This morning gas was between $2.59 and $2.67, now cheapest I see is $3.09 with lines up the ass. I've heard the airlines are cancelling some flights for lack of fuel. I've heard rumors of rationing too...this sucks!!!!

Lovejoy has regular gas for $3.25.

- Some distributors are rationing their supplies to their retailers, but not everyone is doing it. Some retail outlets may be raising their prices as something of a hedging move against possible future supply prices, but they shouldn't remain that way forever.

- Ga. itself has ~10-day supply of gas on hand in storage tanks locally. If the electricity can be restored to the pumps coming out of La., the supply from there will resume.

- The US strategic oil reserve is loaning oil to refiners to help keep supplies moving.

- Just within the hour, the US govt., EPA, and DOT have temporarily waived certain regional fuel type requirements, as well as rules on trucking hours, to allow more gas to go to more places, more quickly.


So basically, if people are panicking, it's because they're buying into the hype, as opposed to knowing the facts. But then, the way bread and milk flies off of store shelves when one snowflake falls around here, I can't be too surprised.

It will be $4.00 soon according to CNN.

This morning gas was between $2.59 and $2.67, now cheapest I see is $3.09 with lines up the ass. I've heard the airlines are cancelling some flights for lack of fuel. I've heard rumors of rationing too...this sucks!!!!


maybe you've heard of huricane katrina?


maybe not.

But then, the way bread and milk flies off of store shelves when one snowflake falls around here, I can't be too surprised.
Don't forget the beer.

Don't forget the beer.

thats a given. :beer

I just filled up the 540 for $55. YOUCH!!

maybe you've heard of huricane katrina?

Katrina...who's Katrina?

$4.55 at the shell station on mansell rd.

http://www.atlantagasprices.com/

$4.55 on Mansell!!! Holy crap!!! Rationing has began in Douglasville already. Matt is currently out filling several gas cans. He said there's 17 cars waiting in front of him!!!

UPDATE: D'ville Shell is out of gas! :eek:

Just picked up a case of Coors for $11.99. I'm parking the M and sitting on the couch. :buttrock

$3.00/gallon at the BP on Haines Bridge Road. Both Regular and Plus grades were already depleted. Premium was all that was left. Good for me since all I pump is 93 octane. This pic was taken at 3:30 pm today, right before I filled up. (camera phone)

Just picked up a case of Coors for $11.99. I'm parking the M and sitting on the couch.

Here here...I'm draining a margarita bucket as I type.

Just watched CNBC, an oil pipeline that stretches from New Orleans to NYC (thru Atlanta) is shutdown indefinitely. The problem apparently is not a lack of gas but you would need 11,000 tanker trucks to transport what the pipeline can. This could definitely be a long term problem.

you guys are more than welcome to siphon the gas out of my car. Its got about 13 gallons of premium in it. :embarrasm

Wouldn't Matt have first dibs on that gas?

you guys are more than welcome to siphon the gas out of my ass. Its got about 13 gallons of *um in it. :embarrasm

:eek:

Wouldn't Matt have first dibs on that gas?
his Mazda would crap its pants if it got anything over 87. Its like giving homeless fine wine, they just wouldnt appreciate it.

his Mazda would crap its pants if it got anything over 87. Its like giving homeless fine wine, they just wouldnt appreciate it.
:lol3

:eek:
Kevin - Yes, it is true. Over the course of 2 years im pretty sure Tech has deposited upwards of 13 gallon in it. They rape me here...without vaseline.

Just picked up a case of Coors for $11.99. I'm parking the M and sitting on the couch. :buttrock

:buttrock

I had to mow the lawn on Sunday so I had to restock the gas in the canistor. Maybe I'll just use that until these prices come down! Gotta love driving teh 4 banger with prices like these!

Kevin - Yes, it is true. Over the course of 2 years im pretty sure Tech has deposited upwards of 13 gallon in it. They rape me here...without vaseline.

Yeah well, Tech is definitely one school that I would bend over for. Georgia State is horrible. Just the other day I saw a homeless man cooking a pigeon on the sidewalk.

