Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-26 Thread LarryT
Weber Carb Info http://members.rennlist.com/webercarbs . - Original Message - From: "John Robbins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 10:19 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel > Zoltan Finks wr

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-23 Thread John M McIntosh
usually because of the heat from office equipment/lights etc the issue is keeping the heat down. I once worked as a consultant in a Sprint owned 20 story building, during the weekend coding madness the temp would climb to 90F+ We finally said this is crazy how much does it cost to run the

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-23 Thread andrew strasfogel
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Chuck Landenberger > Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 9:10 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel > > Bill, > > Just wondering... How much were you earning in the mid 70's? > &g

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-23 Thread Bill R
lf Of Chuck Landenberger Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 9:10 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel Bill, Just wondering... How much were you earning in the mid 70's? Take care, Chuck On Feb 21, 2008, at 5:59 PM, Bill R wrote: > So we have $

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-22 Thread tom savage
Luther wrote: > At my 29 years, I've seen gas as low as $0.69 during the mid to late 90s. I miss 1998. It was a good time to not have any money but still drive a 450SEL, as premium was never over a dollar for the year or so that I owned it. Tom ___ http://w

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-22 Thread Curt Raymond
Insert banned type comment here. Gas hasn't been under $1 in New England since I got out of high school in '94. -Curt Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:01:55 -0600 From: "Kaleb C. Striplin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel To: Mercedes D

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-22 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
Well yea, the enterprise has to leave its warp engines running all the time, because it takes a long time to fire them up. Why Im sure you all remember the problem Scotty had when he needed to start them up quick. Good thing Al Gore was not in charge. E M wrote: > I think a similar formula app

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-22 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
Well hell, for that matter, just weeks after 911, it stayed down around 79 a gallon here for a while, then stabilized at between 89 and 99 for months. Luther wrote: > At my 29 years, I've seen gas as low as $0.69 during the mid to late 90s. > > Luther > > On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 08:29:19 -0600, Do

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-22 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
Oh yea, as to showers, I take one every month weather I need it or not :) Jeff Zedic wrote: >> >> >> And another thing: I don't think people should take more than one shower a >> day. Heck I don't even take one a day. Isn't it shocking? I am willing to >> deal with the increase in body odor I'd ha

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-22 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
I keep ours 68 during the day in the winter, 62 at night and when nobody is home, program thermostat. In the summer, used to keep it 78 when people home, but I think I dropped it to 76. 82 during the day when nobody here. At night have it set to drop to something like 72. Heard somewhere its

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-22 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
Yea, I just love the rolling roadblock. You get one truck trying to pass another truck for like 10 miles uphill. Geez dude, give up and get back over so the 20 cars behind you can move on. Zoltan Finks wrote: > Well, I'm sure you're probably correct about this. > > On the other hand, I am alm

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-22 Thread E M
vered 17 acres. Maintenence discovered that > it was cheaper to leave the lights on 24/7 and to go through & change > out all of the bulbs & ballasts every 3 years. > > Tom > www.kegkits.com > > ----- Original Message - > From: E M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > R

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-22 Thread E M
enance man to replace them as they burn out. I worked for GTE many > > years ago and our building covered 17 acres. Maintenence discovered that > > it was cheaper to leave the lights on 24/7 and to go through & change > > out all of the bulbs & ballasts every 3 years. > > >

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-22 Thread pm7088
ars. > > Tom > www.kegkits.com > > - Original Message - > From: E M > Received: 2/22/08 2:00 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > CC: > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel > > At night, I have a clear view from the back of my hous

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-22 Thread Tom Hargrave
d: 2/22/08 2:00 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List CC: Subject: Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel At night, I have a clear view from the back of my house of 4 gov buildings, all with every single light turned on, 24 hours a day. Bet they keep it nice and toasty too. Ed 300E On 22/02/

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-22 Thread E M
At night, I have a clear view from the back of my house of 4 gov buildings, all with every single light turned on, 24 hours a day. Bet they keep it nice and toasty too. Ed 300E On 22/02/2008, Jeff Zedic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > And another thing: I don't think people should t

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-22 Thread E M
I'm not quite ready to live like that. While I'll turn a light off if I leave a room, I think ppl are taking this whole global warming/cooling thing a little far. I keep the house at 69, shower three times a day, and use premium gas in all my cars, and I'm not yet convinced doing any of the above

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-22 Thread John Robbins
Luther wrote: > At my 29 years, I've seen gas as low as $0.69 during the mid to late 90s. My lowest was about $1 a gallon when I was in high school. Was probably around 2000-2001. John ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: htt

