$1.84 vs. $1.85

The two gas stations at the corner of my road have been having a price
war the past two days. This is the second time they've done this.
Currently they are $1.84 and $1.85. Cars are lined up for blocks in
every direction and the police have resorted to keeping the
intersections clear to ensure they don't get clogged up like they have
been.

I bought gas yesterday at $2.09 and thught that was going to be the
lowest they would go. I want to get some more now but I'd have to wait
at least an hour. Other gas stations are averaging $2.39 around here.

"badgolferman" <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> The two gas stations at the corner of my road have been having a price
> war the past two days. This is the second time they've done this.
> Currently they are $1.84 and $1.85. Cars are lined up for blocks in
> every direction and the police have resorted to keeping the
> intersections clear to ensure they don't get clogged up like they have
> been.
>
> I bought gas yesterday at $2.09 and thught that was going to be the
> lowest they would go. I want to get some more now but I'd have to wait
> at least an hour. Other gas stations are averaging $2.39 around here.[/color]

We're down to $2.86 here, but I got gas last week for $2.69 at a Citgo on
the Wisconsin line.

Charles of Schaumburg.

"n5hsr" <n5hsr@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> "badgolferman" <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>> The two gas stations at the corner of my road have been having a price
>> war the past two days. This is the second time they've done this.
>> Currently they are $1.84 and $1.85. Cars are lined up for blocks in
>> every direction and the police have resorted to keeping the
>> intersections clear to ensure they don't get clogged up like they have
>> been.
>>
>> I bought gas yesterday at $2.09 and thught that was going to be the
>> lowest they would go. I want to get some more now but I'd have to wait
>> at least an hour. Other gas stations are averaging $2.39 around here.[/color]
>
> We're down to $2.86 here, but I got gas last week for $2.69 at a Citgo on
> the Wisconsin line.
>
> Charles of Schaumburg.
>[/color]

Near my house here in So. Cal. it is currently $2.75.

"Truckdude" <notmymail@cox.net> wrote in message
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> "n5hsr" <n5hsr@comcast.net> wrote in message
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>> "badgolferman" <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:xn0er2b0b41u9p4000@news.readfreenews.net...[color=darkred]
>>> The two gas stations at the corner of my road have been having a price
>>> war the past two days. This is the second time they've done this.
>>> Currently they are $1.84 and $1.85. Cars are lined up for blocks in
>>> every direction and the police have resorted to keeping the
>>> intersections clear to ensure they don't get clogged up like they have
>>> been.
>>>
>>> I bought gas yesterday at $2.09 and thught that was going to be the
>>> lowest they would go. I want to get some more now but I'd have to wait
>>> at least an hour. Other gas stations are averaging $2.39 around here.[/color]
>>
>> We're down to $2.86 here, but I got gas last week for $2.69 at a Citgo on
>> the Wisconsin line.
>>
>> Charles of Schaumburg.
>>[/color]
>
> Near my house here in So. Cal. it is currently $2.75.
>[/color]

Bush is giving to us for voting against him twice? I hate to see what gas
is in Chicago proper. Of course part of the problem is the huge level of
tax here in Crook county. (We also have $2.00 county tax on cigarettes,
too, thanks to John Stroger Sr now forcibly retired.)

Charles of Schaumburg.

On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 21:04:01 -0500, "n5hsr" <n5hsr@comcast.net> wrote:
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>"Truckdude" <notmymail@cox.net> wrote in message
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>> "n5hsr" <n5hsr@comcast.net> wrote in message
>> news:BOudnczJc5YpN5nYnZ2dnUVZ_tydnZ2d@comcast.com...[color=darkred]
>>> "badgolferman" <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:xn0er2b0b41u9p4000@news.readfreenews.net...
>>>> The two gas stations at the corner of my road have been having a price
>>>> war the past two days. This is the second time they've done this.
>>>> Currently they are $1.84 and $1.85. Cars are lined up for blocks in
>>>> every direction and the police have resorted to keeping the
>>>> intersections clear to ensure they don't get clogged up like they have
>>>> been.
>>>>
>>>> I bought gas yesterday at $2.09 and thught that was going to be the
>>>> lowest they would go. I want to get some more now but I'd have to wait
>>>> at least an hour. Other gas stations are averaging $2.39 around here.
>>>
>>> We're down to $2.86 here, but I got gas last week for $2.69 at a Citgo on
>>> the Wisconsin line.
>>>
>>> Charles of Schaumburg.
>>>[/color]
>>
>> Near my house here in So. Cal. it is currently $2.75.
>>[/color][/color]
In Seattle $2.69 at ARCO (cash) & Costco.

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> In Seattle $2.69 at ARCO (cash) & Costco.[/color]

Since it dropped below 7$US/US gallon here in the UK the people have
stopped protesting :)

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>> "n5hsr" <n5hsr@comcast.net> wrote in message
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>>> "badgolferman" <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> wrote in message[/color]
>>[/color]
> Bush is giving to us for voting against him twice? I hate to see what
> gas is in Chicago proper. Of course part of the problem is the huge level
> of tax here in Crook county. (We also have $2.00 county tax on
> cigarettes, too, thanks to John Stroger Sr now forcibly retired.)
>
> Charles of Schaumburg.
>[/color]
I'm sure Rob Reiner would love to see the tax at $20 a pack in California.
It would be simplest to ban outright all tobacco sales in the US, but then
where would all that lovely tax revenue go? The pols would never permit
it.....and smokers would rise up in righteous indignation.
(What nobody seems to enjoy publicizing is the fact that only about ten
percent of smokers get lung cancer, although the other harms of smoking
admittedly take their toll, not only in physical problems, but in lots of
house fires.)

