Subj : Re: Katrina is being felt all around here in one way or another....
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : RR
Date : Fri Sep 02 2005 00:32:57

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

Tim Weaver wrote:

>>>>>>>>> Well I live in Upstate SC. My wife came home and told me all
>>>>>>>>> gas stations within a 15 mile radius have no gas. Ones that
>>>>>>>>> do have very long lines going for blocks. People here are
>>>>>>>>> panicking saying there is going to be a gas shortage or
>>>>>>>>> something? I guess they forgot the federal oil reserves we
>>>>>>>>> have. So now every bob and jim have run out to fill up. All
>>>>>>>>> there containers with gasoline. Gas has soared to $4 to 5 a
>>>>>>>>> gallon here. I saw a sign on TV in Atlanta saying $5.89 a
>>>>>>>>> gallon. Getting rather crazy here and I am in SC. No where
>>>>>>>>> near those other states that where directly hit...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The problem is being exacerbated by all the idiots who are
>>>>>>>> suddenly buying a lot more gas than they usually would.  It is
>>>>>>>> a self fulfilling prophecy.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Exacerbate this, prophecy boy.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> (I am waiting for them to start restricting when you can gas up
>>>>>>> based on license plate numbers[1]. 1973 here we come!)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I forgot about that one.  This will be the third gas shortage
>>>>>> I've experienced.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I wasn't exactly driving at the time, but I remember the lines.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I had my own personal chauffeur for much of the year.
>>>
>>> Me too. Her name was Mom.
>>
>> Dr. Detroit?
>
> I installed some lighting for John Belushi's widow the other day.
> Victor Pisano gave me a DVD of THE BLUES BROTHERS REVIVAL.  Pretty
> cool.

You mean people actually let you into their houses?

Blimey. ;-)

-- 
RR

"It's been my experience that every
  time I think I know 'where it's at,'
      it's really somewhere else."
      - William Holden - S.O.B.

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