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-22 Thread Tom Hargrave
I agree 100 percent. Thanks, Tom 256-656-1924 -Original Message- From: "Donald Snook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Sent: 2/21/08 5:50 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel Zedic wrote: "Do you doubt that there's

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-22 Thread Luther
At my 29 years, I've seen gas as low as $0.69 during the mid to late 90s. Luther On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 08:29:19 -0600, Donald Snook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alan wrote: "Lowest price I clearly remember as a kid was $0.79/gal for > regular. As recently as the mid 1990s I could buy gas for $0.9

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-22 Thread John Robbins
Zoltan Finks wrote: > Without delving too deeply, I can just say that I'm surprised how warm most > people keep their homes and businesses. For cat's sake, turn down the > thermostat and put on a sweater! I am so stiflingly hot and uncomfortable in > many peoples' homes. We keep ours at 62 when I'm

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-22 Thread Jeff Zedic
> > > > And another thing: I don't think people should take more than one shower a > day. Heck I don't even take one a day. Isn't it shocking? I am willing to > deal with the increase in body odor I'd have to endure from the general > public. Heck, I'd rather smell that than bad breath, and It seem

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-22 Thread Peter Frederick
What always amuses me about JIT inventory is that it applies strictly to putting parts together. Doesn't take long in American manufacturing for the management to want JIT MANUFACTURING of parts, jigs, fixtures, etc. There is an enormous difference between the arrival of pre- manufactured

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-21 Thread Zoltan Finks
Without delving too deeply, I can just say that I'm surprised how warm most people keep their homes and businesses. For cat's sake, turn down the thermostat and put on a sweater! I am so stiflingly hot and uncomfortable in many peoples' homes. We keep ours at 62 when I'm home alone and 64 when the

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-21 Thread Zoltan Finks
Well, I'm sure you're probably correct about this. On the other hand, I am almost constantly disappointed in the lack of professionalism displayed by the drivers of big rigs (and city and school buses for that matter). It often seems to be a matter of bullying. Yes, truckers have to stand up for t

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-21 Thread Jeff Zedic
Let's remember as well that the JIT inventory idea came from a MUCH smaller country. I imagine it was easier to arrange shipping when the farthest distance between supplier and factory could only be 300 miles or so...(just guessing..I've no idea how big Japan is) Zedic > > ___

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-21 Thread Allan Streib
Jim Cathey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > And why the big push for JIT versus inventory? In part, because > they're taxed on inventory! Your government tax dollars at work! That is no doubt part of it, but also businesses woke up to the opportunity cost of having a lot of capital tied up in larg

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-21 Thread Chuck Landenberger
eek for fuel, though if you counted repair and maintenance costs > that didn't matter as much as it should have. > BillR > > -Original Message- > From: "archer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" > Sent: 2/21/08 12:19 AM >

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-21 Thread Bill R
; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Sent: 2/21/08 12:19 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel I remember my sister paying a dollar for five gallons of gas during the 1930s. This was for the first car in the family; a 1928 Oakland which had wooden spoke wh

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-21 Thread R A Bennell
Thankyou. Randy -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Donald Snook Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 4:33 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel Randy wisely wrote: "He talks the talk but he doe

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-21 Thread Jeff Zedic
Actually, I wasn't asking about Gore...to me he's unimportant. I was more concerned with what your thoughts are about the phenomenon. Zedic ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAI

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-21 Thread Donald Snook
Zedic wrote: "Do you doubt that there's any truth to this horseshit?" That is the magic of Al Gore and his movement. He weaves the tiniest little slice of truth into all of the other crap, and then acts self righteous when his critics point out that a lot of what he has alleged is a) not true o

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-21 Thread Hendrik & Fay
Time and money. Considering that the goods have to be shifted from factory to rail head and then at the other end from rail head to final destination. Easier and more likely cheaper to just have a truck take the goods from A to B. There are systems in place where the whole trailer is put onto rai

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-21 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
I fail to see how further taxing is going to do anything but line the governments pockets R A Bennell wrote: > I don't know how much coverage you folks get of Canadian news (none? - USA is > a bit introverted in many ways) but > British Columbia provincial government just introduced a carbon tax

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-21 Thread Donald Snook
Randy wisely wrote: "He talks the talk but he does not appear to be living the green life. I consider Gore to be an opportunist trying to take advantage of the hype that he is stirring up. I think we do have issues that need to be addressed but taxing the you know what out of us is hardly the a

