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Title: I couldnt believe my eyes. Look at the price of gas!
Post by: Beardo on October 22, 2008, 01:42:58 PM
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Now I know what it feels like when a war is over!!
Title: Re: I couldnt believe my eyes. Look at the price of gas!
Post by: MrAngryFace on October 22, 2008, 01:43:22 PM
I buy super unleaded now. Why not
Title: Re: I couldnt believe my eyes. Look at the price of gas!
Post by: Phoenix Dark on October 22, 2008, 01:44:47 PM
$2.70 here :rock
Title: Re: I couldnt believe my eyes. Look at the price of gas!
Post by: Beardo on October 22, 2008, 01:45:06 PM
$2.70 here :rock


:piss wherever you are
Title: Re: I couldnt believe my eyes. Look at the price of gas!
Post by: fistfulofmetal on October 22, 2008, 01:46:00 PM
I went by this bad part of the neighborhood over the weekend and I saw a gas station that displayed $1.50.


Then I realized it was run down and probably some kind of crack house now.
Title: Re: I couldnt believe my eyes. Look at the price of gas!
Post by: Mr. Gundam on October 22, 2008, 01:52:24 PM
The cheapest I've seen in the greater Seattle area is $2.77. It's still over $3 in Seattle proper, though.

It's pretty crazy, gas has dropped about 60 cents a gallon over the last week.
Title: Re: I couldnt believe my eyes. Look at the price of gas!
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on October 22, 2008, 01:59:22 PM
it's $3.29 here in California. ;_;
Title: Re: I couldnt believe my eyes. Look at the price of gas!
Post by: Human Snorenado on October 22, 2008, 02:01:48 PM
Still about $3 here in NC.  Or at least it was on Sunday.
Title: Re: I couldnt believe my eyes. Look at the price of gas!
Post by: bud on October 22, 2008, 02:10:55 PM
public transportation :rock
Title: Re: I couldnt believe my eyes. Look at the price of gas!
Post by: xnikki118x on October 22, 2008, 02:11:09 PM
It's like 2.89 here in NEPA.
Title: Re: I couldnt believe my eyes. Look at the price of gas!
Post by: Mr. Gundam on October 22, 2008, 02:15:02 PM
public transportation :rock

I'm all for public transportation, my wife takes the bus to work every day. Unfortunately, it doesn't work for me.  :(
Title: Re: I couldnt believe my eyes. Look at the price of gas!
Post by: MrAngryFace on October 22, 2008, 02:21:53 PM
No way im driving my car to a bus stop so I can sit on a bus that stops a bunch for 20+ miles. I drive somewhere to carpool, thats at least a little faster.
Title: Re: I couldnt believe my eyes. Look at the price of gas!
Post by: Mr. Gundam on October 22, 2008, 02:23:27 PM
No way im driving my car to a bus stop so I can sit on a bus that stops a bunch for 20+ miles. I drive somewhere to carpool, thats at least a little faster.

We live near a large park and ride, and there are numerous bus stops near our house. The proposed light rail station on Roosevelt is about three blocks from our house, which will be AWESOME.

My problem is that I need a car during the day, since I work at multiple buildings.
Title: Re: I couldnt believe my eyes. Look at the price of gas!
Post by: MrAngryFace on October 22, 2008, 02:37:45 PM
My commute is just kinda stupid. Too bad tho cause I love Mill Creek. Only people who have it worse live in Everett
Title: Re: I couldnt believe my eyes. Look at the price of gas!
Post by: Brehvolution on October 22, 2008, 02:41:53 PM
I live in NY, but only live 3 miles from the PA border where gas is 2.949 vs ny'S 3.299. Tough choice.
Title: Re: I couldnt believe my eyes. Look at the price of gas!
Post by: huckleberry on October 22, 2008, 02:52:38 PM
Thank god gas is below 3 bucks a gallon.  Now I can go buy that suv I have been eyeing.



It has been under 3 dollars in Kentucky for a few weeks now.  Of course, I drive a a scooter and ride a bike to work so I don't give a shit until food prices start going down too.  I have been paying almost 50% more at the grocery store lately...with a wife and two kids it sucks.
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Post by: Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich on October 22, 2008, 02:54:13 PM
WHAT? fuck you guys, its like 3.29 here in California
Title: Re: I couldnt believe my eyes. Look at the price of gas!
Post by: Great Rumbler on October 22, 2008, 03:08:45 PM
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Now I know what it feels like when a war is over!!

