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Gas prices
By adamg on Thu, 09/01/2005 - 10:21am
Ryan is shocked to see prices at a Mass. Turnpike rest stop 45 cents lower than at his regular off-Pike gas station:
... Someone must have been a little slow in telling them to raise their prices. I only needed about half a tank of gas, but even with just 6 gallons, I saved myself like $2.50 by buying gas on the MassPike. ...
Last week, back when gas prices were an oh-so-low $2.50 a gallon, Halley experimented with trying to live without a car. She describes the experiment:
... By Monday, I noticed when I did have to use my car for an errand that I couldn't do in any other way, that I had made a weird psychological shift in my head and felt like driving a car was unpleasant and other drivers really unpleasant. I had started to think like a pedestrian, not a driver. I felt like the car was a big hulking, in-your-face, rude, obnoxious monster I was dragging around. ...
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Gas shortages
I just picked my truck up after getting a tune-up at my local gas station in Newton. There was a tanker truck there unloading fuel. I overheard him talking to the station owner.
He said that he couldn't get any fuel at the usual depot where he fills the tanker. He had to drive to two other places before he could find any regular fuel available.
The other locations were out of regular unleaded and would only supply him with Super and they were anticipating things getting worse for the Labor day weekend.
I fear the 70's all over again.