bettie_x
Extreme Fanatic   Posts: 1570 Registered: 31/12/1969 Status: Offline
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posted on 12/5/2004 at 10:55 PM |
I was reading in the news fax waiting at a bank yesterday, and the topic
was, yes, GAS PRICES. Seems the national average is 1.80 for basic
unleaded, yet on the west coast here we are seeing NATIONAL record highs,
the cheapest I've seen is 2.09 (which just went up again this afternoon to
2.11), and they claim that the price has climbed an average of .10 over the
last two weeks. BULLSHIT. It's gone up about .30 the last two weeks here,
and about .50 in the last month. I got UNDER FIVE GALLONS FOR TEN FUCKING
DOLLARS. What I want to know is what the fuck is going on.
I know we're at "war".
I know our prez is an "oil baron"
What I don't know is how the fuck these assholes sleep at night knowing
they are bankrupting any and everyone that has to drive more than 10-15 min
to work a day?
I'm looking at a personal increase from $75 a month in gas (averaging
between 1.30-1.50 a gallon, still pretty fucking high) to almost $120 a
month. This is BULLSHIT.
I know there are websites designed to direct you to the cheapest places,
but I know the cheapest place and it's fucking outrageous.
Is this what we wanted to happen? Is this what they inteded from this
"war"? Does the goddamned "war" have anything to do with this? What I
HAVE noticed is that every goddamned time an "incident" happens in the
middle east in the last few months, everything from an outbreak of rebel
fighting, or humiliating pictures of iraqi pow's, the gas price LEAPS.
PLUS these cocksuckers have the nerve to tell me that it's going to be
WORSE DURING SUMMER! A statement was released from one of our largest
middle eastern oil suppliers who said that the occupation in the
neighboring country of Iraq would not affect the supply. Now they say
they're cutting production. Nobody gives us a reason for why the price is
up so high, they just say "get used to it, it's going to get worse."
I DEMAND ANSWERS.
Does anyone have any sort of inside scoop for me? Anyone who works in
energy or has a friend/relative in the energy industry that could make some
fucking sense of this shit? I live in washington for christ's sake, if I
want to go ANYWHERE I have to drive at least 20 min.
I've also decided to send a long overdue letter to our president. His
language, his groove, his style....
"Dear President Bush. You are a stupid head. I bet you eat your boogers.
love, Laurie"
Not that it'll accomplish fucking squat but god it'll make me feel better.
Plus, I might get a special visit from secret service checking out whether
or not I am planning an attack on the other side of the country. COULDN"T
IF I WANTED TO I COULDN"T AFFORD TO FUCKING DRIVE THERE ASSHOLES! ____________________
Trapped in time. Surrounded by evil. Low on gas.
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bettie_x
Extreme Fanatic Posts: 1570 Registered: 31/12/1969 Status: Offline
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posted on 20/5/2004 at 08:40 PM |
No, I think he's learned the art of posession, and has been inhabiting our
heads....excedrine and beer seem to do the trick tho.
Don't make me get all spiritual on you again, sea-spawn. ____________________
Trapped in time. Surrounded by evil. Low on gas.
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IamSquid
Extreme Fanatic  Posts: 658 Registered: 27/5/2002 Status: Offline
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posted on 20/5/2004 at 12:38 PM |
| Did Monolycus find all yor passwords and log-in under yor names to have a
conversation with himself? ____________________
i wanted to die, and then it progressed into wanting everyone else to
die so i could watch, and then me die.
-ickgirl
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bettie_x
Extreme Fanatic Posts: 1570 Registered: 31/12/1969 Status: Offline
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posted on 20/5/2004 at 11:44 AM |
My engagement ring is diamonds, but honestly, if it'd been a cereal box or
quarter machine ring, I'd have been just as happy. It's not huge, but it's
beautiful, and he didn't bankrupt himself buying it, because he knew I
wouldn't have liked that at all. It doesn't blind me, it doesn't get in
the way, and I love it. I got our wedding bands at Fred Meyer with gift
cards I got for my shower (score), but would have been just as happy with
tattooed bands, or nothing at all. Michael is just so darling and
traditional he wanted the "real thing", but knows that money and spoiling
is not my main focus in life.
