Gas Crisis

Sole Man · Post by **Sole Man** » 30 Sep 2008 15:25

Why not just not go ahead and say it:

Mutate Earthworms to the point where thier giant monsters, and thorw a hook in thier ring segments tomake them obey our commands. Real orginal, hun?

A Thing of Eternity · Post by **A Thing of Eternity** » 30 Sep 2008 15:30

Sole Man wrote:Why not just not go ahead and say it:

Mutate Earthworms to the point where thier giant monsters, and thorw a hook in thier ring segments tomake them obey our commands. Real orginal, hun?

We can always count on you to say what everyone is really thinking eh?

Rakis · Post by **Rakis** » 30 Sep 2008 22:30

Sole Man wrote:Why not just not go ahead and say it:

Mutate Earthworms to the point where thier giant monsters, and thorw a hook in thier ring segments tomake them obey our commands. Real orginal, hun?

Hmmm...That would make for the Mother of all traffic jams...

Robspierre · Post by **Robspierre** » 01 Oct 2008 00:13

Rakis wrote:
Sole Man wrote:Why not just not go ahead and say it:

Mutate Earthworms to the point where thier giant monsters, and thorw a hook in thier ring segments tomake them obey our commands. Real orginal, hun?
Hmmm...That would make for the Mother of all traffic jams...

This is Fox 2 LA, we have the mother of all wormsign sighted on the I-5 near he 101 interchange. Hold on we're getting an on the scene account.

"My god is's huge! It''s plowing through the lanes of traffic as if they were paper toys and we've been hearing reports of a lone figure perched atop the giant worm!"

Rob

orald · Post by **orald** » 01 Oct 2008 07:32

I hate gas and the people who buy it.

Prices are going down today(or have already gone down on midnight, Oct. 1st, can't tell, it's been new year here so it might've been delayed) and I'm sure all hell will break loose during my nearing shift, in one and a half hours time.

It's about 1.8$ per liter here(going down from 6.5 NIS to about 6.35 per liter or something similar, we have "discounts" and other lies to conceal the true price which I have to spout), a bit over 7$ per gallon(if 3.5 NIS equals about 1$ US), so you should all count yourselves lucky.

Post by **Freakzilla** » 01 Oct 2008 10:25

orald wrote:I hate gas and the people who buy it.

Prices are going down today(or have already gone down on midnight, Oct. 1st, can't tell, it's been new year here so it might've been delayed) and I'm sure all hell will break loose during my nearing shift, in one and a half hours time.

It's about 1.8$ per liter here(going down from 6.5 NIS to about 6.35 per liter or something similar, we have "discounts" and other lies to conceal the true price which I have to spout), a bit over 7$ per gallon(if 3.5 NIS equals about 1$ US), so you should all count yourselves lucky.

At least you HAVE gas, at whatever price.

The supply seems to be increasing here. They say the pipelines are fixed and running at capacity and we should start seeing the effects of that in a few days.

Georgia has also allowed out-of-state gas trucks to deliver (low grade only) and that has helped some.

For some reason, all Quick Trips have gas now.

Rakis · Post by **Rakis** » 01 Oct 2008 22:25

That's good news, Freak !

orald · Post by **orald** » 02 Oct 2008 05:18

Rakis wrote:That's good news, Freak !

Not for the poor people working at the gas stations who will now have all that work on their hands...

Prices just dropped a bit today, so I expect a big rush(also the major holiday just ended, people need to refuel after their partying).

Robspierre · Post by **Robspierre** » 08 Oct 2008 21:35

Over the last three days gas has gone from $3.47 a gallon to $3.29 a gallon.

Rob

Post by **Freakzilla** » 08 Oct 2008 21:43

It's still bout $3.80 here... for regular. My Caddy doesn't like regular.

Robspierre · Post by **Robspierre** » 08 Oct 2008 21:52

Freakzilla wrote:It's still bout $3.80 here... for regular. My Caddy doesn't like regular.

Damn Freak, you guys are getting ass raped by the oil companies!

Rob

SimonH · Post by **SimonH** » 08 Oct 2008 21:57

Robspierre wrote:
Freakzilla wrote:It's still bout $3.80 here... for regular. My Caddy doesn't like regular.

Damn Freak, you guys are getting ass raped by the oil companies!

Rob

we pay $1.50 a litre in Australia. That is $6 per gallon or so (is it 4L to 1 gallon?). Your economic downturn somehow killed our exchange rate against the US dollar. Explain that!! So we pay $4.10 or so a litre with the current exchange rate.

Post by **Freakzilla** » 08 Oct 2008 21:58

Robspierre wrote:
Freakzilla wrote:It's still bout $3.80 here... for regular. My Caddy doesn't like regular.

Damn Freak, you guys are getting ass raped by the oil companies!

Rob

They tell us that on the news every day.

John and Paul said:

You say you want a revolution
Well you know
We all want to change the world
You tell me that it's evolution
Well you know
We all want to change the world
But when you talk about destruction
Don't you know you can count me out
Don't you know it's gonna be alright
Alright Alright

You say you got a real solution
Well you know
We'd all love to see the plan
You ask me for a contribution
Well you know
We're doing what we can
But when you want money for people with minds that hate
All I can tell you is brother you have to wait
Don't you know it's gonna be alright
Alright Alright

You say you'll change the constitution
Well you know
We all want to change your head
You tell me it's the institution
Well you know
You better free your mind instead
But if you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao
You ain't going to make it with anyone anyhow
Don't you know know it's gonna be alright
Alright Alright

Rakis · Post by **Rakis** » 08 Oct 2008 23:29

Freakzilla wrote:
Robspierre wrote:
Freakzilla wrote:It's still bout $3.80 here... for regular. My Caddy doesn't like regular.

