[ale] OT: gas going up this weekend

[Geoffrey Myers]

Tom Freeman wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 28 Apr 2011, Geoffrey Myers wrote:
> 
>> Jim Kinney wrote:
>>>
>>> On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 2:04 PM, The Don Lachlan <ale-at-ale.org
>>> <http://ale-at-ale.org>@unpopularminds.org <http://unpopularminds.org>>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>     Georgia used to have very inexpensive gas. Now, it's the higher side
>>>     of average and the national average is between 3 and 4 times what it
>>>     was 10
>>>     years ago.
>>>
>>> National average (today) is $3.88 and Ga is $3.76. We're still lower
>>> than average and the new tax bit won't change that.
>>>
>>>  http://fuelgaugereport.aaa.com/?redirectto=http://fuelgaugereport.opisnet.com/index.asp
>> You know what they say about average?  A guy is standing with one foot
>> in a bucket of frozen water, the other foot in boiling water.  On
>> average he should be okay. ;)
>>
>> Personally, being below average doesn't comfort me.  I think the price
>> of gas is too high.  I don't know who to blame.  It sucks.
> 
> The price of gas is too high compared to what? I usually feel like they 
> should pay me to use their product because I'm such an all round stalwart 
> fellow and great person 8-).
> 
> Somehow, it doesn't seem to work that way.

Oh no, if that was the case, I'd be paying a premium on gas. :)

Too high compared to what I want to pay. :)

I think the issue is, that the gas price has not gone up uniformly, thus 
that's where it hurts.  If in fact, gas should be at $3.75 a gallon, 
sneak up on me so I don't realize it.


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Until later, Geoffrey

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