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It went up from 3.89 to 3.99 tonight while I was out of town for a few hours.

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Gas here is again at $3.59 just within the last few days for 87 octane corn squeezins. Wife said her Tahoe was low on gas with low fuel light on. Had some errands to run so told her I would fill it at the station while I was out and about. Used our $0.40 off points from Kroger so was actually $3.19 per. 28 gallons later at $91.00 the Tahoe no longer had a low fuel light on but my wallet sure did tho, :lol:

I remember the days gone by that $91.00 was a used car payment. As Bob Dylan used to say.....Oh, the times they are a changing. :waah:

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Supposedly going up because of shortages of product -- because of Saudi Arabia reducing their output.

Regular was $5.50 here yesterday. I haven't checked it today.

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You can bet your sweet bippy they are going to adjust the oil output to command the most profits. They aren't rich enough, yet.

Golden rule: They who have the most gold, rule..

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Despite what a LOT of folks think, Saudi Arabia has NEVER been a friend to the United States thru the years. If not for US and British oil exploration after WW2 most of those oil sheiks would STILL be riding camels and living in tents!

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Totally Agree.

If I type any more It would get Ugly ;):lol:

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TOTALLY AGREE to the above statement also, so I refrained from what I wanted to post. Don't want to be the one to have my own thread closed and locked. :lol:

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To bad we don’t have any in our own country we can get

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Hmm, prices took another boost overnight. Back to $3.79 for corn juice again. Couple more hikes like that and we'll be back up into the $4.00 plus range again. :devil::waah:

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Don't think I've heard that phrase since Dan & Dick were on Laugh-In. :lol:

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In all the many times that I watched Rowan & Martin's Laugh In, I never heard anyone explain just what a "sweet bippy" was. Still have no idea! :lol::lol:

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I usually keep enough in our vehicles to ride through a price surge like this but the surge outlasted me this time. Saudis just said their production cut will last another month or more. All of our trucks need gas now. Currently our lowest price is $3.35.

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Congratulations to the citizens of Oregon who, after more than 70 years, now have the freedom to pump their own gas. Lol.

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Seriously? Good, it's about time! I question the 70 years though. I was born & raised in Oregon and I remember pumping my own gas in the 1960s. I thought the ban was implemented sometime in the '70s to employ people who lost jobs due to the massive reductions in the timber industry.

Or maybe my memory is failing me (again). :lol:

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They are trying to hold on though. They still can't have more self-serve pumps that they do full serve at the same station. They are trying to leave it open for those who don't want to do it.

New Jersey is the lone hold-out now.

Self-service has been an option here in Ohio since the mid 1970s.
The first time I was hit by a car was from running back and forth between pumps, working as an attendant. (1978) We had 6 full-service pumps and 3 self-service. That flipped about a year after I started (3 to 6) and never went completely to self-service, while I was there. (1981)

Something funny is going on here....someone didn't get the message? Some of the places out in the suburbs are selling for $3.04 yet in town it's $3.39

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You're lucky.... we are still at $5.50. :(

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Yea but they wash your windows and check your oil

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I worked part-time in a service station when I was 15. Washed the windshield (other windows if you asked), underhood check included oil and coolant, check & air up tires, just about anything the customer wanted. Oil change & lube job included vacuuming the interior. Full service and I got paid $1 per hour. :chevy:

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Wow ;)
Your old:lol:

I worked at a Exxon when I was that age but I got paid just a little bit more;)

We changed oil, fixed tires and all that stuff.

At the pump we would ask what they wanted checked as far as the oil stuff goes.:mm:

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Funny how memories are triggered by a thread or post. This talk of full service stations and all reminds me of one time in the 50s on a trip somewhere we stopped at a gas station, full service of course, and a midget came out with a 3' stool and washed our windshield while we filled up. Cleaning our windshield wasn't a surprise. The midget was. That was the first midget I had ever seen. :lol: I said midget because that's what they were called back then. They have other names now days.