What state do you live in?

Here in southern Oklahoma the lowest I've seen is $2.32.
Title: Re: I couldnt believe my eyes. Look at the price of gas!
Post by: Beardo on October 22, 2008, 03:18:05 PM
:bow Oklahoma
Title: Re: I couldnt believe my eyes. Look at the price of gas!
Post by: Mr. Gundam on October 22, 2008, 03:30:47 PM
:bow Oklahoma

Yeah, but you'd have to live there.

:bow Ocean
:bow Mountains
:bow Washington
Title: Re: I couldnt believe my eyes. Look at the price of gas!
Post by: Great Rumbler on October 22, 2008, 03:33:07 PM
:bow Oklahoma

:bow Oklahoma
:bow Indian Casinos
:bow Trailer parks
:bow Professional basketball
Title: Re: I couldnt believe my eyes. Look at the price of gas!
Post by: Mr. Gundam on October 22, 2008, 03:35:47 PM
:bow Indian Casinos :bow2

We've got lots of those.

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:bow Trailer parks :bow2

Those too.

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:bow Professional basketball :bow2

Tho.... oh, yeah.  :lol

Oklahoma isn't bad, I've been there a couple times, my tribe is in Miami. But seriously, Washington state is absolutely gorgeous.
Title: Re: I couldnt believe my eyes. Look at the price of gas!
Post by: Beardo on October 22, 2008, 03:49:31 PM
Does washington have indian casinos?

:bow 24 hold'em tournaments
Title: Re: I couldnt believe my eyes. Look at the price of gas!
Post by: Propagandhim on October 22, 2008, 03:52:39 PM
Sucks for people that bought plane tickets months in advance.
Title: Re: I couldnt believe my eyes. Look at the price of gas!
Post by: Ganhyun on October 22, 2008, 03:56:32 PM
Bad news Beardo...


http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,442343,00.html

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"The era of cheap oil is finished," Iran's Oil Minister Gholamhossein Nozari boasted on Tuesday.

When asked what price Iran would want for its oil, Nozari declared, "The more the better."
Title: Re: I couldnt believe my eyes. Look at the price of gas!
Post by: Beardo on October 22, 2008, 04:01:13 PM
Time to bomb Iran
Title: Re: I couldnt believe my eyes. Look at the price of gas!
Post by: ShogunOfFear on October 22, 2008, 04:03:55 PM
Right after Saudi Arabia  ;)
Title: Re: I couldnt believe my eyes. Look at the price of gas!
Post by: Mr. Gundam on October 22, 2008, 04:25:48 PM
Does washington have indian casinos?

Lots of them. The elementary school I work at is on the Muckleshoot Indian Reservation, I pass by the huge casino every day on my way to work.
Title: Re: I couldnt believe my eyes. Look at the price of gas!
Post by: Ganhyun on October 22, 2008, 04:26:41 PM
Does washington have indian casinos?

Lots of them. The elementary school I work at is on the Muckleshoot Indian Reservation, I pass by the huge casino every day on my way to work.

Is there an Indian outside giving you an evileye since you aren't stopping at his casino? lol.
Title: Re: I couldnt believe my eyes. Look at the price of gas!
Post by: Great Rumbler on October 22, 2008, 04:29:44 PM
:bow Indian Casinos :bow2
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:bow Professional basketball :bow2

Tho.... oh, yeah.  :lol

LOL

I'd really like to visit Washington, but I lack the funds to do so.  :'(
Title: Re: I couldnt believe my eyes. Look at the price of gas!
Post by: Tauntaun on October 22, 2008, 04:43:03 PM
I work in NJ right by the GWB, $2.69.
Title: Re: I couldnt believe my eyes. Look at the price of gas!
Post by: Beardo on November 02, 2008, 12:38:26 PM
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Title: Re: I couldnt believe my eyes. Look at the price of gas!
Post by: Mr. Gundam on November 02, 2008, 01:05:21 PM
Lowest I've seen around the Seattle area is $2.31, but that was on Friday. I'm sure it's dropped since then.
Title: Re: I couldnt believe my eyes. Look at the price of gas!
Post by: Brehvolution on November 02, 2008, 01:06:56 PM
I just put $20 in my car an hour ago @ $2.59 just across the border in PA. $2.79 in my town in NY.
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Post by: Joe Molotov on November 02, 2008, 01:24:58 PM
I saw it for $1.98.

