Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
I took the Ranger out for a quick run this morning up at Webster Lake
prior to next weeks charity bass tournament and I stopped at
Cumberland Farms to get some gas - I was down to half a tank and I
don't like to get much lower than that.

As I was filling up my boat, some soccer mom in her, I swear to you,
Excursion pulled in and started telling me that she thought I was
being totally selfish in filling up the Ranger in this time of
gasoline shortage as she started filling her vehicle.

I ignored her, but as I was paying at the counter, she was at the next
register to me with paying a $140 bill chatting with the counter girl
that she needed to get to her summer house on the Cape because all her
relatives were going to be there for the weekend.

I was especially amused as there was a left over Kerry/Edwards and
Sullivan sticker on the bumper of her Excursion.

True story.

I fuel up under the cover of darkness... been doing so since July this
year when gas hit 2.399 at the pump. I wasn't sure exactly why, but now
I'm gettin' a clue...

Lonsberry says you shouldn't go anywhere this weekend... send your boat
gas $$ & auto gas $$ to the gulf states:

http://www.lonsberry.com/writings.cfm?story=1738

Rob

"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
news
On Fri, 02 Sep 2005 17:46:40 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:


"trainfan1" wrote in message
...
Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
I took the Ranger out for a quick run this morning up at Webster Lake
prior to next weeks charity bass tournament and I stopped at
Cumberland Farms to get some gas - I was down to half a tank and I
don't like to get much lower than that.

As I was filling up my boat, some soccer mom in her, I swear to you,
Excursion pulled in and started telling me that she thought I was
being totally selfish in filling up the Ranger in this time of
gasoline shortage as she started filling her vehicle.

I ignored her, but as I was paying at the counter, she was at the next
register to me with paying a $140 bill chatting with the counter girl
that she needed to get to her summer house on the Cape because all her
relatives were going to be there for the weekend.

I was especially amused as there was a left over Kerry/Edwards and
Sullivan sticker on the bumper of her Excursion.

True story.

I fuel up under the cover of darkness... been doing so since July this
year when gas hit 2.399 at the pump. I wasn't sure exactly why, but now
I'm gettin' a clue...

Lonsberry says you shouldn't go anywhere this weekend... send your boat
gas $$ & auto gas $$ to the gulf states:

http://www.lonsberry.com/writings.cfm?story=1738

Not a bad idea, but I hope you don't absorb too many ideas from Lonsberry.
He's intensely stupid.

I have no idea who he is.

However based on your comment, he's probably somebody I'd like to
read. :)

You really have to listen to his radio program to appreciate the depth of
his dementia. Sometime last year, he made a comment comparing our black
mayor to a chimp or some such thing. Shortly thereafter, the station removed
him. Then, he was back. In his absence, he was replaced with some guy who
wasn't very exciting, so I guess ratings dropped. But, the opinion of most
sentient beings here was that the station should've run a microphone into a
toilet stall and simply broadcast the sound of flushing for a few months.

"PocoLoco" wrote in message
news
On Fri, 02 Sep 2005 15:46:24 GMT, "Bryan" wrote:


"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
. ..
I took the Ranger out for a quick run this morning up at Webster Lake
prior to next weeks charity bass tournament and I stopped at
Cumberland Farms to get some gas - I was down to half a tank and I
don't like to get much lower than that.

As I was filling up my boat, some soccer mom in her, I swear to you,
Excursion pulled in and started telling me that she thought I was
being totally selfish in filling up the Ranger in this time of
gasoline shortage as she started filling her vehicle.

I ignored her, but as I was paying at the counter, she was at the next
register to me with paying a $140 bill chatting with the counter girl
that she needed to get to her summer house on the Cape because all her
relatives were going to be there for the weekend.

I was especially amused as there was a left over Kerry/Edwards and
Sullivan sticker on the bumper of her Excursion.

True story.

Shortwave, please leave the politics out of this post (I know it's your
post). The story was excellent until the bumper sticker comment. My best
friends are a soccer mom (actually little league) family of four with both
cars being Yukons. Oh, and they are hard core republicans. I love your
story cause it hits close to home. Should I go boating this weekend or
stay
home? What will people be thinking about me while I fill up my truck and
boat for the weekend. Should I buy a couple of gas cans and fill 'em up?
What will people think?

If you're making your decision based on what people think, you should
probably
just stay home.

