Re: Saturday AM

I paid 3.09 Saturday and I thought that was bad.  Sheeeeesshhh.

On 5/21/07, Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> unl = $334.9  or $3.34.9, whichever you'd prefer.
> Kitty
> neIN, Zone 5
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Donna" <gossiper@sbcglobal.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 1:17 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Saturday AM
>
>
> > hum.... you are paying over 300.00 per gal... oh, my, I will let Kitty
> > comment on that one! :)
> >
> > Seriously, haven't seen any gas under 3.00 for weeks....
> >
> > here around 3.50 gal, depending on where you go... can be + - 20 cents
> per
> > gallon.
> >
> > Donna
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: james singer <islandjim1@verizon.net>
> > To: Garden Chat <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 12:31:10 PM
> > Subject: [CHAT] Saturday AM
> >
> >
> > We were shopping but hungry. We'd just been to the Farmer's Market and
> > were now headed to Wal-Mart for the paper. But because we didn't want
> > to take hunger to Wal-Mart [bad idea], we stopped at the local bagel
> > shop for a cavity filling repast.
> >
> > This bagel shop has four or five outdoor tables [kinda hokey in a strip
> > mall] and is next door to a discount gas station--Speedway--which says
> > it's owned by Sonoco. Anyway, we were out front with a dozen
> > others--bald bikers with so many tattoos you couldn't tell if they even
> > had clothes on, old guys with what I took to be their daughters, and
> > the usual assortment of retirees from Michigan.
> >
> > The gas station has one of those three-story signs, so drivers can see
> > the price of their product for at least a mile in any direction. It
> > reads "Unleaded 299.9." And suddenly, this is about 8 AM and I'm
> > halfway through my jalapeno bagel with lox, there is a gas station kid
> > changing the prices of their products.
> >
> > He has a long pole with a suction cup on the end. He smacks a number on
> > the sign with the suction cup, the number sticks, then he lifts it
> > down. He replaces the removed number with a different on, and puts it
> > up.
> >
> > He starts with the high price stuff. We--all of us eater--watch. He
> > changes the high-price stuff first. Premium, as it used to be called,
> > goes from 323.9 to 329.9. Then the mid grade goes from 306.9 to 312.9.
> >
> > At this point, a slight breeze begins to flutter the flags and pennants
> > that decorate the gas station. The kid has no trouble getting the old
> > 299.9 down, but every time he tries to get a 3 up, the breeze picks it
> > off the suction cup and sends it sailing.
> >
> > And every time it goes sailing, the eaters--the old guys, the retirees,
> > the bikers--stand up and cheer.
> >
> > Island Jim
> > Southwest Florida
> > 27.1 N, 82.4 W
> > Hardiness Zone 10
> > Heat Zone 10
> > Sunset Zone 25
> > Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> > Maximum 100 F [38 C]
> >
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-- 
Pam Evans
Kemp TX
zone 8A

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