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Hey Wayne, is it tiime to gas up?
Kansas Crude closed out at $9.70 a barrel which is about give-away status. Gas is dropping at an accelerated rate. Don’t know how low it can go . I wonder what diesel is going and if it’s about time to fill the trawler?
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Hey Wayne, is it tiime to gas up?
On Thu, 19 Mar 2020 01:58:39 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote: Kansas Crude closed out at $9.70 a barrel which is about give-away status. Gas is dropping at an accelerated rate. Don’t know how low it can go . I wonder what diesel is going and if it’s about time to fill the trawler? === Prices are dropping rapidly, but just like the stock market, I have no idea where the bottom is. I'm a bit reluctant to top off the tanks at this point because all of our cruising plans for the year are up in the air. On the other hand I'd like to have enough fuel to do a getaway if the things start to get really out of control. Chances of that happening are hopefully remote but can't be completely ruled out. -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com |
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Hey Wayne, is it tiime to gas up?
On Thu, 19 Mar 2020 01:58:39 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote:
Kansas Crude closed out at $9.70 a barrel which is about give-away status. Gas is dropping at an accelerated rate. Don’t know how low it can go . I wonder what diesel is going and if it’s about time to fill the trawler? I filled my truck last week. The next day the price dropped forty cents a gallon. Damn! -- Freedom Isn't Free! |
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Hey Wayne, is it tiime to gas up?
On Thu, 19 Mar 2020 08:08:27 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote: Then I face reality. Where the hell would we go and how the hell would we get there? :-) === Exactly. Many of the Caribbean islands have already pulled up the welcome mat and rumor has it that the Bahamas are about to do the same. Bahamas would be a bad choice anyway due to their own limited resources and heavy reliance on the US for basic supplies. -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com |
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Hey Wayne, is it tiime to gas up?
On 3/19/2020 9:04 AM, wrote:
On Thu, 19 Mar 2020 08:08:27 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: Then I face reality. Where the hell would we go and how the hell would we get there? :-) === Exactly. Many of the Caribbean islands have already pulled up the welcome mat and rumor has it that the Bahamas are about to do the same. Bahamas would be a bad choice anyway due to their own limited resources and heavy reliance on the US for basic supplies. Our friends on the "Ring of Kerry" are in the Bahamas now and have been for a while. It has not been without issues though. They developed a vibration that turned out to be the coupling between the engine and transmission. They had to find a place to be hauled out and apparently parts are almost non-existent. Cecilia ended up flying to the USA to pick up the parts they needed for repairs. Fortunately this was before the airlines started shutting down. Anyway, they have been splashed again and so far, so good. -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com |
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Hey Wayne, is it tiime to gas up?
On Thu, 19 Mar 2020 08:08:27 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote: On 3/19/2020 6:48 AM, wrote: On Thu, 19 Mar 2020 01:58:39 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote: Kansas Crude closed out at $9.70 a barrel which is about give-away status. Gas is dropping at an accelerated rate. Don’t know how low it can go . I wonder what diesel is going and if it’s about time to fill the trawler? === Prices are dropping rapidly, but just like the stock market, I have no idea where the bottom is. I'm a bit reluctant to top off the tanks at this point because all of our cruising plans for the year are up in the air. On the other hand I'd like to have enough fuel to do a getaway if the things start to get really out of control. Chances of that happening are hopefully remote but can't be completely ruled out. Heh. I've thought a couple of times of telling Mrs.E to "pack your bags, we are getting the hell out of here." Then I face reality. Where the hell would we go and how the hell would we get there? :-) We've basically gone into self-quarantine mode. She goes nowhere. I make occasional trips to a convenience store or the grocery store. Many of the supermarkets have announced "senior hours". The benefit is the hours are very early ... 5:30am-7am after the store has been cleaned overnight and restocked. I went this morning at 5:40am. Was able to get essentials like toilet paper and some fresh meats to freeze plus vegetables, etc. Some items were limited in quantity or not available. The store I went to {Market Basket) has one very long isle usually filled with bread of all types. This morning it was about 80% empty. It is the same here. They have been out of anything made of paper for a couple weeks. No bread, produce and the canned stuff is sparse. The stores look like the pictures in Soviet Russia. It makes me wonder where people are putting it all. I guess it makes me happy that I always kept a pretty good stock of stuff on hand because other than white bread, I haven't run out of anything. Publix is baking all day so they have fresh bread, just nothing pre packaged. I can't imagine going anywhere. We are just going to be hermits here but that is not much of a change for us. If I didn't have to do things for my FIL, I wouldn't get out of the house much other than walking deuce and going out in the boat. I am really happy we have the private trail out back. I don't have to worry about distancing. It is an acre you can only get to easily from my yard. The jungle is growing back pretty well going up the other way but I was thinking maybe a couple of claymores. |
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Hey Wayne, is it tiime to gas up?
Tim wrote:
Kansas Crude closed out at $9.70 a barrel which is about give-away status. Gas is dropping at an accelerated rate. Don’t know how low it can go . I wonder what diesel is going and if it’s about time to fill the trawler? Diesel locally was still $3.99 at the station near me. Does not seem to be falling presently here. |
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