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John Byrne
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| Posted: 21 May 2026 at 2:59pm | IP Logged | 1
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Stay-at-home that I am, I only have to gas up my cars every couple of months. Today it was the Jag’s turn. Tank was almost dry. See thread title. Thank you, King Donald.
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Rich Marzullo
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| Posted: 21 May 2026 at 3:20pm | IP Logged | 2
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Not so slowly creeping up to $5/gallon in the Twin Cities.
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 21 May 2026 at 3:24pm | IP Logged | 3
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Top was $5.89. I actually went down a grade. Hope the Jag doesn’t throw up. As usual, flashing back to my ’71 Beetle and my first fill-up. 35¢ a gallon.
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James Johnson
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| Posted: 21 May 2026 at 3:38pm | IP Logged | 4
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The "smart" people voted for this.
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Veli Loponen
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| Posted: 21 May 2026 at 4:10pm | IP Logged | 5
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I don't have a car or don't drive.
But in my part of the world gas prices are way more, as they have always
been. At the moment price is about 2 euros (about $2.30) for a liter. A
gallon has 3.785 liters, so in our prices gallon would be about $8.70.
Of course this is probably one reason we have a pretty good public
transportation system in most of Europe. I'm happy for that because it
means I don't have to get a car to get into places I want to go.
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 21 May 2026 at 4:12pm | IP Logged | 6
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For as long as I can remember I have been told that the rest of the world pays more for gas. Know what? Doesn’t help!!
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Brian Miller
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Our youngest drives a 2008 Infinity. We didn’t know when we bought it that
it has to run on premium only. It cost us just under $95 to fill her up earlier
this week. That’s insane for a 17-year-old’s vehicle. Hell, it’s insane for
anyone’s vehicle.
I see that one of the MAGA proud in Alaska is asking for donations for gas
money so they can keep campaigning to hold their senate spot. Idiots.
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Michael Hogan
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| Posted: 21 May 2026 at 5:26pm | IP Logged | 8
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JB, you had a '71 Beetle? I had a '74. It was a glorious
car until it wasn't.
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Bill Collins
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| Posted: 21 May 2026 at 7:02pm | IP Logged | 9
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I'm currently paying the equivalent of $6 a Gallon and
that's from the cheapest local station!
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Vinny Valenti
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Remember about 4 years ago, people were placing stickers of Joe Biden saying "I did that!" at gas stations?
Where are those folks now....?
I'm literally in the air right now headed to Fairbanks, Alaska. I'm afaid to see what the gas prices are over there! Probably won't be renting a car at all anyway, since we're slowly taking the railroad and bus down to the coast at Seward this week.
Edited by Vinny Valenti on 21 May 2026 at 8:34pm
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