Anyone noticiing difficulty getting gas for the car??

[Freeper]

dixiegrrrrl (28,784 posts)

Anyone noticiing difficulty getting gas for the car??


 
I have read on another site of complaints that some stations are running out of gas and the price jumped between last night and today.
Since I fill up maybe every 4 months now, have no clue what is going on in the outside commute traffic world.

Anyone???

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022360510

I haven't heard about any gas shortages, but prices have been climbing. And I know now that gas prices are only the fault of Repuke presidents, when we have high gas prices with a dem it's because the economy is booming so much.

nadinbrzezinski (116,146 posts)
1. Gas went up 35 cents for no apparent reason.

Wait Nads admits there is something she doesn't know?
She better grab her good rig and go find out.

freshwest (26,811 posts)
3. No problem out here and price went a bit a while back and isn't at the previous levels here.

Still under $4 a gallon which is good here.

The same prices that you call good are the same ones you wanted to crucify Bush over.

Journeyman (8,961 posts)
8. You may want to get a locking gas cap, in the event we return to gas rationing. . .

Since the 1980s, the vast majority of vehicles have anti-siphon baffles that prevent a hose from extending down into the tank.

However, here's a scenario where you might want a locking gas cap, even if your car has the anti-siphon baffle that renders it unnecessary.

During the gas crisis in the late '70s, I found myself in a blocks-long line waiting to fill up at a corner station. The station was on the South-West corner of the intersection and we were all lined up down the street to the West of the station.

Everyone was being polite (it was early in the first day of the shortage), waiting their turn. The next-to-go car would wait at the street, ready to drive into the station when a pump was available. I'd been in the line for over an hour and was about three cars from the driveway. Suddenly, as a car vacated the pump, and the next driver started to pull into the drive, a jerk in a Cadillac -- traveling South on the street approaching the station -- cut diagonally across four lanes of the West side street, directly in front of us, and pulled into the station and up to the pump, ahead of all those waiting in line.

As he hopped from his Caddy, hoots and hollers and a stream of profanity greeted him. He ignored it all, stepped to the rear of his car, removed his gas cap and reached for the pump. With a visible look of disgust, he realized he had to go into the station to pay for the gas. And this he did, despite the ever-growing outrage behind him.

For a moment, we in the line looked incredulously at each other, trying to decide if the situation warranted (or would justify) a face-to-face and possibly violent confrontation. But as the murmurs for blood grew louder, the guy in the front of the line decided to act.

He opened the door to his gas tank, removed his locking cap, strode purposefully across the lot and slapped it onto the open line of the Cadillac. To tumultuous cheers, he returned to his car, got back in his seat and waited the return of the Caddy driver.

It took the Caddy driver a few moments to realize the hopelessness of his situation and a few more to get his money back from the attendant, but he eventually drove away with cheers and jeers and raucous laughter ringing in his ears.

And that, I'd say, was worth the investment in a locking gas cap.

I thought 0bama fixed all this.

[Skul]

Have to admit, journey's story was cute. 
Caddy driver sounds like an entitled liberal to me.

[Freeper]

Have to admit, journey's story was cute. 
Caddy driver sounds like an entitled liberal to me.

Best bouncy in a long time.

[Skul]

Best bouncy in a long time.

Best line....

drove away with cheers and jeers and raucous laughter ringing in his ears

Wish there would have been a bush-jumping cop.

[Mike220]

Best line....
Wish there would have been a bush-jumping cop.

Well, the guy jumping out of the car was a nice sub-type.

Didn't start wit "So" though. Serious oversight.

[DLR Pyro]

come on, no "Bush/Cheney" or "I heart Waterboarding" bumper stickers on the Caddy? 

[GOBUCKS]

Wait Nads admits there is something she doesn't know?

Be careful. She said the price went up "for no apparent reason".

She did not say she didn't know. She's an expert on that kind of thing.

[thundley4]

During the gas crisis in the late '70s, I found myself in a blocks-long line waiting to fill up at a corner station. The station was on the South-West corner of the intersection and we were all lined up down the street to the West of the station.

