How come you can't refine your own gasoline?
 

With the crisis in Egypt pushing oil futures up, and 'talk' of $5.00 a
gallon gas, I was wondering why you couldnt' make your own?

I mean, to a limit you can brew your own beer, and beer with no
regulation or restrictions (except for quantity). So why can't a
person make their own small refinery? i have friends who work at a
refinery and they say that the process isn't really that difficult and
in my area we have lots of oil wells. so.........

another thing. for recreational boating, why can't we be exempt from
paying highway taxes on gas?

hmmmm?

How come you can't refine your own gasoline?
 

On 1/29/11 1:28 PM, Tim wrote:
With the crisis in Egypt pushing oil futures up, and 'talk' of $5.00 a
gallon gas, I was wondering why you couldnt' make your own?

I mean, to a limit you can brew your own beer, and beer with no
regulation or restrictions (except for quantity). So why can't a
person make their own small refinery? i have friends who work at a
refinery and they say that the process isn't really that difficult and
in my area we have lots of oil wells. so.........

another thing. for recreational boating, why can't we be exempt from
paying highway taxes on gas?

hmmmm?


I'll leave the production of gasoline to the crackers* but when I was a
kid in Connecticut, you could get a refund on road taxes for gas used in
your boat. My dad gave specially printed receipt books to his
customers...they filled them out and sent them in for the refund. I
sorta recall the gas station operator had to sign and stamp the
receipts, but maybe not.

This was when gasoline was 20 cents a gallon at the local gas station,
and a nickel more at the marina.


* crackers...those who know how to "crack" petroleum.

How come you can't refine your own gasoline?
 

On Jan 29, 12:33*pm, Harryk wrote:
On 1/29/11 1:28 PM, Tim wrote:

With the crisis in Egypt pushing oil futures up, and 'talk' of $5.00 a
gallon gas, I was wondering why you couldnt' make your own?

I mean, to a limit you can brew your own beer, and beer with no
regulation or restrictions (except for quantity). So why can't a
person make their own small refinery? i have friends who work at a
refinery and they say that the process isn't really that difficult and
in my area we have lots of oil wells. so.........

another thing. for recreational boating, why can't *we be exempt from
paying highway taxes on gas?

hmmmm?

I'll leave the production of gasoline to the crackers* but when I was a
kid in Connecticut, you could get a refund on road taxes for gas used in
your boat. My dad gave specially printed receipt books to his
customers...they filled them out and sent them in for the refund. I
sorta recall the gas station operator had to sign and stamp the
receipts, but maybe not.

This was when gasoline was 20 cents a gallon at the local gas station,
and a nickel more at the marina.

I dont' think that for recreational boating, Illinois has such a
provision. though. unless you've got some type of commercial license.




* crackers...those who know how to "crack" petroleum.

i knew what you meant.. "Catylist" or "Cat cracker"

How come you can't refine your own gasoline?
 

On 1/29/11 1:49 PM, Tim wrote:
On Jan 29, 12:33 pm, wrote:
On 1/29/11 1:28 PM, Tim wrote:

With the crisis in Egypt pushing oil futures up, and 'talk' of $5.00 a
gallon gas, I was wondering why you couldnt' make your own?

I mean, to a limit you can brew your own beer, and beer with no
regulation or restrictions (except for quantity). So why can't a
person make their own small refinery? i have friends who work at a
refinery and they say that the process isn't really that difficult and
in my area we have lots of oil wells. so.........

another thing. for recreational boating, why can't we be exempt from
paying highway taxes on gas?

hmmmm?

I'll leave the production of gasoline to the crackers* but when I was a
kid in Connecticut, you could get a refund on road taxes for gas used in
your boat. My dad gave specially printed receipt books to his
customers...they filled them out and sent them in for the refund. I
sorta recall the gas station operator had to sign and stamp the
receipts, but maybe not.

This was when gasoline was 20 cents a gallon at the local gas station,
and a nickel more at the marina.

I dont' think that for recreational boating, Illinois has such a
provision. though. unless you've got some type of commercial license.




* crackers...those who know how to "crack" petroleum.

i knew what you meant.. "Catylist" or "Cat cracker"


I don't know that Connecticut still refunds road taxes for gas used in
boats. I know it did in the 1950s and at least part of the 1960s.

How come you can't refine your own gasoline?
 

On Sat, 29 Jan 2011 13:52:07 -0500, Harryk
wrote:

I don't know that Connecticut still refunds road taxes for gas used in
boats. I know it did in the 1950s and at least part of the 1960s.

====

They were still doing it in the early 2000s when we were boating
there.

Tim, if you want to save on road taxes convert your vehicle to burn
propane. I've heard that it is relatively easy. You can also buy
"farm gas" in many states but there are big penalties for using it on
the road.

How come you can't refine your own gasoline?
 

