Breaking the silence
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Farmwithjunk
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And most of my relatives say I'm cheap! (Rimshot!) /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif
And most of my relatives say I'm cheap! (Rimshot!) /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif
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Yepper - my father's favorite story was about how he started out in business (in 1929 no less) ...... buying gas for 7¢ a gallon .... and selling it for 9¢ a gallon.
Yepper - my father's favorite story was about how he started out in business (in 1929 no less) ...... buying gas for 7¢ a gallon .... and selling it for 9¢ a gallon.
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Cheapest I ever remember was 29 cents a gallon back in the 60s. Least I ever paid was in the high 40 cent range in the mid 70s.
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First tank of gas I bought when I got my license, it was $.29.9. SECOND tank was $.45.9 And the gas crisis of the '70's, '80's, '90's, and '00's was on.
I have always believed the OPEC leaders were sitting around waiting for me to start driving so they could jack the price up.
I have always believed the OPEC leaders were sitting around waiting for me to start driving so they could jack the price up.
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When I was a kid they had gas war pricing. Star service station was selling for 17 cents a gallon.
We have higher prices here, but what I cannot figure out is, we have a refinery in our county and the highest gas and diesel prices. Go to the surrounding counties and gas that is trucked there from this refinery is cheaper. When the management was asked about this their reply was "go to the neighboring county to buy your fuel". off the record they said that they donate so much to our county, that they must charge more to make up for the loss. Smells like a fish in the closet.
We have higher prices here, but what I cannot figure out is, we have a refinery in our county and the highest gas and diesel prices. Go to the surrounding counties and gas that is trucked there from this refinery is cheaper. When the management was asked about this their reply was "go to the neighboring county to buy your fuel". off the record they said that they donate so much to our county, that they must charge more to make up for the loss. Smells like a fish in the closet.
Jagmandave
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$1.99 in KC, Mo this morning.........
ulbhunter
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today in Oklahoma City
Unleaded $1.91
Diesel $2.31
Saudi Oil minister stated recently that crude prices should stabilize around $40 to $45 a barrel and that current prices were being driven by speculation and not by supply or demand. That would relate to $1.50 per gal of unleaded here in the OKC market
The recent prices have been good for the local economy but I hope we get to $1.50 soon.
Unleaded $1.91
Diesel $2.31
Saudi Oil minister stated recently that crude prices should stabilize around $40 to $45 a barrel and that current prices were being driven by speculation and not by supply or demand. That would relate to $1.50 per gal of unleaded here in the OKC market
The recent prices have been good for the local economy but I hope we get to $1.50 soon.
George2615
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Frank, Don't forget we live in the State of Greed. I don't think they would allow us to have gas and fuel prices as low as KY,OK,or KS. They'd find some other way to rip us off. I just paid $289.9 tonight for diesel, that's the cheapest I've seen it in a while. The last time I fueled up I paid $305.9 .Gas prices I saw around here are $250.9. If they could tax the air we breathe they would.
George
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I worked in a service station in the 1950's. People usually bought gas by so many dollars not gallons. I pumped gas at 6.4 gallons for $2.00 many hundreds of times. the next biggest purchase was 3.2 gallons for a buck. checked the oil and radiator, tires and cleaned front and rear windows.
For a bucks worth of gas! Boy we sure live in a progressive country, but progressive for who? Certainly not for the average person. Seems like everything is geared to make the rich richer. Maybe I'm just a sorehead, but seems like I'm always getting the shaft on buying anything.
For a bucks worth of gas! Boy we sure live in a progressive country, but progressive for who? Certainly not for the average person. Seems like everything is geared to make the rich richer. Maybe I'm just a sorehead, but seems like I'm always getting the shaft on buying anything.
