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You are so very and sadly correct. Every employer in this area is crying for employees and willing to pay double the normal starting rate for the most part but can’t get anyone.

Our local Lowe’s is down 25 people and desperately looking. They tell me as have others that because unemployment benefits have been increased and extended people are staying home and making the same and in many cases more than they were working so why work?

The point you ask? The point being this is just another way to get all the people they can depending on the government.

Open everything should’ve never been closed cut the benefits and get back to work now.

Let those that will ge the Covid get it, let those that will die from it die, let those that recover from it recover, let those that won’t get it go forward period and I’m saying this as someone with every risk factor a person could have.

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Originally Posted by mlmarr1 (Post 1943141)

This whole planned event is called creed.. another socialism card game...get ready more is on the way..

Exactly I do just as you and always have. Well said and true.

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Originally Posted by davephan (Post 1943146)

I never let my gas tank get much below half a tank. I’ve done that for almost 50 years. Decades ago, back in the high school days, I filled up the top half of my gas tank. Many fellow students that drove filled up the bottom half of their gas tank, from totally empty, to half full.

The only time I ever ran out of gas was with my first car, which was a piece of junk, a 67 Ford station wagon. It ran out of gas during the test drive, right next to the used car dealer, right in front of a gas station!

I remember decades ago, when the price of gasoline was 26 to 28 cents per gallon. Sometimes there were long lines. I’d fill up at the gas station across the street for 30 cents a gallon. Paying a quarter more to fill up wasn’t a big deal decades ago, to avoid the long gas lines.

For decades, I fill up when my tank gets down to half full. Very frequently these days, I fill up when I get down below 3/4 full, or about 100 to 150 miles on the gas tank. I always zero the trip odometer when filling up, so I know how many miles have been driven since the last fill up.

Last year, during the rioting in the Twin Cities, in Minnesota, I was at the gas station to fill up my half full lawn mower gas can. My car’s gas tank was already nearly full at the time. Another person and I at the gas station discovered that the gas station was closed in the afternoon. There was a sign on the gas station door, that it was closed due to “Social Disorder”, in other words, it was closed due to the threat of rioting. The other person at the gas station had a nearly empty gas tank, and he didn’t know if he had enough gas left to drive to another gas station!

In my view, running your gas tank is irresponsible! You need to keep enough gas in your tank for unexpected emergency situations. It’s not that much of a hassle to wait in line at Costco or Sam’s Club for gasoline, especially if you’re retired, when you have plenty of free time in your life. You can always check emails and surf the web on your cellphone while you’re in line.

Decades ago, many private pilots ended up running out of gasoline and landed on some of the Twin Cities freeways! This happened multiple times, because the pilots did not maintain enough reserve gas supply in their gas tank. The FAA changed the rules, so if a pilot runs out of fuel, and ends up having to land on a road instead of an airport, they lose their pilot’s license forever. After that rule change, small aircraft no longer landed on the roads because they ran out of gasoline! Maybe you should lose your automobile driver’s license for a year if you run out of gas. Then people would be more responsible.

In today’s world, it’s really irresponsible to let your gas tank get too low. There could be a pipeline computer attack, because the pipeline company management is irresponsible, and refuses to spend money on IT security. Or, there could be an unexpected war in the Middle East, or some other unexpected cause for there to be panic, and a “run” on gas stations.

It’s much better if you are property prepared for the unexpected, by always maintaining enough reserve supply of gasoline in your tank.

This morning my parents were heading north on their trip back home to NY. I couldn’t convince them to stay a few more days until this blows over. I went over to Walmart very early to fill their tank as I didn’t want them to stress about finding gas. While I was waiting, a man in a lawn mowing service truck circled the lot yelling obscenities at everyone as loud as he could. I didn’t see him actually stop to get gas. I guess he just wanted everyone to know how he felt about people getting gas.

A few nights ago, I took my parents to Sumter to listen to music. My Dad is in his 90s and takes pride in still using his walker, but his mobility is very limited. So, I pulled up as close to the curb as I could, dashed out and got his walker. It took me about 30 seconds to get him from the car to the sidewalk. As I did so, a female driver screamed an obscenity at me and told me to find a handicapped spot (if only there were any).

In both incidents, the drivers felt emboldened to scream their foul mouthed objections. They chose to judge and then use inflammatory words. I’m not sure as a society how we have degraded and simply lost compassion for each other. It’s quite sad really and it makes me think a lot about my parents who struggle everyday, thankful to wake up and see the sun shine. It gives me reason to pause and reflect on how I can be more aware of those around me that might be struggling and simply take a breath and let them be or help them if needed.

Folks, this temporary gas shortage is just that, temporary. Let’s take some time today to accentuate the positive. Shut off your TVs for a few days and get off Facebook. Take a walk, get on your bike, go swim in the pool, or just read a good book. Decompress. Be patient with the elderly. We have so many here that need our patience, understanding and compassion. Give them time to get gas, cross the street or safely drive their car. One day, you will be that person. Life is too short to be mean. It takes up too much energy.

I give you a lot of credit for being willing to admit that you made a purchase that you regretted hopefully you didn’t get hurt to bad getting out of it I suspect not as people are clamoring for these electric bombs.

I wish more people would own up to it and help the rest of the buying public to make a better buying decision.

They just raised the prices again across the board at Tesla and they’re still bleeding money as every vehicle sold is at a loss as many electric vehicles are for the other manufactures.

