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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / April 2005OT: Gas Station Owner with a Sense of Humor
http://www.theindychannel.com/news/4310046/detail.html?treets=ind&tid=2654501061 813&tml=ind_12pm&tmi=ind_12pm_1_11050203232005&ts=H (follow link for story with picture) 'Arm', 'Leg' Becomes New Price Of Gas In Baltimore POSTED: 6:26 am EST March 23, 2005 BALTIMORE -- A gas station in a Baltimore suburb posted new gas prices Tuesday, but not without some commentary. Instead of the normal prices on their sign, the owners of the station at the corner of York Road and Seminary Avenue displayed "arm" and "leg" as the prices. The gas station owners may be hoping to send a signal to motorists that the local gas station is not to blame for the rising prices. For those who choose not to hand over a part of their body for the right to fill up, the station is still accepting cold, hard cash -- a gallon of unleaded is $2.15 at the station. The national average price for gasoline has been rising rapidly over the last few weeks. --? The ONE and ONLY lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)? email me at nalee1964 (at) insightbb (dot) com http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep http://www.theindychannel.com/news/4310046/detail.html?treets=ind&tid=265450 1061813&tml=ind_12pm&tmi=ind_12pm_1_11050203232005&ts=H > (follow link for story with picture) > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > The national average price for gasoline has been rising rapidly over the > last few weeks. Thats only 73 cents per litre in Australia. We were paying $1.13 a litre last week, which is $3.34 per gallon in US dollars. I'd be *very* happy to pay your "arm and a leg"; it hasn't been that cheap for years! Yowie > Thats only 73 cents per litre in Australia. We were paying $1.13 a litre > last week, which is $3.34 per gallon in US dollars. You're right, the US probably has the cheapest gasoline in the world. Which is one of the reasons people drive so many gas guzzlers here... :) Regular gasoline at my neighborhood station was 1.99 a gallon, Texas has low gas prices compared with the rest of the nation.  SignatureVictor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com >> Thats only 73 cents per litre in Australia. We were paying $1.13 a >> litre last week, which is $3.34 per gallon in US dollars. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > :) Regular gasoline at my neighborhood station was 1.99 a gallon, > Texas has low gas prices compared with the rest of the nation. A couple of years ago, DH was sent to Manchester, England by the company he worked for. He computed the cost of gas (liters-gallons & #/EU$-US$), and it came out to around US$9 per gallon! No wonder the Mini Cooper is so popular over there. Ouch! --? The ONE and ONLY lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)? email me at nalee1964 (at) insightbb (dot) com http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep > > Thats only 73 cents per litre in Australia. We were paying $1.13 a litre > > last week, which is $3.34 per gallon in US dollars. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Regular gasoline at my neighborhood station was 1.99 a gallon, Texas has > low gas prices compared with the rest of the nation. And California has the highest. I paid $2.35 earlier today. Joy "Yoj" <joygaylord@sbcglobal.net> had some very interesting things to say about Re: Gas Station Owner with a Sense of Humor: >And California has the highest. I paid $2.35 earlier today. I find www.gasbuddy.com useful to find the best prices in a reasonable radius. Signature"The universe is quite robust in design and appears to be doing just fine on its own, incompetent support staff notwithstanding. :-)" - the Dennis formerly known as (evil), MCFL >> > Thats only 73 cents per litre in Australia. We were paying $1.13 a >> > litre [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Joy Well, prices in the US are going to go up quite a lot after what happened here in Houston (or rather Texas City right outside of Houston) today. The BP-Amoco plant (I worked for Amoco for 10 years before BP bought them out) had a *HUGE* explosion - 14 dead, 1 missing, and hundreds seriously injured (this is the *second* such explosion with a year!!!). BP-Amoco is one of the largest, if not *the* largest, producer of oil and gas in the US and the Texas City refinery accuont for one third of its production. I think the authorities thought for a while that it might have been terrorism