Spare Change
Ten years ago, when I got my license, gas was $0.96/gallon.
When it hit $1.50, my mom got angry.
When it hit $2.00, my mom got REALLY angry.
When it hit $2.50, we were just hoping it would stop there.
When it first threatened to top $3.00, I was scared because I was in college, drove a gas-guzzler, and had no money to spare. I waited in line for gas for almost an hour -- chiefly because the automatic shut-off at that station had failed so gas was pumping reeeeeeeeeeeally slowly.
When I got Sophie, I paid $3.09/gallon for my first tank of gas.
The lowest I've paid in Wausau is $2.91/gallon.
The highest I've paid in Wausau is $4.07/gallon.
A week ago, there was a 55-cent difference between what I was paying and what my parents were paying. (The downside to living in Wisconsin.)
It has now dropped below $3.00 for the first time in Wausau since October a year ago.
Is it even worthwhile to hope for it to keep dropping? I mean, I've reached the point where three bucks seems pretty stinking reasonable.
Yikes.
When it hit $1.50, my mom got angry.
When it hit $2.00, my mom got REALLY angry.
When it hit $2.50, we were just hoping it would stop there.
When it first threatened to top $3.00, I was scared because I was in college, drove a gas-guzzler, and had no money to spare. I waited in line for gas for almost an hour -- chiefly because the automatic shut-off at that station had failed so gas was pumping reeeeeeeeeeeally slowly.
When I got Sophie, I paid $3.09/gallon for my first tank of gas.
The lowest I've paid in Wausau is $2.91/gallon.
The highest I've paid in Wausau is $4.07/gallon.
A week ago, there was a 55-cent difference between what I was paying and what my parents were paying. (The downside to living in Wisconsin.)
It has now dropped below $3.00 for the first time in Wausau since October a year ago.
Is it even worthwhile to hope for it to keep dropping? I mean, I've reached the point where three bucks seems pretty stinking reasonable.
Yikes.
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