Everyone was being polite (it was early in the first day of the shortage), waiting their turn. The next-to-go car would wait at the street, ready to drive into the station when a pump was available. I'd been in the line for over an hour and was about three cars from the driveway. Suddenly, as a car vacated the pump, and the next driver started to pull into the drive, a jerk in a Cadillac -- traveling South on the street approaching the station -- cut diagonally across four lanes of the West side street, directly in front of us, and pulled into the station and up to the pump, ahead of all those waiting in line.

As he hopped from his Caddy, hoots and hollers and a stream of profanity greeted him. He ignored it all, stepped to the rear of his car, removed his gas cap and reached for the pump. With a visible look of disgust, he realized he had to go into the station to pay for the gas. And this he did, despite the ever-growing outrage behind him.

Where did they have self-serve stations at in the 70's? 

[Tucker]

I wonder if jimmah carter was blaming President Nixon?

[98ZJUSMC]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022360510

I haven't heard about any gas shortages, but prices have been climbing. And I know now that gas prices are only the fault of Repuke presidents, when we have high gas prices with a dem it's because the economy is booming so much.

 

That little nugget of Lightbringer stupidity never, ever gets old.

[98ZJUSMC]

I wonder if jimmah carter was blaming President Nixon?

Nah.....he was telling everybody to put on sweaters.

[GOBUCKS]

The first price shock came after President Nixon's stupid price freeze.

The second price shock came after crazy Jimmeh decided the U.S. should stab the Shah in the back.

I can only surmise that Jimmeh thought the Shah was a Jew.

[USA4ME]

Where did they have self-serve stations at in the 70's?

You got a point. The gas embargo was in 1973. I first remember self-serve becoming popular around 1975-76, and even then most stations were at best half self-serve and half full service.

Self-serve has been around even in the 60's, but the whole point of self-service was because the price of gas was significantly cheaper if you pumped your own.  In the 60's and early 70's, who cared?  Gas was 35 cents a gallon.

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[Evil_Conservative]

No difficulties here.  I pull up to the pump, push the gas door button, curse some obscenities under my breath when I see the price, fill up and leave. 

[thundley4]

You got a point. The gas embargo was in 1973. I first remember self-serve becoming popular around 1975-76, and even then most stations were at best half self-serve and half full service.

Self-serve has been around even in the 60's, but the whole point of self-service was because the price of gas was significantly cheaper if you pumped your own.  In the 60's and early 70's, who cared?  Gas was 35 cents a gallon.

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I can remember going to a local gas station in the late 70's and the old man that owned and ran the place always pumped the gas, checked the oil and washed the windows.  He even came out to put gas in a can for kids that were mowing yards in the neighborhood.

[diesel driver]

come on, no "Bush/Cheney" or "I heart Waterboarding" bumper stickers on the Caddy? 

Probably a Carter/Mondull sticker.  One of them "welfare Caddys".   

[RobJohnson]

I can remember going to a local gas station in the late 70's and the old man that owned and ran the place always pumped the gas, checked the oil and washed the windows.  He even came out to put gas in a can for kids that were mowing yards in the neighborhood.

Same memories.

My Uncle owned a Skelly gas station, I would hang out there when I was really young. I washed a few windows, customers thought it was cute.

[ChuckJ]

Where did they have self-serve stations at in the 70's? 

That's what I was wondering. I don't remember any in my part of the country in the 70s.

[LC EFA]

dixiegrrrrl (28,784 posts)

Anyone noticiing difficulty getting gas for the car??


 
I have read on another site of complaints that some stations are running out of gas and the price jumped between last night and today.
Since I fill up maybe every 4 months now, have no clue what is going on in the outside commute traffic world.

Anyone???

Boo ****ing hoo DUmmie.

If it was left up to you bunch of thieving totalitarians - your gas would cost far more and be far less available.

Come cry to me when you pay $1.56 / L for diesel so I can spit in your face.