:buttrock

I had to mow the lawn on Sunday so I had to restock the gas in the canistor. Maybe I'll just use that until these prices come down! Gotta love driving teh 4 banger with prices like these!
I took a ride to Roswell in my friend's suburban last night. It cost him $100 to fill it up! He said it held 42 gallons and had a range of 600 miles :eek:

http://www.atlantagasprices.com/

$4.55 on Mansell!!! Holy crap!!! Rationing has began in Douglasville already. Matt is currently out filling several gas cans. He said there's 17 cars waiting in front of him!!!

UPDATE: D'ville Shell is out of gas! :eek:


Everyone filling several gas cans each, is the reason they have to ration it. We are shooting ourselves in the foot here. Listen to the governor and just go about buying gas as you normally would.

Yeah well, Tech is definitely one school that I would bend over for. Georgia State is horrible. Just the other day I saw a homeless man cooking a pigeon on the sidewalk.
The hurricane must've swept him over from Alabama.

Everyone filling several gas cans each, is the reason they have to ration it. We are shooting ourselves in the foot here. Listen to the governor and just go about buying gas as you normally would.
The mob doesn't listen to reason. :rolleyes

It's so easy to whip local residents into a frenzy, isn't it?

Well, I guess this is one positive thing about my car still being in the body shop. My rental car is a Dodge Stratus with a 4-banger.

The hurricane must've swept him over from Africa.

Damn Adeel! Watch those comments!

I went out to fill up my grandmother's car for her. We were able to find only one gas station in Starkville, Ms that had gas. They only had premium, but it was only 2.89. See, Ms isnt prepared for this. So rather than rationing and what not, they're just gonna sell till they're out.

its all the dramatic, easily influenced soccer moms driving the SUVs and Vans.

Thats what the liberal media does, whip people into a frenzy to cause panic.

Damn Adeel! Watch those comments!
Damn Kevin! Watch those quotes!

OMG, I'd better get to the grocery store and buy up all the cooking oil before it's gone!

Damn Kevin! Watch those quotes!

:lol

These friggin' lemmings are making this much worse than it is...and the radio stations are not helping...

Full blown panic will soon set in...

These friggin' lemmings are making this much worse than it is...and the radio stations are not helping...
I actually heard one radio reporter this morning nearly arguing with the hype-monger anchors who were all but shrieking about this. Funny to hear a field reporter trying to talk down somebody back in the studio. On the other hand, it's nice to hear someone in the media who actually gives a damn about the facts, rather than just being a cog in the scare machine. :rolleyes

It does tell you something about the state of the media, though, when actual journalistic standards are a damned novelty. :shifty

It does tell you something about the state of the media, though, when actual journalistic standards are a damned novelty. :shifty


Amen...

I think these people in Atlanta do not understand that if everyone runs out to fill up today, the increased demand will accelerate the price increases (and shortages) that are already being caused by the reduced supply...

If everyone would just chill...

I topped off the other day when it was "only" $2.75/gal.. now I have to make it last :/

If everyone would just chill...
They can't do it, man.

We're a nation of knee-jerk soccer mommies, and their emasculated men, living in limbo in between their cubicles and their little suburban capsules, bereft of any reality they don't see on the alphabet soup of evening news shows, primed for panic out of fear for themselves, their lattes, and their uterine heavings. It's a tyranny of the mediocre, dragging down the people with brains, just by virtue of their sheer numbers. :mad

/rant...



...for now. :shifty

...for now. :shifty

Let me know when you're ready to rise up and revolt against the masses...I'm there.

Let me know when you're ready to rise up and revolt against the masses...I'm there.
I too am there. Can we have a walking revolt instead of a driving revolt?

Let me know when you're ready to rise up and revolt against the masses...I'm there.
:rofl


One of these days, man... one of these days. :confused


I too am there. Can we have a walking revolt instead of a driving revolt?

Dude, cursed or not, when The Revolution comes, you can ride with me. :buttrock

Damn... I thought it would never happen: For the first time EVER white people may actually take marta to nonsporting, nonconcert events!

Everyone filling several gas cans each, is the reason they have to ration it. We are shooting ourselves in the foot here. Listen to the governor and just go about buying gas as you normally would.

You're right, but we own a business with several vehicles & 10 gallons won't get us far. I guess I should've stated that earlier. And like I said, they are running out around us.

I just got back...
http://images12.fotki.com/v213/photos/4/43029/2493737/august2005590-vi.jpg
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The people at my office....the hourly call center people are already telling their managers they may not make it in the rest of the week due to "rationing" their gas. Lazy..tsk tsk

Dude, cursed or not, when The Revolution comes, you can ride with me. :buttrock

I got shotgun...

