Thoughts, Theories and Ponderables

CygnusX1 · Post by **CygnusX1** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 7:46 am

Some say that environmentalists are just as much to blame for
high fuel prices as big oil....

YYZ30 · Post by **YYZ30** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 7:47 am

CygnusX1 wrote:Some say that environmentalists are just as much to blame for
high fuel prices as big oil....

Drive the price up = less people driving = less greenhouse gas

I have yet to see LESS cars on the road. I haven't had a decent commute in almost a month now.

CygnusX1 · Post by **CygnusX1** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 7:53 am

YYZ30 wrote:
CygnusX1 wrote:Some say that environmentalists are just as much to blame for
high fuel prices as big oil....
Drive the price up = less people driving = less greenhouse gas

I have yet to see LESS cars on the road. I haven't had a decent commute in almost a month now.

I know....it was said that Americans used 15% less fuel this past holiday
weekend...

Damned if that was evident in my town either Zed...

ElfDude · Post by **ElfDude** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 7:54 am

CygnusX1 wrote:
YYZ30 wrote:
CygnusX1 wrote:Some say that environmentalists are just as much to blame for
high fuel prices as big oil....
Drive the price up = less people driving = less greenhouse gas

I have yet to see LESS cars on the road. I haven't had a decent commute in almost a month now.
I know....it was said that Americans used 15% less fuel this past holiday
weekend...

Damned if that was evident in my town either Zed...

It was true of my little family. For the first time in a long time, my daughters went nowhere for Memorial Day.

awip2062 · Post by **awip2062** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 12:15 pm

That was SO not true in my town. We have a festival here each year on Memorial Day weekend called The Juan de Fuca (pronounced few-cuh, guys *sigh*) Festival of the Arts. Here are bits of an article from this year's:

What $4 gasoline? Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts draws big crowd

...They hadn't finished counting Friday's attendance by early Saturday afternoon, but Manildi said it was "exceptional" for the four-day festival's first day...

...Manildi said she hadn't heard anyone say anything about the price of gasoline, which recently topped $4 a gallon for regular unleaded.

"That's such a wild card. Everyone's still coming. There's been no complaints that I've heard," she said....

...She said none of the vendors she spoke with was concerned about the high cost of gasoline to get to Port Angeles, but with the weather as nice as it was ? sunny skies and warm temperatures covered the festival on Saturday ? how could they complain?

One of the vendors was Bill Mehess, who brought his string instrument restoration business, Encore Instruments, all the way from Portland, Ore., for the first time.

"Nah, the gas cost didn't matter ? we came anyway," Mehess said....

...Jordan Lapin of Seattle said despite the high gasoline costs, he has attended the festival the past four years while in town to visit his parents.

"I didn't think twice about it," he said....

YYZ30 · Post by **YYZ30** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 12:26 pm

awip2062 wrote: The Juan de Fuca (pronounced few-cuh, guys *sigh*) Festival of the Arts.

As a Weather Channel buff, I knew that. Of course, that didn't save the occasional chuckle when the TV was muted and the map of Washington came on.

EDIT- on topic, it seems there are MORE people driving now.

Sir Myghin · Post by **Sir Myghin** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 3:13 pm

gas is 1.30$ PER LITRE in canada, and if your gallon is the 3.8L i think it is, we sit 4.94 a gallon, it is supposed to go up to 1.5 a litre...

CygnusX1 · Post by **CygnusX1** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 5:41 am

Sir Myghin wrote:gas is 1.30$ PER LITRE in canada, and if your gallon is the 3.8L i think it is, we sit 4.94 a gallon, it is supposed to go up to 1.5 a litre...

We'll go back to liters if they ration here....

Any of you remember the "liter" days? Odd and even license plate days?

CygnusX1 · Post by **CygnusX1** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 6:30 am

Victoria, Texas (Pop. 55,000) is a town about 125 miles southwest of
Houston.

Local Hispanic leaders, in opposition to pending Immigration
legislation, boycotted all Caucasian owned businesses in the Victoria
area this weekend as a demonstration of their economic impact on the
community.

The boycott was declared a success in the Hispanic community, noting
that revenue in Caucasian-owned businesses was down 19%.

Business owners declared the boycott a success as well, pointing out
that shoplifting was reduced by 77%.

Big Blue Owl · Post by **Big Blue Owl** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 6:36 am

^^^^
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!! Oh, Cyg, that made my morning, bud.

Thanks!

CygnusX1 · Post by **CygnusX1** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 7:01 am

Big Blue Owl wrote:^^^^
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!! Oh, Cyg, that made my morning, bud.

Thanks!

Just returning the favor Brutha!

ElfDude · Post by **ElfDude** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 7:10 am

awip2062 · Post by **awip2062** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 12:33 pm

Why do they give you a drop down menu with only one option?

CygnusX1 · Post by **CygnusX1** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 1:31 pm

Check this out...A Navy Seal is wounded....He posts a sign on his hospital
room door as a warning before you go in...

Is he warning you of gore?

Is he warning you of misery?

Is he warning you that he is frail and needs babying?

NO. He's warning you to check your sympathy at the door.

This is a good read. Nothing but guts. These folks are tough as nails.

We could learn a thing or two from this:

Sir Myghin · Post by **Sir Myghin** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 1:46 pm

Excellent one Cyg