When I worked for FCA Fiat Chrysler Automobiles the manufactures had to make a certain percentage of their production electric and they were subsidized by the federal government to do it and still couldn’t break even selling them.

Our CEO Sergio Marchione (rest in peace) at the time when asked about the slow sales of our electric offering said this.

I hope I never sell another one they didn’t promote sales as the advertising would’ve only added to the losses.

He said that the corporation lost between $500.00 and $750.00 on each vehicle at that time which was 7 years ago.

Tesla doesn’t want to build cars he builds them to show the battery capacity of his batteries in hopes to be the automotive industries largest OEM battery supplier.

Batteries and rockets is his business not cars.

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Originally Posted by Gunny2403 (Post 1943165)

Owned a new Tesla Y for 9 weeks. Couldn’t wait to get rid of it! Crappy build.

Getting back to gas lines, went to a gas station outside of The Villages. Pulled right up an filled 'er up. Fifty dollars later I was back on the road.

We, the consumer can control the price of fuel, if we stuck together!

I used my Peloton to run to the gas station with my 5 gallon gas can !

I owned a Texaco station in Pompano Beach FL at that time and I could pump my monthly allotment in 3 days if I’d have let it happen. I limited to 5 gallons per vehicle no gas cans and was open 6:30AM - 9:00AM closed until 3PM opened at 3PM- 7:00PM

That’s what these people that are gasoline vendors need to do now just like one pkg of toilet paper per customer.

Too many scared panic ridden people in this world period.

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Originally Posted by rmd2 (Post 1943185)

I remember the Carter years in Maryland when I got up at 5 am to wait in line in my specified day for a hour to get 5 gallons of gas which I needed to get to work. This was in the middle of winter with no heat in the car (couldn't run the car while waiting because I needed every ounce of gas I could get).

[Exactly,

At least we did when I owned my station down south

QUOTE=ron32162;1943193]In Florida we get 90% of our gas from the Gulf coast refineries by Tanker Trucks not the pipeline that was affected.[/QUOTE]

Trust me my wife has worked for Exxonmobil at the top for 20 years we have all the oil we need and beyond but when there’s no profit in pulling it out of the ground it won’t get done.

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Originally Posted by NotGolfer (Post 1943204)

Electric cars? Guess what supplies the energy for electricity---it's not all electricity. The power needs something to run it and it isn't the windmills neither. Gas and coal are what run things ultimately. Don't fall for the rhetoric that we're running out of gas. I've heard actual experts say there is plenty and the U.S. has enough without relying on other countries.

I love this post and all it stands for. Thank you for having the guts to post it. The world needs more people like you.

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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 1943237)

It's not rhetoric. It's propaganda, conspiracy theories, and flat out lies. Certain extremists are using the Pipeline hack as justification to stir the pot - not just stir it, but add incendiaries and light the brew on fire and watch the explosion.

Not only are we not running out of gas, but we have lots that just can't be moved at the moment because of the pipeline hack. The gas is right there. And they're getting it out to the states it normally gets to, but the process is slower at the moment while they investigate the hack.

Meanwhile, Florida continues to be served exactly as they have been served all along. But idiots in Florida are believing the propaganda and conspiracy nonsense (go ahead, tell me that shocks and surprises you, I dare ya)...and hoarding all the gas they can get. Plastic gas containers are selling out at Lowes and Home Depot.

And just like the toilet paper stupidity, the hoarders will happily sell you their 5-gallon container of gas - for $200.

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Originally Posted by Joe C. (Post 1943243)

Is it fabricated?? Just another ploy to get us to change our minds to accept electric transportation? Something's fishy here....

Just 2x4 and 2x6 lumber in general
Manufactured shortage

Exactly I lived through the debacle in Houston recently and luckily our apartment is literally across the street from a hospital and a fire station and guess what no loss of power or water throughout the situation for us but millions were without both for weeks and still repairing at gouged prices because shortage of materials and labor to make the repairs needed.

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Originally Posted by charlieo1126@gmail.com (Post 1943258)

Socialism, a conspiracy to push the electric car agenda, the Russians?? Why don’t we put the blame squarely where it belongs with the pipeline company who has not heeded any of the warning to protect there system from something like this . We have seen these things before from power companies out west that don’t take the proper measures to protect massive fires , In Huston again a failure of computers causing so much hardship recently, and why does this happen it’s because all these companies can pass there mistakes on to the consumers that are suffering there mistakes

Just moving here from Houston and went through it and like your sister our apartment complex is literally across the street from a hospital so no loss and since I had a 2 year protected price contract with the power company I paid no extra.

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Originally Posted by Tmarkwald (Post 1943265)

yeah, that is correct. Texas wanted deregulation and to control their own destiny so they disconnected from the grid. It took them weeks to fix the problems - My sister in Houston never lost power as she is on a protected grid with a hospital but still got a 2500 charge from the power company as everyone shared in the 'experience'. crazy

Sorry no gas cans period. That’s what I did in the crises of 80 when I owned my stations and if they didn’t like it they could drive by and get in line elsewhere.

Take your vehicle home and syphon what you need for your lawn mower from it.

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Originally Posted by davephan (Post 1943331)

That’s easy to deal with a minimum purchase. Just take a five gallon empty gas can or two with you to the gas station!

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Originally Posted by Nucky (Post 1943090)

Tesla! Oh yeah baby!

No Ford lightning F150 I can power my house from it.