because when I was coming home from work yesterday I saw about 10 or more contrails in the sky (meaning there were military jets flying), but not a *SINGLE* commercial plane was taking off or landing at the airport (I live just north of the airport and it seems sometimes that the planes tires will graze the roof of my car). There are normally about 5 or 6 commercial planes in the sky around my house at all times - IAH is one of the busiest airports in the country - but not a single one yesterday at that time. It wasn't terrorism, just bad safety management (BP is *ALWAYS* being cited by OSHA for safety violations). If I sound bitter about BP, well, I am. They cost me a great job, my retirement, my family's security, and a much brighter future than I have now. They make their money from take-overs of other companies, then do their usual "rape and pillage" number on them - firing all knowledgeable, seasoned employees and hiring contractors to do the job in a half-@$$ed fashion (it was contractors running this particular area of the plant that had the explosion). Hugs, CatNipped > >> > Thats only 73 cents per litre in Australia. We were paying $1.13 a > >> > litre [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > the largest, if not *the* largest, producer of oil and gas in the US and the > Texas City refinery accuont for one third of its production. Purrs to the family, friends and colleagues who have been effected by this tragedy. In this day and age of technology and safety knowledge, *any* loss of life is entirely unnecessary and a sign of something seriously wrong in tehir procedures. And bugger baout the price of gas going up - even though its cheaper than many other places, it will still put a strain on many family's already stretched budgets. Yowie >> > Thats only 73 cents per litre in Australia. We were paying $1.13 a litre >> > last week, which is $3.34 per gallon in US dollars. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >Joy In Colorado Springs, I just paid $2.17 for 85 octane. I normally buy 87 or even 91 octane. But I can't afford it anymore. The guy at Shamrock said it is going up another 10 cents every month till summer!! One person heard it is supposed to top out at $2,50 and another heard $3.00. I sure hope my company gives us a raise on our mileage. I get paid for 600-700 miles a month. But I don't get paid for the 100 miles a day I drive to-from work! No wonder I just had to buy new tires. At about 3000 miles a month, tires don't last long. -- CATherine > mileage. I get paid for 600-700 miles a month. But I don't get paid > for the 100 miles a day I drive to-from work! No wonder I just had to > buy new tires. At about 3000 miles a month, tires don't last long. Holy cow!!! I don't even make it to 500 miles a month... SignatureVictor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com Hard as it may be I can just remember when I paid 3 shillings and 6pence a gallon. Yeah I know it was a long time ago, but I *can* remember Jean,P, > >> > Thats only 73 cents per litre in Australia. We were paying $1.13 a litre > >> > last week, which is $3.34 per gallon in US dollars. [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > -- > CATherine > Hard as it may be I can just remember when I paid 3 shillings and 6pence a > gallon. Yeah I know it was a long time ago, but I *can* remember And I can remember when they published the first announcements that gas prices were expected to rise to as much as sixty-five cents a gallon (we were them paying about thirty-five cents). Everyone was saying "No one will pay that much!" (Surprise!) >> Thats only 73 cents per litre in Australia. We were paying $1.13 a litre >> last week, which is $3.34 per gallon in US dollars. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >Regular gasoline at my neighborhood station was 1.99 a gallon, Texas has > low gas prices compared with the rest of the nation. I remember reading that gasoline is much cheaper in places like Saudi Arabia, than in the US. > I remember reading that gasoline is much cheaper in places like Saudi > Arabia, than in the US. Forget Saudi Arabia, Venezuela is the place to be! http://money.cnn.com/pf/features/lists/global_gasprices/price.html SignatureVictor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com >> I remember reading that gasoline is much cheaper in places like Saudi >> Arabia, than in the US. > >Forget Saudi Arabia, Venezuela is the place to be! >http://money.cnn.com/pf/features/lists/global_gasprices/price.html Wow, unbelievable! Thanks. >> I remember reading that