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    Informal gas pump survey

    Drawing any conclusions here is a fools errand. I have a car that a full fillup these days is currently running about $15 (running the tank down to 2/3rds empty and filling). By the metric here, I'm not filling up. My other vehicle has a 36 gallon tank. My last fillup I used rewards that...
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    Ticket resellers

    Its funny - all depends on your perspective. I have season tickets to the local NHL team. Ticketmaster provides the opportunity to resell the tickets at a price I chose and guarantees to the buyer the tickets are legitimate. Of course they get their cut - from me when I sell (which they...
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    Anyone else have a significant rise in overnight fuel prices? Ten percent overnight rise in Southern New Mexico.

    Gas buddy depends on users inputting data when they see it. All depends on how active members are in a particular area as to how fast it gets updated. In my area, quick price raises will generally be noticed and reflected in the data in a few hours, but it takes nearly 24 hours for most...
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    Traveling and can't always fill up with Top Tier Fuel

    I used to buy Top Tier - when most gas stations here were Top Tier, it was easy. Then Superamerica changed to Speedway - no more Top Tier. Kwik Trop dropped Top Tier fuels during the pandemic. Holiday stopped being Top Tier after their purchase by Circle K and Kwik Trip dropping it. Those 3...
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    Considering a Stihl MS 250 chainsaw

    We've owned an MS250 for a many years now. So long as you don't flood it when trying to start it cold, and you have fresh gas in the tank, its a good saw. It has no tolerance for starting on gas that's sat in the tank for a period of time. On the cold start if it gives even a hint of life...
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    Phillips 66 closing California refinery

    I kind of chuckle at the comments about refinery age... As examples... Two refineries near me. One started in 1939 as a 1000 bpd operation. By 1953 it was a 16,000 bpd operation. 1965 up to 26,000 bpd. It currently is a 105,000 bpd operation. This would be an 85 year old refinery by the...
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    Phillips 66 closing California refinery

    How many major expansions of existing refineries happened during that timeframe. (Example: ExxonMobil in Beaumont Texas brought capacity up from 369,000 bpd to 609.000 bpd that came on line in 2023...) The refinery near me has grown from 130,000 bpd to to its current capacity of 375,000 bpd...
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    Phillips 66 closing California refinery

    Not exactly correct, and does not account for major expansions that have happened at many existing refineries - in many cases expansion makes a lot more sense than building new... From the EIA: https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=29&t=6 The table is cut at the last 10 years worth FYI...
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    7-Eleven Plans to Close 444 Stores in U.S., Canada

    Speedway was purchased by 7/11 a few years ago... And by the looks of their stores (which they have put no money into), many of them should be closed...
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    Walgreens to shut 1,200 stores as CEO Wentworth seeks turnaround

    Walgreens thrived on a model of build lots of stores on lots of high profile locations. By being convenient and highly visible, folks wouldn't balk at the higher than usual prices - you paid for the convenience. Fast forward, and they have too many stores, can't keep the ones they have with a...
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    I am mad at google

    If certain that is the place that sent you the email, note the following from their own site: "Don't remember signing up through our website directly? Then you must have joined SafeOpt through one of our many publisher or brand partners' sites. We have a partner network with 2,000+ large brands...
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    I am mad at google

    If you believe that only Google is big data, you have no idea... Again, direct your ire to the website that employs the tools that sent you the email. Being blunt, google didn't have to give them a thing for them to get your gmail address...
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    I am mad at google

    Blame google if you want, but you really should vent at the website. Not a google issue. Also sounds like you really need to figure out how to adjust your notifications. I don't get notified of any email except the from folks i want that from as an example. All in the settings.
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    EV charging example costs more than it would to fill up a premium fuel car

    We have a plug in hybrid (Ford Fusion Energi). Used as a commuter car and errand runner. The explorer costs 2.75 times more expensive per mile or the F150 costs 3.6 times more per mile for energy at current gas prices. (Yes there is a cost to having three vehicles, but in our case we have...
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    EV charging example costs more than it would to fill up a premium fuel car

    So the fact the building owner /management offers free charging to tenants (and the public for that matter) makes me a leech? Or using a charger at a grocer that places free charging stations in their parking lot makes me a leech? Building management / ownership pays the electric bill. The...
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    Road trip to Mexico, the drivers must have nerves of steel

    Regularly seen here in the Minneapolis area headed south on I-35 -. Typically a group of them together with one or two vans or crew cab trucks with plates from mexico... I'll state I have called the authorites on a convoy of these that was even worse than the usual ones...
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    EV charging example costs more than it would to fill up a premium fuel car

    Many models of pricing: -Free -By kWh only -A fixed fee + kWh -kWh + some grace period after charging ends, then pay by time -kWh + time connected The time component is often used as an incentive to get you off the charger as fast as possible. I usually see this in high demand areas or in...
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    EV charging example costs more than it would to fill up a premium fuel car

    It did cost more in this particular case... Same as buying gas - you have to pay attention to pricing. I own a plug in Hybrid, and there are places I won't bother charging precisely because it will cost more than the gas I put in it. On the flip side, charging at my employer is free (and open...
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    Considering switching from Verizon to AT&T - Have some technical questions about the network and GSM phones.

    As a member of our local planning commission, our local ordinances do require a new cell antenna (or any other antenna that we regulate) to offer co-location for a minimum of one additional user of the same type on the structure. Most cell towers that have been installed here offer locations...
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    I got taken advantage of by a well installer

    You must be new to plumbing...
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