We had about 4 more inches yesterday, and I was out and about. I really don't mind driving in it either, as long as I've got my 4 wheel drive to rely on. I don't consider it painful at all. I sort of consider it a challenge to maneuver my way around the city and get to where I'm going. When the guy reporting on the news is saying, "If you don't have to travel, don't. Stay where you are." That's when my palms start itching. Drives Elenka crazy! Of course, the biggest impediment to my traveling these days isn't 'wild' radio exaggerations, the blizzard conditions outside, or even the threat of an accident. No, no, no! The biggest of roadblocks is the continuing escalation of the price at the pump. Creeping, creeping, creeping. Up! Even when the price of a barrel of petroleum on the world market drops, the numbers at my local gas station tick up. This marquee, on Pine Street at 3.36, advertises one of the cheapest respites in the city. It's always nice to come upon an oasis like this, so you can feed your camel.
No rant today. I'll leave it at this. I'm gassed!
Gas went down then back up here too! Stay safe on those roads!
ReplyDeleteBeing gassed is better than being a gasbag! The price of gasoline has little or nothing to do with supply and demand; it is determined by brokers who bid on oil by guessing as to what oil is going to do in the future. Just one more area of life over which we have no control.
ReplyDeleteOne of life's painful realities.
ReplyDeleteI know, and I just had to have my oil tank filled. I tuned in to NPR yesterday for all of a minute & there was doom & gloom about Iraq & Iran & conflicts & the price of fuel going up in 2013. And then I shut it off. Do you know the website http://www.mainegasprices.com/ Happy New Year to you all. We're going to New Year's Eve By the Bay in Belfast which is what Portland's First Night used to be. Local music, homecooked food in church basements...homegrown.
ReplyDeletewe'd be happy to find this price around here. i know just where you took this shot, birdman. brings back happy memories, indeed. i've left a response for you on my blog to your wonderful comment. hope you don't run out of gas before you get there.
ReplyDeleteWe had some really low prices the other day, $2.85. That did not last long, yesterday it shot right back up to 3.01. I was glad I gassed up while it was low so I've been "gassed" for days.
ReplyDeletea gallon of milk is more expensive than gas these days - and LOTS more, soon. :) and then cheese, and ice cream, and... *sigh*
ReplyDeleteThe world is gassed!!
ReplyDeleteSeveral reasons why I like this post and how thankful it makes me feel for living where I do. First, no snow on the ground or the streets in Portland, Oregon. Second, I don't own a car. When I do need a car, I go for Zipcar, the car share entity. My hourly reservation rate includes the cost of driver's insurance, fuel, all upkeep of the car, and more miles that I usually undertake. Monday-Friday, I can usually drive a Mazda 3 or a Honda Civic for $5.75 per hour, while on Saturday or Sunday I pay $7.25 per hour. In order to get those cheaper-than-normal-hourly rates, I pay $24.99 per month whether or not I drive a car. Maybe the math doesn't work out, paying that monthly rate, but the same cars would cost me $10.25 per hour, any day of the week, without it. I've never stopped to add, multiply, but what I say is, "Can't beat it, in my book."
ReplyDeleteI told my husband today that we will just have to start cutting back on the dairy purchases....but, we can hardly do without the expensive gas!
ReplyDeleteI felt that way about driving in the snow when I was younger, but not any more. In any event, now that I have the first AWD vehicle of my life it hardly snows here. Your gas prices are about 20 cents more than what we are paying and about a nickle more than what we saw in NJ last week.
ReplyDeleteRant-less all day myself. Saving my voice for tonight's football game. QB probably won't listen to me either.
ReplyDeleteWe've all been slowly conditioned to accept higher and higher gas prices. Problems in the supply chain, requirements for winter grades of gas, refinement plants taken off line, etc. Right. On that note, Happy New Year.
ReplyDeletegas dropped under 3.00 last week but is back up of course. not as high as yours. i think it was at about 3.10 last time i was out. i hate driving in even the tiniest bit of snow. that's when my california comes out, scared to drive in weather conditions lol. happy new year to you and elenka!
ReplyDeleteHow kind of you to step out of your car (or perhaps...roll down your window) to bring us this photo. It seems gas prices are on the rise with most everything else.
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