Re: US Gas Prices

[Phil and Judy Rose <pjrose@servtech.com>]

>Date: Sat, 3 Apr 99 16:55:47 -0800
>From: Michael Williams <urquattro@surfree.com>
>Subject: Re: US Gas Prices: Detroit
>
>Rene Curry decided to speak these words:
>
>>Timothy said:  Right now, in San Diego, I'm paying $1.60 for regular
>>unleaded. The price has gone up 2 cents every other day. What's it like in
>>the rest of the nation?
>
>
>Here in the SF bay area, its horrendous, compared to 3 weeks ago.  I used
>to consistently pay 1.459 at chevron for supreme, now that same station
>is up to 1.979.  I can still afford it, its only what, 40 bucks to fill
>up the tank, so i dont bitch all that much, i need the gas, i choose to
>drive a car that gets lousy gas mileage and requires supreme, and there
>isnt all thatm uch i can do about the prices, so why have a heart attack
>over it?
>

Michael, you neglected to add that you also choose to live in the balmy,
beautiful SF Bay area. In addition, two oil refinery fires in N. Calif.
greatly exacerbated the situation for you, isn't that right?

But aside from that kind of thing, outrageous pricing--generally--seems to
be the norm in the SF Bay area. I'm a frequent visitor in Berkeley/Oakland,
where I must pay $16/lb for Parmegiano Reggiano cheese, but here in
Rochester just $9.59 for the identical, wonderful stuff. Kalamata olives,
there: $8/lb, here: $3.59-$5. You even pay more for CA wine than we do! (I
guess you can tell what kind of diet I prefer :-)

On the other hand, while you get approx 12 months per year of comfortable,
carefree living (excluding the ocassional earthquake, mudslide or drought),
we must go into semihibernation for about 4 months each yr, during which we
fight off relentless snowfalls and pay many hundreds of dollars to keep our
homes and selves from freezing.

But we do have better air and much less traffic. Did I mention the cheap
Parmegiano Reggiano cheese?



Phil Rose
Rochester, NY
mailto:pjrose@servtech.com