OT: Uh, this is ridiculous.

[Bone]

From one crude oil extreme to another.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29495753

[deathfromafar]

So this is the new BS reason for keeping gas high? Give me a break! Bunch of crooks!

[djscoo]

So this is the new BS reason for keeping gas high? Give me a break! Bunch of crooks!
$1.96 is high????? I ain't complainin'

[deathfromafar]

$1.96 is high????? I ain't complainin'

Not very long ago, I was paying $1.49. Now is up to nearly $2.00 again because we have too much oil? WTH!

[Snuffy]

I remember as a kid pumping it for others at $0.25 / gal. And I had to check the oil and wash the windshield too.

[wombat666]

Not very long ago, I was paying $1.49. Now is up to nearly $2.00 again because we have too much oil? WTH!

Just another speed hump in life's fast lane.
Complain??
Why bother, no-one will care.
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[Navy Chief]

Gotta vent, or go crazy. Quit drinking almost 9 years ago, so that isn't an outlet.

Posting on forums, yeah, that's the ticket.

NC

[GT182]

Just when you think you have the bull by the horns, you always end up Scrod. ;)

[djscoo]

I remember as a kid pumping it for others at $0.25 / gal. And I had to check the oil and wash the windshield too.
My mom said when her parents would pull up to a gas station they'd tell the attendant to "fill it up or stop at $5". :jawdrop:

[Kiwikat]

Gotta vent, or go crazy. Quit drinking almost 9 years ago, so that isn't an outlet.

Posting on forums, yeah, that's the ticket.

LOL That made my day. :kiss:

[Curtis P40]

I remember as a kid pumping it for others at $0.25 / gal. And I had to check the oil and wash the windshield too.
I can remember going as low as .17/gal. For a $1.00 you could get all of the above + checking the air and emptying the ash tray. And I still rode my bike to work.

[Craig Taylor]

"Refineries in the U.S. have cut way back on production of gas as the economy weakens and millions of Americans, many of them laid off, keep their cars in the garage."

This is the biggest reason why gas has risen back to where it is. It's a commodity in and of itself, and traded/sold independently from oil.

[Drake]

A 15 cents increase in two days is quite rediculous.

[wombat666]

A 15 cents increase in two days is quite rediculous.

We get that ridiculous pricing each day, it can be below A$1.00 per litre on a Monday and up to A$1.50 by the following Wednesday ....... anyone who can think independantly fills up Monday or Tuesday, those who can't get hit later in the week, and of course, ine NEVER buys petrol in the the three days before a 'Holiday Long Weekend'.
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