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Mikey
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Posted: Thu Mar 20th, 2008 05:25 pm |
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| Diesel here is up to $4.15 /Gal.....glad I don't own one...cept fer the tractor
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weasle
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Posted: Thu Mar 20th, 2008 04:24 pm |
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| i guess i shouldnt bitch about that truck really , it got 18 mpg goin to fla , pullin my bike and trailor . guess thats about as good as any mid size motor in any of the pickups. Last edited on Thu Mar 20th, 2008 04:28 pm by weasle |
Dave
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Posted: Thu Mar 20th, 2008 04:00 pm |
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Yeah, mine's less than 20 gallons.
As much as I hate to say it, I don't miss my 1979 Bronco. 460 CID, C6 auto, 33 gallons and 7.5 mpg...
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weasle
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Posted: Thu Mar 20th, 2008 03:45 pm |
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| dave , think mine holds 36 or 40 gallons x 3.45 a gallon = bankrupcy . LMAO
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marc
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Posted: Wed Mar 19th, 2008 10:26 pm |
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empty wrote: I had to fill up the pickup this morning, even my piggybank is feeling it.
Tell me about it...Thank God my commute to the bus is 3 miles...This really sux...
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Dave
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Posted: Wed Mar 19th, 2008 06:47 pm |
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weasle wrote:
LMAO i never let my p u get below a 1/2 tank or id have to take out a loan to fill it. That ain't no shit Weasle. I let mine hit the empty mark yesterday and filled it up. $56.00 and it ain't a full sized truck!
I've been hearin' stories from folks that have had the pumps shut down because ATM won't go more than $70.00...
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weasle
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Posted: Wed Mar 19th, 2008 04:51 pm |
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| LMAO i never let my p u get below a 1/2 tank or id have to take out a loan to fill it.
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empty
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| Joined: | Tue Jun 28th, 2005 |
| Location: | Plano, Texas USA |
| Posts: | 1830 |
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Posted: Wed Mar 19th, 2008 02:50 pm |
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I had to fill up the pickup this morning, even my piggybank is feeling it.
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weasle
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Posted: Thu Mar 13th, 2008 07:28 pm |
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| empty, ok i understand now , the co i retired from did the same thing a couple of yr,s after i retired. so i get 93% of mine , as you had to have 40 yrs service to collect 100% and i only had 33 yrs.im afraid i,d be screwed if i had to live on a 401 pay out now.
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marc
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Posted: Thu Mar 13th, 2008 05:15 pm |
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empty wrote: weasle wrote: empty , im curious how your company took away your retirement. you are protected by federal law from that happening , if you have vestment at the co you work for . if they switched from a retirement to a 401 k and put your retirement in that or gave ya a buyout , yer pretty much screwed. All they did was used a magic number and those people that were under that magic number were told that the retirement they currently have is frozen and they will now give a larger match on the 401K. The way 401Ks are going right now due to the economy is just about like throwing money out the window. Yup...They did that at my last job...
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empty
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| Location: | Plano, Texas USA |
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Posted: Thu Mar 13th, 2008 05:12 pm |
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weasle wrote: empty , im curious how your company took away your retirement. you are protected by federal law from that happening , if you have vestment at the co you work for . if they switched from a retirement to a 401 k and put your retirement in that or gave ya a buyout , yer pretty much screwed. All they did was used a magic number and those people that were under that magic number were told that the retirement they currently have is frozen and they will now give a larger match on the 401K. The way 401Ks are going right now due to the economy is just about like throwing money out the window.
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weasle
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Posted: Thu Mar 13th, 2008 04:19 pm |
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| empty , im curious how your company took away your retirement. you are protected by federal law from that happening , if you have vestment at the co you work for . if they switched from a retirement to a 401 k and put your retirement in that or gave ya a buyout , yer pretty much screwed.
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Dave
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Posted: Thu Mar 13th, 2008 01:39 pm |
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empty wrote:
Vero Steve wrote: I just got an email from corporate bitching that I wasn't driving my company truck enough miles every month.????? I ride one of my bikes to work most days because I'd rather ride my bike, but some bean counter feels than because I don't drive the company vehicle the average of 2000 miles per month that I'm doing something wrong and they need to look into it.......WTF?????......... This is the statement I don't understand........... An investigation is pending on your personal use of company vehicles and they use of the company fuel card....????? I thought you guys were bitching I wasn't using it enough???? Now I have a personal use problem???................. It goes on to say that my use of the company fuel card is way below the average use for personnel in my job category and that further use of my fuel card should be scrutinized throughly.........
Somebody tell me what the hell that means please before I go postal on these assholes.................
I'm using too little gas and not putting enough miles on the company SUV and now I'm in trouble for it..............They got to be kidding me................
I'm saving them money and their bitching...........