Literally.... :devillook

Damn... I thought it would never happen: For the first time EVER white people may actually take marta to nonsporting, nonconcert events!


Not this white person...if it gets too bad, I'll work from home...

I got shotgun...

Literally.... :devillook
I'll shoot bad luck at people with my hand formed in the shape of a gun. I'll make sound effects too.

I'll shoot bad luck at people with my hand formed in the shape of a gun. I'll make sound effects too.

Hmmm...what kind of sound effect would go with a bad luck gun?

I'll shoot bad luck at people with my hand formed in the shape of a gun. I'll make sound effects too.
:rofl

That could be useful, in case we run out of ammo. :ar15firin

Hmmm...what kind of sound effect would go with a bad luck gun?
Screeching tires and the crunch of metal? :devillook

;)

Hmmm...what kind of sound effect would go with a bad luck gun?
well, actually, it depends. When I got arrested I said "shit," when i blew my engine i said "fuck," and when I crashed I said "fucking shit"

Not this white person...if it gets too bad, I'll work from home...

:lol

but you're a lawyer, right? wouldnt you have to visit clients?

They can't do it, man.

We're a nation of knee-jerk soccer mommies, and their emasculated men, living in limbo in between their cubicles and their little suburban capsules, bereft of any reality they don't see on the alphabet soup of evening news shows, primed for panic out of fear for themselves, their lattes, and their uterine heavings. It's a tyranny of the mediocre, dragging down the people with brains, just by virtue of their sheer numbers. :mad

/rant...


...for now. :shifty

Wow, if that aint a quote for yah, I completely agree! :D

Does anybody think that this will affect rush hour? I mean, will people change their driving habits to leave before/after peak times in order to conserve gas?

Does anybody think that this will affect rush hour? I mean, will people change their driving habits to leave before/after peak times in order to conserve gas?
Even traffic? You wish. People wont learn from their mistakes cause they'll only look forward to cheap gas prices and disregard any new ways to commute or change. Pretty soon it'll be 20xx with gas at $10 and people will remember the good old days, sort of how oldies remember gas being a quarter.

Any who, the MARTA transit system is weak and has a terrible infrastructure.

Any who, the MARTA transit system is weak and has a terrible infrastructure.

The last girl i dated have terrible infrastructure; but hey i still rode it. :help

The last girl i dated have terrible infrastructure; but hey i still rode it. :help
:rofl

I agree I always lived by the rules NO FAT CHICKS but i've had to make some exceptions.

Damn... I thought it would never happen: For the first time EVER white people may actually take marta to nonsporting, nonconcert events!

You know, this is so true. I work for Bellsouth, I can take the N/S Marta line directly to my office. I used to, but since I got my BMW I don't anymore. No freakin' way I'm parking my baby in a MARTA park-and-ride lot to get baked by the sun and door-dinged all to hell.

gas went up even more 6 bux a gallon :mad

BP at Mansell and Old Roswell, regular is still 2.79, but the lines are down the street. :rolleyes

The lines at the RaceTrac are a little shorter, and regular is 2.99. :eek:

Is anybody here old enuff to remember the rationing and complete freak-outs of the '70s during the Carter administration oil debacle? This sh*t is bananas!!!

This whole gas thing is nuts....I drove by at least 5 gas stations and all you see is lines up the ass and people standing in the parking lot yelling at each other....this is hell :(

just wait till later on tonight then you can gas up.It most likely will be higher but you don't have to wait for hours .....

just wait till later on tonight then you can gas up.It most likely will be higher but you don't have to wait for hours .....
at last, the voice of reason

If the hysteria continues, and judging by the average intelligence it will, there will be no gas to be had later.

this is crap and should not have happened...
it the panic for nothing and it really pissed me off
I had to drive the company car home because i didnt want to wait through all the lines to get gas in the ///M
this will pass very quickly and it will be over...

If the hysteria continues, and judging by the average intelligence it will, there will be no gas to be had later.

