Subj : Re: Gas Crunch To : Ryan From : Finnigann Date : Sun Sep 11 2005 12:10 am -=> Ryan wrote to Newborn <=- Ry> Re: Gas Crunch Ry> By: Newborn to Spiffwiggler & Frank on Tue Aug 23 2005 10:29 pm > Hey. I was jusst wondering how you two are handling the gas crunch. The > price of regular is now up to $1.70 a gal, midgrade is $1.80, and premium > is $1.90. It gone up .06 a gal the last two days. > > I drive a older Mercury and get maybe 12-15 miles per gallon since I do > mostly locale driving, food and medical trips. I figure I spend $30-35 > a month (up from my $20-22 normal cost). > > Not much I can do. I can't afford another car, certainly not a new one, > and mine is now 14 yrs old. Anything I can afford has amywhere from 96K > to 140k and costs anywhere from $3000 to 5000 dollars. We have NO bus > transportation to speak of here in the county the cost of auto repair and > maintenace is out of sight. > > I hope the end of summer driving season makes a difference, but I don't > think in will. With winter coming and the lack of refining capability I > fully expect speculation and greed to keep the situation going. > > Newborn Ry> Wow. this is saddening. I'm replying to a message dated Aug 23rd about Ry> gas prices bing 1.70. Now only ten odd days later it's a whole dollar Ry> more. I am afraid this turned out to be a typo... sorry +$1 .... Consciousness: that annoying time between naps. --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.46 þ Synchronet þ Bits-N-Bytes BBS Onehellofa BBS bnb.dtdns.net .