!!!
I Still hate paying that much but at least its down.

[riverrat]

RUB IT IN, RUB IT IN :p

I live within 20 miles of one of the largest refinerys and it is still 3.54

HM Thanks for doing your part by paying $3.54 So we can have it for $2.95 here on the plains:applause: And you believed them when they said they cheat the other guy and pass the savings on to you:D

[AstroBee]

A few weeks ago I filled up in VA for $3.59 then drove 16 hours straight to Michigan and paid $4.15. The economy in Michigan is bleek (at best), which means those that can afford it the least are paying the most....pretty sad!

[dox]

I just filled the van up tonight for $2.79 in Springfield, MO.

[BULLSEYE BILL]

Rat, you live in the wrong side of the tracks! I saw $2.89 tonight :D

Aren't I glad I signed that propane contract last month. :doh:

[tecumseh]

riverrat writes:
The oil industries thinking has worked.

tecumseh:
and just in time for an election. how predictable.

[Gregory and Susan Fariss]

It isn't that here yet........... but I know what you mean.

Pretty sad when I bring gas cans with me to fill up when I
go out of town where it's only $3.49 instead of the local
gougers $3.79.

My heart would skip a beat at $2.99!!:cry:

I know what you mean Sundance. This morning I read that gas prices in NC are the highest in the continental US. It sounds like ND shares that distinction. You prices are the same as ours. :s

Susan

[riverrat]

Rat, you live in the wrong side of the tracks! I saw $2.89 tonight :D


:doh:I can see the sign from here. But they wont let me cross the tracks. If only they would I could maybe afford sum winders and maybe even a pair of shoes for the little lady. its fixin to get cold:D

[ScadsOBees]

Wow! This is almost like the olden days! Why, I remember when we used to pay $2 per gallon!

:D

[dragonfly]

Wow! This is almost like the olden days! Why, I remember when we used to pay $2 per gallon!

:D

I remember 18 cents per gallon.

[BULLSEYE BILL]

I remember 18 cents per gallon.

I remember that too, but the least I PAID was .32, and a pack of smokes was about the same as a gallon of gas. Come to think of it, (I don't buy cigarettes), aren't they still about the same? :scratch:

[Sundance]

I remember well when it first went over $1.00. Stations
had to double the price on the pump because they
couldn't do the math....... Wonder if that will happen
again when it hits $10.00 a gallon (and it will)

[dragonfly]

Come to think of it, (I don't buy cigarettes), aren't they still about the same? :scratch:

No, cigarettes, at least here in Texas are in the 3.50-5.00 range if you buy individual packs, and slightly less if you buy by the carton. Our state added a huge tax to cigarette sales in the last couple of years.

[riverrat]

I remember well when it first went over $1.00. (and it will)

All the pumps were manufactured in cents a gallon they didnt have a space for the dollar amount. seen a lot of pumps that had a piece of tape with the dollar on it out to the side of cents

[sqkcrk]

I remember 18 cents per gallon.

Don't be dating yourself now d'fly. 'Fess up. That's what your Daddy payed for it back in the good old days when there were Service Stations and cars didn't have washer fluid. So you had to fill up regularly so you could get your windshield cleaned.

The first gas station that I worked at in NC sold gas for 35 cents, if I remember correctly.

[dragonfly]

Don't be dating yourself now d'fly. 'Fess up. That's what your Daddy payed for it back in the good old days

I didn't say I *paid* for it, but that I remember it.;) The cheapest I remember paying was 35 cents, because in my family, when you were old enough to drive, you were old enough to pay.;)

[sqkcrk]

I didn't say I *paid* for it, but that I remember it.;) The cheapest I remember paying was 35 cents, because in my family, when you were old enough to drive, you were old enough to pay.;)

I don't remember seeing you at the dinner table! :) Not even at Grandma's.

[dragonfly]

I don't remember seeing you at the dinner table! :) Not even at Grandma's.
I was the fly on the wall.;)

[Oldbee]

$2.95 a gallon! [October] Ahhh! .. 'just in time' for us beekeepers when we DON'T have to go out and visit our apiaries/hives every 10 days or so. I 'shudder' what to think it will be in the spring,...2009.

