Fill’er Up
Posted at 9:46 am on Thursday, May 29, 2008, in Uncategorized, and tagged energy.
I wanted to re-thank everyone who has taken the time to write me well-wishes regarding the California gas-pump prices. It finally happened today. I paid $4.22 (and nine-tenths of a cent) per gallon this morning. And since my tank wasn’t completely empty at fill-up, I did not pass that total purchase price threshold of $70. But that time will come.
Not too long ago, I had my credit card alert set to a measly $50, meaning that every time a purchase was made above that value, I would get an email (no text messages, please). For the most part, that would exclude the daily wear of lunches, quick trips to the grocery, and the like, and would also catch the large expensive fill-up here-and-there, but $50 was typically a larger purchase. But as the gas prices rose steeply and steadily, my weekly gas purchases quickly came to register an email. And another. And another.
Since, I have changed that email threshold to $75. And until only recently, I was sure that my fill-up charges would not register. I have yet to hit $70, but since gas (regular, mind you) was $4.22 this morning and $4.07 this past Tuesday, the $75 threshold is clearly in sight.
As I re-read all of the compassionate emails you dear readers have sent me, I somehow manage. But it is tough out there. And it is getting tougher. Thank you — once again — for all of your kind, wonderful words.
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May 29th, 2008 at 10:51 am
its getting quite ridiculous. I know people that are cancelling their summer vacations because of gas prices. We are (unfortunately) going to limit the amount of trips to the beach as well. Absolutely ridiculous.
May 31st, 2008 at 10:41 am
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