3 years 1 month to go and I can leave this place with my retirement.......I hope it goes fast..................
When we get to the end of a quarter and if a group hasn't spent all the money in their budget, I will see a whole bunch of computer I/O, storage, and crap sitting at the back of the lab ...even if it is stuff they are not going to use. As far as retirement, just be glad they didn't take yours away like they did mine. Yeah, good point about use of budget and all Empty...
They took my retirement medical insurance away about 8 years ago...
4-years, 11-months, 11-days...
But, who's counting?
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empty
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| Location: | Plano, Texas USA |
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Posted: Thu Mar 13th, 2008 01:33 pm |
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Vero Steve wrote: I just got an email from corporate bitching that I wasn't driving my company truck enough miles every month.????? I ride one of my bikes to work most days because I'd rather ride my bike, but some bean counter feels than because I don't drive the company vehicle the average of 2000 miles per month that I'm doing something wrong and they need to look into it.......WTF?????......... This is the statement I don't understand........... An investigation is pending on your personal use of company vehicles and they use of the company fuel card....????? I thought you guys were bitching I wasn't using it enough???? Now I have a personal use problem???................. It goes on to say that my use of the company fuel card is way below the average use for personnel in my job category and that further use of my fuel card should be scrutinized throughly.........
Somebody tell me what the hell that means please before I go postal on these assholes.................
I'm using too little gas and not putting enough miles on the company SUV and now I'm in trouble for it..............They got to be kidding me................
I'm saving them money and their bitching...........
3 years 1 month to go and I can leave this place with my retirement.......I hope it goes fast..................
When we get to the end of a quarter and if a group hasn't spent all the money in their budget, I will see a whole bunch of computer I/O, storage, and crap sitting at the back of the lab ...even if it is stuff they are not going to use. As far as retirement, just be glad they didn't take yours away like they did mine.
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Dave
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Posted: Thu Mar 13th, 2008 01:29 pm |
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Sounds like a standard form letter type of thing Steve. There's unusual activity on your card. In this case its much lower than average. So, some bean-counter kicks out a form letter.
Or a computer program scans for a similar issue with card usage. Again, it can't seem to determine what is what and "Flags" your account for investigation...
I wouldn't worry about it too much. Once a human actually looks into the account, they'll see that its lower than most and chances are, they'll think more along the lines of taking the company SUV away from ya...
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Vero Steve
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Posted: Thu Mar 13th, 2008 01:19 pm |
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I just got an email from corporate bitching that I wasn't driving my company truck enough miles every month.????? I ride one of my bikes to work most days because I'd rather ride my bike, but some bean counter feels than because I don't drive the company vehicle the average of 2000 miles per month that I'm doing something wrong and they need to look into it.......WTF?????......... This is the statement I don't understand........... An investigation is pending on your personal use of company vehicles and they use of the company fuel card....????? I thought you guys were bitching I wasn't using it enough???? Now I have a personal use problem???................. It goes on to say that my use of the company fuel card is way below the average use for personnel in my job category and that further use of my fuel card should be scrutinized throughly.........
Somebody tell me what the hell that means please before I go postal on these assholes.................
I'm using too little gas and not putting enough miles on the company SUV and now I'm in trouble for it..............They got to be kidding me................
I'm saving them money and their bitching...........
3 years 1 month to go and I can leave this place with my retirement.......I hope it goes fast..................
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marc
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Posted: Thu Mar 13th, 2008 01:22 am |
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| I guess it is finally having the desired effect...Mass transit is getting crowded...They have to add more train cars and busses...
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jeffy ole boy
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Posted: Wed Mar 12th, 2008 12:57 pm |
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Higher gas brings higher everything..... Whats a feller gonna do?  Drive less.. ride motorcycles more...
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weasle
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Posted: Tue Mar 11th, 2008 07:58 pm |
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Mikey wrote: Vero Steve wrote: Mikey wrote: This crap keeps up..we will be taking the horses in to work.
Have ya seen the price of grain and hay lately...???? I went to buy bales of hay for the OL club Hay ride......they doubled from last year......
Prime Hay.....$120 a bale ???
Corn $5500 a ton????
The horse might not be a bargain anymore......
YEah...feed prices here have gone way up also..to the point you could get a bull calf for about 5 bucks..We have a good deal worked out for our hay..so thats no issue..But I think you will see alot of folks with boarded horses giving them up. be prepared to pay more for food this year for sure..
yea for sure mikey , think soybeans are 13 $ a bushel and wheat is around 10$ . loaf a bread gonna cost ya 5 bucks for long.
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jeffy ole boy
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Posted: Tue Mar 11th, 2008 07:56 pm |
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JUst to chime in on gas prices here for a min. Regular went up .36 cents per gal today. Was 3.09 yesturday $3.45 today.
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