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-21 Thread Donald Snook
Phillip wrote: "A truck can get a load from one coast to the other in 5-8 days. Every time, any destination. The railroad takes longer, and if it's not a major market at each end it is even longer." I agree with that, except it is a lot safer to have that cargo on the trains - at least safer f

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-21 Thread Jeff Zedic
So far what has amazed me about the alernatives is how many of these > companies seem to see no way to make money with new technologies?? Any alternative will "hurt the economy" Nonsense, what simpleton horseshit that is! Zedic ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For

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2008-02-21 Thread Jeff Zedic
Donald, Do you doubt that there's any truth to this horseshit? Zedic ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-21 Thread Donald Snook
Andrew S. wrote: "Randy, you have to rethink your views on Al Gore. I suggest you view "Inconvenient Truth" if you haven't already done so. If you have, then there is no real hope for a rapid conversion." Well, I did view it and it was exactly what I expected - horseshit! Donald H. Snook ht

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-21 Thread John Robbins
Jeff Zedic wrote: > The one thing that will make people modify their behaviour is to increase > the cost of doing it! They simply refuse to do it otherwise...guess we > haven't evolved all that much You can also make the alternative cheaper. John ___ http

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-21 Thread Jeff Zedic
> > I think we do have issues that need to be addressed but taxing the you > know what out of us is hardly the answer. > > Randy > > Well here's your chance to change your wasteful lifestyle and be the first on your block! Convince your family and friends to modify their lifestyles too! Go ahead! I

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-21 Thread Fmiser
> I agree, it has always puzzled me why there's so many big > bloody trucks about when it's much more efficient to ship via > rail! > Zedic Time. A truck can get a load from one coast to the other in 5-8 days. Every time, any destination. The railroad takes longer, and if it's not a major mark

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-21 Thread R A Bennell
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of andrew strasfogel Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 1:25 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel Randy, you have to rethink your views on Al Gore. I suggest you view

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-21 Thread PM7088
Right! It was $.139/gallon. Talk nice about those chicks, they're somone's Grandma now! Pete -- Original message -- From: "Alex Chamberlain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 11:39 AM, Fmiser wrote: > > > I paid $.0139 during the "Gas Wars" in Connecticut

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-21 Thread Alex Chamberlain
On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 11:39 AM, Fmiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I paid $.0139 during the "Gas Wars" in Connecticut, about 1959 > > or so. They pumped it too! > > > > Some stations had young ladies in bathing suits pumping gas > > and handing out glasses and such. > > > > Pete > > >

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-21 Thread Fmiser
It seems than at Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:38:57 -0800, Zoltan wrote: > I don't know how much crude was at the time. Didn't follow > that back then, and I only know nowadays because it's all over > the news due to its all-time high price. > Interesting about the tax added to diesel. So without it, > die

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-21 Thread Fmiser
> I paid $.0139 during the "Gas Wars" in Connecticut, about 1959 > or so. They pumped it too! > > Some stations had young ladies in bathing suits pumping gas > and handing out glasses and such. > > Pete 1.4 cents per gallon ?! I think you misplaced the decimal. *smile* -- Phi

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-21 Thread Fmiser
It seems than at Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:43:50 +1030, Hendrik wrote: > Aren't drivers of large vehicles paying more fuel tax/mile? > > Hendrik Yes. Most states only have part of the "road tax" for cargo transport added to the fuel. --Philip ___ http:

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-21 Thread Rich Thomas
ys to tax me to reinforce Al Gore's message, but >> then, governments of all stripes do love to >> tax us. >> >> Randy >> >> -Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of andrew strasfogel >> Sen

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-21 Thread andrew strasfogel
t > then, governments of all stripes do love to > tax us. > > Randy > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of andrew strasfogel > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 3:04 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Su

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-21 Thread archer
>> Actually, I'd love it if there could be a separate highway system for >> freight trucks. > > They've got it. It's called the railroad. It really p***es me > off that it's been largely let go to seed. With that working > correctly, and smaller last-mile delivery trucks, we'd have a > very effi

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-21 Thread Alex Chamberlain
On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 7:45 AM, John Robbins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The railroads actually seem to be making a comeback. True, and there's no better proof of the fact than that Warren Buffett's been loading up on Burlington Northern stock. Man knows an infrastructure trend when he sees on

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-21 Thread Jeff Zedic
I agree with you Ed. I really enjoy the trains...especially now that I live in a country where the actually HAVE trains to use. In October we went to Paris on the TGV. Talk about smooth! Like a baby's bum at 320 km/hr! Even changed tracks at that speed! Apparently the French have a prototype rail