So now for major money/technology conspiracies we've got:
De Beers diamond cartel holding back the potential power of computers with
a stranglehold on the diamond industry, focusing on lavish pompus jewelery
for lavish pompus women instead of bettering technology.
The Oil Industry for continuously feeding our dependence on "black gold"
and buying out prototypes of electric cars to prevent them from coming to
market or for further advancement of their technology (like replaceable
fucking BATTERIES), AND for systematically price gouging their addicted
consumers and strangling oil rich countries to keep them under our
thumb.
The establishment (collective, general, anonymous) for allowing this crap
to go on! ____________________
Trapped in time. Surrounded by evil. Low on gas.
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Schizo
Extreme Fanatic  Posts: 897 Registered: 31/12/1969 Status: Offline
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posted on 19/5/2004 at 02:27 AM |
Hey, my engagement ring is a tattoo, recieved on the Friday the 13th before
Valentines Day (I'm also getting married on a Friday the 13th).
And my wedding ring is a simple, silver Celtic band from a little shop we
know. The two rings cost a whopping 30 bucks all told (the tattoos were
considerably more expensive, but still not as expensive as a diamond).
I'm proud that my fiance cared enough about me to get me an engagement ring
that reflects my tastes, not just spend a lot of money on what everyone
else has.
No diamond cartel support from me! ____________________
"You can tell by the scars on my arms and the cracks in my hips and the
dents in my car and the blisters on my lips that I'm not the carefullest of
girls." - Dresden Dolls, "Girl Anachronism"
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Kira
Member   Posts: 149 Registered: 31/12/1969 Status: Offline
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posted on 19/5/2004 at 12:26 AM |
quote:
And if you think DeBeers
is bad for holding back the computer industry, just look into all the other
evil things they do... They're a diamond cartel and they will bribe and
kill to keep it that way. Holding back processing power is just scratching
the surface...
Yep, that is why I did not want a diamond engagement ring. It was fun
explaining all that to my yuppie, trophy wife sister-in-law when she asked
why I had a purple one (amethyst) instead. Even when I explained that it
was hand made by a local artist (as were our wedding bands) she didn't seem
impressed. I guess we should have gone $35,000 in debt and supported the
diamond cartel so I could show off how valuable I am to my husband. (insert
eye rolling)
I swear, some people will never get it no matter how hard you try. ____________________
Wind me up and make me crawl to you, tie me up until I call to you.
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Ironboots
Extreme Fanatic  Posts: 893 Registered: 31/12/1969 Status: Offline
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posted on 18/5/2004 at 08:21 PM |
Hell yeah.. Old cars kick ass.
Batteries not replaceable? Hell they ain't! I'd just rip into there anyway,
hell with what the owner's manual says! If it means I gotta put the new
batteries in the back seat because they don't fit, fine! I'll run a cable!
Fuck planned obsolesence!
And if you think DeBeers is bad for holding back the computer industry,
just look into all the other evil things they do... They're a diamond
cartel and they will bribe and kill to keep it that way. Holding back
processing power is just scratching the surface... ____________________
Piggy's got the Conch!
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bettie_x
Extreme Fanatic Posts: 1570 Registered: 31/12/1969 Status: Offline
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posted on 18/5/2004 at 12:55 AM |
Nah, it's straight up gas engine. Makes me wish I had my old supa dupa
hillbilly truck that got 14 mpg on the freeway that I had in highschool
*sigh* Sup that baby up with greasil and it'd be a bad mothafucker...
Comedian: GOOD TO KNOW. I didn't know that the batteries were not
replaceable. I'll get one when they are then. It's wierd that it'd be
like that with a honda...as much as I want to support homeland made goods,
100K miles is usually when you scrap a ford. I still can't believe that my
Pontiac has held on past 150K...my dad's blown away too 
I think It's cuz I've replaced just about everything IN that goddamned
engine since it hit 40K, so every few years it's like a brand new car. ____________________
Trapped in time. Surrounded by evil. Low on gas.
