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ThomWV Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-22-06 09:23 AM
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I'm Gettin' Rich On Gas Prices ... I Think.
We've got a boat. In the fall we fill it with gas so as to avoid condensation forming in the tank over the winter. The boat holds 216 gallons of gas.

In the fall I filled it at $1.87 a gallon. Today that gas has a street value of $3.14 a gallon.

When I filled that boat the gas had a value of $404. Today its worth $678. So using today's Republican logic I am $274 better off today (my personal wealth has increased) than I was just a couple of months ago. For this I am supposed to thank George?
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kanrok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-22-06 09:26 AM
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1. Sure. Just remember though:
Don't re-sell the gas until 18 months have passed, because you'll get hit with a capital gains tax.
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CrispyQ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-22-06 09:30 AM
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4. lol

:rofl:
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TAPat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-22-06 09:29 AM
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2. Viva la Personal Wealth!
It's folks like you making to economy boom! :rofl:
Sounds like a nice boat, btw...
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CrispyQ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-22-06 09:30 AM
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3. Yes.
Thank the boy king, vote repuke & if you want to see that investment really go up, don't go boating this season - wait till next or even the next!

:sarcasm:
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Submariner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-22-06 09:34 AM
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5. My opening bid is $450
Where do I come to suck it out of your tank? :o
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0007 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-22-06 09:37 AM
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6. Gee, what an avatar!
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ThomWV Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-22-06 09:38 AM
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7. Are You Kidding? This Is HIGH TEST :~)
Nothing but the best for my baby ... besides, this is an investment, remember?
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dipsydoodle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-22-06 09:42 AM
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9. That avatar is mentally funny.
Reminds me of a picture I've got of a cat lying asleep in the kerb with a cigarette its mouth, a bottle Budweiser tucked under its arm and a few empties lying nearby.
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dipsydoodle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-22-06 09:38 AM
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8. Last time we had a petrol shortage
and consequential price jumps here in the UK a few comedians started buying petrol in cans and storing it in their garden (yard to you I guess) sheds in volume. Needless to say need a few unfortunate incidents aka explosions soon put a stop to that. You're in fortune circumstances having the boat (ship ?) to fall back on if need be. At least that's a safe way to store it. Sure was a good investment though albeit an accidental one.
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Poppyseedman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-22-06 10:14 AM
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10. I'll speculate
Put a hold on it at $800.00 for July 15th.

I'l buy it then. That's $3.73 a gallon. Since fuel will be $5.00 a gallon by July 15th

I'd be filthy rich off you.
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ThomWV Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-22-06 10:57 AM
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14. And I'll Make Money Too ... Ain't It Grand To Be A Republican?
Shit son, we're all getting rich here.
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laruemtt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-22-06 10:20 AM
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11. hope you've got a
locking gas cap on that boat's tank?..........
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1monster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-22-06 10:32 AM
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12. Make sure you put a couple of bottles of gas stablizer in the tank...
Otherwise, your investment may be worthless...
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-22-06 10:33 AM
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13. welcome to the ownership society
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