On Jan 29, 2:52*pm, Wayne.B wrote:
On Sat, 29 Jan 2011 13:52:07 -0500, Harryk
wrote:

I don't know that Connecticut still refunds road taxes for gas used in
boats. I know it did in the 1950s and at least part of the 1960s.

====

They were still doing it in the early 2000s when we were boating
there.

Tim, if you want to save on road taxes convert your vehicle to burn
propane. *I've heard that it is relatively easy. *You can also buy
"farm gas" in many states but there are big penalties for using it on
the road.

Wayne, as you know propane is safe and vehicles have been running on
it for years. And you can transfer liquid propane from your remote
house heater tank to your car safely. Some people around here do it on
their pickup's and have for years.... But having a huge and heavy tank
in the trunk of the car would be a pain. and finding propane dealers
on the road would be a horrible. however, they can be rigged to run
both. It's still a pain though.

concerning the 'farm gas', there is a color additive in the farm
diesel that is different color than automotive. And even a quart in
of ag. in 55 gal of automotive is visually detectable. Yes, if you get
caught running the stuff in your diesel pickup it's heavy fines.

But I'd think it would be neat to make your own gasoline for your
boat, and even road use UP TO a certain limit, though.

How come you can't refine your own gasoline?
 

On Sat, 29 Jan 2011 13:25:34 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

But I'd think it would be neat to make your own gasoline for your
boat, and even road use UP TO a certain limit, though.

It's an interesting idea but I think you'll find that the complexities
and costs will make it impractical. The big refineries spend a lot
of money on safety and process control but they get to spread the
investment over huge quantities. It would make a great magazine
article for one of the DIY publications however.

How come you can't refine your own gasoline?
 

"Harryk" wrote in message
...
On 1/29/11 1:49 PM, Tim wrote:
On Jan 29, 12:33 pm, wrote:
On 1/29/11 1:28 PM, Tim wrote:

With the crisis in Egypt pushing oil futures up, and 'talk' of $5.00 a
gallon gas, I was wondering why you couldnt' make your own?

I mean, to a limit you can brew your own beer, and beer with no
regulation or restrictions (except for quantity). So why can't a
person make their own small refinery? i have friends who work at a
refinery and they say that the process isn't really that difficult and
in my area we have lots of oil wells. so.........

another thing. for recreational boating, why can't we be exempt from
paying highway taxes on gas?

hmmmm?

I'll leave the production of gasoline to the crackers* but when I was a
kid in Connecticut, you could get a refund on road taxes for gas used in
your boat. My dad gave specially printed receipt books to his
customers...they filled them out and sent them in for the refund. I
sorta recall the gas station operator had to sign and stamp the
receipts, but maybe not.

This was when gasoline was 20 cents a gallon at the local gas station,
and a nickel more at the marina.

I dont' think that for recreational boating, Illinois has such a
provision. though. unless you've got some type of commercial license.




* crackers...those who know how to "crack" petroleum.

i knew what you meant.. "Catylist" or "Cat cracker"


I don't know that Connecticut still refunds road taxes for gas used in
boats. I know it did in the 1950s and at least part of the 1960s.

We used to have the 'marked' (dyed) gas here for commercial fishermen. I
haven't heard about that in years.

How come you can't refine your own gasoline?
 

In article d63b300e-55f8-49a4-b0af-9f5a68134fc7
@f2g2000yqf.googlegroups.com, says...

With the crisis in Egypt pushing oil futures up, and 'talk' of $5.00 a
gallon gas, I was wondering why you couldnt' make your own?

I mean, to a limit you can brew your own beer, and beer with no
regulation or restrictions (except for quantity). So why can't a
person make their own small refinery? i have friends who work at a
refinery and they say that the process isn't really that difficult and
in my area we have lots of oil wells. so.........

another thing. for recreational boating, why can't we be exempt from
paying highway taxes on gas?

hmmmm?

You would have a problem getting the permits to obtain the needed
chemicals.

How come you can't refine your own gasoline?
 

In article ,
says...

On 1/29/11 1:28 PM, Tim wrote:
With the crisis in Egypt pushing oil futures up, and 'talk' of $5.00 a
gallon gas, I was wondering why you couldnt' make your own?

I mean, to a limit you can brew your own beer, and beer with no
regulation or restrictions (except for quantity). So why can't a
person make their own small refinery? i have friends who work at a
refinery and they say that the process isn't really that difficult and
in my area we have lots of oil wells. so.........

another thing. for recreational boating, why can't we be exempt from
paying highway taxes on gas?

hmmmm?


I'll leave the production of gasoline to the crackers* but when I was a
kid in Connecticut, you could get a refund on road taxes for gas used in
your boat. My dad gave specially printed receipt books to his
customers...they filled them out and sent them in for the refund. I
sorta recall the gas station operator had to sign and stamp the
receipts, but maybe not.

This was when gasoline was 20 cents a gallon at the local gas station,
and a nickel more at the marina.


* crackers...those who know how to "crack" petroleum.