[BULLSEYE BILL]

$2.83 tonight! It just keeps getting better. Is there an icon for knocking on wood? :scratch:

[Gregory and Susan Fariss]

$2.83 tonight! It just keeps getting better. Is there an icon for knocking on wood? :scratch:

Okay, now you're just braggin' :no: Here, the prices are still between $3.42 and $3.59. :(
Susan

[MapMan]

I didn't say I *paid* for it, but that I remember it.;) The cheapest I remember paying was 35 cents, because in my family, when you were old enough to drive, you were old enough to pay.;)

Oh, you are about my age, then...:p

My folks had the same policy - you drive, you fill up the tank!

MM

[dragonfly]

My folks had the same policy - you drive, you fill up the tank!



And you buy your own clothes, and you buy your own movie and concert tickets and pizza money. Mom and Dad were happy to see me reach the age to drive and get a job.;)

[BULLSEYE BILL]

Oh, you are about my age, then...:p

My folks had the same policy - you drive, you fill up the tank!

MM

Same here, so when we would sneak out with the car we would disconnect the speedo cable. :shhhh: Then when the folks saw the gauge was down they would blame the neighbor kid for siphoning the gas from the tank. :D

[Eaglerock]

The oil industries thinking has worked. Raise gas to $4.00 then drop to $3.00 the suckers will be glad to pay it

That has always been how prices are rasied. Back in the early 80's I was a Supermarket Manager and watched the Sugar prices hit the roof and when it came down, people were happy.

Then we watched in the 90's the Coffee prices go sky high and watched them bring the prices down and people were happy. But did it really go down? They made the 1lb can into 11.5 to 13 oz. cans... and 3 lb cans into 2.7 ozs. It was the same size can, just less coffee.

Having said that, I know why gas prices are going down. It is an election year. Every election year things happen. Roads are fixed, things needed- get done, and people will see that they did their jobs and vote them back in. :waiting:

So this year would be no different. Be reassured that gas will go back in the new year.

[Eaglerock]

The cheapest I remember paying was 35 cents, because in my family, when you were old enough to drive, you were old enough to pay.;)

I remember paying 25 cents.... is that bad? By 1969 it was around 35 cents.

[riverrat]

Bought gas for $2.56 gallon must be an election getting close:scratch:

[Ravenseye]

I remember paying 25 cents.... is that bad? By 1969 it was around 35 cents.

No...not at all. I get worried when I CAN'T remember! :D

[Eaglerock]

Bought gas for $2.56 gallon must be an election getting close:scratch:

Yep you've got that right. Last week, Wednesday, my wife wanted me to fill her tank and it wasn't down to half yet. Told her to wait until the weekend and I will fill it then. Glad I did it went down to 3.19 9/10.

Wished I had waited until Monday, it went down 20 cents to 2.99. Amazing it can go this low and couldn't all year. Shows you they were raping the nation, for the almighty dollar. With their profits going through the roof and CEO's banking big bucks.

:scratch:

[Eaglerock]

No...not at all. I get worried when I CAN'T remember! :D

Oh you have Parttimers? Or is that Sometimers?

[Eaglerock]

I was the fly on the wall.;)

Better than being the dragon on the wall.

[Eaglerock]

$2.83 tonight! It just keeps getting better. Is there an icon for knocking on wood? :scratch:

To bad we don't have BIG holding tanks.

[Bodo]

[QUOTE=Eaglerock;360551] Shows you they were raping the nation, for the almighty dollar. With their profits going through the roof and CEO's banking big bucks.

[\QUOTE]

Huh? Haven't you heard about the global finacial crisis? Demand for Oil is down, production is the same. Therefore prices go down. Simple economics..nothing sinister.

[riverrat]

Huh? Haven't you heard about the global finacial crisis? Demand for Oil is down, production is the same. Therefore prices go down. Simple economics..nothing sinister


Bodo
Please tell me you aint buying into what your selling here:no::D

[Bodo]

Simple Economics or a theory in which some vast conspiracy manipulates markets to get a party elected?

Which sounds more plausible to you?

[Galaxy]

Clearly economics.

[BULLSEYE BILL]

To bad we don't have BIG holding tanks.