Exactly. I can't believe everyone is doing this. I was coming home from work, pointing my fingers and laughing at all these idiots waiting for gas. It was like they were wasting gas waiting for it. There was an accident off of 29 near 285 at the Quiktrip just because they wanted to get gas. There was a Marathon off of 29 right down the road selling regular at 4.50 a gallon and there were still cars lined up there. I love how they can just change the price of old gas that they already bought. Talk about a rip off. They should only be able to change it based off of the cost of the current barrel, not the next. Everyone one is scared thinking that gas will just disappear into thin air, hence the hype about no more gas, so they went to go buy it before it did. The only good news I see about this is less people on the road and less SUVs. I think I only heard of 1 accident on 285 today though and that was because someone ran out of gas.

The lemmings were blocking intersections this afternoon in their mad rush to the gas stations. :angryfire

I drove home with a very gentle touch on the accelerator pedal. Considering that I just Sharked the car and had been enjoying the car's extra oomph, the change in behavior took a little getting used to.

This non-crisis should abate within a few days. Just give the tanker trucks enough time to bring in more gasoline from Georgia's ports.

Exactly. I can't believe everyone is doing this. I was coming home from work, pointing my fingers and laughing at all these idiots waiting for gas. It was like they were wasting gas waiting for it. There was an accident off of 29 near 285 at the Quiktrip just because they wanted to get gas. There was a Marathon off of 29 right down the road selling regular at 4.50 a gallon and there were still cars lined up there. I love how they can just change the price of old gas that they already bought. Talk about a rip off. They should only be able to change it based off of the cost of the current barrel, not the next. Everyone one is scared thinking that gas will just disappear into thin air, hence the hype about no more gas, so they went to go buy it before it did. The only good news I see about this is less people on the road and less SUVs. I think I only heard of 1 accident on 285 today though and that was because someone ran out of gas.

the people price gouging will be fined by the state government... old sonny was very adament when he was talking about that, he also said that things will be normal soon and this "hysteria" is all hype and ridicolous...
i can understand the price of gas going up a little bit from the storm and the damage it did but this "we are out of gas" crap is unbelievable

The lemmings were blocking intersections this afternoon in their mad rush to the gas stations. :angryfire

I drove home with a very gentle touch on the accelerator pedal. Considering that I just Sharked the car and had been enjoying the car's extra oomph, the change in behavior took a little getting used to.

This non-crisis should abate within a few days. Just give the tanker trucks enough time to bring in more gasoline from Georgia's ports.

lemmings
ahahahha it is so true

They'll all drive off a cliff if you tell them there's cheap gas at the bottom.

(I can't claim credit for that - Doctor Wha said it over dinner)

I drove home with a very gentle touch on the accelerator pedal. Considering that I just Sharked the car and had been enjoying the car's extra oomph, the change in behavior took a little getting used to.
HA! Yeah, because you drove so much like a little old lady before that! :stickoutt

:bs

:devillook


:paranoid: [Watching my back as I head downstairs from the office...]

Love you, honey! :D

:kiss














:nutz:

:lol

but you're a lawyer, right? wouldnt you have to visit clients?


I'm a corporate lawyer...my clients tend to be rather large corporations as opposed to individuals in jail!

:D

Katrina...who's Katrina?
I dunno, but she sounds hot...

I think this is great. Finally, the apocalypse! I knew it was coming, but I never thought I'd live to see it. I hope this turns into some real Mad Max style shit out there. Roving the barren wastes in my home-built dune buggy attacking anyone with a few gallons of gas. I've already got my hockey mask and midget hype-man. Frome hense forth I shall be announced as follows: "Greetings from The Humungus! The Lord Humungus! The Warrior of the Wasteland! The Ayatollah of Rock and Rolla!" :buttrock

lemmings
ahahahha it is so true

Hold on one second...I called them lemmings way back on page 2...I deserve credit...

:nono

:)

I think this is great. Finally, the apocalypse! I knew it was coming, but I never thought I'd live to see it. I hope this turns into some real Mad Max style shit out there. Roving the barren wastes in my home-built dune buggy attacking anyone with a few gallons of gas. I've already got my hockey mask and midget hype-man. Frome hense forth I shall be announced as follows: "Greetings from The Humungus! The Lord Humungus! The Warrior of the Wasteland! The Ayatollah of Rock and Rolla!" :buttrock
And your plan to rebuild civilization would be...? :ponder

And your plan to rebuild civilization would be...? :ponder
Find the last of the V8 Interceptors, add a blower, and handle things one at a time? :dunno

Find the last of the V8 Interceptors, add a blower, and handle things one at a time? :dunno

Sounds like a good plan. I'm in.

