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    • gjacobseG
      gjacobse @scottalanmiller
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      @scottalanmiller said:

      Just heard that gas is down to $1.79 in Oklahoma.

      Wow - I picked up gas in Virginia yesterday for $1.92 I think.. Could have used my discount of $.40 but waited till later and got mid grade for the same price ( $1.90)

      @scottalanmiller said:

      @g.jacobse said:

      looking at how to service a Underwood Typewriter..

      That's easy. You just take it out back and drop it in the bin. All serviced.

      What do you have against a classic piece of American history and mechanics? I haven't checked the serial number yet, but at 90 years old it's still working (nearly) the same way it did when it was new. Even the ribbon - guessing going on 15 years old has ink and prints rather nicely.

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller
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        Sounds like what I had to use for my typing classes in school. We were on manual typewriters for that.

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        • JaredBuschJ
          JaredBusch @scottalanmiller
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          @scottalanmiller said:

          Just heard that gas is down to $1.79 in Oklahoma.

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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller
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            How is it higher in Texas? I'm right by the processing plants!

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            • JaredBuschJ
              JaredBusch @scottalanmiller
              last edited by

              @scottalanmiller said:

              How is it higher in Texas? I'm right by the processing plants!

              Taxes and terminal operator markup.

              Gas in the pipeline is all basically the same price across the country.

              The terminal operators buy fuel from the pipeline in cycles (approximately 1 week per cycle if memory serves).

              Here in Illinois, they are currently bidding on XXX thousand barrels from the pipeline from the cycle that will not deliver here until the end of January.

              So the base price of a gallon of fuel is known by the terminal operator 6 weeks before they even get the fuel.

              Yes, they all have to bid on it, so the prices each terminal operator pays are slightly different, but the differences are negligible in the overall price.

              The same cycle of fuel loaded into two tanker trucks in the Hartford Illinois terminal will have the same price, but different invoice costs due to the motor fuel taxes based on a combination of the origin state (IL in this example) and the destination state (1 to IL and 1 to MO). Then there are federal taxes applied on top of that.

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              • MattSpellerM
                MattSpeller
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                Just into the office, I've got lots of stuff to do today while the staff are gone

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                • JaredBuschJ
                  JaredBusch
                  last edited by JaredBusch

                  Also,
                  The terminal operators price out the fuel into the tanker trucks based on FIFO. So just because they are now receiving in fuel form the pipeline at $x.xx, they are selling it out at $y.yy + markup because $y.yy is what they paid for it 6 weeks ago and that fuel is what is currently leaving the tanks.

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                  • MattSpellerM
                    MattSpeller @scottalanmiller
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                    @scottalanmiller that's !!!! $0.47 / liter !!!!!!!

                    Currently it's $1.019/L here. That's $3.86/gallon. Ouch.

                    Edit: It has not been $0.50/L here for a long time, maybe 20+ years.

                    Edit2: we pay (in Victoria BC, it's higher elsewhere) $0.25/L in taxes (carbon tax, public transit tax + road maintenance tax)
                    See page 5
                    http://www.sbr.gov.bc.ca/documents_library/bulletins/mft-ct_005.pdf

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                    • DashrenderD
                      Dashrender
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                      Nebraska taxes are making us pay $1.99/gal right now.

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                      • Minion QueenM
                        Minion Queen
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                        Wow we are happy to be at $2.84 here.

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                        • DashrenderD
                          Dashrender @Minion Queen
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                          @Minion-Queen said:

                          Wow we are happy to be at $2.84 here.

                          Say What? Really $2.84/gal there right now? Your taxes are OUTRAGEOUS!

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                          • Minion QueenM
                            Minion Queen
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                            Yes they are. It's why I just LOVE 😞 NY!

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                              technobabble @JaredBusch
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                              @JaredBusch what app is that?

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                              • JaredBuschJ
                                JaredBusch @technobabble
                                last edited by

                                @technobabble said:

                                @JaredBusch what app is that?

                                GasBuddy

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                                • gjacobseG
                                  gjacobse
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                                  Whoot - I get ....

                                  TO MOVE AGAIN! I've been here fifteen months and this will be my fourth office move...
                                  Ah well... I at least get a window this time... even if it will be hidden behind several shelves and boxes...

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                                  • scottalanmillerS
                                    scottalanmiller
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                                    Just moving around in the same building?

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                                    • gjacobseG
                                      gjacobse @scottalanmiller
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                                      @scottalanmiller said:

                                      Just moving around in the same building?

                                      Yes, from the first floor to the second floor.

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                                      • scottalanmillerS
                                        scottalanmiller
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                                        Re-org thrashing, we call that.

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                                        • coliverC
                                          coliver
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                                          First day with the new phone system was successful. Aside from accidentally/on purpose updating the servers time and dropping 90% of the phones for 5 minutes. I'm amazed at how powerful this Asterisk based system is compared to our old digital system.

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                                          • scottalanmillerS
                                            scottalanmiller
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                                            Hard to go wrong with Asterisk. It seriously is an amazing product.

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