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Old 03-24-2011, 03:01 PM
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The Price of Gas

From a co-worker....





The price of Gas versus Printer Ink


All these examples do NOT imply that gasoline is cheap; it just illustrates how outrageous some prices are....

You will be really shocked by the last one!
(At least, I was...)


Compared with Gasoline......


Think a gallon of gas is expensive?





This makes one think, and also puts things in perspective.


Diet Snapple 16 oz $1.29 ... $10.32 per gallon


Lipton Ice Tea 16 oz $1.19 ..........$9.52 per gallon



Gatorade 20 oz $1.59 ..... $10.17 per gallon



Ocean Spray 16 oz $1.25 ......... $10.00 per gallon



Brake Fluid 12 oz $3.15 ...... $33.60 per gallon



Vick's Nyquil 6 oz $8.35 ... $178.13 per gallon



Pepto Bismol 4 oz $3.85 .. $123.20 per gallon



Whiteout 7 oz $1.39 ....... . $25.42 per gallon



Scope 1.5 oz $0.99 .....$84.48 per gallon




And this is the REAL KICKER...


Evian water 9 oz $1.49..$21.19 per gallon! $21.19 for WATER and the buyers don't even know the source

(Evian spelled backwards is Naive.)


Ever wonder why printers are so cheap?

So they have you hooked for the ink.
Someone calculated the cost of the ink at...............
(you won't believe it....but it is true........)
$5,200 a gal. (five thousand two hundred dollars)


So, the next time you're at the pump, be glad your car doesn't run on water, Scope, or Whiteout, Pepto Bismol, Nyquil or God forbid, Printer Ink!
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Old 03-24-2011, 03:10 PM
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Re: The Price of Gas

Did a little digging on the price of gas and came out with this:

Gas cost about $1.60 in 2003

$1.40/gallon in 1996.

gallon of gas in 1989 was about 80 cents

in 1950 Cost of a gallon of Gas: 18 cents

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Old 03-24-2011, 03:30 PM
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Did a little digging on the price of gas and came out with this:

Gas cost about $1.60 in 2003

$1.40/gallon in 1996.

gallon of gas in 1989 was about 80 cents

in 1950 Cost of a gallon of Gas: 18 cents
I remember buying gas for 88˘ in '96 or '95 when I started driving. I could put $2 in my '78 Volkswagon Beetle and drive a couple of days on that. Now, if I put $2 in my car I could PROBABLY make it to the next gas station before it ran out.
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Re: The Price of Gas

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Originally Posted by Jermyn Davidson View Post
From a co-worker....





The price of Gas versus Printer Ink


All these examples do NOT imply that gasoline is cheap; it just illustrates how outrageous some prices are....

You will be really shocked by the last one!
(At least, I was...)


Compared with Gasoline......


Think a gallon of gas is expensive?





This makes one think, and also puts things in perspective.


Diet Snapple 16 oz $1.29 ... $10.32 per gallon


Lipton Ice Tea 16 oz $1.19 ..........$9.52 per gallon



Gatorade 20 oz $1.59 ..... $10.17 per gallon



Ocean Spray 16 oz $1.25 ......... $10.00 per gallon



Brake Fluid 12 oz $3.15 ...... $33.60 per gallon



Vick's Nyquil 6 oz $8.35 ... $178.13 per gallon



Pepto Bismol 4 oz $3.85 .. $123.20 per gallon



Whiteout 7 oz $1.39 ....... . $25.42 per gallon



Scope 1.5 oz $0.99 .....$84.48 per gallon




And this is the REAL KICKER...


Evian water 9 oz $1.49..$21.19 per gallon! $21.19 for WATER and the buyers don't even know the source

(Evian spelled backwards is Naive.)


Ever wonder why printers are so cheap?

So they have you hooked for the ink.
Someone calculated the cost of the ink at...............
(you won't believe it....but it is true........)
$5,200 a gal. (five thousand two hundred dollars)


So, the next time you're at the pump, be glad your car doesn't run on water, Scope, or Whiteout, Pepto Bismol, Nyquil or God forbid, Printer Ink!

Thanks Jermyn. Sure gives one something to think about. I get angry every time I buy ink for my printers. They are robbing us for sure. But, what can you do about it? Nothing!

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Re: The Price of Gas

One of my favorite tee-shirts says "Beer: Now cheaper than gas!". Which isn't true per gallon, but it is true per fill-up!
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Our family farmstead was not very small. We had an underground gas storage,. My father said they bought gasolene for 4 cents and sold it for 5 cents so neighbors didn't need to drive to town. Don't tell the EPA but we never dug out the underground tanks.
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