Re: Saturday AM

3.18 3.19 here a few days ago. I try not to think about it too much. Minimal public transport here. Hard to get around if you don't drive. Still, it's a 20 minute drive or less to anywhere in the city limits, so it could be worse. Judy B z6 Idaho Oriental poppies are in bloom as are bearded iris, japanese iris & the first roses. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pam Evans" <gardenqueen@gmail.com> 
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 2:36 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] 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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