Trailrider1951
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Fri Jul-22-05 02:17 PM
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Holy cow, $2688 per barrel! |
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The last time I bought a bottle of tequila, it cost me about $16. So, that's $16 per liter (quart) X 4 quarts per gallon = $64 per gallon. $64 per gallon X 42 gallons per barrel = $2688 per barrel. And you think that gasoline is expensive!:wow: :wow:
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MissB
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Fri Jul-22-05 02:17 PM
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1. Thank goodness we can't fuel our cars on tequila |
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Fri Jul-22-05 02:27 PM
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I think if you beef up the intake manifold a typical I.C. engine will run on alcohol.
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Fri Jul-22-05 02:28 PM
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:D
I know you can run some engines on grain alcohol, but the cost and availability may be a bit prohibitive.
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Fri Jul-22-05 02:36 PM
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14. Well, if it matters, the last time I drank alot of tequila..... |
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....I felt like I was run over by a car... :)
Just bringin' it all back home...
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Fri Jul-22-05 02:19 PM
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2. Yeah but is that premium (e.g. Patron) or standard (e.g. Generic) tequila? |
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the numbers could be 4000 per barrel.
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Trailrider1951
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Fri Jul-22-05 02:21 PM
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3. That would be unleaded.... |
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I can't afford high-test. :eyes:
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MercutioATC
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Fri Jul-22-05 04:48 PM
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17. You're not even close (try $12,600/barrel) |
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Patron at $60/fifth (which is, as the name implies, a FIFTH of a gallon, not a fourth).
Multiply by 5 = $300/gallon.
Multiply by 44 = $12,600/barrel.
...not that I'd ever waste Patron on anything other than drinking...
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bertha katzenengel
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Fri Jul-22-05 02:22 PM
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4. You scared me. I paid $2.51.9 in Georgetown Wednesday. Shit! At least |
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I drive a freakin' Corolla.
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Fri Jul-22-05 02:23 PM
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We should just drink gasoline - it would be so much cheaper. :evilgrin:
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Fri Jul-22-05 02:24 PM
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6. And fill our tanks with tequila? nt |
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Fri Jul-22-05 02:25 PM
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7. Hell no. That stuff is expensive. |
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Fri Jul-22-05 02:29 PM
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12. And too delicious to go to waste. ;) nt |
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Fri Jul-22-05 02:36 PM
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Fri Jul-22-05 02:25 PM
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8. I thought barrels were 55 gallons |
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Edited on Fri Jul-22-05 02:26 PM by tridim
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Trailrider1951
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Fri Jul-22-05 02:27 PM
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10. Nope, 42 gallons 'o crude to a barrel |
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Fri Jul-22-05 02:33 PM
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13. In the neo-cons terms that makes Oil cheap |
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Fri Jul-22-05 02:44 PM
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16. Hell, it is much more than that for me |
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I've gotten to the point in life where I refuse to drink cheap, bad alcohol. I drink so rarely that I can afford to pay the extra for quality, in both beer and hard liquors, including tequila. So I will pony up the $40 for a 750 of Patron, Chinaco, Evolucion, etc. etc. My only problem is that here is the Midwest, the selection of high end tequila is quite small. Luckily I have friends in TX, and when I visit, I stock up.
I'm not trying to sound like a tequila snob, it is just that there is a world of difference between Cuervo, Two Fingers, etc. and the good stuff. I've paid my dues, and now it is time to enjoy one of life's little pleasures.
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Fri Jul-22-05 04:49 PM
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No, seriously, I feel the same way.
...especially considering the aftereffects of cheap tequila.
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Fri Jul-22-05 04:53 PM
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Yeah, it was one too many mornings after Cuervo that did it for me. Now I just stick with sippin' tequila, and don't have to deal with the hangovers.
If you ever get down to Austin TX, go check out the Century Liquor store. The have a hundred foot rack, three shelves high, with nothing but tequila. For us tequila lovers from the Midwest, it is like being a kid in the candy store.
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Fri Jul-22-05 05:13 PM
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20. Actually, it was a night in Dallas that killed tequila for me for YEARS. |
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Edited on Fri Jul-22-05 05:14 PM by MercutioATC
I had just passed the air traffic control academy in Oklahoma City and a bunch of us decided to go to Dallas for the weekend. There was this one guy with us who rarely drink and was extremely...shall we say..."tight with a dollar".
After watching him nurse two beers while I had consumed five or six beers and five vodka tonics, I thought it would be a good idea to try to get him drunk (I knew he wouldn't turn down a free drink). I weighed about 150 and he was about 200 (and I was a few drinks up on him) but I figured my tolerance would offset that.
At the last bar we walked in to, I asked the waitress to bring us 6 shots of tequila. I gave him three.
No real effect (o.k., it was only after 5 minutes, but I was on a mission)
I ordered another 10 shots and gave him 5.
That's close to the last thing I remember.
I hear that I succeeded. We both had to be semi-carried to the car and sang the whole way home. We were both hung over for two days.
It took me three years to be able to drink tequila again and I'll NEVER drink the cheap stuff.
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