"Coyoteboy" <coyoteboyuk@hotmail.com> wrote in news:1157988160.489192.58500
@h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com:
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>[color=green]
>> In Seattle $2.69 at ARCO (cash) & Costco.[/color]
>
> Since it dropped below 7$US/US gallon here in the UK the people have
> stopped protesting :)
>
>[/color]



$2.83 US for a US gallon here in Ontario Canada...

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TeGGeR®

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>>>> "badgolferman" <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>[/color]
>> Bush is giving to us for voting against him twice? I hate to see
>> what gas is in Chicago proper. Of course part of the problem is the
>> huge level of tax here in Crook county. (We also have $2.00 county
>> tax on cigarettes, too, thanks to John Stroger Sr now forcibly
>> retired.)
>>
>> Charles of Schaumburg.
>>[/color]
> I'm sure Rob Reiner would love to see the tax at $20 a pack in
> California. It would be simplest to ban outright all tobacco sales in
> the US, but then where would all that lovely tax revenue go? The
> pols would never permit it.....and smokers would rise up in righteous
> indignation. (What nobody seems to enjoy publicizing is the fact that
> only about ten percent of smokers get lung cancer, although the
> other harms of smoking admittedly take their toll, not only in
> physical problems, but in lots of house fires.)
>
>
>[/color]



Health Canada recently determined that the cost to taxpayers for
smoking-related health problem is about $5 billion per year.
Annual tax revenue from cigarettes is about $9 billion.

So long as this situation persists, the government will be
very happy to bully and preach at the public, taxing exorbitantly
all the while, secure in the knowledge that their nannyism is having
absolutely no effect on their revenues.

Imagine that: They really are getting to have their cake and
eat it too.

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"TeGGeR®" <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote in message
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> Health Canada recently determined that the cost to taxpayers for
> smoking-related health problem is about $5 billion per year.
> Annual tax revenue from cigarettes is about $9 billion.
>
> So long as this situation persists, the government will be
> very happy to bully and preach at the public, taxing exorbitantly
> all the while, secure in the knowledge that their nannyism is having
> absolutely no effect on their revenues.
>
> Imagine that: They really are getting to have their cake and
> eat it too.
> --
> TeGGeR®[/color]

The primary purpose of taxes is to influence the behavior of people or
businesses in the manner the government wants them to act.

"Mark A" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote in
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> "TeGGeR®" <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote in message
> news:Xns983BC75654DC9tegger@207.14.116.130...[color=green]
>> Health Canada recently determined that the cost to taxpayers for
>> smoking-related health problem is about $5 billion per year.
>> Annual tax revenue from cigarettes is about $9 billion.
>>
>> So long as this situation persists, the government will be
>> very happy to bully and preach at the public, taxing exorbitantly
>> all the while, secure in the knowledge that their nannyism is having
>> absolutely no effect on their revenues.
>>
>> Imagine that: They really are getting to have their cake and
>> eat it too.[/color]
>
>
> The primary purpose of taxes is to influence the behavior of people or
> businesses in the manner the government wants them to act.
>
>
>[/color]


Actually, no. The primary purpose of taxes is to pay for services
provided by the government. Social engineering is a relatively modern
use for taxation.

And in any case, if taxation's job is to affect peoples' tendency to
smoke, it's not working very well. The decline in smoking rates has
followed about the same slope since the 1950s, before any laws were
passed at all.

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TeGGeR®

[toyomoho]

Apparently the cigarette manufactures are going global with sales to compensate for the decline in US smoking, places like China.

"TeGGeR®" <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote in message
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> "Coyoteboy" <coyoteboyuk@hotmail.com> wrote in
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>>[color=darkred]
>>> In Seattle $2.69 at ARCO (cash) & Costco.[/color]
>>
>> Since it dropped below 7$US/US gallon here in the UK the people have
>> stopped protesting :)
>>
>>[/color]
>
>
>
> $2.83 US for a US gallon here in Ontario Canada...
>
> --
> TeGGeR®
>[/color]

How many Candian cents per litre does that work out to?

Charles of Schaumburg

n5hsr wrote:
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>> $2.83 US for a US gallon here in Ontario Canada...[/color]
>
> How many Candian cents per litre does that work out to?[/color]

Right now, about 84 cents/litre.

"High Tech Misfit" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> n5hsr wrote:
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>>> $2.83 US for a US gallon here in Ontario Canada...[/color]
>>
>> How many Candian cents per litre does that work out to?[/color]
>
> Right now, about 84 cents/litre.[/color]

The price of gas in Ireland was about 85c a litre in May 2003 when we
visited there. But the kicker was that the "cents" were 1/100 of a Euro,
not a dollar, and at the time the euro was 1.17. (now it's 1.28)
Even filling up a small Citroen C-3 cost over $40.
(BTW, the little Citroen is a dandy little vehicle, one which my wife would
have bought in a heartbeat if it were available in the US. Small on the
outside but very commodious cabin, and about 40 mpg more or less.)