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I can't afford the gas to fill my luxury limousine

Rockin' Doc Aug 31 2005 06:06 PM

A Gallon of Gas I've been waiting for years to buy a brand new cadillac But now that I've got one I want to send it right back I can't afford the gas to fill my luxury limousine But even if I had the dough no one's got no gasoline I went to my local dealer to see if he could set me straight He said there's a little gas going but I'd have to wait But he offered some red hot speed and some really high grade hash But a gallon of gas can't be purchased anywhere for any amount of cash I can score you some coke and some grade one grass But I can't get a gallon of gas I've got some downers some speed all the drugs that you need But I can't get a gallon of gas There's no more left to buy or sell There's no more oil left in the well A gallon of gas can't be purchased anywhere For any amount of cash I love your body-work, but you're really no use How can I drive you when I got no juice? Because it's stuck in neutral and my engine's got no speed And the highways are deserted and the air smells unnaturally clean. It's got power-assisted overdrive and carpets on the floor, but it's parked out front just like a dead dinosaur. And I'll be paying off the bank for 45 years or more. It should go 100 miles an hour, but it's never moved away from my door. Who needs a car and a seven-forty-seven When you can't buy a gallon of gas Who needs a highway, an airport or a jet When you can't get a gallon of gas There's no more left to buy or sell There's no more oil left in the well A gallon of gas can't be purchased anywhere For any amount of cash You can't buy a gallon of gas --- The Kinks

Rockin' Doc Aug 31 2005 06:11 PM

I expected gas prices to shoot up in the wake of Katrina's devastation, but I never expected things to change so quickly. I filled all three vehicles on Monday evening. I paid $ 2.55 for regular unleaded at the Shell station near my house. Driving home from work today the price was now $ 2.89 at the same station. The Citgo near my office went from $2.59 on Monday evening to $2.99 a gallon by noon yesterday. It's the same gas that was in the underground tanks the day before. Damn crooks!

KC Aug 31 2005 07:03 PM

The gas pump prices have become like a commodity. If you go into a dealer to buy a gold bar, he ain't gonna sell it to for what he paid plus his profit mar- gin but rather at the market price. This could get ugly.

Valadius Aug 31 2005 07:22 PM

This might be the breaking point for a lot of people with regards to gas prices.

seawolf17 Aug 31 2005 07:35 PM

$3.39 -- for regular -- in central Suffolk county today.

cooby Aug 31 2005 11:18 PM

Rockin' Doc wrote: I It's the same gas that was in the underground tanks the day before. Damn crooks! How true... Tonight I paid $2.89 at the same station I paid $2.55 last week. It's the cheapest place in town

Johnny Dickshot Aug 31 2005 11:29 PM

]It's the same gas that was in the underground tanks the day before. Damn crooks! If you want to screw over a business as fuel prices rise, go to Costco: They buy gas everyday, and sell it for less than the guy down the street (which is why they buy it everyday). Costco makes their $$ on gas whenever prices are falling. But most places don't make much on gas anyway. They just have it there to get you to come in and buy Gatorade, beef jerky, fritos and porn magazines, on which they can make a buck.

Willets Point Aug 31 2005 11:48 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Sep 01 2005 12:08 AM

They still sell porn magazines? Haven't people heard about the invention that exists for porn (with a few other side benefits): the internet.

Rockin' Doc Sep 01 2005 12:04 AM

SI Metman Sep 01 2005 01:14 AM

Johnny Dickshot wrote: ]It's the same gas that was in the underground tanks the day before. Damn crooks! If you want to screw over a business as fuel prices rise, go to Costco: They buy gas everyday, and sell it for less than the guy down the street (which is why they buy it everyday). Costco makes their $$ on gas whenever prices are falling. But most places don't make much on gas anyway. They just have it there to get you to come in and buy Gatorade, beef jerky, fritos and porn magazines, on which they can make a buck. I gas up at Costco all the time. It was 2.61 last Friday at the one by the SI Mall. I didn't get a chance to see today's prices, but I bet it will be an arm and a leg. I'll have to shudder when I drive by it tomorrow.

PiazzaFan411 Sep 01 2005 07:27 AM

I called my cousin in Louisiana, a part that's not flooded, and he said the price per gallon was $6.00. Six Dollars! This is outrageous.

sharpie Sep 01 2005 09:11 AM

Europe has been paying those kind of prices for years. That's why they drive smaller, more fuel-efficient cars.

silverdsl Sep 01 2005 09:47 AM

Am I supossed to be panicing? Because everyone I encounter seems to be panicing and running to fill up their cars and extra gas containers because they're convinced that there's going to be a gas shortage and gas will be unavailable for weeks. Meanwhile, I'm just trying to accept the fact that I'm going to be paying extra for gas and that means I have to be more careful with what else I spend money on. I have a very long commute to work and I can't take public transportation so I have no choice but to pay the price no matter how high it goes. And then when I get upset at how high the gas prices are going I think about the people in the Gulf Coast who wish that their only problem was how high the gas prices are and I feel lucky that I don't have to deal with any of their problems.

KC Sep 01 2005 10:07 AM

I hope the powers that be are beefing up security across the entire oil refinery and distribution chains. The Gulf area crisis is gonna put a real hit on fuel prices and the countries economy. One or two selective blows by a terrorist group on another area of the country and we'd be in deep shit.

Edgy DC Sep 01 2005 10:22 AM

Don't throw ideas out there. Twenty oil rigs now have been reported missing. They found one floating one, that had detatched from it's moorings and smashed into a bridge. Another one left behind a sea fire in it's place.

Willets Point Sep 01 2005 11:05 AM

Silver, thanks for the perspective. I keep imagining what my own hometown would look like in a flood or other natural disaster and it keeps me from griping about the rain and such. Actually it's beautiful today so there's really nothing to gripe about.