gas prices

[BassyiusMaximus]

Here is my story from the "Junkyard-Guy" on Marthas Vineyard when I was working an excavator/backhoe and driving the 10-wheel dumptruck during the summer of 98.

My boss/buddy, John, was looking for a new dumptruck. He wasn't sure whether to get a gas or a diesel one. One day we are at the junkyard for some odd reason and this big scruffy, deep voiced guy who was torching angle iron in the hot summer sun stops what he's doing and John chats with him. Sometime during the conversation, he asks him about what kind of engine he should get for the truck, "Now, what do you think?, should I get a diesel or a gas dumptruck?" and the junkyard guy goes over the realities of the island, how it is roughly 30 square miles and that with all the turning on and turning off of the engine, that a gas engine would be the more economical choice due to all the expanding and contracting that a diesel would go through and all, and this was when gas was a whole $1.50 a gallon and was about $1.90 at the marinas on the Vineyard, but at the time was still considered pretty high. So John says, "But the price of gas is so much more than diesel." and the Junkyard Guy says, "Let me tell you something John . . . ", and in his deepest voice continued, " . . . I don't give a f--K how much gas costs cause I ain't walkin!"






Nuff said.

[Nebe]

Originally Posted by Surfcastinglife

everyone noticing the downward trend? filled the tank today at 2.64, lowest i can remember in a long time

must be getting close to election time.... gotta keep the sheeple happy.

[stripersnipr]

Originally Posted by Nebe

must be getting close to election time.... gotta keep the sheeple happy.

Yeah OPEC must really be looking forward to more Republican Warmongers huh?

[macojoe]

This crap bringing stuff over the bridge and costing more has to stop!!

It might be true for a one time delivery to someone here on the Cape. But when you have 500 Stop & Shops and 500 Shaw's and 5000 Gas stations its just bull!!!

I don't believe that it cost them anymore then going to anyone of there off Cape stores!! Especially since we pay a ton more for are gas and food!!

Not to mention all the summer people that spend spend spend when they are here!!

Off Cape gas is as low as $2.65 while we are still at $3.04 in the midcape!!

[Mike P]

Originally Posted by macojoe

!!!

I don't believe that it cost them anymore then going to anyone of there off Cape stores!! Especially since we pay a ton more for are gas and food!!

See, this is what you guys get for all those years of telling us Bourne residents who live on the mainland side that we don't really live on the Cape

[macojoe]

Well I for one have been thinking that after my daughter finishes high school (this coming year) That we are out of here!!

Move across the bridge?? There are nothing but seals here now any way and I have been fishing more and more at the Vinyard!

[Island Girl]

I still think the gas prices are way too high! Whenever I need to haul a horse trailer I cringe at the thought of having to fill er up especially if I am driving to the cape and back last trip was well over $100.... The lowest I found so far was 2.89 I think I need to look for some different gas stations

[justplugit]

Saw $2.61 a gallon this morning. Guess i'll start drivin around today to use up what i got, sooz i can get in on the bargain prices.

[afterhours]

Originally Posted by Nebe

must be getting close to election time.... gotta keep the sheeple happy.

bingo!

[Backbeach Jake]

I just love that "Because they have to truck it all the way out here "answer. Well, how much to truck it to Ohio? It's less there. Karl, do your Sunday papers have a marked up sticker on them? They don't pay extra in the Berkshires. 2.99 9/10 in Truro today.

[Mike P]

Originally Posted by Backbeach Jake

I just love that "Because they have to truck it all the way out here "answer.

That was the excuse why gas went up 30 cents a gallon when you crossed from Southampton into East Hampton on LI.

Costs just as much to truck gas to Riverhead and Greenport as to East Hampton and Montauk. But the price difference was about 20-30 cents.

Costs a lot of money to truck gas to upstate NY, too. But prices there were 20 cents less than the cheapest stations on LI and in the City

[DaveS]

Originally Posted by MAC

http://articles.news.aol.com/busines...00010000000001

Good read, thankx Dave. Lotta places in NJ under $2.50 now, some still over $3.00m, i dont understand it? How can gas cost more 15 miles down the road, and be as much as $.50 more? here's a site where ya'll can check the high and low prices in your area:

Rhody: http://www.rhodeislandgasprices.com/

Mass: http://www.massachusettsgasprices.com/

[Skitterpop]

Hey....stop it!....be happy! We have it better than most countries and we have big tvs and other stuff

[DaveS]

Originally Posted by Skitterpop

Hey....stop it!....be happy! We have it better than most countries and we have big tvs and other stuff

We also have Baseball, Nascar, and Hooters franchises

[Nebe]

Originally Posted by Nebe

must be getting close to election time.... gotta keep the sheeple happy.

[fishpoopoo]

Originally Posted by Nebe

must be getting close to election time.... gotta keep the sheeple happy.

no. the timing is coincidental.

1) summer driving season is over

2) recessions are always deflationary because there's less industrial demand for raw materials (we're in a recession, we don't buy as much rubber dog$hit from China as we used to, Chinese cut production of said rubber dog$hit, Chinese use less oil). oil and gasoline are not the only industrial commodities that have come down ... look at aluminum, steel, copper, etc. all down bigtime.

[Nebe]

I know its coincidence weewee.. I just thought it was funny. well.. nothing is really funny right now.

interesting times right now..

as a major propane user, this is great news indeed.

[Mike P]

Gas in SE Mass is dropping faster than the Dow