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Humor: Gasoline prices 27 Articles

  • 1 of 27

    by Kevin Zarbock

    The price of gasoline can be expensive these days. Just how much? That's a good question, and it like most questions in life, is relative. Relative to how much you drive. Relative to what type of vehicle you own. Relative ...read more

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    by Thomas Russell

    Running a convenience store, I have the distinct privilege of dealing with the public. The inherent advantage most of the time is the interaction I receive from my customers on a daily basis. The inherent disadvantage mo...read more

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    by Marco Fisher

    Can I make My Own Gas, is it even a question any more, on how come the prices go up every 12 hours. the thing I really don't get is how come I go to one side of town and gas is 2.68 a gallon, but when I hit another side...read more

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    by Kimberly Sexton

    The gasoline crisis is growing more and more frightening with each passing day. Americans seem to be taking it all in stride though. I mean what else is there to do. People must go to work and to the grocery store. St...read more

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    by Maxine Schleisner

    I just had to join in on the fun regarding gas prices. I can say with honesty that I too have always wondered about the 9/10th of a cent added to gasoline. We have a problem here, it's that we don't have a cent that is ...read more

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    by Mark J. Lehman

    War for oil? High gas prices? Who cares! What really ticks me off is not the amount of gas prices, it's the format. Why do gas prices end in 9/10? How do they suppose they can charge 9/10 of a cent? I went to fill up my...read more

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    by Pat Lunsford

    The gas business is a cutthroat business. Take my word for it when I say that gas stations is just outright stingy. Gas was $2.76 a gallon at the Starlight gas station down the road from the trailer park where I lived. J...read more

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    by James Smith

    This evening I was at the pump and I overheard a young guy complaining about the $3.02 per gallon cost. He went on to talk about how good it was paying $1.00 a gallon "not so long ago". I had to bite my tongue when I rem...read more

  • 9 of 27

    by smileyborg

    Ever since I first started driving, I've been bothered by the prices at the gas station. Now, I don't care so much for the fact that gas is just darn expensive these days. What bugs me is that little 9/10 fraction that s...read more

  • 10 of 27

    by Rex Coker

    I was watching SNBC on TV this morning about crude oil was going to 100.00 dollars a barrel. I do not know why but I started laughing uncontrollably. I laughed till I had tears in my eyes. I guess it was the reasoning behi...read more

  • 11 of 27

    by Blaine Noone

    California's Burning I live in Reno and the air is extremely smoky around here. Lightning has caused over a thousand wildfires in neighboring California. I think California invented the civil disobedience te...read more

  • 12 of 27

    by Ted Sherman

    Five dollars a gallon for gas at the pump is becoming a stark reality. Americans continue to pay more and more outrageous prices, while wealthy Middle East sheiks get ever richer, and U.S. politicians do nothing about it e...read more

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    by Nathan Jones

    Gas prices are not the problem, the problem is the people responsible for how that money is budgeted, and where that money goes from there. It is not a funny issue when those responsible for our economy and other things, ...read more

  • 14 of 27

    by Dan Megivern

    Who decides the price of gasoline anyway? Nobody will take credit-or blame. It's this "world market conditions" that takes the heat for this "conduit of greed". Let's give this pricing mystery a name, meet Mr. Oily Rags, s...read more

  • 15 of 27

    by Matthew Doherty

    You want Humor out of "GASOLINE PRICES". For most people there is no humor. I guess if you drove a little Geo and saw a big Hummer filling its tank for over 100 bucks you'd laugh. Gas is so bad its getting to the point w...read more

  • 16 of 27

    by Stacey Nieland

    I swear how many Afganni's do you have sleep with around here for a tank of gas theses days. Thinking about getting into the gas station bussiness. Well just thought I'd tell ya that now is probably ther best time to do it...read more

  • 17 of 27

    by Micki Tyler

    I drive a big, fuel guzzling suburban. It costs me $60 a week or more in gas driving from home to work. Pulling into the gas station is like applying for a loan: can I afford it? how long will it last me? will they take my...read more

  • 18 of 27

    by Derfman

    Sixteen Cents for Gasoline This may be a little to risque for Helium but we shall see. I used to have some very crazy friends. I do not mean that we would stay out past curfew and blow up mailboxes. Well yeah, we did...read more

  • 19 of 27

    by Shelly Peacock

    An Arm and a Leg! With so much of our fun $$ now being pumped into our gas tanks, how can we reclaim our previous lifestyles, but still ARRIVE IN STYLE? $3BUCKS A GALLON? It costs more to fill up your tank than to t...read more

  • 20 of 27

    by Laura Lamar

    Gas. Gas. Gas. My car needs it; your car needs it. We all need it. I've got gas just thinking about all of this gas. But I can fix my problem with a few bucks. My car, on the other hand...well you all know the current ...read more

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