gasoline prices

[aephi alum]

UGHHHHH.

I had to go to a meeting up at my synagogue last night. I got into town early, and realized that I had less than 1/8 tank of gas (I -never- let it get below 1/4). I would have made it home ok, but since I was early, I decided to fill up at the nearby gas station.

BIG MISTAKE. $4.399/gal for premium. I think they were getting $4.20something for regular, but the Princess only drinks Veuve Clicquot and gets very unhappy when given Korbel. Between the jacked-up prices and the fact that I had to fill up from < 1/8 tank instead of 1/4 as usual, I dropped over $50 on gas for the Princess for the first time since I've had her.

So I got to the synagogue (still early) and had a little chat with the office admin. She told me that, for whatever reason, the gas stations around the synagogue do inflate their prices enormously (they are in the middle of several well-heeled towns), and that she will stop there only if she's running on fumes, and even then she'll put $4 in (which is less than a gallon) and then go home and fuel up.

I've seen an image going around the 'net that features a doctored gas station price sign: Regular = ARM, Midgrade = LEG, Premium = NUT. I think the only reason I'm in one piece is that I don't actually have nuts.........