Cost of gas where you live

TREE-SURFER · 26th May 2008, 07:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Therrin

Around here all the people who argue the seatbelt laws are usually the same people who think that marijuana should be legalized too. Crazy wankers.

If you really think about it; people have been using marijuana for countless years. Along with cocaine and opium. People have also been producing alcohol, for their own pleasures. Alcohol has had more deaths related to it than Marijuana. After all, it is a herb, like tobacco and produced for the public market. The only reason basically that is illegal, is that the Government cannot Tax it. And until then, it will remain illegal. It has had known reports made on the subject, that it has medicinal properties, like when they first found penicillin and yet we still to this day use it. Other drugs made consumable by the public, has had known disadvantages and have been withdrawn, but, these have also been approved by our governments. Why?, because the government is skimming their little proportion of the top.

Marijuana in my eyes is safe and should be legalised.
I am not a user of the substance.

yooper · 26th May 2008, 09:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Therrin

How about land?

I'm looking at a 2.5 acre parcel for both work and personal reasons on the outter edge of the valley. Just bare land, no utils yet. Have to drill for water.

$85,000

Thought I could set up a firewood operation there, (ITSA Firewood Service), dump my chip till its needed, store equipment, build a house, shop, etc...

How's this compare to your area?

Land here is cheap....If it is not right on lake Superior. My house is on the "poor side of the road" so it is worth about 80 grand or so. If my house was on the other side of the road "on the lake" it would probably run about 350 grand. I bought hunting property about 2 miles behind my house and it is 89.6 acres. I bought it 7 years ago for 350.00$ an acre. today i could probably get about $1500.00 to $2000.00 an acre for it. and that is pretty cheep compared to most places. I also use the property to dump chips and wood.

newguy18 · 26th May 2008, 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Therrin

I seem to recall that the average of instances where the belt kills you, vs the number where they save your life is too wide to compare the two.

If high speed were involved, and they *hadn't* been wearing a seatbelt (which was kind enough to snap their neck), they'd either be impaled on the steering column, or have their pretty little head pushed up through the windshield.

One could also argue that the seat belt may have been improperly adjusted, with the strap riding too high up around the neckline. When used right, they should only break ribs, not snap your neck.

But then again, airbags have been known to fug people up too, so shall we do away with them too?

Around here all the people who argue the seatbelt laws are usually the same people who think that marijuana should be legalized too. Crazy wankers.

it should be the drivers option to wear a seatbelt,not some nazi politican's.

clementine · 26th May 2008, 02:13 PM

Seatbelts in vehicles that are fitted with airbags are dangerous.

A seatbelt will stop the body flying forward but the head still shoots forward and hits the airbag which is being blown towards it, causing twice the impact.

With the advances in Airbag technology, seatbelts should be scrapped.
A body length airbag should inflate from the steering wheel, down the steering column and into the footspace to protect the legs.
This, together with the side impact airbags should provide complete protection in a smash!

And nobody then has to wear a seatbelt, yahoo!!!

TrevMcRev · 26th May 2008, 03:17 PM

i feel nude without a seat belt.

newguy18 · 26th May 2008, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by TrevMcRev

i feel nude without a seat belt.

I like to be free.

DBS · 26th May 2008, 06:03 PM

who needs Seatbelts or Airbags when you can get "Secure Foam"

short 1:30 clip from "Demolition Man" film from 1993

Secure Foam

-Daryl

newguy18 · 26th May 2008, 06:40 PM

thats gives me an idea.I'm gonna buy a bunch of foam insulation.

Ekka · 26th May 2008, 09:00 PM

Foam, even works great on the jobsite.

kimtree · 27th May 2008, 03:55 AM

diesel now is $1.92 ltr,what about bar and engine oil though nearly $10 per litre!
i once had an accident when i wasnt wearing a seatbelt,if i had it would have killed myself and my unlucky passengers,nowdays i'll wear one always like trev says i feel nude

clementine · 27th May 2008, 05:36 AM

Foam! Good for landing trees on

Gas jumped up another 2 cents today and is now:

Diesel per litre: €1.40 AUD $2.30 AD $2.21 £1.115

Chumbo 95 PL: €1.51 AUD $2.48 AD $2.38 £1.20

Good job we're not far from civilisation

newguy18 · 27th May 2008, 07:31 AM

Lordy,next thing we know drug dealers are gonna be dealing gas and diesel.

RandyMac · 30th May 2008, 09:26 AM

Reg, in Southern Ore $4.09, reg here $4.42, $5.00 by July 4th, is likely.

phill ellison · 30th May 2008, 04:11 PM

Its neally costing an arm and a leg here to drive your truck from A to B

DBS · 31st May 2008, 08:16 AM

Therrin · 31st May 2008, 02:18 PM

Yooper, I just read your post about the property you've got.