You could file for a refund on the gasoline road taxes if you had the
boats registration number put on the charge card ticket too. For the
hassle in paper work it was worth the money.

How come you can't refine your own gasoline?
 

Harryk wrote:
On 1/29/11 1:28 PM, Tim wrote:
With the crisis in Egypt pushing oil futures up, and 'talk' of $5.00 a
gallon gas, I was wondering why you couldnt' make your own?

I mean, to a limit you can brew your own beer, and beer with no
regulation or restrictions (except for quantity). So why can't a
person make their own small refinery? i have friends who work at a
refinery and they say that the process isn't really that difficult and
in my area we have lots of oil wells. so.........

another thing. for recreational boating, why can't we be exempt from
paying highway taxes on gas?

hmmmm?


I'll leave the production of gasoline to the crackers* but when I was
a kid in Connecticut, you could get a refund on road taxes for gas
used in your boat. My dad gave specially printed receipt books to his
customers...they filled them out and sent them in for the refund. I
sorta recall the gas station operator had to sign and stamp the
receipts, but maybe not.

This was when gasoline was 20 cents a gallon at the local gas station,
and a nickel more at the marina.


* crackers...those who know how to "crack" petroleum.
Another heartwarming "my Dad" post from the black sheep in the Krause
family.

How come you can't refine your own gasoline?
 

Harryk wrote:
On 1/29/11 1:49 PM, Tim wrote:
On Jan 29, 12:33 pm, wrote:
On 1/29/11 1:28 PM, Tim wrote:

With the crisis in Egypt pushing oil futures up, and 'talk' of $5.00 a
gallon gas, I was wondering why you couldnt' make your own?

I mean, to a limit you can brew your own beer, and beer with no
regulation or restrictions (except for quantity). So why can't a
person make their own small refinery? i have friends who work at a
refinery and they say that the process isn't really that difficult and
in my area we have lots of oil wells. so.........

another thing. for recreational boating, why can't we be exempt from
paying highway taxes on gas?

hmmmm?

I'll leave the production of gasoline to the crackers* but when I was a
kid in Connecticut, you could get a refund on road taxes for gas
used in
your boat. My dad gave specially printed receipt books to his
customers...they filled them out and sent them in for the refund. I
sorta recall the gas station operator had to sign and stamp the
receipts, but maybe not.

This was when gasoline was 20 cents a gallon at the local gas station,
and a nickel more at the marina.

I dont' think that for recreational boating, Illinois has such a
provision. though. unless you've got some type of commercial license.




* crackers...those who know how to "crack" petroleum.

i knew what you meant.. "Catylist" or "Cat cracker"


I don't know that Connecticut still refunds road taxes for gas used in
boats. I know it did in the 1950s and at least part of the 1960s.
Thanks for that update. It's 2011, BTW...

How come you can't refine your own gasoline?
 

True North wrote:


"Harryk" wrote in message
...
On 1/29/11 1:49 PM, Tim wrote:
On Jan 29, 12:33 pm, wrote:
On 1/29/11 1:28 PM, Tim wrote:

With the crisis in Egypt pushing oil futures up, and 'talk' of
$5.00 a
gallon gas, I was wondering why you couldnt' make your own?

I mean, to a limit you can brew your own beer, and beer with no
regulation or restrictions (except for quantity). So why can't a
person make their own small refinery? i have friends who work at a
refinery and they say that the process isn't really that difficult
and
in my area we have lots of oil wells. so.........

another thing. for recreational boating, why can't we be exempt from
paying highway taxes on gas?

hmmmm?

I'll leave the production of gasoline to the crackers* but when I
was a
kid in Connecticut, you could get a refund on road taxes for gas
used in
your boat. My dad gave specially printed receipt books to his
customers...they filled them out and sent them in for the refund. I
sorta recall the gas station operator had to sign and stamp the
receipts, but maybe not.

This was when gasoline was 20 cents a gallon at the local gas station,
and a nickel more at the marina.

I dont' think that for recreational boating, Illinois has such a
provision. though. unless you've got some type of commercial license.




* crackers...those who know how to "crack" petroleum.

i knew what you meant.. "Catylist" or "Cat cracker"


I don't know that Connecticut still refunds road taxes for gas used
in boats. I know it did in the 1950s and at least part of the 1960s.

We used to have the 'marked' (dyed) gas here for commercial
fishermen. I haven't heard about that in years.
It's "off-road" diesel, Donnie.

How come you can't refine your own gasoline?
 

On Jan 29, 1:33*pm, Harryk wrote:
On 1/29/11 1:28 PM, Tim wrote:

With the crisis in Egypt pushing oil futures up, and 'talk' of $5.00 a
gallon gas, I was wondering why you couldnt' make your own?

I mean, to a limit you can brew your own beer, and beer with no
regulation or restrictions (except for quantity). So why can't a
person make their own small refinery? i have friends who work at a
refinery and they say that the process isn't really that difficult and
in my area we have lots of oil wells. so.........

another thing. for recreational boating, why can't *we be exempt from
paying highway taxes on gas?

hmmmm?