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Comedian
Fanatic   Posts: 213 Registered: 31/12/1969 Status: Offline
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posted on 17/5/2004 at 02:33 PM |
Oh, and if you want to talk about vast humanity-buggering conspiracies by
crazed companies bent on suppressing technology, complain to the computer
companeis that still push for silicone processors.
FREE SYNTHETIC DIAMONDS! CRUSH DEBEERS! The fatuous luxury gems women
desire have been holding back the avdancement of technology and diamond
computer processing for two years now. ____________________
Make way for the bad guy!
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Comedian
Fanatic Posts: 213 Registered: 31/12/1969 Status: Offline
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posted on 17/5/2004 at 02:28 PM |
European Diesel Geo's get around 90 miles to the gallon. The sports
version of this Geo, which can hit about 140 on the flats, gets about
70/gallon.
In the Deutschland, they have worked out a 5,000 dollar modification to
vehicles that allows you to run on processed biological waste. The gov
over in Amsterdam also gives you a tax rebate equal to about 6,000 dollars
if you get the mod. The tough part is getting the bio-gas.
Hybrid electric cars(the Honda is the one I'm thinking of) get about
50/gallon highway and 47/gallon city. The only problem is, when the
battery finally goes(usually around 100k miles) you have to junk the whole
car. Batteries in hybrid electrics are irreplacable as of yet.
I have a '91 Toyota 4Runner. Call me an SUV gas hog, whatever, but when
you live in a place that's getting flurries of snow in may, you'll be glad
you have on-the-fly 4wd/Low4WD. The unfortunate part is that I also get
around 17/gallon highway, and have to buy gas in a small town at around
2.50 Unleaded. ____________________
Make way for the bad guy!
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Ironboots
Extreme Fanatic Posts: 893 Registered: 31/12/1969 Status: Offline
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posted on 17/5/2004 at 11:45 AM |
Bettie: Does your Pontiac have a diesel engine? If it doesn't, then you'll
need to get one to run on grease. Gasoline engines (correct me if I'm
wrong) won't run on it.
Although horses would be good (they could do your math homework for you,
too), I'm still sticking with my pogo stick dream. ____________________
Piggy's got the Conch!
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Dolorosa
Extreme Fanatic  Posts: 856 Registered: 31/12/1969 Status: Offline
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posted on 17/5/2004 at 12:05 AM |
Give me a car that runs on hippies any day.
In any case, I've long ago named my car Betty, and she doesn't use gas, she
uses blood and children...great mileage too, I can get about one to one
fifty miles out of a three year old.
I think we need to go back to Horses...I mean, shit, their fuel grew on the
damned ground...they're cooler and they can wear hats! ____________________
In the valley of the Goats, the Goat Fucker is King
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bettie_x
Extreme Fanatic Posts: 1570 Registered: 31/12/1969 Status: Offline
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posted on 15/5/2004 at 06:21 PM |
| *lol* true nuff. Gimmie my hemp pants and patchoulli. ____________________
Trapped in time. Surrounded by evil. Low on gas.
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MystryssRavynDarque
Extreme Fanatic  Posts: 648 Registered: 24/9/2002 Status: Offline
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posted on 15/5/2004 at 03:39 PM |
| One of the people at my dad's work knows a guy who has a greasil engine,
and my dad said he did it not because it is economical, but because he is a
hippy. *giggle* ____________________
"People always say what we are looking for is a meaning for life…I don't
think that's what we're looking for. I think what we're looking for is the
experience of being alive." -Joseph Campbell
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bettie_x
Extreme Fanatic Posts: 1570 Registered: 31/12/1969 Status: Offline
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posted on 14/5/2004 at 08:18 PM |
I'm so gonna look into that. I'll have the only 98 pontiac grande am with
160K miles on it that smells like onion rings. WORD.
Oh, and I forgot to mention it earlier, but I DO know why hybrid cars have
remained rather "unpopular" over the years, and why they're rather
ignored.
