Murphy's Law: Oil That Is, Black Gold, Texas Tea
Don’t you just love Memorial Day?
Memorial Day always launches the gas price spiral that continues through Independence Day.
A couple of weeks ago I was dreaming about sitting out by the cement pond with Ellie Mae to start the three-day weekend. Then, reality set in. It was raining.
So, I got out the honey “do” list and fired up the Honda Civic. On the way back from the general store, I noticed a bright orange light glaring quite menacingly from the instrument panel.
Ah! Bessie was hungry. I swerved into the local Speedway for a mocha frappucino thing and a donut. Bessie wasn’t the only one who was famished.
I then proceeded to part with (for the first time) more than $50 of my own money to fill up my little gas miser.
I had played chicken with the pump many times while filling up the wife’s Ford Explorer - I could never bring myself to go over that threshold of $50 - but, today, I had no choice in the matter.
Do the math. Multiply a 13.5 gallon tank by the $4.11 price at the pump.
Magically, on July 5, things begin to settle down. I’m sure that by then, prices will have nestled back down to $3.999 per gallon, and all will be forgiven.
I recently interviewed a bunch of commercial contractors. One of the questions I asked them, was how many vehicles did they have in their fleet, and whether or not they were considering hybrid vehicle purchases.
Memorial Day always launches the gas price spiral that continues through Independence Day.
A couple of weeks ago I was dreaming about sitting out by the cement pond with Ellie Mae to start the three-day weekend. Then, reality set in. It was raining.
So, I got out the honey “do” list and fired up the Honda Civic. On the way back from the general store, I noticed a bright orange light glaring quite menacingly from the instrument panel.
Ah! Bessie was hungry. I swerved into the local Speedway for a mocha frappucino thing and a donut. Bessie wasn’t the only one who was famished.
I then proceeded to part with (for the first time) more than $50 of my own money to fill up my little gas miser.
I had played chicken with the pump many times while filling up the wife’s Ford Explorer - I could never bring myself to go over that threshold of $50 - but, today, I had no choice in the matter.
Do the math. Multiply a 13.5 gallon tank by the $4.11 price at the pump.
Magically, on July 5, things begin to settle down. I’m sure that by then, prices will have nestled back down to $3.999 per gallon, and all will be forgiven.
I recently interviewed a bunch of commercial contractors. One of the questions I asked them, was how many vehicles did they have in their fleet, and whether or not they were considering hybrid vehicle purchases.