I'll leave the production of gasoline to the crackers* but when I was a
kid in Connecticut, you could get a refund on road taxes for gas used in
your boat. My dad gave specially printed receipt books to his
customers...they filled them out and sent them in for the refund. I
sorta recall the gas station operator had to sign and stamp the
receipts, but maybe not.

This was when gasoline was 20 cents a gallon at the local gas station,
and a nickel more at the marina.

* crackers...those who know how to "crack" petroleum.

I used to haul " Cracking Dust " back from the Coastal Eagle Refinery
in Jersey. They use it to make Portland Cement in Beachville, near
Woodstock, Ontario.

How come you can't refine your own gasoline?
 

On Jan 29, 6:33*pm, "True North" wrote:
"Harryk" wrote in message

...









On 1/29/11 1:49 PM, Tim wrote:
On Jan 29, 12:33 pm, *wrote:
On 1/29/11 1:28 PM, Tim wrote:

With the crisis in Egypt pushing oil futures up, and 'talk' of $5.00 a
gallon gas, I was wondering why you couldnt' make your own?

I mean, to a limit you can brew your own beer, and beer with no
regulation or restrictions (except for quantity). So why can't a
person make their own small refinery? i have friends who work at a
refinery and they say that the process isn't really that difficult and
in my area we have lots of oil wells. so.........

another thing. for recreational boating, why can't *we be exempt from
paying highway taxes on gas?

hmmmm?

I'll leave the production of gasoline to the crackers* but when I was a
kid in Connecticut, you could get a refund on road taxes for gas used in
your boat. My dad gave specially printed receipt books to his
customers...they filled them out and sent them in for the refund. I
sorta recall the gas station operator had to sign and stamp the
receipts, but maybe not.

This was when gasoline was 20 cents a gallon at the local gas station,
and a nickel more at the marina.

I dont' think that for recreational boating, Illinois has such a
provision. though. unless you've got some type of commercial license.

* crackers...those who know how to "crack" petroleum.

i knew what you meant.. "Catylist" or "Cat cracker"

I don't know that Connecticut still refunds road taxes for gas used in
boats. I know it did in the 1950s and at least part of the 1960s.

We used to have the 'marked' (dyed) gas here for commercial fishermen. * I
haven't heard about that in years.

Don't you mean Dyed Diesel? Most Tugs here use Diesel.

How come you can't refine your own gasoline?
 

On Jan 29, 8:45*pm, L G wrote:
Harryk wrote:
On 1/29/11 1:49 PM, Tim wrote:
On Jan 29, 12:33 pm, *wrote:
On 1/29/11 1:28 PM, Tim wrote:

With the crisis in Egypt pushing oil futures up, and 'talk' of $5.00 a
gallon gas, I was wondering why you couldnt' make your own?

I mean, to a limit you can brew your own beer, and beer with no
regulation or restrictions (except for quantity). So why can't a
person make their own small refinery? i have friends who work at a
refinery and they say that the process isn't really that difficult and
in my area we have lots of oil wells. so.........

another thing. for recreational boating, why can't *we be exempt from
paying highway taxes on gas?

hmmmm?

I'll leave the production of gasoline to the crackers* but when I was a
kid in Connecticut, you could get a refund on road taxes for gas
used in
your boat. My dad gave specially printed receipt books to his
customers...they filled them out and sent them in for the refund. I
sorta recall the gas station operator had to sign and stamp the
receipts, but maybe not.

This was when gasoline was 20 cents a gallon at the local gas station,
and a nickel more at the marina.

I dont' think that for recreational boating, Illinois has such a
provision. though. unless you've got some type of commercial license.

* crackers...those who know how to "crack" petroleum.

i knew what you meant.. "Catylist" or "Cat cracker"

I don't know that Connecticut still refunds road taxes for gas used in
boats. I know it did in the 1950s and at least part of the 1960s.

Thanks for that update. *It's 2011, BTW...

Who cares? Go **** yourself, Loogy...and have a nice day !

How come you can't refine your own gasoline?
 

On Jan 29, 8:36*pm, wrote:
On Sat, 29 Jan 2011 16:39:23 -0500, Wayne.B

wrote:
On Sat, 29 Jan 2011 13:25:34 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

But I'd think it would be neat to make your own gasoline for your
boat, and even road use UP TO a certain limit, though.

It's an interesting idea but I think you'll find that the complexities
and costs will make it impractical. * The big refineries spend a lot
of money on safety and process control but they get to spread the
investment over huge quantities. *It would make a great magazine
article for one of the DIY publications however.

I think the home made fuel will be the biodiesel. My wife's
electrician gets all of the cooking oil from the club (along with the
other clubs he works at) and makes his own fuel.

