Re: ot - gas price

2022-03-20 Thread Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss
actually, that is a dramatically incomplete relation. On Sun, Mar 20, 2022 at 4:50 PM Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > > Why was gas $2.20 a gallon on inauguration day and today it is close to > $5.00 a gallon? I think it speaks for itself. > > > On 2022-

Re: ot - gas price

2022-03-20 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
And you have to figure the time factor. It takes me 45 minutes to drive from my house to the VA Hospital downtown when traffic is moving right along. I'm guessing a bus ride might be over 2 hours each way. That is a lot of time. I'm not against a 50cc motorcycle if everyone would get one.

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2022-03-20 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Why was gas $2.20 a gallon on inauguration day and today it is close to $5.00 a gallon? I think it speaks for itself. On 2022-03-17 18:03, Thomas Cameron via PLUG-discuss wrote: Tell me you're an idiot without telling me you're an idiot. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/03/dont-bla

Re: ot - gas price

2022-03-20 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
I laughed when I read "They got spooked by Trump.". Trump scares a who lot of people on the left. On 2022-03-17 17:00, greg zegan via PLUG-discuss wrote: Yes, but look into the Fiat money we have. If they didn't ship the jobs overseas they couldn't keep the petro-dollar. Henry Ford would d

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2022-03-20 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Anytime government gets involved there is a high potential for problems. Not sure rent control is the answer. Other than rent control what is your suggestion? On 2022-03-17 16:46, Harold Hartley via PLUG-discuss wrote: I know how bad the homelessness is getting. Lots of young people that c

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2022-03-20 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Agree this is all about bad policies. Never liked this globalism. I'd like to hear about the solution - what do you recommend we do? On 2022-03-17 16:39, JD Austin via PLUG-discuss wrote: High gas prices. unaffordable housing. many households living paycheck to paycheck. explosion in crime.

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2022-03-20 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Interesting post. You are probably not alone. On 2022-03-17 16:01, greg zegan via PLUG-discuss wrote: On top of that in case you haven't noticed the homeless population has exploded in the Phoenix area. Try ridding the bus-public transportation, with these people who sadly in some cases haven

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2022-03-20 Thread Harold Hartley via PLUG-discuss
That is not good. I know they don't seem to think buses are needed past the baseline road for some reason, but some places do have buses south of the baseline road. On 3/20/22 13:29, techli...@phpcoderusa.com wrote: I live far south in the east valley.  Public transportation is not really an

Re: ot - gas price

2022-03-20 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
I'm trying to walk to the grocery store often for small purchases. Good for my health and keeps my gas in my car :) On 2022-03-17 15:25, Harold Hartley via PLUG-discuss wrote: Maybe drivers will have to start riding a bike. On Thu, Mar 17, 2022, at 15:21, JD Austin via PLUG-discuss wrot

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2022-03-20 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
I was at Costco the other day and there were people doing traffic control. I'm guessing the wait might have been at least 15 minutes. On 2022-03-17 15:21, JD Austin via PLUG-discuss wrote: I just paid $4.49 at Costco which was only .07/gallon less than surrounding gas stations :( I can only

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2022-03-20 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
I live far south in the east valley. Public transportation is not really an option. On 2022-03-17 15:34, Harold Hartley via PLUG-discuss wrote: It’s called public transportation. On Thu, Mar 17, 2022, at 15:31, greg zegan via PLUG-discuss wrote: Are you kidding? just over a year ago it wa

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2022-03-20 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
On January 20th, 2021 it was $2.20 a gallon. On 2022-03-17 15:35, JD Austin via PLUG-discuss wrote: It hasn't been near $2 a gallon for 1.5 years. https://gasprices.aaa.com/?state=AZ https://www.gasbuddy.com/charts On Thu, Mar 17, 2022 at 3:31 PM greg zegan wrote: Are you kidding? just ov

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2022-03-19 Thread Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss
Michael via PLUG-discuss said on Thu, 17 Mar 2022 15:46:57 -0400 >What is gas going for in arizona? It is around 4 a gallon in florida. > >-- >:-)~MIKE~(-: Hey :-)~MIKE~(-: , I sent you to /dev/null a few years ago then pulled you out because I felt sorry for you. Now I'm sending you there aga