$350/acre!!!

What a steal!!! I'd buy almost *anything* around here if I could find it for under $10K/acre, but it's just not to be had. Still looking though.

Sounds like you've got yourself a nice spot. You mentioned hunting, what kind of game can be found on your land out there?

And Tree-surfer, you just proved my point. lol. Funny, that thing about taxes, we managed to figure out how to tax tobacco. We've even managed to figure out how to tax things that never used to exist. Just not that apparently. I think it's more than taxes.
You're right about the incident-related-deaths though. I read a study once about how stoners actually drive better than drunks. It was put out by USDOT. They did a series of actual tests and found that typically if someone's too stoned to drive, they don't get in the car. Not so with alcohol.

87 grade US gal was up to $4.23 now down to the whopping low price of $4.19

26th May 2008, 02:13 PM	#104 (permalink)
clementine Mature tree Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Central Portugal Posts: 327	Re: Cost of gas where you live Seatbelts in vehicles that are fitted with airbags are dangerous. A seatbelt will stop the body flying forward but the head still shoots forward and hits the airbag which is being blown towards it, causing twice the impact. With the advances in Airbag technology, seatbelts should be scrapped. A body length airbag should inflate from the steering wheel, down the steering column and into the footspace to protect the legs. This, together with the side impact airbags should provide complete protection in a smash! And nobody then has to wear a seatbelt, yahoo!!! __________________ Meddle not in the affairs of dragons - for you are crunchy and taste of chicken! Builder in Central Portugal

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DBS Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: CT USA Posts: 212	Re: Cost of gas where you live who needs Seatbelts or Airbags when you can get "Secure Foam" short 1:30 clip from "Demolition Man" film from 1993 Secure Foam -Daryl __________________ Stihl MS 200T Stihl MS 361

26th May 2008, 06:40 PM	#108 (permalink)
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kimtree Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: May 2007 Location: Kununurra WA Posts: 116	Re: Cost of gas where you live diesel now is $1.92 ltr,what about bar and engine oil though nearly $10 per litre! i once had an accident when i wasnt wearing a seatbelt,if i had it would have killed myself and my unlucky passengers,nowdays i'll wear one always like trev says i feel nude

27th May 2008, 05:36 AM	#111 (permalink)
clementine Mature tree Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Central Portugal Posts: 327	Re: Cost of gas where you live Foam! Good for landing trees on Gas jumped up another 2 cents today and is now: Diesel per litre: €1.40 AUD $2.30 AD $2.21 £1.115 Chumbo 95 PL: €1.51 AUD $2.48 AD $2.38 £1.20 Good job we're not far from civilisation __________________ Meddle not in the affairs of dragons - for you are crunchy and taste of chicken! Builder in Central Portugal

27th May 2008, 07:31 AM	#112 (permalink)
newguy18 Part of the Furniture Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Dead twig Florida. Posts: 3,977	Re: Cost of gas where you live Lordy,next thing we know drug dealers are gonna be dealing gas and diesel. __________________ Have your say join us today. I ship saws outside the USA. http://www.treeworld.info/f40/i-ship...html#post44559 "Everybody's hell on safety." G.f.beranek. www.atreestory.com

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RandyMac Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: NW California Posts: 82	Re: Cost of gas where you live Reg, in Southern Ore $4.09, reg here $4.42, $5.00 by July 4th, is likely. __________________ RandyMac

30th May 2008, 04:11 PM	#114 (permalink)
phill ellison Mature tree Join Date: May 2008 Location: new zealand Posts: 268	Re: Cost of gas where you live Its neally costing an arm and a leg here to drive your truck from A to B

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DBS Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: CT USA Posts: 212	Re: Cost of gas where you live __________________ Stihl MS 200T Stihl MS 361

31st May 2008, 02:18 PM	#116 (permalink)
Therrin The Tree World Bandit Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Lancaster, Ca Posts: 1,387	Re: Cost of gas where you live Yooper, I just read your post about the property you've got. $350/acre!!! What a steal!!! I'd buy almost anything around here if I could find it for under $10K/acre, but it's just not to be had. Still looking though. Sounds like you've got yourself a nice spot. You mentioned hunting, what kind of game can be found on your land out there? And Tree-surfer, you just proved my point. lol. Funny, that thing about taxes, we managed to figure out how to tax tobacco. We've even managed to figure out how to tax things that never used to exist. Just not that apparently. I think it's more than taxes. You're right about the incident-related-deaths though. I read a study once about how stoners actually drive better than drunks. It was put out by USDOT. They did a series of actual tests and found that typically if someone's too stoned to drive, they don't get in the car. Not so with alcohol. 87 grade US gal was up to $4.23 now down to the whopping low price of $4.19 __________________ Ken Fessia I.T.S.A. Tree Service (661) 916-4703