I have a customer who does that and he takes it very seriously and has
got it down to a science to the opoint of making specific
modifications to his 6.5 GM diesel Pickup. It does take some time to
'refine' the used cooking oil, but he figures he's running at about $.
75 a gallon.

How come you can't refine your own gasoline?
 

On Jan 29, 3:39*pm, Wayne.B wrote:
On Sat, 29 Jan 2011 13:25:34 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

But I'd think it would be neat to make your own gasoline for your
boat, and even road use UP TO a certain limit, though.

It's an interesting idea but I think you'll find that the complexities
and costs will make it impractical. * The big refineries spend a lot
of money on safety and process control but they get to spread the
investment over huge quantities. *It would make a great magazine
article for one of the DIY publications however.

concerning the small quanity refining, your probably right Wayne, ,
but it would be neat to see something published in Popular Mechanics/
Science, or even Mother Earth News...

Then have a coundown on the DIYr's who blew themselves up or caught
half their town on fire while blowing themselves up....

How come you can't refine your own gasoline?
 

On 1/29/2011 8:44 PM, L G wrote:
Harryk wrote:
On 1/29/11 1:28 PM, Tim wrote:
With the crisis in Egypt pushing oil futures up, and 'talk' of $5.00 a
gallon gas, I was wondering why you couldnt' make your own?

I mean, to a limit you can brew your own beer, and beer with no
regulation or restrictions (except for quantity). So why can't a
person make their own small refinery? i have friends who work at a
refinery and they say that the process isn't really that difficult and
in my area we have lots of oil wells. so.........

another thing. for recreational boating, why can't we be exempt from
paying highway taxes on gas?

hmmmm?


I'll leave the production of gasoline to the crackers* but when I was
a kid in Connecticut, you could get a refund on road taxes for gas
used in your boat. My dad gave specially printed receipt books to his
customers...they filled them out and sent them in for the refund. I
sorta recall the gas station operator had to sign and stamp the
receipts, but maybe not.

This was when gasoline was 20 cents a gallon at the local gas
station, and a nickel more at the marina.


* crackers...those who know how to "crack" petroleum.
Another heartwarming "my Dad" post from the black sheep in the Krause
family.
Too bad his dearly departed daddy wasn't around to advise him when he
decided to hang a perfectly good storm door in a manner that trashed the
entire deck project. He needs to go back to playing with Lincoln logs.

How come you can't refine your own gasoline?
 

In article , says...

On 1/29/2011 8:44 PM, L G wrote:
Harryk wrote:
On 1/29/11 1:28 PM, Tim wrote:
With the crisis in Egypt pushing oil futures up, and 'talk' of $5.00 a
gallon gas, I was wondering why you couldnt' make your own?

I mean, to a limit you can brew your own beer, and beer with no
regulation or restrictions (except for quantity). So why can't a
person make their own small refinery? i have friends who work at a
refinery and they say that the process isn't really that difficult and
in my area we have lots of oil wells. so.........

another thing. for recreational boating, why can't we be exempt from
paying highway taxes on gas?

hmmmm?


I'll leave the production of gasoline to the crackers* but when I was
a kid in Connecticut, you could get a refund on road taxes for gas
used in your boat. My dad gave specially printed receipt books to his
customers...they filled them out and sent them in for the refund. I
sorta recall the gas station operator had to sign and stamp the
receipts, but maybe not.

This was when gasoline was 20 cents a gallon at the local gas
station, and a nickel more at the marina.


* crackers...those who know how to "crack" petroleum.
Another heartwarming "my Dad" post from the black sheep in the Krause
family.
Too bad his dearly departed daddy wasn't around to advise him when he
decided to hang a perfectly good storm door in a manner that trashed the
entire deck project. He needs to go back to playing with Lincoln logs.

Why does the door open out?

How come you can't refine your own gasoline?
 

On 1/30/11 9:15 AM, BAR wrote:
In , says...

On 1/29/2011 8:44 PM, L G wrote:
Harryk wrote:
On 1/29/11 1:28 PM, Tim wrote:
With the crisis in Egypt pushing oil futures up, and 'talk' of $5.00 a
gallon gas, I was wondering why you couldnt' make your own?

I mean, to a limit you can brew your own beer, and beer with no
regulation or restrictions (except for quantity). So why can't a
person make their own small refinery? i have friends who work at a
refinery and they say that the process isn't really that difficult and
in my area we have lots of oil wells. so.........

another thing. for recreational boating, why can't we be exempt from
paying highway taxes on gas?

hmmmm?


I'll leave the production of gasoline to the crackers* but when I was
a kid in Connecticut, you could get a refund on road taxes for gas
used in your boat. My dad gave specially printed receipt books to his
customers...they filled them out and sent them in for the refund. I
sorta recall the gas station operator had to sign and stamp the
receipts, but maybe not.

This was when gasoline was 20 cents a gallon at the local gas
station, and a nickel more at the marina.


