PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:You might remember when this accident happened... March 5, 2000.
Southwest Airlines Flight 1455 from Vegas overshot the runway at Burbank.
The plane crashed through the airport fence, careened across the street and ended up with a collapsed landing gear, right next to a gas station.
But that's not the amazing part - Look at the picture below:
kayrharris wrote:Ah, the good old days! Crude oil went up again today.eyégor wrote:Little high, don't you think?TheConfessor wrote:What do you know about gas prices, you whippersnapper!
That's how much gas was when I bought my SUV in 2001. I bought it right after 9/11 because I wanted to help the economy.littlebeast13 wrote:PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:You might remember when this accident happened... March 5, 2000.
Southwest Airlines Flight 1455 from Vegas overshot the runway at Burbank.
The plane crashed through the airport fence, careened across the street and ended up with a collapsed landing gear, right next to a gas station.
But that's not the amazing part - Look at the picture below:
And the funny thing is..... THOSE prices were high for the time! That summer, regular unleaded peaked out here at the unbelievable price of $1.79 before finally returning closer to normal that Fall.....
Just 15 months earlier than that picture, we were paying 65 cents a gallon for gas....
lb13
Given how much more gas costs in CA, I'd say you're right.PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:That's how much gas was when I bought my SUV in 2001. I bought it right after 9/11 because I wanted to help the economy.littlebeast13 wrote:PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:You might remember when this accident happened... March 5, 2000.
Southwest Airlines Flight 1455 from Vegas overshot the runway at Burbank.
The plane crashed through the airport fence, careened across the street and ended up with a collapsed landing gear, right next to a gas station.
But that's not the amazing part - Look at the picture below:
And the funny thing is..... THOSE prices were high for the time! That summer, regular unleaded peaked out here at the unbelievable price of $1.79 before finally returning closer to normal that Fall.....
Just 15 months earlier than that picture, we were paying 65 cents a gallon for gas....
lb13
Hey Mr. Notebook Guy, I was a little skeptical of certain people's memories, so I just retrieved the small notebook I keep in my truck's glove compartment, in which I've recorded data from each fillup since I bought my truck in April 2000. Sure enough, I was paying mostly in the $1.20s and $1.30s in 2001, with my last pre-9/11 fillup on 9/9/01 @ $1.309/gal. For the next few months, the price dropped like a rock, down to $0.879 on 12/31/01. It's been uphill ever since. I don't drive a lot these days, so it's not a big deal to me. I know it is to lots of folks, mostly because it's the only commodity we buy that has its price so prominently posted outside the store.littlebeast13 wrote:Given how much more gas costs in CA, I'd say you're right.PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:That's how much gas was when I bought my SUV in 2001. I bought it right after 9/11 because I wanted to help the economy.littlebeast13 wrote:
And the funny thing is..... THOSE prices were high for the time! That summer, regular unleaded peaked out here at the unbelievable price of $1.79 before finally returning closer to normal that Fall.....
Just 15 months earlier than that picture, we were paying 65 cents a gallon for gas....
lb13
I remember quite well gas was $1.55 on 9/11, and it steadily went down the rest of that year until it actually dipped below a dollar around New Year's.....
And never again.....
lb13
I don't have a gas notebook, but I still have a bunch of my old gas receipts in my car from when we had the Murphy's out in front of my store and I used the gift card to get the 3 cents off. I had to dig out my receipt from the morning of 9/12/01 a few years ago to prove to my Dad that gas didn't jump up to $2 or $3 a gallon in the wake of 9/11, at least at the legitimate gas stations.TheConfessor wrote:Hey Mr. Notebook Guy, I was a little skeptical of certain people's memories, so I just retrieved the small notebook I keep in my truck's glove compartment, in which I've recorded data from each fillup since I bought my truck in April 2000. Sure enough, I was paying mostly in the $1.20s and $1.30s in 2001, with my last pre-9/11 fillup on 9/9/01 @ $1.309/gal. For the next few months, the price dropped like a rock, down to $0.879 on 12/31/01. It's been uphill ever since. I don't drive a lot these days, so it's not a big deal to me. I know it is to lots of folks, mostly because it's the only commodity we buy that has its price so prominently posted outside the store.littlebeast13 wrote:Given how much more gas costs in CA, I'd say you're right.PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote: That's how much gas was when I bought my SUV in 2001. I bought it right after 9/11 because I wanted to help the economy.
I remember quite well gas was $1.55 on 9/11, and it steadily went down the rest of that year until it actually dipped below a dollar around New Year's.....