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-21 Thread Jim Cathey
> In today's market where > people spend millions of dollars to minimize their inventory on hand, > when they need to meet demand they need it to be met quickly. Rail is > finally starting to work on that! :) And why the big push for JIT versus inventory? In part, because they're taxed on invent

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-21 Thread E M
I remember taking the train as a kid and young teen many times, over driving or flying. I find flying now, on those 4-5 hour flights are just a pain and wast of time. You spend more time in customs at either end, than you do in the air. There was a real romance about boarding a train. I often to

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-21 Thread John Robbins
Jeff Zedic wrote: > I agree, it has always puzzled me why there's so many big bloody trucks > about when it's much more efficient to ship via rail! > > Someone on this list responded a couple of years ago when I ranted about > this, that the problem was the railways following the current business

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-21 Thread Gary Hurst
i boughtmy first diesel about a decade ago. fuel was 70 cents a gallon at the truck stop on I85 in doraville, GA. fuel prices are going to wreck us On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 10:52 AM, Rory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > sounds pretty good, diesel has been 3.69 to 3.89 all winter here in WA > > On F

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-21 Thread Jeff Zedic
I agree, it has always puzzled me why there's so many big bloody trucks about when it's much more efficient to ship via rail! Someone on this list responded a couple of years ago when I ranted about this, that the problem was the railways following the current business idealcorner the market a

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-21 Thread John Robbins
Jim Cathey wrote: > They've got it. It's called the railroad. It really p***es me > off that it's been largely let go to seed. With that working > correctly, and smaller last-mile delivery trucks, we'd have a > very efficient (in terms of fuel) system that would be a lot > easier on roads. And

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-21 Thread Jim Cathey
> Actually, I'd love it if there could be a separate highway system for > freight trucks. They've got it. It's called the railroad. It really p***es me off that it's been largely let go to seed. With that working correctly, and smaller last-mile delivery trucks, we'd have a very efficient (in t

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-21 Thread Donald Snook
Alan wrote: "Lowest price I clearly remember as a kid was $0.79/gal for regular. As recently as the mid 1990s I could buy gas for $0.97 - $0.99 near Joliet IL there were two stations there that were always in a price war it seemed." When I first started driving, gas was $.74/gal. I drive a 1978

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-21 Thread pm7088
MAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Bill R > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 6:36 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel > > Fred, if $.38 is the lowest you remember you are still a kid on this list. &

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-21 Thread Hendrik & Fay
Aren't drivers of large vehicles paying more fuel tax/mile? Be careful what you wish for or you might find yourself driving a A class and paying three times as much for fuel to fund the separate highway system for heavy vehicles. Hendrik Zoltan Finks wrote: > I don't know how much crude was at

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-21 Thread Zoltan Finks
by truckers. > > Thanks, > Tom Hargrave > www.kegkits.com > 256-656-1924 > > > -Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Zoltan Finks > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 6:00 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-20 Thread Jim Cathey
> The "filling station" across the street had gravity flow pumps. The > attendant would hand pump the amount of gas you wanted into a glass > cylinder > at the top of the pump which was marked off in gallons, and then it > would > drain by gravity through the hose and into your tank. The gradua

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2008-02-20 Thread Kevin Kraly
My latest acquisition is now running on 5 cylinders. 5 outta 5 ain't bad! At least it wasn't a head gasket as you had originally thought. Kevin in Hillsboro, OR 1983 300SD 267Kmi+, Ursula ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor:

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2008-02-20 Thread Allan Streib
Lowest price I clearly remember as a kid was $0.79/gal for regular. As recently as the mid 1990s I could buy gas for $0.97 - $0.99 near Joliet IL there were two stations there that were always in a price war it seemed. Allan -- 1983 300D ___ http://www.okiebe

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-20 Thread archer
, and had > to be 1966. > BillR > > -Original Message- > From: "Frederick W Moir" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" > Sent: 2/20/08 7:24 PM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel > > At 07:00 PM 2/20/2008, you

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-20 Thread Rich Thomas
2008 6:36 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel > > Fred, if $.38 is the lowest you remember you are still a kid on this list. > I remember paying $.23 on a car I was driving. Ocala, FL, and had to be > 1966. > BillR >

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-20 Thread Craig McCluskey
On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:00:24 -0800 "Zoltan Finks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, 3.79 here for the frothy stuff. > I still think overall the government or some evil entity in power is > trying to counteract the benefits diesel drivers get in fuel mileage. > With what looks like diesel popularit

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-20 Thread Craig McCluskey
On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 07:36:29 -0700 Craig McCluskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:12:02 -0600 Donald Snook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Gas and diesel shot up this morning here in Wichita. I would guess it > > did the same thing everywhere. Regular unleaded 3.09 premium

