Starbucks and water and gas! Oh my!

hey, the last time we got mad about taxes... didnt we dump some tea into the Boston Harbor??? Its too bad Oil is harfull to the waters, we could dress up like Indians again and unload a few billion gallons then drive cars that run on canola! Mmmmm Canolaaaaa! hey I also hear of a bear destroying a car in a mall parking lot because it was run on cooking oil (the car, not the bear) I guess it smelled good enough to eat.
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Apprantly cars running on 'Biofuel' or vegitable oil smell really nice, some people in the UK use the old oil from chippie shops!

i wish...well that's it really. i just wish.

I guess that if you think that water is free, check out New Orleans and the surrounding area. Potable water is very scarce and very precious there. Put the price of gas against that and $3.29 a gallon doesn't seem all that important. We won't be eating out as much as we used to but at least we have the choice. The people down south sure don't.

Someone once asked me what I thought the true value of water was, his point was what would you pay for a bottle of clean water if you were in a situation where there was none, I guess even though they have pleanty of water, none of it is really any good.

Well I think a lot has to do with how much gas we have to buy. People often say, why complain about gas, when (water, milk, or whatever) costs this (insert price much larger than the current price of gas) but the thing is when is the last time you had to go and buy 20 gallons of milk to last a week or whatever? If I could buy one gallon of gas and it last me all week then heck, I'd pay 20$ per gallon if that was all I needed. And I can drink tap water or go without milk but I can't go anywhere without gas unless I buy a horse and then where would you park him? There was talk of putting in a train on the CSX line from Athens to Atlanta GA but they never do anything they say. My husband just bought a very cheap 3rd vehicle ('93 Honda Civic) for me to drive back and forth to work because the jeep's gas milage is very low. It's frustrating but you feel bad complaining about gas prices when so many people were killed/ left homeless, ect from the storm.

who I dont feel sorry for is everyone who ran out and bought a Hmmer or other extra large truck! I cant, for the life of me understand why anyone thinks they need such a large vehicle...esp. when we do have paved roads and highways now. There is no need, esp. in the cities, why one would need anything over a V-6 and over 5000 lbs. WHY???? we should all buy motorcycles, they are waaaay cooler than an SUV and they are better on gas, faster and much more economicle. imagine, gas going over 3 bucks a gallon?? when we have billions of barrelles just sitting in reserve.. what for? I suppose this isnt an emergency?
Rediculas!
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i just applied for a www.discover.com card - just for the reason that it offers up to 5% cash back on all gas purchases.

if gas is going to stay @ $3 / gallon (its around $3.50 here now), i'll take 5% back,thats more then 15 cents off per gallon in the long run - and i HATE credit card