[SoothSayer]

>> Big difference between bitching about high prices and simply not being able to get any...


That reminds me of the Russian joke:

Man goes into a bakers and buys a loaf of bread and says:
"5 roubles? That's very expensive. The baker up the road is only charging 2 roubles. Why the difference?"

The baker then says "The difference is that I have bread on the shelves"

[Leanan]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'F')inally his wife had to call around.

[Atlantean_Relic]

http://www.katc.com/Global/story.asp?S=4956002

PO is going to be fun.

P.s. if there is a topic already about gas station shootings please merge it.

[clover]

Edit: I can't read. Never mind!

[Atlantean_Relic]

no prob

[mekrob]

That's nothing. After Katrina, in my hometown some guy got ran over during a drive-off. I couldn't find a link for it or even a story, just what a friend of mine told me. I'm not sure if he died or not though.

[Atlantean_Relic]

But this is nothing yet. I'm wondering what will go down at $5 gas.

[clover]

Retractable spike strips for driveoffs?

[pea-jay]

Why on earth do some gas stations even allow unpaid pumping anymore? THis shouldn't even BE a problem if some service station owners would demand their payment upfront before releasing the goods.

This is not rocket science.

[Atlantean_Relic]

But it does involve thought.

[clover]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pea-jay', 'W')hy on earth do some gas stations even allow unpaid pumping anymore? THis shouldn't even BE a problem if some service station owners would demand their payment upfront before releasing the goods.

This is not rocket science.

[Novus]

People robbed gas stations when gas was cheap. It has always been a mostly cash business which attacts plenty of robbers.

[Atlantean_Relic]

True, but this is more of a man bite dog kinda story. Let put it this way I'll be scared if Wal-mart associates start shooting at shop lifters.

[pea-jay]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('clover', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pea-jay', 'W')hy on earth do some gas stations even allow unpaid pumping anymore? THis shouldn't even BE a problem if some service station owners would demand their payment upfront before releasing the goods.

This is not rocket science.

[Novus]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Atlantean_Relic', 'L')et put it this way I'll be scared if Wal-mart associates start shooting at shop lifters.

[TWilliam]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pstarr', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pea-jay', 'H')ere in Oregon, we are forbidden from pumping our own gas.

[frankthetank]

Here in WI, we have the system that allows you to pay inside AFTER you've pumped your gas. I talked to a cop that said they say its BAD for business if they were to make you pay first. Give it time boyz. We'all be ridin dirty in time.

[oil4u]

Wow! Haven't seen anything like that here in Ontario, Canada, but based on the Weekly US supply report, Valero fire and spill plus your Memorial day weekend, I wonder if there was a very steep draw down of Unleaded gas inventory?

May 26 report

Gasoline production remained relatively flat last week, compared to the previous
week, averaging 9.2 million barrels per day. Total motor
gasoline imports (including both finished gasoline and gasoline blending
components) last week averaged nearly 1.6 million barrels per day, the third
highest weekly average ever.

Total motor gasoline inventories
increased by 0.8 million barrels last week, but remain in the lower half of the
average range.

[mekrob]

I suspect nothing of it. It's just a ploy to get more money out of you . But it's probably just the refinery. The ethanol thingy is so old that I'm pretty positive it's all been phased in.