posted 11-12-2001 08:32 AM ET (US)            

$2.65/gallon at the gas dock in July.

Gas dock is completely open to harbor with about a one-mile fetch. Wind driven (25 MPH) waves of about 2-feet rolling in. Gas dock in poor shape. Self-Service. While fueling a fender slips out and hull gelcoat gets dinged.

posted 11-12-2001 09:13 AM ET (US)         

Care to guess when you'll see pump increases!

Should have mentioned our marina (not a main stream location) on the water has held reg. gas since July at one price $1.479.

posted 11-15-2001 10:05 AM ET (US)            

I'm sure someone here can set me straight.

posted 11-15-2001 05:01 PM ET (US)            

This is also true of commercial fishing vessels, they are able to buy at a different rate than public, I believe commercial (agricultural/fishing) is colored to be able to tell it apart from fuel ment for public consumtion (red for commercial?) I have seen people run #2 heating oil in a diesel truck, but I believe they cut it with something, maybe alcohol? All I know is I feel ripped off!

posted 11-16-2001 12:19 AM ET (US)            

Diesel engines will burn almost anything. You can mix it with 30% gas and should not notice it. That, and the failure to explode, is the reason the military likes it so much (not to mention the lower operating cost).

The additives in diesel serve several functions: They cut the water in the fuel, lubricate the fuel injector pump, and unvarnish the injector nozzels. Sulpher was added until the early 90's as a lubricant for the fuel pump (sort of like lead in gas). When sulpher stopped being used, if you failed to add a lubricant, you got to buy a new injector pump.

By the way, Marvel Mystery oil is an interesting suppliment for diesel. It contains oil of spearmint which will act to remove varnish from injectors (when added to fuel) and cut down on the varnish on the valve train (when added to oil).

posted 11-02-2004 06:23 PM ET (US)         

I bring this thread up purely for nostalgic reasons! When I read this, it feels like we've been doing this for a long time, particularly when I see the names of the contributors.

posted 11-03-2004 02:12 PM ET (US)            

You need to buy 21 gallons to make that a "real" deal.

posted 11-03-2004 04:07 PM ET (US)            

The dates are there from the original. Look at this as an "Andy of Mayberry" re-run.

posted 11-04-2004 09:59 AM ET (US)            

Between Raleigh & the coast their are a coupla locations where prices are better and some are right high. HELL, they're ALL HIGH!!!

I've been paying 1.89 to 1.91 but most are 1.96 to 1.99.

posted 11-04-2004 12:47 PM ET (US)            

$2.51 Regular

posted 11-04-2004 03:51 PM ET (US)            

I snuck a peek at your site. Nice boat, webcam, etc. Looks like a relaxing place to live. Your gas prices tell me you must be close to the I-5 corridor. I remember passing through Yreka, Weed, and anywhere north of Redding being a gas gouging area. Kind of like a last stop gotcha...I used to drive to Portland, OR often from the bay area. Some very pretty country.

posted 11-04-2004 05:58 PM ET (US)            

You are right on about the I-5 corridor and Yreka.
I am 15 minutes West of Yreka in a place called Scott Valley.
Scott Valley is approximately 10 miles wide and 26 miles long and surronded by Mountains which include the pristine and protected, Marble Mountains.

It's amazing the difference here between Yreka and Weed which are high desert. Here we have farmland, trees, and livestock which most people make there existence from.

thekidd,

Because California is so long, when the majority of the people say they are from Northern California, most people think the Bay Area... I don't blame the people from the Bay area not wanting to be associated with the geographics of Southern California, but on the same hand, we (up here) are geographically much different from the Bay area. HENCE, most people up here say we are from Upstate California so we are not confused with the folks from the CENTER part of the state, mainly the Bay Area and Sacramento, etc...
Red Bluff is about one hour and 45 minutes away just below Redding heading South. I live about 20 minutes from the Oregon border so our main shopping is done in Medford, Oregon which is a total of about an hour trip. No Sales Tax in Oregon which makes it nice for us.

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Thanks to both of you for the kind words about my Website..
I double the Weather Cam as a Securtiy Cam as the photos are saved on my Providers Server. This way if anything ever happens, like stealing my computer, I have the photos of who came and went... :-)
I also have a second camera that is hidden that does the exact same thing..
Really kind of neat and Secure for us in the boondocks....
On another note, when I was working full time, I was also able to access my camera(s) LIVE from work, via a password, and I could view anything happening in Real Time... I can still do that when I am away from home..
Another Secure feature...
I love Technology....
Anyone have an iSight hooked up to their computer for FREE long distance video conferencing? Let me know as I have also been using this technology to correcspond with several of my friends who live long distance calls away, and we video chat live....

posted 11-05-2004 06:39 AM ET (US)            

It hurts, being in love with your boat, doesn't it.

Erik

posted 11-05-2004 09:21 AM ET (US)            

Please start a new thread to discuss gasoline price in the fall of 2004.