And never again.....
lb13
The thing I find most amazing about all of this is that apparently there is somebody who cleans out their car even less frequently than I do. Ha!littlebeast13 wrote:I don't have a gas notebook, but I still have a bunch of my old gas receipts in my car from when we had the Murphy's out in front of my store and I used the gift card to get the 3 cents off. I had to dig out my receipt from the morning of 9/12/01 a few years ago to prove to my Dad that gas didn't jump up to $2 or $3 a gallon in the wake of 9/11, at least at the legitimate gas stations.
lb13
Here's Fanny! wrote:The thing I find most amazing about all of this is that apparently there is somebody who cleans out their car even less frequently than I do. Ha!littlebeast13 wrote:I don't have a gas notebook, but I still have a bunch of my old gas receipts in my car from when we had the Murphy's out in front of my store and I used the gift card to get the 3 cents off. I had to dig out my receipt from the morning of 9/12/01 a few years ago to prove to my Dad that gas didn't jump up to $2 or $3 a gallon in the wake of 9/11, at least at the legitimate gas stations.
lb13
you should see the inside of my car.littlebeast13 wrote:Here's Fanny! wrote:The thing I find most amazing about all of this is that apparently there is somebody who cleans out their car even less frequently than I do. Ha!littlebeast13 wrote:I don't have a gas notebook, but I still have a bunch of my old gas receipts in my car from when we had the Murphy's out in front of my store and I used the gift card to get the 3 cents off. I had to dig out my receipt from the morning of 9/12/01 a few years ago to prove to my Dad that gas didn't jump up to $2 or $3 a gallon in the wake of 9/11, at least at the legitimate gas stations.
lb13
I never clean out my car. My Dad's the only one who does that because he said he doesn't want to get bitten by a rat. I about had a fit when he dusted off the dashboard a couple years ago. That dust had been piling up rather nicely since I bought it!
My armrest is full of the gas reciepts I speak about. The area between the front seats is full of napkins. My ashtray is full of salt I used to use when I'd go out for fries late at night. I had snacks my nephews brought with them when they went to KC with me in the backseat for over a year before I finally threw them out.
I still have the little windshield sticker from the dealer attached, and 7 of the last 8 city stickers also still cover my windshield since I refuse to scrape them off. The only one that's not there is the 2003 sticker, in which our brilliant leaders decided to try clingy stickers, and it prompty blew out the window....
One look at the inside of my car will quell any impression people may have about me being OCD.....
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One of the biggest fallacies about OCD is that people who suffer from it are neat, tidy and always have everything in its place.littlebeast13 wrote:I never clean out my car. My Dad's the only one who does that because he said he doesn't want to get bitten by a rat. I about had a fit when he dusted off the dashboard a couple years ago. That dust had been piling up rather nicely since I bought it!
My armrest is full of the gas reciepts I speak about. The area between the front seats is full of napkins. My ashtray is full of salt I used to use when I'd go out for fries late at night. I had snacks my nephews brought with them when they went to KC with me in the backseat for over a year before I finally threw them out.
I still have the little windshield sticker from the dealer attached, and 7 of the last 8 city stickers also still cover my windshield since I refuse to scrape them off. The only one that's not there is the 2003 sticker, in which our brilliant leaders decided to try clingy stickers, and it prompty blew out the window....
One look at the inside of my car will quell any impression people may have about me being OCD.....
lb13
Only if he counts the napkins repeatedly.Here's Fanny! wrote:One of the biggest fallacies about OCD is that people who suffer from it are neat, tidy and always have everything in its place.littlebeast13 wrote:I never clean out my car. My Dad's the only one who does that because he said he doesn't want to get bitten by a rat. I about had a fit when he dusted off the dashboard a couple years ago. That dust had been piling up rather nicely since I bought it!
My armrest is full of the gas reciepts I speak about. The area between the front seats is full of napkins. My ashtray is full of salt I used to use when I'd go out for fries late at night. I had snacks my nephews brought with them when they went to KC with me in the backseat for over a year before I finally threw them out.
I still have the little windshield sticker from the dealer attached, and 7 of the last 8 city stickers also still cover my windshield since I refuse to scrape them off. The only one that's not there is the 2003 sticker, in which our brilliant leaders decided to try clingy stickers, and it prompty blew out the window....
One look at the inside of my car will quell any impression people may have about me being OCD.....
lb13
Your above post is absolutely filled with ocdosity goodness!