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-20 Thread Robert Rentfro
Of Bill R Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 6:36 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel Fred, if $.38 is the lowest you remember you are still a kid on this list. I remember paying $.23 on a car I was driving. Ocala, FL, and had to be 1966. BillR -O

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2008-02-20 Thread Bill R
t: 2/20/08 7:24 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel At 07:00 PM 2/20/2008, you wrote: >Yes, 3.79 here for the frothy stuff. >I still think overall the government or some evil entity in power is trying >to counteract the benefits diesel drivers get in fuel mileage. With

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-20 Thread Tom Hargrave
24 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Zoltan Finks Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 6:00 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel Yes, 3.79 here for the frothy stuff. I still think overall the government o

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-20 Thread Allan Streib
"Zoltan Finks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Yes, 3.79 here for the frothy stuff. I still think overall the > government or some evil entity in power is trying to counteract the > benefits diesel drivers get in fuel mileage. With what looks like > diesel popularity increasing faster than ever (ta

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-20 Thread Frederick W Moir
At 07:00 PM 2/20/2008, you wrote: >Yes, 3.79 here for the frothy stuff. >I still think overall the government or some evil entity in power is trying >to counteract the benefits diesel drivers get in fuel mileage. With what >looks like diesel popularity increasing faster than ever (talk of Subaru >d

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-20 Thread Zoltan Finks
Yes, 3.79 here for the frothy stuff. I still think overall the government or some evil entity in power is trying to counteract the benefits diesel drivers get in fuel mileage. With what looks like diesel popularity increasing faster than ever (talk of Subaru diesels and Honda diesels and the like)

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-20 Thread Kevin Kraly
Regular unleaded 3.09 premium 3.29 and diesel is 3.39. That's only a few cents above what it's been here in Oregon for months now. I think we have some of the highest fuel prices in the continental U.S. Kevin in Hillsboro, OR 1983 300sD 267Kmi+, Ursula, 28-30MPG Hwy at 65MPH, and a bit less at 7

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-20 Thread R A Bennell
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of andrew strasfogel Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 3:04 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel HA! At least one thing is cheaper in D.C. ($3.49/gal for diesel at last sighting) On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 3:56 PM, Timothy R

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-20 Thread andrew strasfogel
ley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: Mercedes Discussion List > > Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:10:51 -0500 > > To: Mercedes Discussion List > > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel > > > > > > > > Jim Cathey wrote: > >> > >

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-20 Thread Timothy Robinson
Just noticed today, $3.599 for diesel. Last I filled a few weeks ago was $3.349. > From: Mitch Haley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Mercedes Discussion List > Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:10:51 -0500 > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price o

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-20 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
Well, that is because that refinery blew up, and oil is over 100 a barrel again. Donald Snook wrote: > Gas and diesel shot up this morning here in Wichita. I would guess it did the > same thing everywhere. Regular unleaded 3.09 premium 3.29 and diesel is 3.39. > I am thinking next time, I have

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-20 Thread Mitch Haley
Jim Cathey wrote: > > Refinery fire the other day in Texas (?). Talking head said > that it was actually a pretty small refinery, but that the market > would probably react disproportionately. I'm sure gas prices > shot up in speculation, not due to any actual shortage in supply. What I like

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-20 Thread Rory
sounds pretty good, diesel has been 3.69 to 3.89 all winter here in WA On Feb 20, 2008 7:21 AM, Jim Cathey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Gas and diesel shot up this morning here in Wichita. > > Refinery fire the other day in Texas (?). Talking head said > that it was actually a pretty small refi

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-20 Thread Jim Cathey
> Gas and diesel shot up this morning here in Wichita. Refinery fire the other day in Texas (?). Talking head said that it was actually a pretty small refinery, but that the market would probably react disproportionately. I'm sure gas prices shot up in speculation, not due to any actual shortage

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-20 Thread Mitch Haley
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Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-20 Thread Craig McCluskey
On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:12:02 -0600 Donald Snook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gas and diesel shot up this morning here in Wichita. I would guess it > did the same thing everywhere. Regular unleaded 3.09 premium 3.29 and > diesel is 3.39. Ours went up a few days ago. 3.039 for regular and 3.529 fo

[MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-20 Thread Donald Snook
Gas and diesel shot up this morning here in Wichita. I would guess it did the same thing everywhere. Regular unleaded 3.09 premium 3.29 and diesel is 3.39. I am thinking next time, I have to take a long trip for work, I am going to rent a car. 17 on the highway in my Expedition hurts Donald H