Damn Freak, you guys are getting ass raped by the oil companies!

Rob
They tell us that on the news every day.

John and Paul said:

You say you want a revolution
Well you know
We all want to change the world
You tell me that it's evolution
Well you know
We all want to change the world
But when you talk about destruction
Don't you know you can count me out
Don't you know it's gonna be alright
Alright Alright

You say you got a real solution
Well you know
We'd all love to see the plan
You ask me for a contribution
Well you know
We're doing what we can
But when you want money for people with minds that hate
All I can tell you is brother you have to wait
Don't you know it's gonna be alright
Alright Alright

You say you'll change the constitution
Well you know
We all want to change your head
You tell me it's the institution
Well you know
You better free your mind instead
But if you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao
You ain't going to make it with anyone anyhow
Don't you know know it's gonna be alright
Alright Alright

Sunnypuke?

You have taken control of Freak...

Tyrant · Post by **Tyrant** » 09 Oct 2008 12:49

gas here today in kc is 2.76 a gallon...itsa nice!! ...ill definately take it...oh..and all you euro's out there...nobody cares or knows wtf a liter is ...pffftt, the metric system

Post by **Freakzilla** » 09 Oct 2008 13:00

Tyrant wrote:gas here today in kc is 2.76 a gallon...itsa nice!! ...ill definately take it...

I payed $3.89 Yesterday.

oh..and all you euro's out there...nobody cares or knows wtf a liter is ...pffftt, the metric system

But 152 mm sounds so much bigger than 6 inches!

Tyrant · Post by **Tyrant** » 09 Oct 2008 13:31

Freakzilla wrote:But 152 mm sounds so much bigger than 6 inches!

Robspierre · Post by **Robspierre** » 09 Oct 2008 19:10

Tyrant wrote:gas here today in kc is 2.76 a gallon...itsa nice!! ...ill definately take it...oh..and all you euro's out there...nobody cares or knows wtf a liter is ...pffftt, the metric system

You will die, die and go to hell!

Rob

SimonH · Post by **SimonH** » 09 Oct 2008 19:14

Tyrant wrote:gas here today in kc is 2.76 a gallon...itsa nice!! ...ill definately take it...oh..and all you euro's out there...nobody cares or knows wtf a liter is ...pffftt, the metric system

one day you will catch up with us... It is not just europe that uses metric. Is the "euros" reference colloquial or are you trying to say that australia is part of europe?

Is there any countries except for the US and the UK that still use "imperial" units?

Phaedrus · Post by **Phaedrus** » 10 Oct 2008 02:04

SimonH wrote:Is there any countries except for the US and the UK that still use "imperial" units?

Nope, we're the only ones still stuck in the stone age.

I only use imperial when I have to. That's pretty often here, though. It is nice when I'm talking with friends, because we always use metric to describe abstract, uncertain amounts(except in the case of distance. I can never remember the mile to kilometer conversion).

I'm still pissed off that we have a system that has "ounces" for both volume measurement and weight. I never know which one is being referred to. Miligrams vs. mililiters is so much more rational.

I wish time were metric.

Post by **Freakzilla** » 10 Oct 2008 08:41

People at my office litterally freak out when we get metric drawings.

I recently had to review a fire alarm drawing of a family housing tower in Okinowa (SP?), Japan. I have to measure room sizes and strobe placements to make sure they are set for the proper candela rating and will fill the room with the required light intensity. The manufactures who make the strobes often hand out templates for doing this but they are in the scale 1/8"=1'-0", which is what most authorities here demand drawings be submitted at.

These drawings were labled as something like 1:100, not only that the drawings were half size. The CAD monkeys couldn't handle it. It was pretty funny.

SandChigger · Post by **SandChigger** » 10 Oct 2008 09:07

The Japanese still use traditional units for things like room sizes (1 jou = 1 tatami mat), land (1 tsubo = 2 jou) sake (the big bottles are called isshou-bin "1 shou bottle"), traditional clothing, etc. Naturally, they also give the metric equivalents.

I don't see what the problem is. Just takes a bit of mental flexibility, no?

(1.6 or 0.6, those are the numbers to remember. 1 mile = 1.6 km; 1 km = 0.6 mi.)

Post by **Freakzilla** » 10 Oct 2008 09:16

SandChigger wrote:The Japanese still use traditional units for things like room sizes (1 jou = 1 tatami mat), land (1 tsubo = 2 jou) sake (the big bottles are called isshou-bin "1 shou bottle"), traditional clothing, etc. Naturally, they also give the metric equivalents.

I don't see what the problem is. Just takes a bit of mental flexibility, no?

(1.6 or 0.6, those are the numbers to remember. 1 mile = 1.6 km; 1 km = 0.6 mi.)

It was a US military building in Japan. The military is all metric.

SandChigger · Post by **SandChigger** » 10 Oct 2008 10:00

Ah, right, you did say Okinawa, and that it was a "tower".

Just guessing, but I could see the steel and concrete towers everywhere around here using metric for the main support structures, but maybe traditional units for the room layouts.

Tyrant · Post by **Tyrant** » 23 Oct 2008 20:57

today gas was down to 2.24 in kc, mo .... suck on that

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