And your plan to rebuild civilization would be...? :ponder
Rebuild this crap?? Seriously? :confused

I like the idea about V8's, firearms, and crossbows, though. :buttrock

ok guys so we should all join in the crazy mayhem...

tomorrow all of us should drive with our windows down,
dont take a shower tonite and leave hair as messy as possible, wear some crazy sunglasses and tell everyone to "buy all the gas they can afford, max out their credit cards THE APOCALYPSE IS COMING!!!"

I actually thought about MadMax when I started seeing the lines and hearing about fights at gas stations. And can someone explain to me how Max and the other combatants drove around in supercharged V8s getting about 5 mpg?

I actually thought about MadMax when I started seeing the lines and hearing about fights at gas stations. And can someone explain to me how Max and the other combatants drove around in supercharged V8s getting about 5 mpg?
Um... Wearing buttless leather chaps saves weight in pants...? :booty :devillook

Well... as of 10pm, most of the North Atlanta gas stations in places like Roswell etc. are already out of gas or have huge lines.....
Man that was quick...... and I saw lots of people filling up additional gas containers.

Well... as of 10pm, most of the North Atlanta gas stations in places like Roswell etc. are already out of gas or have huge lines.....
Man that was quick...... and I saw lots of people filling up additional gas containers.

Had a chat with my friend who owns 2 gas stations outside of atlanta. He confirmed what we all know already: there is no basis for the run-up in price and that as soon as people come to their senses the price will drop a little and the hysteria will end and things will be back to status quo.

One interesting thing he said that i heard on the news a little later is that our governor froze gas prices as of 6 PM. So nobody is allowed to price gouge any longer. Only danger is stations running out only because of a relative spike in demand.

Had a chat with my friend who owns 2 gas stations outside of atlanta. He confirmed what we all know already: there is no basis for the run-up in price and that as soon as people come to their senses the price will drop a little and the hysteria will end and things will be back to status quo.

One interesting thing he said that i heard on the news a little later is that our governor froze gas prices as of 6 PM. So nobody is allowed to price gouge any longer. Only danger is stations running out only because of a relative spike in demand.


My momma didn't raise no fool.

My momma didn't raise no fool.

?

:confused

One interesting thing he said that i heard on the news a little later is that our governor froze gas prices as of 6 PM. So nobody is allowed to price gouge any longer. Only danger is stations running out only because of a relative spike in demand.
Actually, what he did is declare a state of emergency, which allows them to apply price-gouging laws.

Now, this does not mean prices are absolutely "frozen." If the price of wholesale gas goes up by "x," for instance, then the retail price can still be adjusted accordingly. However, any price increase has to be provable to authorities that it's a result of regular cost fluctuations. Prices are trackable by a number of means, but the gov't is also actively seeking input & reports from the public.

One thing they do say is that if you see anything much beyond ~$3 or so, you need to be very skeptical that it's legit.

If you see something you think is actual gouging, the number for the Govenor's Office of Consumer Affairs is (404) 651-8600.

More info is available here:

http://wsbradio.com/news/083105soe.html

[Edit - Quoting the story, in case they move the link.]

Perdue signs order allowing sanctions against gas gougers

ATLANTA (AP) With some retailers advertising gasoline prices as high as $6 per gallon, Gov. Sonny Perdue signed an executive order Wednesday authorizing state sanctions against gas stations that gouge consumers.

"I do not believe there is an energy emergency in this state but we will not tolerate our citizens perceiving the fact there is by exorbitant price-gouging prices,'' he said.

Perdue's order allows the Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs to seek civil sanctions against retailers who can't justify their prices based on the price they paid at the terminal for the product, adjusted for their normal markup.

"Frankly, when you prey upon the fears, the paranoia of citizens, it is akin to looting in a different sort of way,'' Perdue said.

As he spoke, long queues formed in Georgia's suburbs and cities, rural towns and backwaters, as drivers scrambled to fill their tanks with gas priced well over $3 a gallon at some stations.

Police in Sandersville had to direct traffic during a mid-morning rush on the pumps after two small stations ran out of gas, Police Chief John Harden said. In Washington, long lines for gas stretched into the town's main street, disrupting traffic.

"People are beginning to panic over the gasoline already,'' said Wilkes County Commissioner Donna Hardy. "People don't know what to expect at this point.''

