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Gasoline Price Per Gallon In Your Area, Right Now

polgara said:
Greetings, humbolt. :2wave:

My son has a 60-mile daily round trip 6 days a week, just to have a job, but at least so far the work has been steady. He and his boss were taking turns driving, but the boss's truck needs major work, and he is getting it done as he has time and money to do so. My son is very happy currently, but he also knows it probably won't stay at $2.46, which it what the price is around here. :shrug:
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Good afternoon, Pol. I haven't filled up for a week or so, so it's entirely possible the price has dropped here in the past few days. When the price for gas started dropping, I would fill up when I reached half a tank just because I didn't want them getting one over on me. It's been about 7 years since I had to drive to work, so I've kind of forgotten what it's like to have to drive to get to work on a daily basis. It's not that I don't have to drive to my shop - it's just not a requirement for me to do so now. I'm glad your son has steady work - construction, isn't it? Maintaining steady work in construction now is difficult, at best.
 
humbolt said:
Good afternoon, Pol. I haven't filled up for a week or so, so it's entirely possible the price has dropped here in the past few days. When the price for gas started dropping, I would fill up when I reached half a tank just because I didn't want them getting one over on me. It's been about 7 years since I had to drive to work, so I've kind of forgotten what it's like to have to drive to get to work on a daily basis. It's not that I don't have to drive to my shop - it's just not a requirement for me to do so now. I'm glad your son has steady work - construction, isn't it? Maintaining steady work in construction now is difficult, at best.
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They are fortunate in that the man who employees them has a bunch of apartment houses, and when people move out, most of them require some maintenance work - plumbing clogged up, drywall that needs replaced because the tenant punched a hole during an argument, repainting walls, etc. My sons's boss is one of those guys who can fix anything, which is probably why they have work when so many others don't. They recently had to repair a leaky roof on a four-story building with a steep roof, and I swear my son came back looking 20 years older than when he left here, and he's a young guy! :lol: Apparently a fall would have landed him on the busy highway next to the building! Fortunately they don't have to do window washing!
 
polgara said:
They are fortunate in that the man who employees them has a bunch of apartment houses, and when people move out, most of them require some maintenance work - plumbing clogged up, drywall that needs replaced because the tenant punched a hole during an argument, repainting walls, etc. My sons's boss is one of those guys who can fix anything, which is probably why they have work when so many others don't. They recently had to repair a leaky roof on a four-story building with a steep roof, and I swear my son came back looking 20 years older than when he left here, and he's a young guy! :lol: Apparently a fall would have landed him on the busy highway next to the building! Fortunately they don't have to do window washing!
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I don't blame him. I'm not fond of heights myself anymore - ever since I lost the battle with my back my balance has been less than ideal, which is why I don't sail anymore. Oddly, the steeper the pitch on the roof the easier the work itself is because it's right in front of you without all the bending. The trick on a steep roof is to stay on the sucker, and that's sometimes more difficult than the work itself. Hope he doesn't have to do that too often.
 
humbolt said:
I don't blame him. I'm not fond of heights myself anymore - ever since I lost the battle with my back my balance has been less than ideal, which is why I don't sail anymore. Oddly, the steeper the pitch on the roof the easier the work itself is because it's right in front of you without all the bending. The trick on a steep roof is to stay on the sucker, and that's sometimes more difficult than the work itself. Hope he doesn't have to do that too often.
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So does he, I assure you! :lamo:
 
$2.53 at Costco
 
Ontologuy said:
I'd be happy to see it back down to 1.50.

At least maybe I would.

I don't understand why the price is dropping so much.

Should I be concerned that this too good to be true is really a bad sign of something else?
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I've been thinking the same thing lately. I know that if crude drops below a minimum point, US producers don't make a profit, so I would be wary of it dropping too low. That being said, the last time I asked anyone in the industry about that, was years ago, so the same minimum doesn't come close to a present-day reflection. My gut reaction is to be pretty cautious with thinking it's a good thing. We have likely adjusted to a new normal, which unfortunately, hasn't kept pace with stagnant wages in my experience.
 
$2.39 at Sams yesterday.
 
25 cents more on one side of the street than on the other. How do the expensive stations stay in business, I wonder?
 
$2.48 9/10 / Gal. 87 octane
 
Is it bad that I don't even pay attention to gas prices?
 
Winchester said:
Is it bad that I don't even pay attention to gas prices?
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If you're filthy rich or if you don't own a car, then it's not bad. For most of us, it is important.

Ever hear of an app called "gas buddy"?

I highly recommend it. It's free.
 
$2.77 near the place where I work, north of Boston. About $2.90 where I live (Newton, MA).
 
Dittohead not! said:
If you're filthy rich or if you don't own a car, then it's not bad. For most of us, it is important.

Ever hear of an app called "gas buddy"?

I highly recommend it. It's free.
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I got 4 places to get gas in town, I can see 3 of the signs from one place... don't need no gas buddy, lol.
 
paid 2.89 today for diesel.. 2.49 for gas

i generally don't a pay much attention to price though.....
i need it, they have it.. so i buy it....it's not worth it to " shop around" for me..
 
About 2.60 a gallon on the Kansas side of the metro and about 2.50 a gallon on the Missouri side of the metro.
 
Gathomas88 said:
It's funny too, because I saw 2.37 at another station and thought that was pretty unbelievable in and of itself.

When I saw the second number a few minutes later, I just about flipped my car. :lol:
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When you see a price like that, fill up, don't flip out
 
Oil prices plunge to lowest level in five years - Dec. 1, 2014

Oil prices plunged to their lowest level in five years Monday, piling pressure on Russia and other producers and raising the risk of deflation in Europe.

Crude oil collapsed below $65 per barrel as new data confirmed a slowdown in manufacturing activity in Europe and China, and as OPEC's decision not to cut output continued to roil markets.
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$2.14 at our Cosco now.

I've had a nice and unexpected increase in business this fall, I can't help but wonder if the lower cost of gas has contributed to this.
 
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