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I'm a bit younger than some of you folks. I was 15 in 1978 and minimum wage went from $2.90 to $3.10 while I was at my first job. By the time I started at the Shell station, I think it paid $3.50?
I didn't stay there long though. When I graduated and went full-time at the machine shop that was $14.01 and the Monday after I turned 18, I got bumped to 2nd shift :mad::mad: I hated that, but it was an extra $0.35 shift-differential.

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Yes, we get to pump our own gas but it is mandated from above that the price for self serve and attendent pumped must remain the same.
It's still welfare for anyone that can't pass a drug test or is a felon.
Who makes these laws?

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We know who, but we can't (and shouldn't) discuss it here. ;)

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Dunno about you young whippersnappers :D.

I got my first real job (which launched a 42-year career in telecom) just out of high school in 1967, five days after turning 18. Starting wage was $1.91 1/2 per hour. We were alternating 50-hour weeks (5 tens) and 58-hours (add Saturday). I thought I was rich. The job involved a lot of travel, and after your first relocation you got an extra $9 a day tax-free per diem. Wasn't long after that I bought a new '68 Camaro RS. Gas was still around 30 cents a gallon. Life was good.... :)

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I don't remember the last time I saw a full service station. I worked at one in 1972 for .90 per hour, pumped it for 30cents per gallon . Back then there was only 1 station in town that was self serve at 27cents. I just filled my Blazer and it was $4.59 for premium.

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Prices are up 30 cents per in just the past 10 days. We're approaching 5.50 real quick

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Yesterday $4.95 about the cheapest in town.

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SPR still trending toward E yet crude oil exports have never been higher.

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Filled the rig all the way up…

-klb

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Good thing. You were running on fumes! ;)

Ours dropped to $3.23 this week.

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Don’t look under there

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$7.26 a gal this morning...grrr :crazy:

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While running some errands in Wichita this morning the Tahoe was needing some gas. Our local Quick Trip (QT) gas n go's pricing is a bit strange to me. Three stations spread out thru town,all the same QT brand had three different prices? From $3.79 to $3.69 to $3.57 ?????

Guess I don't understand how all three stations selling under the same brand would have three different pricings with one being a $0.22 per gallon spread from the highest? Seems odd to me?

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The story I heard about prices has to do with how close a station is to a major highway. The closer, the higher. Don't know the truth of that, though, but maybe it could be checked out by anyone who cares.

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Quite probably a true statement there on the pricing. Seems gas prices are generally higher on turn pike toll roads, a bit of a "captive audience" type situation there comes into play I suspect. Same as pricing of items at concerts and other closed venues.

Just seemed a bit odd to me that there was a $0.22 difference between the same brands altho located nearly 3 miles apart or so.

Either way, not much liking the increased cost of gas now days. And here in the flat lands of Kansas our prices are MUCH lower than other states. Living here in "fly over country" does have a few perks, LOL. :lol:

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Went from 3.69 to 4.09 in one evening here last week.

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Fun fact about the cost of gasoline in CA from the US Energy Information Agency...

"California gasoline prices are generally higher and more variable than prices in other states because relatively few refineries produce California's unique blend of gasoline. California's reformulated gasoline program is more stringent than the federal government's program. California's tax on gasoline is also higher than most states' gasoline tax.

California refineries need to run at near full capacity to meet the state's gasoline demand. If more than one of its refineries experiences operating problems at the same time, California's gasoline prices can increase substantially. Even when supplies are available from other West Coast refineries, U.S. Gulf Coast refineries, or from foreign refineries, they can take a relatively long time to arrive in California."

and with regard to local price differences...

"Prices at gasoline stations are often highest in locations with fewer gasoline stations. Even stations located close together may have different traffic patterns, rent, and sources of supply that influence pricing."

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Reg is 3.79 - 3.85 the non E 91 is now 4.79 . Diesel is 4.19

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$3.31 here now

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$5.65 for diesel yesterday in Aberdeen WA.....
Congratulations, Washington State has the highest price per gallon in the lower 48.
What a joke and it's not going to get better anytime soon I fear.