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JIM
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FUEL PRICES
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3/4/2005 3:07:56 PM
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Atlanta to the lake =125 miles x2 =250 per trip, 20 miles per gallon=12 1/2 gallons@$ 2.95 per gallon = $36.88. Gonna get expensive. Gas prices will be $3.50 per gallon at the marinas this summer.Guess there will be a lot of gas cans sold and toted to the dock full of fuel and spilled in the water in the process of filling up the vessels. Be eating a lot of Bennie Wennies with soda crackers instead $10.00 meals at Oskars
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Maddog
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3/4/2005 3:46:31 PM
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Jim, you're always a ray of sunshine. Here we are making plans for the fun we're going to have this summer and you have to go and throw a blanket on it.
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Feb
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3/4/2005 4:01:58 PM
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Report on CNN.COM this morning was gas prices are expected to go up another 25 cents a gallon in the near future.
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Feb
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3/4/2005 11:38:30 PM
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I realize I am posting after a post, but i found this interesting. In 1950 the average price per gallon (according to Phillips Petroleum) was 27 cents. Using the URL shown below that equates to $2.07 in Year 2003 money. We can attempt to rationalize it, but it still hurts. When the tank is empty then to fill it causes the wallet to go on empty. If the news is correct we could be paying over two bucks a gallon pretty soon.
URL: Value of Money
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Gas for the drive to Lake Martin- $36.88
Dinner at Oskars (for 2, with no tip or drinks)- $20.00
People (like Jim) staying home, eating cheap food, and bitching about money..... while the rest of us have fun and enjoy lake life- PRICELESS
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ChrisCraft
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3/5/2005 2:17:12 AM
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Sorry...have to disagree to a certain extent here. The "problem" of high gas prices could be solved if certain powers-that-be would regulate the U.S. economy instead of their own coffers. I, for one, and maybe the minority, will not buy the same amount as prices rise. It will not alter my "enjoyment" of life by any means (simply because burning fuel isn't a necessity to enjoying the lake) but I feel as though I am supporting the guilty by continuing on as if it is acceptable. The world isn't filled with as much gray as most people accept. the only reason the price is rising is because it CAN. That doesn't make it right or acceptable. Screw 'em....
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AnchorbayDon
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3/5/2005 8:17:14 AM
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The really bad thing about the rise in fuel prices is that it results from futures market pressures based on the presumption of a shortage. There is not really a shortage at this time. The cost of fuel to gas stations and marinas went up 13.5 cents in one day this week!
Even higher in inflationary cost is that of water! At more than $8.00 a gallon (when purchased in 12 oz bottles for a buck!), it far surpasses the increases in the cost of gasoline - but then we all realize how expensive it is to drill for water, refine it, ship it half way around the world, tanker truck it, store it and finally sell it!
I guess we can't complain about fuel prices while swigging our bottles water! Who'd a thunk it? I'd love to hear my grandaddy's remarks if he heard about the spiralling price of water!
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roswellric
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3/6/2005 1:40:00 PM
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Yes that's probably true however there is one teeney-weeney difference in then and today: I'll bet we use a lot more oil per capita than then so I would think our proportunate expenditures for energy is greater.
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