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Tonight I saw a 35-cent span of gas prices (!). No, I don't mean from the cheap stuff to the expensive stuff; I mean the same stuff at different stations. So don't just take the first thing you see.

Oakland (Blvd of the Allies): $2.83
Squirrel Hill (Beacon and Murray): $2.96
Regent Square (Braddock and W. Hutchinson, and the BP down the hill): $2.61.

I'm glad I bought groceries tonight; otherwise I would have had no reason to venture into Regent Square. Mind, I didn't need to fill up yet (tank was a bit over a quarter full), but knowing that prices will only go up in the short term and I'd need to do it soon, I figured that if I saw a good price I'd take it.

Yeah, I just called $2.61 a good price.

Under normal conditions I fill up about once a month, so maybe if I'm lucky the spike will come and go before I'm directly affected. Indirectly, of course, we'll all be affected; they can't raise fares for public transit quickly, but the price of just about anything you buy that has to get from somewhere else to the store is going to rise.

Gas prices

Date: 2005-09-01 11:47 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] anniemal.livejournal.com
I saw $3.099 for regular on a gas station in Bethesda yesterday. When we came out of Pennsic, we thought $2.59 was high. Guess Leviathan can stay emptyish for awhile. Mazda was filled @ $2.21, and still has 3/4's of that. Mazda only needs 1/4 tank to do Baltimore and home. Shopping and other errands take less. We're coasting. This gas price madness will maybe subside, I hope. I remember when it was $.399 a gallon, and shortage was an absurdity.:-)

And please, people

Date: 2005-09-01 11:49 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] anniemal.livejournal.com
Ditch the irritating stupid moving icons. Please?

Re: And please, people

Date: 2005-09-01 01:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] magid.livejournal.com
Seconded.

I've liked yours for a while, though.

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