* crackers...those who know how to "crack" petroleum.
Another heartwarming "my Dad" post from the black sheep in the Krause
family.
Too bad his dearly departed daddy wasn't around to advise him when he
decided to hang a perfectly good storm door in a manner that trashed the
entire deck project. He needs to go back to playing with Lincoln logs.

Why does the door open out?



You're asking why the storm/screen door opens "out"?

Hehehe.

No wonder you went into the marines.

How come you can't refine your own gasoline?
 

In article , payer3389
@mypacks.net says...

On 1/30/11 9:15 AM, BAR wrote:
In , says...

On 1/29/2011 8:44 PM, L G wrote:
Harryk wrote:
On 1/29/11 1:28 PM, Tim wrote:
With the crisis in Egypt pushing oil futures up, and 'talk' of $5.00 a
gallon gas, I was wondering why you couldnt' make your own?

I mean, to a limit you can brew your own beer, and beer with no
regulation or restrictions (except for quantity). So why can't a
person make their own small refinery? i have friends who work at a
refinery and they say that the process isn't really that difficult and
in my area we have lots of oil wells. so.........

another thing. for recreational boating, why can't we be exempt from
paying highway taxes on gas?

hmmmm?


I'll leave the production of gasoline to the crackers* but when I was
a kid in Connecticut, you could get a refund on road taxes for gas
used in your boat. My dad gave specially printed receipt books to his
customers...they filled them out and sent them in for the refund. I
sorta recall the gas station operator had to sign and stamp the
receipts, but maybe not.

This was when gasoline was 20 cents a gallon at the local gas
station, and a nickel more at the marina.


* crackers...those who know how to "crack" petroleum.
Another heartwarming "my Dad" post from the black sheep in the Krause
family.
Too bad his dearly departed daddy wasn't around to advise him when he
decided to hang a perfectly good storm door in a manner that trashed the
entire deck project. He needs to go back to playing with Lincoln logs.

Why does the door open out?



You're asking why the storm/screen door opens "out"?

Hehehe.

No wonder you went into the marines.

No, I am asking why the door opens out.

How come you can't refine your own gasoline?
 

On 1/30/11 10:18 AM, BAR wrote:
In articlecPGdnR_TEKyR69jQnZ2dnUVZ_gudnZ2d@earthlink .com, payer3389
@mypacks.net says...

On 1/30/11 9:15 AM, BAR wrote:
In , says...

On 1/29/2011 8:44 PM, L G wrote:
Harryk wrote:
On 1/29/11 1:28 PM, Tim wrote:
With the crisis in Egypt pushing oil futures up, and 'talk' of $5.00 a
gallon gas, I was wondering why you couldnt' make your own?

I mean, to a limit you can brew your own beer, and beer with no
regulation or restrictions (except for quantity). So why can't a
person make their own small refinery? i have friends who work at a
refinery and they say that the process isn't really that difficult and
in my area we have lots of oil wells. so.........

another thing. for recreational boating, why can't we be exempt from
paying highway taxes on gas?

hmmmm?


I'll leave the production of gasoline to the crackers* but when I was
a kid in Connecticut, you could get a refund on road taxes for gas
used in your boat. My dad gave specially printed receipt books to his
customers...they filled them out and sent them in for the refund. I
sorta recall the gas station operator had to sign and stamp the
receipts, but maybe not.

This was when gasoline was 20 cents a gallon at the local gas
station, and a nickel more at the marina.


* crackers...those who know how to "crack" petroleum.
Another heartwarming "my Dad" post from the black sheep in the Krause
family.
Too bad his dearly departed daddy wasn't around to advise him when he
decided to hang a perfectly good storm door in a manner that trashed the
entire deck project. He needs to go back to playing with Lincoln logs.

Why does the door open out?



You're asking why the storm/screen door opens "out"?

Hehehe.

No wonder you went into the marines.

No, I am asking why the door opens out.



The storm/screen door opens out. The "house" door, as it were, opens in.
Was there a reality perception test to get into the marines? Did someone
else take it for you?

How come you can't refine your own gasoline?
 

"*e#c" wrote in message
...
On Jan 29, 6:33 pm, "True North" wrote:
"Harryk" wrote in message

...









On 1/29/11 1:49 PM, Tim wrote:
On Jan 29, 12:33 pm, wrote:
On 1/29/11 1:28 PM, Tim wrote:

With the crisis in Egypt pushing oil futures up, and 'talk' of $5.00
a
gallon gas, I was wondering why you couldnt' make your own?

I mean, to a limit you can brew your own beer, and beer with no
regulation or restrictions (except for quantity). So why can't a
person make their own small refinery? i have friends who work at a
refinery and they say that the process isn't really that difficult
and
in my area we have lots of oil wells. so.........

another thing. for recreational boating, why can't we be exempt
from
paying highway taxes on gas?

hmmmm?

