Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

First U.S. gas station drops below $2 a gallon (OKC)
State Journal Register ^ | 12/3/14

Posted on 12/03/2014 6:51:05 PM PST by DaveMSmith

click here to read article


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-48 last
To: US_MilitaryRules

Where did that happen?


41 posted on 12/04/2014 5:49:17 AM PST by Disambiguator
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 31 | View Replies]

To: randita
I remarked yesterday (tongue in cheek) that since oil companies are such "greedy bastards", I didn't understand why they were allowing prices to go so low.

They are trying to get people to go back to gas-guzzling cars and trucks by lowering gas prices. Then after people are a year or two into the vehicle financing and it becomes too costly to trade in the big cars, BAM! Prices go back up again. You really need to acquire a healthy mixture of paranoia, ignorance, and envy to think like a populist lefty.

42 posted on 12/04/2014 7:14:02 AM PST by ElkGroveDan (My tagline is in the shop.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 19 | View Replies]

To: ops33

It’s a rectangular approximately 95 lb. Bale of alfalfa that used to cost us $5.00 a bale only ten years ago at the feed store. The costs of fuel are heavily involved in the rise in price. Other factors exist, but fuel is a major factor.

I tried Bermuda with our horses...they threw it at me.


43 posted on 12/04/2014 7:26:02 AM PST by rockinqsranch ((Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will. They ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 36 | View Replies]

To: txrefugee
Way back in the ‘50s, when the dollar was worth something, we bought gas for $.29/gal. and a new Buick was around $2000. Those were the real “good old days.”

Let's see adjusted for inflation:

The $2,000 Buick would cost $17,718.88 in 2014. The $.29 Gallon Gas would cost $2.57 in 2014. Looks like the price of gas is abut the same!

44 posted on 12/04/2014 7:31:23 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: DaveMSmith
Maybe we could get back to those evil Bush Administration days.


45 posted on 12/04/2014 7:36:17 AM PST by McGruff (If you like your current Democracy you can keep it. Period.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: rockinqsranch

One of my wife’s horses is getting a little chubby feeding on Bermuda hay and she is going to change her over to prairie grass.


46 posted on 12/04/2014 8:22:49 AM PST by ops33 (Senior Master Sergeant, USAF (Retired))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 43 | View Replies]

To: Disambiguator

Southwest Airliner over ran the runway at Burbank, Ca. and ended up in the street.

On March 5, 2000, about 1811 Pacific standard time (PST),
1
Southwest Airlines, Inc.,
flight 1455, a Boeing 737-300 (737), N668SW, overran the departure end of runway 8 after
landing at Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport (BUR), Burbank, California

https://www.ntsb.gov/doclib/reports/2002/AAB0204.pdf


47 posted on 12/04/2014 8:58:02 AM PST by US_MilitaryRules (The last suit you wear has no pockets!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 41 | View Replies]

To: US_MilitaryRules

I always thought that happened in snow country because of the white stuff all over the place, and the fact that the plane was off the runway (might have slid). I guess it’s just fire suppression foam.


48 posted on 12/04/2014 9:04:34 AM PST by Disambiguator
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 47 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-48 last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson