• Re: The Viper BBS

    From Daryl Stout@VERT to phigan on Tuesday, December 30, 2025 03:27:00
    ... I got gas for under a dollar the other day...but it was from Taco Bell.

    Your tagline is outdated. You can't get anything at Taco Bell
    for under a dollar.

    The same holds true everywhere else.

    I still remember when gasoline was 25 cents a gallon. While growing up
    in south Florida, there were "Gas Wars" between nearby stations, with
    the price between 35 and 40 cents a gallon. At the time, my father (who
    had been gone 19 years now) lamented "I don't know what we'll do if it
    hits 40 cents a gallon!!".

    What we wouldn't give for that nowadays!!

    Daryl

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  • From phigan@VERT to Daryl Stout on Thursday, January 01, 2026 09:55:00
    Re: Re: The Viper BBS
    By: Daryl Stout to phigan on Tue Dec 30 2025 03:27 am

    The same holds true everywhere else.

    Srs.. You used to be able to feed three people on 15 bux, and that seemed
    high! And just over-night it became 30, no matter where you go. Coordinated.

    I still remember when gasoline was 25 cents a gallon. While growing up

    My experience was filling up my shitty old cars while everyone making a big deal that gas was "back down under a dollar" (aka 99.99 cents).

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT to Daryl Stout on Thursday, January 01, 2026 09:39:00
    Daryl Stout wrote to phigan <=-

    I still remember when gasoline was 25 cents a gallon. While growing
    up in south Florida, there were "Gas Wars" between nearby stations,
    with the price between 35 and 40 cents a gallon. At the time, my father (who had been gone 19 years now) lamented "I don't know what we'll do
    if it hits 40 cents a gallon!!".

    What we wouldn't give for that nowadays!!

    I remember 56.9 cents per gallon. Although, my car at the time got 15
    mpg... Yesterday, I filled up for $3.69 a gallon and got 51 mpg driving
    home.



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  • From Daryl Stout@VERT to poindexter FORTRAN on Saturday, January 03, 2026 02:19:00
    I remember 56.9 cents per gallon. Although, my car at the time
    got 15 mpg... Yesterday, I filled up for $3.69 a gallon and got
    51 mpg driving home.

    Before I had to quit driving and sell my car nearly 4 years ago, I
    had wanted to build up $1 per gallon credit from shopping at Kroger's.
    Then, when the gas was down to $1.15 a gallon, I would have gone to
    the pump, applied the full discount, got it for 15 cents a gallon,
    took a picture of that, and sent it out. It certainly would've gone
    viral. <G>

    Daryl

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT to Daryl Stout on Sunday, January 04, 2026 09:41:00
    Daryl Stout wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

    the pump, applied the full discount, got it for 15 cents a gallon,
    took a picture of that, and sent it out. It certainly would've gone
    viral. <G>

    Yeah, we have the other end. There is a gas station on the coast in Big
    Sur, CA. It's probably 100 miles from the next gas station. They have 1
    or 2 pumps and price the gas astronomically - they don't want people
    filling up there except in dire need, as they don't have huge tanks -
    you're supposed to get a couple of gallons to get you by if you need it.

    I see pictures of $7.69 gas from there all the time on twitter with a
    MAGA poster saying "THIS IS GAVIN NEWSOM'S AMERICA!!!!><@M"



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  • From MRO@VERT to poindexter FORTRAN on Sunday, January 04, 2026 16:24:00
    Re: Re: The Viper BBS
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Daryl Stout on Sun Jan 04 2026 09:41 am

    in Big Sur, CA. It's probably 100 miles from the next gas station.
    They have 1 or 2 pumps and price the gas astronomically
    - they don't want people filling up there except in dire need, as
    they don't have huge tanks - you're supposed to get a couple of
    gallons to get you by if you need it.


    a gas station where you are only supposed to get 2 gallons? sounds
    like a made up story.

    Maybe someday they will invent these mobile tankers that can fill the tanks
    on a regular basis.

    I see pictures of $7.69 gas from there all the time on twitter
    with a MAGA poster saying "THIS IS GAVIN NEWSOM'S AMERICA!!!!><@M"

    your price of gas is crazy no matter where it is in california.

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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT to POINDEXTER FORTRAN on Monday, January 05, 2026 10:18:00
    Yeah, we have the other end. There is a gas station on the coast in Big
    Sur, CA. It's probably 100 miles from the next gas station. They have 1
    or 2 pumps and price the gas astronomically - they don't want people
    filling up there except in dire need, as they don't have huge tanks -
    you're supposed to get a couple of gallons to get you by if you need it.

    I see pictures of $7.69 gas from there all the time on twitter with a
    MAGA poster saying "THIS IS GAVIN NEWSOM'S AMERICA!!!!><@M"

    Even in areas with lots of stations, in 2023, I found stopping for fuel in
    CA to be quite a painful experience. Not $7.69 painful, but IIRC there
    were a couple of stations just off I-40 in Needles that were pushing
    towards $6/gallon. I didn't stop there, but went slighly out of the way
    back into AZ (away from the Interstate) to fill up for half as much.


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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT to Dumas Walker on Thursday, January 08, 2026 07:51:00
    Dumas Walker wrote to POINDEXTER FORTRAN <=-

    Even in areas with lots of stations, in 2023, I found stopping for fuel
    in CA to be quite a painful experience. Not $7.69 painful, but IIRC
    there were a couple of stations just off I-40 in Needles that were
    pushing towards $6/gallon. I didn't stop there, but went slighly out
    of the way back into AZ (away from the Interstate) to fill up for half
    as much.

    Offramp gas is always more expensive because of the convenience -
    people will pay more to gas up and get back on the road quickly.



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  • From MRO@VERT to poindexter FORTRAN on Thursday, January 08, 2026 19:47:00
    Re: Re: The Viper BBS
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Dumas Walker on Thu Jan 08 2026 07:51 am

    that were pushing towards $6/gallon. I didn't stop there, but went slighly out of the way back into AZ (away from the Interstate)
    to fill up for half as much.

    Offramp gas is always more expensive because of the convenience
    - people will pay more to gas up and get back on the road quickly.


    quit making excuses dude. the gas in your state is fucking nuts!

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  • From Mike Powell@VERT to poindexter FORTRAN on Friday, January 09, 2026 09:51:00
    Even in areas with lots of stations, in 2023, I found stopping for fuel in CA to be quite a painful experience. Not $7.69 painful, but IIRC there were a couple of stations just off I-40 in Needles that were pushing towards $6/gallon. I didn't stop there, but went slighly out
    of the way back into AZ (away from the Interstate) to fill up for half as much.

    Offramp gas is always more expensive because of the convenience -
    people will pay more to gas up and get back on the road quickly.

    While true for certain, as I was following former US 66, US 60, and US 6
    for most of my time in CA, most of my experience with buying gas there was
    not of the off-ramp variety. The gas at that AZ station was much cheaper
    than anything I bought for the next several days.

    One trick I figured out somewhere between Needles and LA was that Walmarts with gas pumps were often your friend... but still not as friendly as out
    of the way stations in AZ.



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