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2022-03-19 Thread Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss
Don't like gas prices? Guess you could always try your luck with this approach... https://www.cnx-software.com/2022/03/19/gas-pumps-insecure-typical-router/ Wouldn't surprise me to find out those things hang out on probably insecure wireless at the more janky stations that can't be bothered or t

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2022-03-18 Thread Ed via PLUG-discuss
Michael, AAA does a good job of tracking gas prices - https://gasprices.aaa.com/ On Fri, Mar 18, 2022 at 4:20 PM Jim via PLUG-discuss wrote: > > After the good manners and courtesy shown in your reply, I had to make a > reply of my own. It's true that on day 1 of the Biden administration Bide

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2022-03-18 Thread Jim via PLUG-discuss
After the good manners and courtesy shown in your reply, I had to make a reply of my own.  It's true that on day 1 of the Biden administration Biden stopped work on the Keystone pipeline and stopped most drilling on government land, and imposed stricter regulations on the rest.  If he hadn't do

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2022-03-18 Thread Jim via PLUG-discuss
Some say you can save on gas by riding a bicycle.  You can also ride a  horse and taunt people at the gas station like this guy. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9DwjwCMtTn0 --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscrib

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2022-03-18 Thread Jim via PLUG-discuss
Careful what you ask for.  :-) On 3/18/22 08:38, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote: honestly... I was just wondering what gas was costing in AZ. I didn't want a political debate because most likely we are set in our beliefs. I would love to get together for drinks but can't make it as I live far

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2022-03-18 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
honestly... I was just wondering what gas was costing in AZ. I didn't want a political debate because most likely we are set in our beliefs. I would love to get together for drinks but can't make it as I live far from phoenix. On Fri, Mar 18, 2022 at 11:24 AM greg zegan via PLUG-discuss < plug-di

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2022-03-18 Thread greg zegan via PLUG-discuss
And there it is.Nice.Everything I mentioned comes from Liberal Arts, not MAGA.Jimmy Dore is Liberal Progressive. On Friday, March 18, 2022, 06:58:56 AM MST, Thomas Cameron via PLUG-discuss wrote: Sincerely - fuck off with the bullshit MAGA hat wearing politics. Don't email me direc

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2022-03-18 Thread Harold Hartley via PLUG-discuss
I think this is gotten way way off topic. There is always someone to make things political. All it was was a question about a gas price and I thought this was a Linux user group. On Fri, Mar 18, 2022, at 06:58, Thomas Cameron via PLUG-discuss wrote: > Sincerely - fuck off with the bullshit MAGA

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2022-03-18 Thread Thomas Cameron via PLUG-discuss
Sincerely - fuck off with the bullshit MAGA hat wearing politics. Don't email me directly again. On 3/17/2022 10:23 PM, JD Austin wrote: Show them you get your news from only one side without telling them... (I couldn't resist): https://www.allsides.com/media-bias/media-bias-chart Looks like y

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2022-03-17 Thread Matthew Gibson via PLUG-discuss
I tell you what, let's not discuss politics in an email chain. If you wanna talk politics, let's join up for beers or sodas and we can have a discussion about the goings on in world and local news. It's too easy to get mad and pull out the keyboard warrior mentality in email. It's not productive.

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2022-03-17 Thread JD Austin via PLUG-discuss
Show them you get your news from only one side without telling them... (I couldn't resist): https://www.allsides.com/media-bias/media-bias-chart Looks like you're living in an echo chamber of mostly one bias which is just opposite of Greg's. - https://www.allsides.com/news-source/washington-pos

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2022-03-17 Thread Thomas Cameron via PLUG-discuss
Tell me you're an idiot without telling me you're an idiot. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/03/dont-blame-biden-for-gas-prices.html https://www.convenience.org/Media/conveniencecorner/Does-the-President-Control-Gas-Prices https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/06/10/fact-chec

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2022-03-17 Thread greg zegan via PLUG-discuss
Yes, but look into the Fiat money we have.If they didn't ship the jobs overseas they couldn't keep the petro-dollar. Henry Ford would describe this as a battle between Nationalist and Internationalist.The http://www.cfr.org are Internationalist.  The support the banker class and central planner