I'll leave the production of gasoline to the crackers* but when I was
a
kid in Connecticut, you could get a refund on road taxes for gas used
in
your boat. My dad gave specially printed receipt books to his
customers...they filled them out and sent them in for the refund. I
sorta recall the gas station operator had to sign and stamp the
receipts, but maybe not.

This was when gasoline was 20 cents a gallon at the local gas
station,
and a nickel more at the marina.

I dont' think that for recreational boating, Illinois has such a
provision. though. unless you've got some type of commercial license.

* crackers...those who know how to "crack" petroleum.

i knew what you meant.. "Catylist" or "Cat cracker"

I don't know that Connecticut still refunds road taxes for gas used in
boats. I know it did in the 1950s and at least part of the 1960s.

We used to have the 'marked' (dyed) gas here for commercial fishermen.
I
haven't heard about that in years.

Don't you mean Dyed Diesel? Most Tugs here use Diesel.

In those days a lot of the smaller inshore fishermen ran Cape Islander type
boats (lobster boats for our 'merican friends) with gasoline engines.

How come you can't refine your own gasoline?
 

"Harryk" wrote in message
...
On 1/30/11 10:18 AM, BAR wrote:
In articlecPGdnR_TEKyR69jQnZ2dnUVZ_gudnZ2d@earthlink .com, payer3389
@mypacks.net says...

On 1/30/11 9:15 AM, BAR wrote:
In , says...

On 1/29/2011 8:44 PM, L G wrote:
Harryk wrote:
On 1/29/11 1:28 PM, Tim wrote:
With the crisis in Egypt pushing oil futures up, and 'talk' of
$5.00 a
gallon gas, I was wondering why you couldnt' make your own?

I mean, to a limit you can brew your own beer, and beer with no
regulation or restrictions (except for quantity). So why can't a
person make their own small refinery? i have friends who work at a
refinery and they say that the process isn't really that difficult
and
in my area we have lots of oil wells. so.........

another thing. for recreational boating, why can't we be exempt
from
paying highway taxes on gas?

hmmmm?


I'll leave the production of gasoline to the crackers* but when I
was
a kid in Connecticut, you could get a refund on road taxes for gas
used in your boat. My dad gave specially printed receipt books to
his
customers...they filled them out and sent them in for the refund. I
sorta recall the gas station operator had to sign and stamp the
receipts, but maybe not.

This was when gasoline was 20 cents a gallon at the local gas
station, and a nickel more at the marina.


* crackers...those who know how to "crack" petroleum.
Another heartwarming "my Dad" post from the black sheep in the Krause
family.
Too bad his dearly departed daddy wasn't around to advise him when he
decided to hang a perfectly good storm door in a manner that trashed
the
entire deck project. He needs to go back to playing with Lincoln logs.

Why does the door open out?



You're asking why the storm/screen door opens "out"?

Hehehe.

No wonder you went into the marines.

No, I am asking why the door opens out.



The storm/screen door opens out. The "house" door, as it were, opens in.
Was there a reality perception test to get into the marines? Did someone
else take it for you?

What a dunce! that Bertie has been sleeping too close to Kruger and the
Stinky One.

How come you can't refine your own gasoline?
 

On 1/30/11 11:50 AM, True North wrote:


"Harryk" wrote in message
...
On 1/30/11 10:18 AM, BAR wrote:
In articlecPGdnR_TEKyR69jQnZ2dnUVZ_gudnZ2d@earthlink .com, payer3389
@mypacks.net says...

On 1/30/11 9:15 AM, BAR wrote:
In , says...

On 1/29/2011 8:44 PM, L G wrote:
Harryk wrote:
On 1/29/11 1:28 PM, Tim wrote:
With the crisis in Egypt pushing oil futures up, and 'talk' of
$5.00 a
gallon gas, I was wondering why you couldnt' make your own?

I mean, to a limit you can brew your own beer, and beer with no
regulation or restrictions (except for quantity). So why can't a
person make their own small refinery? i have friends who work at a
refinery and they say that the process isn't really that
difficult and
in my area we have lots of oil wells. so.........

another thing. for recreational boating, why can't we be exempt
from
paying highway taxes on gas?

hmmmm?


I'll leave the production of gasoline to the crackers* but when
I was
a kid in Connecticut, you could get a refund on road taxes for gas
used in your boat. My dad gave specially printed receipt books
to his
customers...they filled them out and sent them in for the refund. I
sorta recall the gas station operator had to sign and stamp the
receipts, but maybe not.

This was when gasoline was 20 cents a gallon at the local gas
station, and a nickel more at the marina.


* crackers...those who know how to "crack" petroleum.
Another heartwarming "my Dad" post from the black sheep in the
Krause
family.
Too bad his dearly departed daddy wasn't around to advise him when he
decided to hang a perfectly good storm door in a manner that
trashed the
entire deck project. He needs to go back to playing with Lincoln
logs.

Why does the door open out?



You're asking why the storm/screen door opens "out"?

Hehehe.

No wonder you went into the marines.

No, I am asking why the door opens out.