The hybrid car has been around for about 30 years or so, or at least
prototypes. Why have they only surfaced popularly within the last 5-10
years? Because from the 70's on, every hybrid prototype was bought by the
oil companies so that they could keep it under wraps and not have it
manufactured. True nuff. It's about as low down scumbag as the tobacco
industry used to be. ____________________
Trapped in time. Surrounded by evil. Low on gas.
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dead-cell
Fanatic  Posts: 344 Registered: 31/12/1969 Status: Offline
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posted on 14/5/2004 at 02:56 PM |
quote:
I can't help but wonder
if this article is related to the topic at hand:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&ncid=757&
e=2&u=/nm/20040514/od_nm/crime_grease_dc
Why else would you gank vats of restaurant grease? Skin treatment? Bargain
lube? To wrestle in?
-Kira
When I read that article I couldn't help but think of Homer Simpson. Yes,
Anonymous the SUV is a middle finger in the face of the enviroment. Yes,
Bettie the grease is compatible with most engines. Engines that are not
usally need a minor adjustment that takes less than 10 minutes (if I
remember correctly). It states it on the site somewhere.
____________________
co-worker: "Your gay!?"
myself: "Didn't you see my rainbow pin?"
co-worker: "I just thought you liked skettles."
-(yes, it actually happened to me)
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Anonymous
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posted on 14/5/2004 at 01:15 PM |
I have a few factiods that I've heard. The United States has no new oil
refineries since the 1960's, thus all oil drilled here must be sent to the
middle east to be refined. Most American drilled oil is sent to Japan.
These people don't want to change the problems with gas prices. As far as
they are concerned we should be paying as much as Europe, especially with
our big 'fashion accessory' SUVs.
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Anonymous
Posts: 116 Registered: 14/4/2002 Status: Offline
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posted on 14/5/2004 at 01:13 PM |
I have a few factiods that I've heard. The United States has no new oil
refineries since the 1960's, thus all oil drilled here must be sent to the
middle east to be refined. Most American drilled oil is sent to Japan.
These people don't want to change the problems with gas prices. As far as
they are concerned we should be paying as much as Europe, especially with
our big 'fashion accessory' SUVs.
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Kira
Member Posts: 149 Registered: 31/12/1969 Status: Offline
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posted on 14/5/2004 at 11:22 AM |
I can't help but wonder if this article is related to the topic at
hand:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&ncid=757&
e=2&u=/nm/20040514/od_nm/crime_grease_dc
Why else would you gank vats of restaurant grease? Skin treatment? Bargain
lube? To wrestle in? ____________________
Wind me up and make me crawl to you, tie me up until I call to you.
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bettie_x
Extreme Fanatic Posts: 1570 Registered: 31/12/1969 Status: Offline
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posted on 14/5/2004 at 08:53 AM |
Ironboots, it's ONE of the problems, not the whole, and I DO agree that
this country needs to decrease it's dependency on the product itself. I
don't disagree there at all.
I've heard of greasil's, my sister has seen them in california and half the
gas stations have the fryer oil available and it's DIRT CHEAP, and she says
that she drove behind one that smelled like donuts
CAN you convert a regular car engine to run on grease? Please tell me yes,
that would be worth the investment.
It would take me about 2 hours by bus the way they run around here, and the
stops are something like every 5 hours. I live in the middle of nowhere,
and in case you haven't heard, Washington's public transportation is
RETARDED. It's about 25-30 miles one way to work, which takes me 25 min
(if I'm speeding), and the store is close enough to drive to and not make a
dent in my tank but too far to walk and lug back groceries (and I just get
the small stuff there, I go to the warehouse grocery behind the mall for
most of my stuff to get it in bulk). Plus I live on the main highway, and
it's two lanes but scary as fuck, and the drivers on it are inconsiderate
and reckless and there are WAY too many accidents on it.
I have to go drive to work now, but I've got more later. ____________________
Trapped in time. Surrounded by evil. Low on gas.
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