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Now THIS statement is gonna make me sound old.....

But I remember in the first few years I was married (late 80's), we lived about 22 miles out of the main town. To drive into Marysville .... took us less than a gallon of gas. I had a little Mazda GLC. So, at about 80 cents per gallon... a buck's worth of gas would get me all the way to town no problem.  LOL  Once, we took a trip from there to here (visiting relatives, about 550 miles one way from Marysville, CA to Canby, OR).... and that same car used $13 one way for the trip. I can't even get to SALEM or PORTLAND for less than that now, lmAo.... and I'm 30 minutes from either.  :no:

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Wait a minute though. That's in Canadian dollar right? So, what's that in US, about $1.25?  LOL Just kidding. I was just in Toronto and was surprised to see how high the gas was in Canada. I know all about how expensive it is in Europe, having travelled there many times, but I didn't know about Canada. FYI, last time I was in Ireland and rented a car, it was about $145 per week but if I wanted an automatic, it was $250+ per week. They don't believe in automatic transmission because it's not very efficient in gas. Imagine, driving on the other side, sitting on the right seat, shifting with your left hand. It took a bit to get used to it.

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and, not to get into a political debate....HEHEHEHE....But didn't we go to war in Iraq for the oil?  Why is that price still going up and up?

HEHEHEHEH
have at it...

$3.50 A gallon at least.  It's not summer yet.  Give it time.   Start taking your equipment to jobs in the Red Flyer.   Crowds will plummet.   The sky is falling.......

Get a seperate system for each show leave it setup and ride a bike to work  LMAO

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Washington D.C.  -- $2.97     Hawaii --  $3.11      Canby, OR --  $2.54

I loved the charts.  :shock:

Unfortunately all the other companies prices will go up
because the gas prices did. Some companies will eat the cost and not
raize prices.

My point is our gas prices change week to week. Food prices don't change week to week. Can you imagine bread being $1.89 one week then the next week being $3.00.
Then going back down again.

I realise we are fortunate in the US. But we knew this was a problem - why haven't
we done something about making more refineries. I'm tired of hearing we have oil, but not enough refineries.

I don't want to make this thread political either. But I have to laugh when I think of how many countries thought we went to Iraq to steal their oil. The proof is in now. We still have an oil problem.

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Yeah that was not the reason!

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hmmmmm....Bread made in USA....Crude Oil...Made mostly in Middle East.
What a novel idea, try to find oil in our own country.  OPPS can't tree huggers & government regulations.

again governmet regulation and tree huggers


I said it before you....

Don't get me wrong, I am not total against the tree huggers, they have done some good by keeping companies/governmet in check.  There has to be a line drawn somewhere.  Unforunatly that line, for now, can only be draw in the desert sand of the Middle East.  That part of the world is very unstable right now.  Some are predicting a millitary confrotation with Iran, and that is what is driving up the cost of crude oil this time.  Who know what it will be next time.

The one thing that gets me is this....
day one...Crude oil prices sky rocket
day two...Gas price go up imeadtly to compensate
day 20...Crude prices go down
day 40...Prices at the pump finaly go down becasue the lower priced gas, made from the lower priced crude, finaly gets to the pumps.

If that is the case, why do gas price imeadtly go up when crude price go up?  Even before the higher priced crude/gas gets to the pumps.

It has me confused.

HAHA!! I did, indeed!! I blew all MY "ralph-bucks" on CLOTHES! Every single Albertan here got an extra $400.... even KIDS! (except anyone who didn't file their 2004 tax return..... or those in jail)

My sis has 4 kids plus her and her hubby..... they got $2400 for no reason! it was saweet!

I've heard somewhere that there's another surplus..... perhaps more free cash comin in the mail? weee!

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