The storm/screen door opens out. The "house" door, as it were, opens
in. Was there a reality perception test to get into the marines? Did
someone else take it for you?

What a dunce! that Bertie has been sleeping too close to Kruger and the
Stinky One.


Apparently at BertieBirther's house, the screen/storm door is on the
inside of the house and the regular exterior door is outside of it. Must
be one of those jarhead things.

How come you can't refine your own gasoline?
 

In article , princecraft49
@gmail.com says...

"Harryk" wrote in message
...
On 1/30/11 10:18 AM, BAR wrote:
In articlecPGdnR_TEKyR69jQnZ2dnUVZ_gudnZ2d@earthlink .com, payer3389
@mypacks.net says...

On 1/30/11 9:15 AM, BAR wrote:
In , says...

On 1/29/2011 8:44 PM, L G wrote:
Harryk wrote:
On 1/29/11 1:28 PM, Tim wrote:
With the crisis in Egypt pushing oil futures up, and 'talk' of
$5.00 a
gallon gas, I was wondering why you couldnt' make your own?

I mean, to a limit you can brew your own beer, and beer with no
regulation or restrictions (except for quantity). So why can't a
person make their own small refinery? i have friends who work at a
refinery and they say that the process isn't really that difficult
and
in my area we have lots of oil wells. so.........

another thing. for recreational boating, why can't we be exempt
from
paying highway taxes on gas?

hmmmm?


I'll leave the production of gasoline to the crackers* but when I
was
a kid in Connecticut, you could get a refund on road taxes for gas
used in your boat. My dad gave specially printed receipt books to
his
customers...they filled them out and sent them in for the refund. I
sorta recall the gas station operator had to sign and stamp the
receipts, but maybe not.

This was when gasoline was 20 cents a gallon at the local gas
station, and a nickel more at the marina.


* crackers...those who know how to "crack" petroleum.
Another heartwarming "my Dad" post from the black sheep in the Krause
family.
Too bad his dearly departed daddy wasn't around to advise him when he
decided to hang a perfectly good storm door in a manner that trashed
the
entire deck project. He needs to go back to playing with Lincoln logs.

Why does the door open out?



You're asking why the storm/screen door opens "out"?

Hehehe.

No wonder you went into the marines.

No, I am asking why the door opens out.



The storm/screen door opens out. The "house" door, as it were, opens in.
Was there a reality perception test to get into the marines? Did someone
else take it for you?

What a dunce! that Bertie has been sleeping too close to Kruger and the
Stinky One.

Another stupid post from Don.

How come you can't refine your own gasoline?
 

"Harryk" wrote in message
m...
On 1/30/11 11:50 AM, True North wrote:


"Harryk" wrote in message
...
On 1/30/11 10:18 AM, BAR wrote:
In articlecPGdnR_TEKyR69jQnZ2dnUVZ_gudnZ2d@earthlink .com, payer3389
@mypacks.net says...

On 1/30/11 9:15 AM, BAR wrote:
In , says...

On 1/29/2011 8:44 PM, L G wrote:
Harryk wrote:
On 1/29/11 1:28 PM, Tim wrote:
With the crisis in Egypt pushing oil futures up, and 'talk' of
$5.00 a
gallon gas, I was wondering why you couldnt' make your own?

I mean, to a limit you can brew your own beer, and beer with no
regulation or restrictions (except for quantity). So why can't a
person make their own small refinery? i have friends who work at
a
refinery and they say that the process isn't really that
difficult and
in my area we have lots of oil wells. so.........

another thing. for recreational boating, why can't we be exempt
from
paying highway taxes on gas?

hmmmm?


I'll leave the production of gasoline to the crackers* but when
I was
a kid in Connecticut, you could get a refund on road taxes for gas
used in your boat. My dad gave specially printed receipt books
to his
customers...they filled them out and sent them in for the refund.
I
sorta recall the gas station operator had to sign and stamp the
receipts, but maybe not.

This was when gasoline was 20 cents a gallon at the local gas
station, and a nickel more at the marina.


* crackers...those who know how to "crack" petroleum.
Another heartwarming "my Dad" post from the black sheep in the
Krause
family.
Too bad his dearly departed daddy wasn't around to advise him when
he
decided to hang a perfectly good storm door in a manner that
trashed the
entire deck project. He needs to go back to playing with Lincoln
logs.

Why does the door open out?



You're asking why the storm/screen door opens "out"?

Hehehe.

No wonder you went into the marines.

No, I am asking why the door opens out.



The storm/screen door opens out. The "house" door, as it were, opens
in. Was there a reality perception test to get into the marines? Did
someone else take it for you?

What a dunce! that Bertie has been sleeping too close to Kruger and the
Stinky One.


Apparently at BertieBirther's house, the screen/storm door is on the
inside of the house and the regular exterior door is outside of it. Must
be one of those jarhead things.

Makes sense in his case... keeps the vermin in.