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GaroldShaffer |
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You bought another 914? ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Benefactors Posts: 7,624 Joined: 27-June 03 From: Portage, IN Member No.: 865 Region Association: None ![]() ![]() ![]() |
In my neck of the woods one of the big gas station chains is Speedway. Now in my big city of Portage Indiana (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/blink.gif) we have three speedways. I took my boy to Nana's so she could watch him for the day and on the way home I thought I would stop and fillup the truck. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/headbang.gif) The station by mom is $2.97 for regular, I thought I would check the other two. The next station is 3 miles in the wrong direction from where I needed to go but hey look they are $2.83, so like a dumass I stop and fill up the truck ($48). I pass the speedway which is about 1 mile from my house, damn...$2.63 WTF.
My little trip this morning was 8 miles, so there is a $.36 a gal difference between 3 stations all from the same company. Why (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/confused24.gif) not that it really matters at these prices now days but still. |
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Sammy |
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You think it's bad now? Wait for a week or two when they start the manditory rationing.
I got the call today. I and my staff are offered up to help get the refineries up and running again, along with countless thousands of others. Not sure if I will be working from california or Louisiana, but I will be responsible for helping getting a lot of pumps rebuilt. Not sure how many yet, my guess is the total will be between 6000 and 8000 large API style pumps. I'll probably have several hundred for my crew to rebuild at at least $20k each. Some will cost 10 times that. My shop is maxed out if we have 30 pumps a month (we work on the big stuff) and normal turnaround time on a pump is three weeks. We aren't going to have that kind of time. They don't even know how bad it is yet because they can't even get to some of the refineries. Others are not as bad, they are only under 3 feet of water. Pumps and motors don't like being under water. This is ugly. |
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