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| Grumpy Old Pharts Board Gerritol, Ex-Lax, Immodium, Bad Breath - all requirements for the Grumpy Board |
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08-31-2005, 02:11 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
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Originally Posted by JohnR
Had there been a different person / team at the helm, say a McCain or someone with integrity and competence at the helm.
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Unfortunately, you will never see McCain or any other man of integrity or competence......because they are to smart to try and run for office. A man of integrity usually holds that as sacred to himself with an extreme sense of pride as part of his character. But the political parties in this country (all of them) and the media (both left and right) like to take a man's character and completely destroy it. A man who has integrity will not allow this to happen to him or his family. What they did to McCain in the media was disgraceful and after seeing that, most people with integrity, and any common sense at all, will stay away.
Pretty much why Powell said "Thanks, but no Thanks".
That leaves a constant parade of Chuckleheads trying to, and currently, running this country. Why did Bu$h defeat Johnny K.......because the Evil known is preferable to the Evil unknown...
Just look at what '08 is sizing up to be......Arnold against Hillary....  Screw that....I'm writing in Hugh Hefner... |
"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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08-31-2005, 02:33 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Outer Banks of Framingham
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CNN today.
"There's no question gas will hit $4 a gallon," Ben Brockwell, director of pricing at the Oil Price Information Service, said. OPIS tracks wholesale and retail oil prices and provides pricing information for AAA's daily reports on fuel prices.
Brockwell said with gasoline prices now exceeding $3 a gallon before even reaching the wholesale level, it "doesn't take a genius" to expect retail prices to hit $4 a gallon soon.
"Consumers haven't seen the worst of it yet," Brockwell said.
He expects consumers in the Southeast and Northeast to be pinched first, following the impact of Hurricane Katrina on the Gulf Coast region. 
I'm thinking of trading my gas pick-up to a diesel and burning vegetable oil.
http://www.greasecar.com/ |
If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles.
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08-31-2005, 03:06 PM
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Canceled
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: vt
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Originally Posted by outfished
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Better check veggie oil first, any agricultural product is more oil driven than you think. |
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08-31-2005, 03:23 PM
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Jiggin' Leper Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: 61° 30′ 0″ N, 23° 46′ 0″ E
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Just got back from a gas run to head up to the Cape.
Last night, the Hess station was $2.71 and I said, "naw, only went up 2 cents today, how much more could it go up by tomorrow?" 
Today, it was $2.89 and I had to wait 20 minutes to pump. Reason for the lines was, the Mobil station across the street was $3.39/9  and the Shell down the road was $2.99. All the time I'm waiting to pump, I'm sweating my ass off because there's a Mystic tanker truck making a delivery and you just know the price is going up after that I managed to get in under the wire 
Now, here's the kicker. Of all of the oil companies, Hess should be the least affected by this because they refine a lot of their gas in NJ 
John, I can't argue with anything you said. I feel the same way. I've given this guy the benefit of the doubt for 5 years now, and all I can conclude is, I voted for Senor Effup back in 2000. Not that either time, there was much of a choice. I think TDF hit it right on the head----anyone with a lick of sense or self-respect wouldn't want to pimp himself the way you have to in order to win the job. 
It won't be Arnold vs anybody anytime soon, unless we happen to annex Austria in the interim  |
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08-31-2005, 03:23 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Outer Banks of Framingham
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Originally Posted by bluefishercat
Better check veggie oil first, any agricultural product is more oil driven than you think.
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I'm not talking about brand-new store bought veggie oil, I'm talking about recycling the oil used from cooking at restaurants, it's free for the taking and your car gets to smell like french fries and eggrolls  . |
If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles.
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08-31-2005, 03:28 PM
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fishing the pacific
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Port Townsend, WA
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I like the idea of the bio-diesel fuel. Re-refined waste oil from fast food joints.
the only problem is that it is hard to find a place to refuel. the beauty of the bio-diesel system is that there are no modifications to a true diesel engine.
The same engine can run either of the fuels or a mixture of the 2. so you are running low on fuel, you can still stop and fill up with real diesel at the pump.
http://www.biodiesel.org/ |
Keep lines wet and tight in the pacific
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08-31-2005, 03:34 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Outer Banks of Framingham
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Originally Posted by Iwannakeeper
I like the idea of the bio-diesel fuel. Re-refined waste oil from fast food joints.
the only problem is that it is hard to find a place to refuel. the beauty of the bio-diesel system is that there are no modifications to a true diesel engine.
The same engine can run either of the fuels or a mixture of the 2. so you are running low on fuel, you can still stop and fill up with real diesel at the pump.
http://www.biodiesel.org/ |
Most food joints I believe have to pay someone to haul this stuff away. I bet if you showed up offering to take it away for free they would jump at the chance. Almost every town across this country has a McD's and a chinese joint in it. |
If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles.
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08-31-2005, 04:01 PM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Somewhere between OOB & west of Watch Hill
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Well Chucklehead is about to addup, I mean undress, damn, must have aproblem in my speech Nulcearius, address the Nation....
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~Fix the Bait~ ~Pogies Forever~
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08-31-2005, 04:14 PM
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surfcasting is NOT a crime
Join Date: Jul 2002
Posts: 792
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Time for another Revolution ....
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