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06-09-2022, 11:12 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Reno, NV
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Originally Posted by JustRalph
Might be a supply chain issue.
I can’t get honey or some maple syrup. I’m actually buying it retail to get by…….
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Yet, all the other restaurants have it?
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06-10-2022, 01:46 AM
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Just another Facist
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Now in Houston
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Originally Posted by Dave Schwartz
Yet, all the other restaurants have it?
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Good point
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06-10-2022, 12:59 PM
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#48
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Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Beaverdam Virginia
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Could be they don't want to spend the extra time hunting things down. They found a couple cases of strawberry and maybe that was the most common flavor requested so they called it good for now. As a small business owner who is now an army of one nothing is more annoying than searching high and low for a supply that used to be a mouse click away.
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06-10-2022, 01:55 PM
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Son O'War
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Bettorthaneverstreet, Boston
Posts: 7,169
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Was out walking ....
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...as I lied down last night and looked up at the moon and stars, I said to myself, where the hell did my ceiling go
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06-10-2022, 02:23 PM
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Location: Beaverdam Virginia
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Cheapest gas prices I remember were $.21 for regular $.23 for ethyl. A kid in the mid 60's in elementary school. You could also get a free drinking glass with a fill up. Now a fill up is over $100 and you don't get anything.
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06-10-2022, 02:29 PM
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Ultra MAGA "Gun Bitch"
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Western NY
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$5.01/gal for gas last night on the thruway. We were driving past a truck stop and as we were looking at the sign, diesel went from $5.99 to $6.25.
Something very strange we noticed was that all the 18 wheelers were driving much slower than usual. Then I realized that they are probably driving slower to save fuel since it has doubled in the last year or so.
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06-10-2022, 02:59 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Beaverdam Virginia
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Originally Posted by xtb
$5.01/gal for gas last night on the thruway. We were driving past a truck stop and as we were looking at the sign, diesel went from $5.99 to $6.25.
Something very strange we noticed was that all the 18 wheelers were driving much slower than usual. Then I realized that they are probably driving slower to save fuel since it has doubled in the last year or so.
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Interesting, maybe Mr Horseplayer can comment on that. Just from what I have heard weight hauled and speed don't effect a diesel at the same rate as a vehicle on gasoline. Also I would think conserving fuel vs time would depend on how you are getting paid. It would be interesting to know the different types of payment these days and what is the most common.
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06-10-2022, 03:14 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Beaverdam Virginia
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I have had things hauled before, some LTL, some full load. The most unique one was time + mileage, with one hour load and unload time included. Any loading or waiting over an hour was so much an hour more. That would encourage slow driving and finding traffic or taking the scenic tour.
The two cross country ones I was just quoted a set price, with two hours total loading and wait time included.
A few others $X.XX per mile + loading and wait time.
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06-10-2022, 04:02 PM
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Ultra MAGA "Gun Bitch"
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Western NY
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Originally Posted by Inner Dirt
Interesting, maybe Mr Horseplayer can comment on that. Just from what I have heard weight hauled and speed don't effect a diesel at the same rate as a vehicle on gasoline. Also I would think conserving fuel vs time would depend on how you are getting paid. It would be interesting to know the different types of payment these days and what is the most common.
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Another thing I saw was an 18 wheeler drafting another incredibly close, about a car length apart.
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06-10-2022, 04:21 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Beaverdam Virginia
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Quote:
Originally Posted by xtb
Another thing I saw was an 18 wheeler drafting another incredibly close, about a car length apart.
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They did a test on that on Mythbusters, but it was a car tailgating a big rig, it was nuts how high the mileage went up. If my memory serves me right it was over 50% increase.
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06-11-2022, 12:31 AM
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Son O'War
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Bettorthaneverstreet, Boston
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I have had me hauled lately , cabs have gone up, up
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06-11-2022, 03:11 PM
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Location: Beaverdam Virginia
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Inner Dirt
$4.55 for regular, in Beaverdam Virginia. That is at a country store where gas is usually cheaper than off the interstate and larger towns, here.
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Only quoted myself to show the rise.
Same place today 5 days later $4.89.
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06-12-2022, 12:19 AM
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Location: Beaverdam Virginia
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No Worries:
The Biden administration announced actions this week that could triple solar manufacturing by 2024. NPR's Cheryl W. Thompson speaks with U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm about the plan.
This was released yesterday as gas prices hit a $5 average per gallon.
WTF is wrong with these people?
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06-12-2022, 12:28 AM
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Join Date: May 2011
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things are looking up, almost every day a new record 
thx Joe and your collection of diverse misfits
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06-12-2022, 11:37 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2013
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Inner Dirt
No Worries:
The Biden administration announced actions this week that could triple solar manufacturing by 2024. NPR's Cheryl W. Thompson speaks with U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm about the plan.
This was released yesterday as gas prices hit a $5 average per gallon.
WTF is wrong with these people?
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They are true believers. They were indoctrinated to believe that things like solar energy are holy and things like gasoline are the work of the devil. They believe that we just have to accept the consequences of that.
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