Posts Tagged ‘price’

Price of Gas in Lansing, MI
Dec 18

I haven’t posted on the price of gas much, but I thought it would be fun to show a photo that I took some months ago… during Hurricane Ike only in Lansing, MI. Seen below, these are from the “Saginaw 96 Amoco” near the I-96/I-69/M-43/Saginaw Hwy interchange.

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Sat 13 Sep 2008 11:20:16 AM EDT

Here’s an article that talks about $4.00 a gallon gas. There were quite a few lines that day as rumors were passed around about it going up to $5.00. From a Google Streetview, you can see this same station at $3.19 per gallon, not sure when though.

Current prices on lansinggasprices.com show Sam’s Club and Speedway leading at $1.53 per gallon for lowest. Listed below that set is the high prices, which shows the same station pictured above (only titled “BP” - same address), leading at $1.89 per gallon.

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Feeding a Giraffe
Jul 17

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On Saturday we went to Binder Park Zoo for Karl’s work picnic. We had a great time and spent the afternoon touring “Wild Africa” with Karl’s boss and family. The kids really had fun feeding the giraffes some biscuits. The zoo was selling them for $1 each or 6 for $5. Karl started making jokes about bringing his own next time and selling them for 75 cents each. He could make big bucks. Somehow, I don’t think they’d like that too much.

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Good-bye
Mar 22

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We said our good-byes to our 1989 Chevy Caprice. It had just become too broke for us to invest any more money into. I had a strange feeling as I emptied out the glove box and cleared our last remaining stuff from the car. You may ask, “Why did we say good-bye so easily?” Well, we didn’t. That Chevy ran a good life. Let me give you the list of illnesses it had… leaky trunk, blower quit, wipers didn’t work, one door didn’t open, it was aesthetically displeasing, the motor wasn’t doing well, the radio didn’t work, the alternator quit, the windshield had a big crack right down the middle, the cruise control was broke, air conditioning was retired, the interior of the ceiling was hanging down, the right front headlamp cover had a crack in it, and the exhaust was extremely loud.

It was an original 1989 Chevy Caprice, that we bid $600.00 on (and were the only bidder/winner… minimum bid was $500.00). We had to immediately replace the brakes. Other lists of repairs include using a self level drill to put a helicoil kit in for the replacement of a snapped bolt, changed the radiator, thermostat, the muffler system was changed, the tires were replaced, attempt was made at a new blower, a new radio, and the refurbishment of the air conditioner.

Needless to say, it was time to say good-bye!

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A New Weblog…
Aug 21

Here’s my opportunity to weblog off my own server. Yeah, I guess I have weblogged once before and quit… but I decided to give it a second try. Who knows, maybe even Denise will give it a try. I first looked at Movable Type, but didn’t have php or sql access on my free server, so I settled on a great perl script… Greymatter…

What a joy to set up and get going. Anyhow, I’m taking off with Denise this weekend to Lake Michigan. We’re going to attempt some “dispersed camping”… You know… park on the side of the road, walk into the woods… and camp where it looks best! :-) I am so excited.

We spent 70.00 at Meijers last night. Between a hatchet and dried fruit, I think we are set.

OH! The hatchet. In the camping aisle with the name “Gerber” on the side, it was 39.99. In the tool aisle with a different name on the side it was, 19.99. SAME EXACT HATCHET!

It’s a crazy world we live in.

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