gasoline is much cheaper in places like Saudi >> Arabia, than in the US. > >Forget Saudi Arabia, Venezuela is the place to be! >http://money.cnn.com/pf/features/lists/global_gasprices/price.html I now have the "Green Acres" theme music stuck in my head. Thanks for the earworm, Victor! For those too young to know what I am talking about, here is a link to a web site about the "Green Acres" TV show, complete with a Real Audio recording of the theme song: http://www.maggiore.net/greenacres/gatheme.asp SignatureJohn F. Eldredge -- john@jfeldredge.com PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria >>> I remember reading that gasoline is much cheaper in places like Saudi >>> Arabia, than in the US. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > recording of the theme song: > http://www.maggiore.net/greenacres/gatheme.asp LOL! That's the same thing I thought when I read that phrase!!! ;> Hugs, CatNipped http://www.theindychannel.com/news/4310046/detail.html?treets=ind&tid=265450 > 1061813&tml=ind_12pm&tmi=ind_12pm_1_11050203232005&ts=H > > [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > Yowie Yup. Every time I start to complain that we in California pay more than just about anybody else in the United States for gasoline, I remind myself that we are still paying a lot less than people in Australia and Europe. Joy > Yup. Every time I start to complain that we in California pay more than > just about anybody else in the United States for gasoline, I remind myself > that we are still paying a lot less than people in Australia and Europe. > > Joy and canada too! Kristy > http://www.theindychannel.com/news/4310046/detail.html?treets=ind&tid=265450 > 1061813&tml=ind_12pm&tmi=ind_12pm_1_11050203232005&ts=H [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > > Yowie Yeah, tell me about it, its 84.5 cents per liter here, which is about 3.20 a gallon in canadian money, probly close to five in US dollars. Kristy LOL!! You don't know what an arm and a leg means to pay for gas. Here in England it is minimum 79.9 pence PER LITRE. 4.5ish litres to a UK gallon. I can hardly afford to drive to work every day..and I can't get there on public transport. Tweed > http://www.theindychannel.com/news/4310046/detail.html?treets=ind&tid=2654501061 813&tml=ind_12pm&tmi=ind_12pm_1_11050203232005&ts=H > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > email me at nalee1964 (at) insightbb (dot) com > http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep We do have it good, but not quite as good as you seem to think. There are not quite 4 litres to a US gallon. ;-) Joy > LOL!! You don't know what an arm and a leg means to pay for gas. Here in > England it is minimum 79.9 pence PER LITRE. 4.5ish litres to a UK gallon. > I can hardly afford to drive to work every day..and I can't get there on > public transport. > > Tweed http://www.theindychannel.com/news/4310046/detail.html?treets=ind&tid=2654501061 813&tml=ind_12pm&tmi=ind_12pm_1_11050203232005&ts=H > > (follow link for story with picture) > > [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > email me at nalee1964 (at) insightbb (dot) com > > http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep > We do have it good, but not quite as good as you seem to think. There are > not quite 4 litres to a US gallon. ;-) > > Joy Hmm. I knew your gallon was smaller than ours, however I'd be very happy to pay USA price for a USA gallon over here, in fact I'd drive to the pumps immediately and fill my car up ;-) Tweed > > We do have it good, but not quite as good as you seem to think. There are > > not quite 4 litres to a US gallon. ;-) [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Tweed I don't blame you. Joy > We do have it good, but not quite as good as you seem to think. > There are not quite 4 litres to a US gallon. ;-) > > Joy 1 US gallon = 3.785412 litres 1 UK gallon = 4.546092 litres SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) A house is not a home, without a cat. http://www.theindychannel.com/news/4310046/detail.html?treets=ind&tid=2654501061 813&tml=ind_12pm&tmi=ind_12pm_1_11050203232005&ts=H > (follow link for story with picture) > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > The national average price for gasoline has been rising rapidly over > the last few weeks. I filled up my car yesterday, in England, it cost 82.9 pence per litre which works out at $5.92 per US gallon. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) A house is not a home, without a cat.
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