Don't say 'WE', at $2.52 I'm filling mine. :D

[sqkcrk]

Shows you they were raping the nation, for the almighty dollar. With their profits going through the roof and CEO's banking big bucks.


So, feeling this way, did you cut back on your driving? I bet not. So you must have enjoyed what you seem to be complaining about.

And now that the price of gas has gone down, are you driving more? Or less? If not less, what will you do if the price goes back up again? Gripe, but still drive as much?

[Jeffrey Todd]

So, riverrat and others,

How do falling gas prices = an election is near? You seem to be saying that because there is an election coming, politicians are somehow manipulating the markets (and all those big, bad, oil companies, whom they all rail against) into lowering prices to influence the electorate.
How do they manipulate all the other oil companies in the world not US owned or controlled into doing the same? Remember that US oil companies only have a small fraction of the world market.
And why haven't they manipulated the stock market at the same time to make everyone happy? Aren't they in bed with their Wall Street "cronies" as well?

[riverrat]

So, riverrat and others,

And why haven't they manipulated the stock market at the same time to make everyone happy? Aren't they in bed with their Wall Street "cronies" as well?

:doh:Cant you see there trying. Give them time:D

[MapMan]

Dang - I missed this deal:

http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-odd/20081015/ODD.Super.Cheap.Gas/


MM

[BarneyG]

Rat, you live in the wrong side of the tracks! I saw $2.89 tonight :D

Aren't I glad I signed that propane contract last month. :doh:

In Valleycenter Kn. tonight is $ 2.44

[BULLSEYE BILL]

Five miles south of there on the corner of 37th and Meridian it is $2.40 :) You get an extra .02 off for using your Dillions card.

[riverrat]

just filled up at $2.42 without the dillons card in Belle Plaine

[Sundance]

Fill up your tanks and heating oil now......... OPEC has
called a meeting and will certainly cut production, me
thinks they really enjoyed the $100+ a barrel oil.:cry:

Sure wish gas prices would fall at the same rate they
rise!!!

[riverrat]

bought gas at $1.99 today.:D Is there an election getting near:scratch:

[Eaglerock]

bought gas at $1.99 today.:D Is there an election getting near:scratch:

Enjoy it while you can.

[tecumseh]

riverrat writes:
bought gas at $1.99 today. Is there an election getting near

tecumeh:
here gasoline is a bit more expensive. sources tell me the price you quoted is the current level of price in houston and victoria (texas).

some folks memory is evidently so short that they don't recognize this trend which seems to repeat itself EXACTLY every four years. perhaps it is just a natural part of the business cycle? or perhaps some folks know that the american public has a little short span of attention???

evidently some folks don't seem to recognize (hope they ain't investing in anything I am investing in) the difference between financial instruments and product.

[Sundance]

Here's a site that has saved me a bunch of $$$
over the last couple years (thanks to George
Dilley for passing it on to me).

http://www.gasbuddy.com/

[Jeffrey Todd]

Just a follow up on that conspiracy theory regarding politicians manipulating gas prices when there is an election coming - gas prices here are now $1.35 a gallon and the election is long gone. Let's chalk up another one to paranoia.

[Sundance]

Let's chalk up another one to paranoia.

Accurate.

[HAB]

I'm only 55 but can remember paying 19 cents for lawnmower gas when I was 12 and mowing yards for spending money.

:lookout: thats time out to get me:)

[berkshire bee]

Price Chopper Supermarket has a deal. Everytime you buy something you get cents off/ gallon if you get gas at Sunoco. The longer you go, the more off you save. My wife gave me her PC card last week and I filled up the truck for 57 cents a gallon. They have a 20 gallon limit and you can use the card once, then have to start over, but it was nice paying $8.15 to fill the tank.

[brooksbeefarm]

I didn!t have a car yet but I remember seeing gas for .19 cents a gal.in the 1950!s.Two weeks ago it was $1.48 it!s $1.54 a gal now,never thought I!d see $2.00 gas again.Any of you remember the good old gas war days.:D

[mike haney]

ran a gas station in 1968. sold 100 thousand gallons one month at 29.9 and made a profit. 'course, the co- PHILLIPS 66- wasn't paying me much :)