Grown Man Cries at Gas Pump !

[RagAss]

Me. About 10 this morning. It cost me $31 dollars to fill up. Back in the golden year of 98...it cost $13.....

[johnnie]

1. I understand

I have been doing that a lot lately. I work my ass off and because of the shitty economy I haven't gotten a raise in 4 years (coincidence?) and everything has gone through the roof. I am barely making it as opposed to the Clinton era, when living was fine.

[OhioChick]

6. I concur..........

Things "were" good at a time. Now, we're working harder with nothing to show for it.

[FreedomAngel82]

14. But hey don't worry

the gay's can't marry! :eyes: Oy! I miss the Clinton years all the time and I was growing up then! I'm thankful everyday that I did. I would hate to be in school under Bush years! Oy!

[RebelOne]

2. I know, I know. I was crying this morning because it also

cost me $31 to fill up. Luckily, I only have to drive 30 miles round trip to work. But the sticker shock really hurts.

[Gabi Hayes]

5. On July 21, I paid 2.14 for diesel

today the cheapest diesel at this site

http://www.chicagogasprices.com/index.aspx?s=Y&fuel=D&area=All%20Areas&station=All%20Stations&tme_limit=36

that's close enough to bother is SEVENTY CENTS higher!!!!!


seventy cents in ONE MONTH!!!!!

that would be a $43 fill up for me

luckily, I can go over 675 miles on a tank

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

3. Ha! I was about to reply.. 'Someone saw me?' then I read the rest, LOL

[dweller]

4. Film at 11

i thought you had caught me filling up today...

:mad: at the pump ripoff

dp

edit to add: i forgot to get the little bit in the plastic jug for the mower, so had to go and trickle a gallon in it afterwards while on errands. I spoke to the attendant and asked when the price would be coming down, and he said they'd be going up again shortly. I questioned why? and his response, 'about 1/2 mile away, they were charging $0.06 more so they were going to go up too'.

:mad: :mad:

[Ilsa]

7. I remember my dad compaining about gas going up in the mid-

seventies. A wopping 32 cents a gallon.

[RagAss]

9. Those were the days......

[jedr]

8. Just one more way to transfer wealth from the middle-class.

[Klimmer]

10. You crying? In SD, CA the gas is from $2.79 to $3++ (But good news . .)

It cost me $46.00 to fill up my Toyota 4x4 (4 banger) pick-up. I'm pissed!!!

But I don't want to leave everyone crying and pissed. Here is the good news and this is off-the-shelf technology right now. Go get a Toyota Prius and do this conversion . . .

Toyota Prius converted to do PHEV can get 100mpg!!!

http://www.calcars.org/runningonempty-latimes.pdf
http://www.calcars.org/

And if you use solar panels on your home to recharge your 20 mile or so limit Prius in EV mode only, then you can get easily 500mpg or so. But you got to pay the bucks-up front to play with this kind of conservation. We should all be doing this like --- yesterday.

[RagAss]

12. Interesting stuff....

[doodadem]

11. $82. 50

to fill the 30 gallon tank on the dually here in central Calif now. Sorry, but have to have a full size pickup truck to get hay and farm supplies, etc. But I only walk down the hallway to get to work/office, and we save up errands to make one trip to town a week in the truck.

[FreedomAngel82]

13. My mom said earlier today

that gas for her was $26. :crazy: What we're doing is when the tank gets half empty we fill it up then. It helps save some.

[Twist_U_Up]

15. I blubber like a baby everyday

I'M a Journeyman Ironworker I have to travel anywheres up to 2 hours one way !!

Ive been somewhat around my house this summer but most of my work coming up through the winter will be 1 1/2 hours 1 way. Carpooling now costs me what it did when I drove alone, at this time last year. AND THATS WITH 4 PEOPLE!!! plus I have to drive 1/2 hour just to meet those people. Wow

[IDemo]

16. The tears were running down my cheeks this morning

as I passed the Texaco station with regular gas at $2.50 this morning.

But that's because the cool air of my morning bike ride to work makes my eyes water.

[Love Bug]

17. For the first time it cost me $20 to fill up my little Saturn

Bullocks!

[SW FL Dem]

18. I just filled my volvo today - $47 for 16 gallons

and I filled it just a week ago!

[wli]

19. cab drivers are crapping their pants

I took a cab around the Bay Area earlier this week. It looks like they're charged some fixed rate to rent the cab on a weekly or monthly basis and have limited (didn't get a straight answer) control over the rates they charge. This oil Enronization is going to put cabbies out of business.

ON EDIT: I tipped very heavily.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

20. Cab drivers may be changing their names to "Rick Shaw" soon. nt.

[sarahlee]

21. At $2.69 it cost me

almost $50.00 today.