John Harper, an east Cobb County resident, pulled up to a gas station in Stockbridge Wednesday evening when he saw an enticing empty parking lot. He promptly turned around once he the manager told him the gas prices $5.87 for a gallon of unleaded fuel.

"It's highway robbery,'' Harper said.

He was one of a half-dozen people who left after pulling up to the station. Soon after, the gas station manager decided to lower the gas prices by $2 a gallon.

The governor gave no specific examples of price gouging but said prices at some stations rose from $3 per gallon to $5 and $6 per gallon by Wednesday afternoon.

"We should not even have to be doing this,'' he said. "I'm frankly embarrassed for our state and some of our businesses that we have to do this.''

He acknowledged consumers may not always know if they are being gouged as gas prices change. "You just have to report this and our Office of Consumer Affairs will investigate,'' he said.

The Consumer Affairs office number is (404) 651-8600.

Hours before announcing his executive order, Perdue called on Georgians to remain calm over rising gas prices and fears of short supplies, saying, "This is a temporary problem due to Hurricane Katrina and will be resolved soon.''

He asked the state's drivers to alter any discretionary driving plans they might have for the Labor Day weekend and stay home with their families instead.

"There's no reason to panic. There's plenty of gas on the way, and the only reason we would have problems locally is if we rush out to hoard and try to accumulate gasoline that we won't need for a long time,'' he said during a news conference with Red Cross officials.

Perdue said gas distributors assured him they were working around the clock to restore service to two major gas pipelines that serve the state but he added that another major source of supply through the Georgia ports hasn't been hampered.

"Fresh fuel is continuing to reach our ports and Atlanta and other markets throughout Georgia,'' he said. Dick Pettys has covered Georgia government and politics since 1970. Associated Press writer Daniel Yee in Atlanta and photographer Gene Blythe in Stockbridge, Ga. contributed to this report.

(Copyright 2005 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)


DW

Good think we've got the Doctor! :crazynoel :69 :phatyo:

always informed never underrated!

I know we have gas, but I will still limit my self to walking for now. I washed my baby tonight, and I am going to cover her up. Sad day, but just so I can keep my gas, and safe my money. I know we have it, but screw paying 2.90 for regular around Auburn. I feel for ya'll in the ATL. I am the poor college student that can't afford to pay the price they want for 89, and hell no to 93. I filled up yesterday at this little hick station for 2.55. That will last me a while. People just need to calm the f@ck down. I just laugh at the kids filling up with daddy's credit card in their Tahoe, and F350's. I would choke on that bill. And then there are the rich people running the generators on the RV's for the game, and the H1 outside my window.

Good think we've got the Doctor! :crazynoel :69 :phatyo:

always informed never underrated!
Thanks Bruce! :D

Not only for the kind words, but the most bizarrely funny combination of smileys! :rofl

So basically, if people are panicking, it's because they're buying into the hype, as opposed to knowing the facts. But then, the way bread and milk flies off of store shelves when one snowflake falls around here, I can't be too surprised.
Exactly. I've been pissed off all day hearing about the inflated prices of gas. :mad

Exactly. I've been pissed off all day hearing about the inflated prices of gas. :mad
Actually, speaking of the bread thing, the day before Katrina hit the coast, I did stop in to my regular grocery store for a few things, and guess which shelves were picked nearly bare...

...yep!

Bread! :rolleyes




Sometimes, I laugh to keep from screaming... :shifty

Thanks Bruce! :D

Not only for the kind words, but the most bizarrely funny combination of smileys! :rofl

I aim to please! Too bad its not an election year or I'd run for something. :stickoutt

I've got to stop working 100 hour weeks. I swear im going nuts. :eyecrazy :blackeye :kb


And Remember Folks: All the fat girls, get loose with it...And all the skinny girls let Bruce Bruce hit it!!! :booty :3some

I know we have gas, but I will still limit my self to walking for now. I washed my baby tonight, and I am going to cover her up. Sad day, but just so I can keep my gas, and safe my money. I know we have it, but screw paying 2.90 for regular around Auburn. I feel for ya'll in the ATL. I am the poor college student that can't afford to pay the price they want for 89, and hell no to 93. I filled up yesterday at this little hick station for 2.55. That will last me a while. People just need to calm the f@ck down. I just laugh at the kids filling up with daddy's credit card in their Tahoe, and F350's. I would choke on that bill. And then there are the rich people running the generators on the RV's for the game, and the H1 outside my window.

