$4.00 plus! per gallon in parts of Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana....glad I
moved to California but, my girlfriend still lives there and can't afford to
drive 70 miles each way to work.

Rex

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joel Walker" <jwalker17@EARTHLINK.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 6:09 PM
Subject: ripples of diaster ..

> the greedy bastards around Tuscaloosa, Alabama have raised gasoline
> prices 20 cents since this morning ... related to the NYC bombing, you
> think???!!!
>
> luckily, not all stations are caving in to the greed ..only Exxon
> seems to be brand-wide in their 8percent jump. other isolated stations
> of various brands have also jumped up that much. several others only
> went up 10 cents. others haven't raised prices at all. and one shell
> station dropped their prices by 2 cents.
>
> all stations have long lines of cars, waiting to get gas ... even as
> late as 7pm.
>
> still wondering exactly how the price of gas relates to the
> bombing/plane-crash by terrorists ... are we stupidly to expect all
> middle-east governments to suddenly raise their prices on oil???
> oooh! oooh!! i know!!! it's the Alaskans!!!! :(
>
> no matter how many times i see it, the really depraved side of human
> nature still digusts me, both in the folks that did the bombing and
> the greedy bastards in the gas stations.
>
> joel