Prisoner_Number_Six
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Thu Sep-22-05 08:52 PM
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Five empty gas stations in a row- this place has gone nuts. |
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I was in Addison (Dallas) doing some work, and had planned to gas up on the way home. Too bad all the gas stations were out of gas! A good thing I finally found an open pump-- a Shell station pricing theirs at $2.66. Remarkable, to say the least. That particular little station is usually far and away the most expensive!
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Thu Sep-22-05 08:55 PM
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1. Here in Ann Arbor there was a long wait for gas at the nearest station... |
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It was 9:30 at night, and there were 4 or 5 cars waiting at each pump. :wtf:
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Thu Sep-22-05 08:55 PM
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2. Empty as in "Out of Gas"? In Addison? Whoa! n/t |
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Thu Sep-22-05 08:57 PM
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All the nozzles, including diesel, sacked.
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TomInTib
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Thu Sep-22-05 09:10 PM
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7. If this is happening in lily-white Addison.... |
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the people driving up from Houston are screwed.
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Thu Sep-22-05 08:57 PM
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4. word around Indiana is that gas will climb to 4.00 tomorrow am |
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but I had no problem finding a number of stations at 2.69 with no line... yet...
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Thu Sep-22-05 08:58 PM
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5. I filled my tank with no problems at 2.85 a gallon this a.m. |
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Thu Sep-22-05 10:00 PM
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Honda tonite for $2.53 a gallon at a Citgo station. It was packed.
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Thu Sep-22-05 09:10 PM
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6. Civilization is very very fragiile |
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A fact that's hiding in plain sight.
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Thu Sep-22-05 09:27 PM
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12. thanks for mentioning that; I was thinking of doing a thread |
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Edited on Thu Sep-22-05 09:52 PM by barb162
just on that subject. And we are just about at our limits on energy( and civilization)and I think things will deteriorate soon.
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gulfcoastliberal
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Fri Sep-23-05 01:49 PM
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I'm glad I never had kids. What kind of place are we leaving for the future generations? It's like we're all republicans in that sense: leaving behind an unimaginable mess for others to clean up later.
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Thu Sep-22-05 09:14 PM
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8. Well, dummy, according to Gov.Perry it's ALL YOUR FAULT. He |
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warned everybody two days ago to gas up and get out. What's your excuse? If you get caught out in the storm and die, it's your own fault.
:sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm:
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Thu Sep-22-05 09:19 PM
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9. Not that I'm one bit cynical, but do you think they're just saying |
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they're out of gas because they know in the next week they can charge $5 per gallon for it? It's just suspicious that they would all run out at the same damn time, and the worst possible time for the people.
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Fri Sep-23-05 01:56 PM
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17. If they have a gas station left that is.... |
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Thu Sep-22-05 09:22 PM
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10. Archetypal auto-town Dallas won't enjoy the post-petro world. eom |
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Thu Sep-22-05 09:25 PM
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11. Dallas, proper, is a fine city for cycling. |
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Lots of small residential streets that you can go a long way on. Also, it's very flat. We have a fine set of marked bike routes (on street).
Of course, nobody but us nuts knows this. And it's true, the burbs suck.
I think we're gonna get a few more nuts out there, tho.
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Thu Sep-22-05 09:32 PM
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14. I did use to bike when I lived there decades ago -- but the drivers .. |
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.. were extremely belligerant ... I couldn't use major thoroughfares and could barely cross them safely, even with a traffic light ... That was in the era of "drive 90 -- freeze a yankee" bumperstickers when many Texans were proud to say only commies wanted recycling ...
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Thu Sep-22-05 09:29 PM
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13. The evacuation and the reporters talking about people going |
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a hundred miles in 14 hours, and everyone running out of gas, etc., shows the TX evacuation plan isn't going so hot.
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