Damn you're actually a decently smart guy... Are you SURE you went to Auburn??? ;)

Just givin you some grief before the game :D :cool

I went into QT yesterday to get one of those delicious hotdogs and a dr. pepper, went up to the counter and the guy said "Which pump were you?" i happily said i got gas on monday and that it was all a hoax...the people around looked at me like i was nuts, and the cashier looked at me like he wanted to argue with me, but he shut up, and i ate my hot dog...

I never knew how much fun people watching was when you have a bunch of idiots in line to get gas at $4+/gallon. I saw people talking to each other telling them all the rumors they had heard...hahahahah, i cant even remember them now but it was funny, i happily got into my 325 and cranked the a/c and lead footed it back home in honor of national "Scare the shit out of idiots with gas prices" day...i think we should have a national holiday each year to do this, so everyone can just watch these jack asses.

Personally, I think the gas stations should have been able to set their prices as high as they wanted. I mean if there wasn't a shortage yesterday, the hysteria was bound to manufacture one. What better than $6 gas to dampen that panic? Good ol' capitalism can take care of this kind of stuff all by itself. It's all about supply and demand....a healthy supply of panic-driven sheep demanding a cliff to run themselves off of.

I looked at all the lines yesterday and had a good laugh. I got up this morning to drive in to work at about 10:00, pulled right up to a pump, put in 5 gallons (into my rental car) and took off. Yesterday that same gas station had a line stretching down the hwy about half a mile with about 20 SUV's, mini-vans and other guzzlers sitting there idling and wasting gas with their A/C's blowing full speed too (I'd imagine).

Hours of family fun.

in honor of national "Scare the shit out of idiots with gas prices" day...i think we should have a national holiday each year to do this, so everyone can just watch these jack asses.
HERE! HERE! :D

Took a drive around my 'hood last night to check on the situation. The Kroger shopping center was still selling for $2.89; of course, you couldn't pull into the parking lot, idiots were blocking all 3 entrances/exits. Want food or take-out chinese food? Too damn bad. The BP closest to my house was $3.09. The BP up on Boulevard at I-20 was selling for $4.29. The Shell station on Moreland right at I-20 was selling for $4.99 (bastards, I don't get gas there anyway). Freaking morons EVERYWHERE. I'm glad I still have half a tank in both my cars.

I was listening to WSB radio last night about 7:00, and Clark Howard, the dorkiest man alive except for perhaps Bill Gates, said "Everybody take a chill pill". When Clark talks all hip and cool, you know sh!t is screwed up.

I'm just waiting around watching the insanity.

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I was listening to WSB radio last night about 7:00, and Clark Howard, the dorkiest man alive except for perhaps Bill Gates, said "Everybody take a chill pill". When Clark talks all hip and cool, you know sh!t is screwed up.

I'm just waiting around watching the insanity.


i just had like deja vu.... or something cause now i'm confused

i just had like deja vu.... or something cause now i'm confused

I should have said that when Clark Howard, the dorkiest man alive, TRIES to talk all hip and cool (and fails miserably by pulling out some old '80s Miami Vice style slang), you know sh!t is screwd up. :laugh

his Mazda would crap its pants if it got anything over 87. Its like giving homeless fine wine, they just wouldnt appreciate it.



hahahahhahaha



I went out at about 12 last night to avoid the lines. 50 bucks

Took a drive around my 'hood last night to check on the situation. The Kroger shopping center was still selling for $2.89; of course, you couldn't pull into the parking lot, idiots were blocking all 3 entrances/exits. Want food or take-out chinese food? Too damn bad. The BP closest to my house was $3.09. The BP up on Boulevard at I-20 was selling for $4.29. The Shell station on Moreland right at I-20 was selling for $4.99 (bastards, I don't get gas there anyway). Freaking morons EVERYWHERE. I'm glad I still have half a tank in both my cars.

I was listening to WSB radio last night about 7:00, and Clark Howard, the dorkiest man alive except for perhaps Bill Gates, said "Everybody take a chill pill". When Clark talks all hip and cool, you know sh!t is screwed up.

I'm just waiting around watching the insanity.
Glad I didn't want Chinese food last night... That is the place we always get our chinese food from.