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2022-03-17 Thread Harold Hartley via PLUG-discuss
I know how bad the homelessness is getting. Lots of young people that can work or bettering themselves won't look for work or better themselves because they think they can bum more money from drivers at intersection that what you can make at a job. Lots of those young people are becoming destruc

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2022-03-17 Thread JD Austin via PLUG-discuss
> > High gas prices. > unaffordable housing. > many households living paycheck to paycheck. > explosion in crime. > explosion in homelessness. > recreational drug use on the rise for a civilization like ours and you > think this is normal? All the above are symptoms of the problem: our politician

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2022-03-17 Thread greg zegan via PLUG-discuss
On top of that in case you haven't noticed the homeless population has exploded in the Phoenix area.Try ridding the bus-public transportation, with these people who sadly in some cases haven't had a bath or shower in some time. Its really sad that the American culture has been broken so badly th

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2022-03-17 Thread greg zegan via PLUG-discuss
Riding a bike? On Thursday, March 17, 2022, 03:31:54 PM MST, greg zegan via PLUG-discuss wrote: Are you kidding?just over a year ago it was under $2 a gallon.furthermore, who is going to commute to work in Phoenix in the coming months? On Thursday, March 17, 2022, 03:22:12 PM

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2022-03-17 Thread JD Austin via PLUG-discuss
It hasn't been near $2 a gallon for 1.5 years. https://gasprices.aaa.com/?state=AZ https://www.gasbuddy.com/charts On Thu, Mar 17, 2022 at 3:31 PM greg zegan wrote: > Are you kidding? > just over a year ago it was under $2 a gallon. > furthermore, who is going to commute to work in Phoenix in th

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2022-03-17 Thread Harold Hartley via PLUG-discuss
It’s called public transportation. On Thu, Mar 17, 2022, at 15:31, greg zegan via PLUG-discuss wrote: > Are you kidding? > just over a year ago it was under $2 a gallon. > furthermore, who is going to commute to work in Phoenix in the coming months? > > On Thursday, March 17, 2022, 03:22:12 PM MST

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2022-03-17 Thread greg zegan via PLUG-discuss
Are you kidding?just over a year ago it was under $2 a gallon.furthermore, who is going to commute to work in Phoenix in the coming months? On Thursday, March 17, 2022, 03:22:12 PM MST, JD Austin via PLUG-discuss wrote: I just paid $4.49 at Costco which was only .07/gallon less than su

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2022-03-17 Thread Harold Hartley via PLUG-discuss
Maybe drivers will have to start riding a bike. On Thu, Mar 17, 2022, at 15:21, JD Austin via PLUG-discuss wrote: > I just paid $4.49 at Costco which was only .07/gallon less than > surrounding gas stations :( > I can only hope our national politicians pull their heads from their > rectum and op

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2022-03-17 Thread JD Austin via PLUG-discuss
I just paid $4.49 at Costco which was only .07/gallon less than surrounding gas stations :( I can only hope our national politicians pull their heads from their rectum and open domestic oil production again soon. They're blaming Ukraine, but it was already approaching $4 before Russian invaded. If

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2022-03-17 Thread greg zegan via PLUG-discuss
Lets go Brandon! On Thursday, March 17, 2022, 12:47:31 PM MST, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote: What is gas going for in arizona? It is around 4 a gallon in florida. -- :-)~MIKE~(-: --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxl

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2022-03-17 Thread Samuel Stavole-Carter via PLUG-discuss
Actually no that ceiling is too high — I haven’t seen it that much greater than 5 recently. Mostly I’ve been seeing just under 5. On Thu, Mar 17, 2022 at 12:59 PM Samuel Stavole-Carter wrote: > 5.00 +\- about .35 depending on the area/ gas station > > On Thu, Mar 17, 2022 at 12:47 PM Michael via

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2022-03-17 Thread Samuel Stavole-Carter via PLUG-discuss
5.00 +\- about .35 depending on the area/ gas station On Thu, Mar 17, 2022 at 12:47 PM Michael via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > What is gas going for in arizona? It is around 4 a gallon in florida. > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > -

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2022-03-17 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
What is gas going for in arizona? It is around 4 a gallon in florida. -- :-)~MIKE~(-: --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/list