posted on June 7, 2004 08:36:46 PM new
O.k.......Diesel is $2.39 a gallon RIGHT next door! Ahaaaaa,,,,I'll beat em' at their game,,,,,,I'll now drive the gasser truck...$2.23 a gal. From Disneyland,,California,,,,to Long Beach, Cal...to pick up e bay products today. I get to Long Beach (20 miles)and WHAT!!!!!!WHAT!!!!! WHAT do I see out of the corner of my eye as I am driving down the street,,,,,,DIESEL,,,,,$1.89 a Gallon!!!!!!!!$1.89!!!!!!!!! Wrong Truck,,,,,Right Price!!!!!!! GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!
How in the HELL can this be? I feel like loading up some 55 gallon drums and driving BACK to Long Beach and FILLING up at least two Barrels!!!!!!! $1.89!!!!!!!! just makes me BURN!!!!!! these insane fluctuations.....
posted on June 7, 2004 08:51:36 PM new
Well Jack, all I can say is that there are some days when you win some, some days when you lose some, and some days when they're called on account of rain. This sounds like one of those days I would recommend you don't buy a lottery ticket.
A $75.00 solid state device will always blow first to protect a 25 cent fuse ~ Murphy's Law
posted on June 7, 2004 09:15:22 PM new
Last week we rented a Prius for 2 days to test-drive it and we are SOLD. Drove all over Southern Caifornia--mountain roads, city streets, highways, freeways. Averaged 50 MPG. Very comfortable, even with husband's long legs, smooth ride, great read-out screen showing map, MPG, all kinds of stuff. And POWER--we were passing lots of people on the freeways at 75 and 80, and coming up winding mountain roads was no trouble at all, lots of power.
The car was about out of gas at one point so we filled it up - 8.8 gallons.
The battery automatically recharges as you drive. Nothing to plug in or worry about.
We've just put $500 down and ordered a Prius. 10-12 months waiting period. A month ago, when we first looked at a Prius, it was 6-8 months. So. . . we have a wait ahead of us.
Jack, you might want to look into this vehicle, if you're in a car-buying mood.
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#2. . . that the people you care most about in life are taken from you too soon and all the less important ones just never go away. And the real pains in the butt are permanent.
posted on June 7, 2004 09:31:33 PM new
Road,, give a link to read more about this vehicle....But I am SOLD on Big trucks...As long as they are making money the fuel prices really don't bother me. Cars mean nothing to me personally,,,,Trucks,,Make MONEY......I remember seeing and episode of the the 1960's series,,,, The FBI......Efrem Zembalis Jr. er' something like that,,,,hahaha.....The guy says to his Wife,,,,Honey,,,if ya got a truck in this Country you can make Money,,,,,,,,,,He had a 40 milimeter Cannon in the back and Blew a Bank wide open.....hahahahaha, hahahahaha, hahahahaha, But,,,,,,,,I never,,,,,forgot ,,,that script line......30+ some years later his words still ring True......the first vehicle I bought was a 67 chev Van in 1969.......It made ME MONEY! I hauled Marines ALL over Southern Cal..........$50.00 a head From El Toro,,,,,to LAX........70 mph.....they JUST landed back from Vietnam and a guy flips out Fifty and says get me there ,,like Pronto!!!!! there is a lonnnnnnng story....another time.....hahahaha. Trucks!
posted on June 7, 2004 09:47:10 PM new
Now,,,back to Lemonade,,,,,,,for some weird reason i just glanced over the fence at the Gas/diesel station,,,,,,,there have been people working there,,,,,,construction types, you know you just ignore the NOISES,,,,,BUT I just noticed 55 gallon Drums sitting over there,,,25 of them.....I went around and gave them a tip,,to see if they were empty or FULL,,,,,,,,all of them are FULL,,,,Full of what? too dark to see, BUT I fig it can only be one of two things,,,,,,GAS or Diesel........ some kind of an INSPECTION is going on there,,,EPA in big letters I WAS able to Read,,,,,,,there is 1375 gallons of,,,,,,,,Something in those barrels,,,,,,what in the Hell do they need 1300 gallons of gas?diesel to inspect? For.....$1.00 a gallon and it's gone! gonna check in the morn.........yehaaaaaaaaa!!!!!! $1.00 a gallon????? maybe......Never know.
posted on June 7, 2004 10:15:36 PM new
Jack...If the diesl is red diesel, it was stolen from farmers in the SJV. Red is tax exempt. Both state and federal. Get caught using that stuff on the highway and it's not only grand theft, but tax evasion. It's worth 10 years in Q and another 15 years in Leavenworth plus about half a mil in fines. And they'll bill you for the tax. Don't go near that stuff.
A $75.00 solid state device will always blow first to protect a 25 cent fuse ~ Murphy's Law
posted on June 7, 2004 10:27:55 PM new
Responsible Workers,,,,,,,will be there in the MORN,,,,,I'll ask,,,,I would NEVER take,,,without finding out from authorities FIRST,,,,,,,Q is not even in my Voc. LW,,,,,,No way!!!!!! I LOVE my Freedoms too much.......
Besides that,,,RED two buck Chuck makes me PUKE my guts out......no likey...
posted on June 8, 2004 08:51:57 AM new
Jack: The Prius is made by Toyota; I don't have a link to show you more details.
We've never owned a truck but were lucky to have friends who did, for the occasional every-other-year hauling we needed. We have a Forester for medium-size hauling and an older Camry, which we're replacing with the Prius. Consumer Reports is our Bible for all our major purchases, and they've never steered us wrong.
I agree with you, though, that a truck can make money for you!
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As I've matured, I've learned . .
#2. . . that the people you care most about in life are taken from you too soon and all the less important ones just never go away. And the real pains in the butt are permanent.
posted on June 9, 2004 07:44:21 PM new
AAAAAAAhhhhhhhhk! hahahaha, I just learned that WORD today!
An Employee,,,,,, from the $2.39 a gallon station just TOLD me that on the CORNER within WALKING Distance from ME there is a Chevron station,,,,,,$1.87 a gallon!!!!!! Does this beat ALL?? (HE drives a diesel too)and the SAD thing is,,,,,,,MY Diesel is TOPPED OFF!!!!!!!! FULL of Fuel!!!!!I want that $1.87 a gal. fuel!!!!!!........Hell,,,,I am gonna take a drive JUST to eat up the $2.39 fuel so I can put the $1.87 back in the tank! There!!!!!,,that'll give em a CLEAR and LOUD message!
Ya just can't WIN fer losin'!!!!
Oh,,,,,,,those barrels,,,,they were FULL of SOIL samples......California Gold but of a different bird.....
posted on June 9, 2004 07:59:36 PM new
Ahhhhh,,,, but the REAL point NOW of this is,,,,I have to transfere all the Swap meet stuff out of the diesel into the gasser as the diesel is cheaper to drive than the gasser,,,,,
Shhhhhhhhs,,,,,Sounds like a movie,,,,,TORA, TORA , TORA,,,,,,,Switch from Bombs to Torpedoes.....back and forth, back and forth,,,,,AAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!
Can't they make up their MINDS?????
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MORE money! to a loader,,, cause,,,I sure as hell ain't gonna shift all that.......
One way er' the other,,,