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Re: Gasoline shortages?
« Reply #30 on: May 12, 2021, 10:04:55 PM »
Took nail polish and made a Dollar $1 on our pumps
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Re: Gasoline shortages?
« Reply #31 on: May 12, 2021, 11:33:54 PM »
My wife and I were reminiscing just today about the '73 crisis when we were allowed to get gas on "even" or "odd" days depending on the last digit of our license plate. She recalled queuing up for hours just to fill up her car for the week. Those were the days!!!

They do stuff like that in Colombia, present day.
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Re: Gasoline shortages?
« Reply #32 on: May 13, 2021, 04:19:59 AM »
1978 made for a ton of work, at that point most gas pumps around here were mechanical and only had 3 wheels on the price, you pumped $9.99 and it rolled over to 0.00. Changed a lot of heads to 4 wheel, then to heads that went 1.99 for pricing, then to 2.99, during Katrina they made kits so you could go to 3.99, now mechanical heads go 6.99  :-\  Digital pumps you can move the decimal place easily.

Pipeline is back up but won't be at full capacity for a few days

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Gasoline shortages?
« Reply #33 on: May 13, 2021, 11:11:42 AM »
Just read online that Colonial Pipeline paid 4- to 5 million dollars in cryptocurrency to the hackers to get back control of their systems. I guess crime does pay and we will probably see more infrastructure hacks due to this fiasco.

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Re: Gasoline shortages?
« Reply #34 on: May 13, 2021, 01:14:48 PM »
Just read online that Colonial Pipeline paid 4- to 5 million dollars in cryptocurrency to the hackers to get back control of their systems. I guess crime does pay and we will probably see more infrastructure hacks due to this fiasco.

Or, the payoff is a Honeypot, and will lead to their arrest.

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Re: Gasoline shortages?
« Reply #35 on: May 13, 2021, 05:54:01 PM »
A BP gas station in Richmond VA jacked the price for 87 octane up to $6.999/gal but the signs didn't show that but that was the price at the pump. Under the SOE they will nailed by the state.
Also a Hummer H2 burned up in Florida and the driver had what was described as 20gals of tanks in the back. :o

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Re: Gasoline shortages?
« Reply #36 on: May 13, 2021, 08:11:43 PM »
Electric cars rabid supporters need to realize the electrical grid is an even softer target.
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Re: Gasoline shortages?
« Reply #37 on: May 13, 2021, 09:44:22 PM »
Toyota Crown?
Is the need enough? Or does the want suffice?

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Re: Gasoline shortages?
« Reply #38 on: May 13, 2021, 09:53:07 PM »
Gas prices here in Nebraska have steady at 2.75 for weeks.   This morning two towns over they jumped it up to 2.89.  On the way back gas was still 2.75 and 2.78.   Side note, in 1974 when we were anticpating OPEC  shutting us off again, some bureacrat in D.C. decided gas would be rationed on into the future.   They had several million gas ration coupons printed.  I recall reading gov, plans for distributing them.  When they discovered the coupons, which featured George Washingtons pic,  could be run through an automatic dollar changer for a dollars worth of quarters they were warehoused.  Bet a dollar they are still there.   50 years of storage, guards, and the millions to print them.   
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Re: Gasoline shortages?
« Reply #39 on: May 13, 2021, 10:01:48 PM »
Right country. Wrong company.
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Re: Gasoline shortages?
« Reply #40 on: May 14, 2021, 07:52:25 PM »
Mmmmm.
Is the need enough? Or does the want suffice?