[Tucker]

dixiegrrrrl (28,784 posts)

Anyone noticiing difficulty getting gas for the car??


 
I have read on another site of complaints that some stations are running out of gas and the price jumped between last night and today.
Since I fill up maybe every 4 months now, have no clue what is going on in the outside commute traffic world.

Anyone???

She's from a small town in Alabama. Most likely no public transportation or taxi service. I wonder how she does it.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022351603

dixiegrrrrl (28,804 posts)
60. That's the beauty of the strong sense of community in southern small towns.

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My neighbors will show up to help if I need it, and not care if I am of their religion or their political belief.
Nope, not even Tea Party members will care, they are, when needed, responding to *community*.
As I would..as i have done, time after time.
My roofer is a hard shell Baptist and strong Republican, Fox tv watcher ( he does not read well, come to find out)
and has come to help me twice for small roof problems and never charged me a cent.

See, people in these small towns have history together, going back for generations, and they value community.
So we vote the way we want to, and go to our own churches ( or not) and talk about what we have in common,
not focus on the differences.

DU could take a page from that.

[Karin]

^^^  That link that Tucker posted is a pretty good read.    

Response to jeff47 (Reply #70)
Mon Feb 11, 2013, 08:38 PM
Glitterati (871 posts)
84. Here's a clue, Jeff

just for the clueless.

Most of the time, we southerners recover from these tornadoes without ever requesting FEMA or federal help.

You see, we're normal, compassionate people who don't live for years next door to people we don't know. When there's trouble in OUR neighborhoods, we don't wait for jerks like you to come help. We get busy and rebuild our neighbors' homes and make sure they cared for and fed. We're a hearty people who care for each other and don't wait for the FEDS to show up with a check.

It's called compassion. We in the South have it in abundance and aren't afraid to show it.
 

There's a character is the above saga named Moses2SandyKoufax, who is such an asshole, even the DUmp can't stand him.  After being graciously invited down south to see a variety of attractions, he replied

Response to nolabear (Reply #23)
Sun Feb 10, 2013, 11:16 PM
 Moses2SandyKoufax (880 posts)
27. Mississippi is a national embarrassment.

I have no desire to visit.

I blush for this serious breach of etiquette.

[Rebel]

dixiegrrrrl (28,804 posts)

60. That's the beauty of the strong sense of community in southern small towns.

My neighbors will show up to help if I need it, and not care if I am of their religion or their political belief.
Nope, not even Tea Party members will care, they are, when needed, responding to *community*.
As I would..as i have done, time after time.
My roofer is a hard shell Baptist and strong Republican, Fox tv watcher ( he does not read well, come to find out)
and has come to help me twice for small roof problems and never charged me a cent.

See, people in these small towns have history together, going back for generations, and they value community.
So we vote the way we want to, and go to our own churches ( or not) and talk about what we have in common,
not focus on the differences.

DU could take a page from that.

The man will come to your aid at any given time, yet you, in true DUmbass fashion, still had to find a way to trash him, you stupid slut. Is it an attempt to get DU street cred? 

[Rebel]

[youtube=425,350]hGLSSUHrOeE[/youtube]

This is the tornado viewed from a deputy's car. The street he's riding on is Hardy Street. He's driving from west to east (north being on the left for lurking DUmbasses). When he gets down the road, USM is on the left. Diagonally behind the McDonalds towards the end, if you drew a line from it to NE, it looks like the tornado could have hit the football stadium. Haven't heard anything about that though. His path on Hardy was between I-59 and Hwy 49.

[Chris_]

Response to nolabear (Reply #23)
Sun Feb 10, 2013, 11:16 PM
 Moses2SandyKoufax (880 posts)
27. Mississippi is a national embarrassment.

I have no desire to visit.

Funny, I feel the same way about Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, Washington DC, and New York City.

[Tucker]

Funny, I feel the same way about Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, Washington DC, and New York City.

Boston, Philadelphia, Trenton, Madison, Baltimore or Cleveland.