Reelect George Bush. :bow2
Title: Re: I couldnt believe my eyes. Look at the price of gas!
Post by: Bloodwake on November 02, 2008, 01:34:17 PM
It's still 2.09 here in Berea, Kentucky.

But, since Kentucky usually has some of the cheapest gasoline in the country, I fully expect to be paying around two bucks before Christmas. Gas will shoot up fifty cents to a dollar on Thanksgiving and then decline until Christmas Eve, and even then the gas prices will still be relatively low in comparison to last Christmas.
Title: Re: I couldnt believe my eyes. Look at the price of gas!
Post by: Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich on November 02, 2008, 02:09:27 PM
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Holy SHIT man. The cheapest I've seen here in SoCal was around 2.49
Title: Re: I couldnt believe my eyes. Look at the price of gas!
Post by: Mupepe on November 02, 2008, 02:45:20 PM
filled up for 1.88/gal yesterday

:bow Texas :bow2

Where's FoC when I need him?
Title: Re: I couldnt believe my eyes. Look at the price of gas!
Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on November 02, 2008, 02:56:30 PM
$1.93 in Iowa
Title: Re: I couldnt believe my eyes. Look at the price of gas!
Post by: archie4208 on November 02, 2008, 02:58:03 PM
$2.26 in Georgia.  Seems expensive. ???
Title: Re: I couldnt believe my eyes. Look at the price of gas!
Post by: HyperZoneWasAwesome on November 02, 2008, 04:55:19 PM
$3.49 in Southcentral Alaska.

oh, and for all that cheap gas, you're welcome.
Title: Re: I couldnt believe my eyes. Look at the price of gas!
Post by: archie4208 on November 02, 2008, 05:25:20 PM
At least Sarah Palin can start working on lowering your gas prices Wednesday. :lol
Title: Re: I couldnt believe my eyes. Look at the price of gas!
Post by: Brehvolution on November 02, 2008, 07:36:06 PM
$3.49 in Southcentral Alaska.

oh, and for all that cheap gas, you're welcome.
Aren't you given govt. subsidies in the form of a yearly check from the socialist oil companies?
Title: Re: I couldnt believe my eyes. Look at the price of gas!
Post by: HyperZoneWasAwesome on November 02, 2008, 08:15:37 PM
Aren't you given govt. subsidies in the form of a yearly check from the socialist oil companies?
more or less.  The yearly check's worth is determined by how much we skimmed from the oil companies on any given year (depends on how well their Alaskan operations did) and how well the various investments the gigantic fund is involved in did for that year.  The check I got this year was awesome, and is going to cover all my tuition for the Spring semester, the check I'll get next year, what with the economic meltdown and the falling price of crude, might equal 40-50% of the 2 grand (almost exactly 2 grand) I got this year.

The Permanent Fund Dividend (henceforth, PFD) was started in the early 1980's as a way to benefit all Alaskans while the oil companies keep doing whatever dirty business they continue to do.  And besides the money the oil companies pay to the citizens of Alaska, they also contribute the lions share of taxes collected by the State Government (we have no statewide income, sales, or property tax).  For this reason, perhaps moreso then any other, Alaskan citizens are veeeeeeeery pro-development, because as soon as the tap runs dry, and we've had some lean years, the State government might actually have to start taxing its citizens, and nobody wants that.

While this sounds very socialist, well, that's because it kinda is.  However, the state government continues to do very well, but the local governments usually end up pinching pennies to continue operating their schools, police departments, and other city services that they don't get a lot of help with from the state government.  The sales and property taxes that you pay anywhere in Alaska goes to funding the local governments and nobody else.  And thanks to the Bush administration's unfunded mandates, and reduced support to state governments, local governments here have it harder then ever.

So while we sound very socialist, in actuality, we're very conservative/Republican.  Where the rich parts of the government get to keep being rich and don't have to share so much with those who don't have anything.  When faced with a massive budget surplus this year, Palin decided to rebate that money back to the people of Alaska, instead of spending it on infrastructure or more sensible things then a handout.  Sound familiar? (http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/tax-relief/index.html)
Title: Re: I couldnt believe my eyes. Look at the price of gas!
Post by: Bloodwake on November 02, 2008, 08:34:25 PM
2.09 as of last night in Berea, Kentucky.