Like the illusion of Wall Street, with its vast and powerful investment banks, now shuttered, China too is an illusion perpetuated by the Globalists that gave us the 15,000 mile Caesar salad, poisoned cat food and lead based paint on babies' pacifiers. Like the illusion that money would come from thin air to always push housing prices higher, China has spent a generation pursuing its illusion. Pursuing an unattainable dream to be like the West, while 6000 years of its carefully shepherded top soil blows into the sea.
Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2004 11:54 am Post subject: long wait at the pump
So yesterday, after achieving a record 600 miles on one tank in my Civic hybrid (the dash said I had ~50 mpg), I had to go fill up the tank again at our friendly Safeway (3 cents off w/ Safeway card). Well, when I got there, one of the bays/islands, four pumps in all, were closed and there was a short line-up of vehicles waiting their turn...the first thought in my mind was, "oh boy, here we go! Its the beginning of the end! 1970's redux and whatnot..." Yeah, it could have just been a "coincidence" of timing, late delivery, who knows what. Here in Oregon the attendants have to pump gas for the customers and with the line-up they were really busy so I didn't ask them why the other pumps were closed.
So my question for the group is has anyone had any similar experiences lately, ie. a longer than usual line-up at the filling station, closed pumps, etc.?
Joined: Jun 18, 2004 Posts: 1037 Location: 28° N 81° W
Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2004 12:09 pm Post subject:
I've noticed afew closed gas stations, but no lines. Of course, in Orlando, there are gas stations on nearly every corner. I wish I was exaggerating. _________________ American by birth, Muslim by choice, Southern by the grace of God!
A co-worker was telling me this morning that she went to fill up her car yesterday and every pump at the station was busy, so she had to wait. When she finally got up to the pump, and was about to pump her gas, an attendant came out of the store and told everyone waiting that they were out of gas . She had to go find another station. I told her not to be surprised if it happens more often.
Yep, I think we're heading on the downhill slope.
Kathy
Joined: May 23, 2004 Posts: 276 Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2004 11:50 am Post subject:
CarlinsDarlin wrote:
When she finally got up to the pump, and was about to pump her gas, an attendant came out of the store and told everyone waiting that they were out of gas . She had to go find another station. I told her not to be surprised if it happens more often.
What part of the world are you referring to? It's a big planet, there's no location in your profile, and it'd be interesting to know what part of it has the supply problem that you mention. _________________ The purpose of human life revolves around an endless need to extract ever increasing amounts of carbon out of the ground and then release it into the atmosphere.
Joined: May 16, 2004 Posts: 162 Location: Rural, Indiana.
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2004 12:53 pm Post subject:
Does one gas station with a supply problem mean we are on the downward slope? I mean...wouldn't prices be a lot higher by the time we reached the point of gas stations having supply problems.
Perhaps this is just one station with a situation unique with it's supply.
I'm in Arkansas - the station was in the capitol, Little Rock ... and yes, you're obviously right JR, one station does not a crisis make.. but I thought it was an interesting observation - my co-worker said, "I haven't seen anything like this since the 70's."
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. She had to go find another station. I told her not to be surprised if it happens more often.
