I noticed that traffic going to the Jersey Shore was a lot lighter this weekend than in past Memorial Day Weekends. Yes, there was the Friday Night crawl down the Garden State Parkway (as I observed walking in a park adjacent to the GSP). On Saturday and Sunday, though, there was not much traffic at all.

Mr. F&F & I decided against getting season passes this year, due LARGELY to the increasing price of gas!

As a local, I've noticed that there's less traffic than usual, as well. Although it's still horrendous. [sigh] Benny season has begun. :p

It's up to $4.99 for diesel at some stations near me.

:eek: whaaaaat!

This may be a stupid question, but why is diesel so dang expensive right now? At first I thought refining costs, but it used to be cheaper than unleaded! What happened?

Of course its no surprise that a southerner would give up beer. *sigh*

Welcome to the real world of getting screwed!:mad:

Diesel is from the bottom of the barrel and the cheepest to refine!

But, it is needed, so guesss what?????:mad:

A friend said his dad was in the oil business and if it wasnt for diesel, they would have just pourd it out into the ground.:o

But since it used to be cheaper and peeps started buying Diesel and we get deliverys it of course goes up!!!

We pay for it one way or the other!:mad:

That's how much it is in the central Connecticut area. I also paid $4.21 for regular this morning.

OUCH, god does that hurt!:(

I work in a...mmm...less affluent section of my county. I'm looking across the street and regular is $4.17. :(

It's still $3.69 here. I am not looking forward to going back to California prices. I'll die, I tell you, DIE.

As gas prices soar, thieves grow more brazen
 

My jaw just dropped lower and lower as I read this following news story. I had heard some of the stories but it seems not all of them.

"As gas prices soar, thieves grow more brazen

It’s not just drive-offs — crooks targeting individual cars with siphons, drills"

"Bobby Lee Julien, who’s driven a fuel tanker for 27 years, was near the end of his route. It was 3 a.m. when he pulled up at a stop sign off State Highway 225 in Houston.
It took only a few seconds for the masked man to rip open the passenger door, jump in and point a gun at Julien, 52.
“I begged him not to shoot me,” Julien said. “I feared for my life. The whole time he had a gun pointed at me.”.........
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24779216/

In a way, it's comical that it's come to this. But, in reality, it's terrifying.

No kidding... there have been a ton of people waking up to find their cars with a strange stick protruding from the bottoms of their cars --- turns out it is just another way thieves are making off with gas.... and those repairs are several hundred dollars if not in the thousands.

Me.....last week too:(