Bowgus wrote:
OT sort of: I've noticed that around here, the % drop in used boat
prices is in some cases about proportional to the % rise in fuel cost
... not reasonable, but there you go. I'm suggesting that there may
be room at this time for significant dickering and dealing ... or for
getting that larger boat now.

"Dene" dene@(nospam) ipns.com wrote in message
news

By the time your fuel (gas) reaches UK prices, used boats should then be
free in the US, perhaps Dene should wait? (Currently $7.2US per British
Gallon).

"Dennis Pogson" wrote in
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Currently $7.2US per British
Gallon).


OUCH! A friend in Switzerland says when Swiss drivers come to a stop
light, they switch off their engines until it turns green.

$US2.89/US Gallon (4 quarts) in Charleston, SC.

No fuel shortage. Some guy on the waterfront noticed it now takes 2-3 days
to unload a tanker of gas and fuel oil at the Hess Oil Terminal. He asked
around and someone at Hess told him there was no place to store any more
fuel, all the massive tanks are full to the top. So, the tanker sits
waiting for another tractor-tanker to come unload some fuel before they can
pump more out of the tanker. Turn around times that were 12 hours have
turned into 3 days. More tankers are waiting off the coast.

He also found out not a single drop of oil coming into the Hess terminal
was from the Gulf Coast...none. It comes in from Aruba, Africa, wherever
Hess can buy it cheaper... Those of you paying premium prices just to get
some brand name need to be at the front gate when Hess opens at 4AM to fill
the line of trucks from all these glitzy companies. It's all the
same....Just the profit margin varies.

--
Larry

Larry wrote:
....


$US2.89/US Gallon (4 quarts) in Charleston, SC.

UK Gallons are also 4 quarts.

Jeff wrote:
Larry wrote:
...


$US2.89/US Gallon (4 quarts) in Charleston, SC.


UK Gallons are also 4 quarts.


Yeah...but bigger quarts!
Sure do miss that 'Imperial Gallon'....... that was something to measure by.
1 Imperial gallon = 4.54609 litres
1 puny US gallon = 3.78541 litres
http://www.onlineconversion.com/volume.htm

Don White wrote in
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Yeah...but bigger quarts!
Sure do miss that 'Imperial Gallon'....... that was something to
measure by. 1 Imperial gallon = 4.54609 litres
1 puny US gallon = 3.78541 litres
http://www.onlineconversion.com/volume.htm


We'll all have litres, soon enough. It makes the dollar numbers on the
sign out front less sticker shock until the smart ones figure out what a
ripoff 99c/litre is.

IF the trend continues, we may see it listed in oz increments....like
platinum.

--
Larry

Larry wrote:
Don White wrote in
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Yeah...but bigger quarts!
Sure do miss that 'Imperial Gallon'....... that was something to
measure by. 1 Imperial gallon = 4.54609 litres
1 puny US gallon = 3.78541 litres
http://www.onlineconversion.com/volume.htm



We'll all have litres, soon enough. It makes the dollar numbers on the
sign out front less sticker shock until the smart ones figure out what a
ripoff 99c/litre is.

IF the trend continues, we may see it listed in oz increments....like
platinum.


Gas prices hovered up & down under $1.00 for years. This summer...once
that barrier was breached, all hell broke loose. Regular self-service
now costs $1.119 a liter, but was up to $ 1.499 for one half day.
The stupid gas stations still insist in the .9 cents instead of rounding
it off to the nearest cent. Lot of older pumps had trouble with the
extra number when price went over $ 1.00, but they fixed that soon enough.

Larry wrote:
"Dennis Pogson" wrote in
:


Currently $7.2US per British
Gallon).



OUCH! A friend in Switzerland says when Swiss drivers come to a stop
light, they switch off their engines until it turns green.

$US2.89/US Gallon (4 quarts) in Charleston, SC.

No fuel shortage. Some guy on the waterfront noticed it now takes 2-3 days
to unload a tanker of gas and fuel oil at the Hess Oil Terminal. He asked
around and someone at Hess told him there was no place to store any more
fuel, all the massive tanks are full to the top. So, the tanker sits
waiting for another tractor-tanker to come unload some fuel before they can
pump more out of the tanker. Turn around times that were 12 hours have
turned into 3 days. More tankers are waiting off the coast.

He also found out not a single drop of oil coming into the Hess terminal
was from the Gulf Coast...none. It comes in from Aruba, Africa, wherever
Hess can buy it cheaper... Those of you paying premium prices just to get
some brand name need to be at the front gate when Hess opens at 4AM to fill
the line of trucks from all these glitzy companies. It's all the
same....Just the profit margin varies.

Last week I saw the Racetrac tanker truck off loading at the Shell
station. Price at Racetrac, 1/2 mile down the road, was $2.89. Price at
Shell was $3.05 for the same gas.
krj

krj wrote in
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Last week I saw the Racetrac tanker truck off loading at the Shell
station. Price at Racetrac, 1/2 mile down the road, was $2.89. Price at
Shell was $3.05 for the same gas.
krj


Remember when Sunoco had the "Custom Blended" pumps with all the dials
whirling around and you made your own gasoline...without having to bother
with a cracking plant?

What a scam that was....(c; Almost as much as Amsoil!

--
Larry