On the other hand, if you're basing your decision on conservation of
gasoline or
money, you should probably stay home.

But, if you're basing your decision on what really matters, you should do
what
your wife says!
--

lol

I was really bored with your answer, but continued to read out politeness.
Then you hit me with the last line! Thanks for the laugh (and no worries,
I'm doing what I think I should do, not what others think I should do).

"trainfan1" wrote in message
...
Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
I took the Ranger out for a quick run this morning up at Webster Lake
prior to next weeks charity bass tournament and I stopped at
Cumberland Farms to get some gas - I was down to half a tank and I
don't like to get much lower than that.

As I was filling up my boat, some soccer mom in her, I swear to you,
Excursion pulled in and started telling me that she thought I was
being totally selfish in filling up the Ranger in this time of
gasoline shortage as she started filling her vehicle.

I ignored her, but as I was paying at the counter, she was at the next
register to me with paying a $140 bill chatting with the counter girl
that she needed to get to her summer house on the Cape because all her
relatives were going to be there for the weekend.

I was especially amused as there was a left over Kerry/Edwards and
Sullivan sticker on the bumper of her Excursion.

True story.

I fuel up under the cover of darkness... been doing so since July this
year when gas hit 2.399 at the pump. I wasn't sure exactly why, but now
I'm gettin' a clue...

Lonsberry says you shouldn't go anywhere this weekend... send your boat
gas $$ & auto gas $$ to the gulf states:

http://www.lonsberry.com/writings.cfm?story=1738

Rob


That's one way to look at things. Maybe I'll send an amount equal to what I
spend on my boating this weekend. Nah, I'll stick to what I sent; it's more
than what I'll spend on boating this weekend. Who's Lonsberry?

"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
...
"Bryan" wrote in message
.. .

My best friends are a soccer mom (actually little league) family of four
with both cars being Yukons.

There's a difference between having kids who play sports, and buying what
everyone else has because you're a dumb twit who can't make an intelligent
buying decision.


Well, the Yukons have nothing to do with sports and I'm not sure what their
argument for buying them was. I guess they just wanted them.

On Fri, 02 Sep 2005 19:08:38 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:


"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
news
On Fri, 02 Sep 2005 17:46:40 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:


"trainfan1" wrote in message
...
Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
I took the Ranger out for a quick run this morning up at Webster Lake
prior to next weeks charity bass tournament and I stopped at
Cumberland Farms to get some gas - I was down to half a tank and I
don't like to get much lower than that.

As I was filling up my boat, some soccer mom in her, I swear to you,
Excursion pulled in and started telling me that she thought I was
being totally selfish in filling up the Ranger in this time of
gasoline shortage as she started filling her vehicle.

I ignored her, but as I was paying at the counter, she was at the next
register to me with paying a $140 bill chatting with the counter girl
that she needed to get to her summer house on the Cape because all her
relatives were going to be there for the weekend.

I was especially amused as there was a left over Kerry/Edwards and
Sullivan sticker on the bumper of her Excursion.

True story.

I fuel up under the cover of darkness... been doing so since July this
year when gas hit 2.399 at the pump. I wasn't sure exactly why, but now
I'm gettin' a clue...

Lonsberry says you shouldn't go anywhere this weekend... send your boat
gas $$ & auto gas $$ to the gulf states:

http://www.lonsberry.com/writings.cfm?story=1738

Not a bad idea, but I hope you don't absorb too many ideas from Lonsberry.
He's intensely stupid.

I have no idea who he is.

However based on your comment, he's probably somebody I'd like to
read. :)

You really have to listen to his radio program to appreciate the depth of
his dementia. Sometime last year, he made a comment comparing our black
mayor to a chimp or some such thing. Shortly thereafter, the station removed
him. Then, he was back. In his absence, he was replaced with some guy who
wasn't very exciting, so I guess ratings dropped. But, the opinion of most
sentient beings here was that the station should've run a microphone into a
toilet stall and simply broadcast the sound of flushing for a few months.


Do you live in New Orleans?
--
John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

On Fri, 02 Sep 2005 22:08:25 GMT, "Bryan" wrote:


"PocoLoco" wrote in message
news
On Fri, 02 Sep 2005 15:46:24 GMT, "Bryan" wrote:


"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
I took the Ranger out for a quick run this morning up at Webster Lake
prior to next weeks charity bass tournament and I stopped at
Cumberland Farms to get some gas - I was down to half a tank and I
don't like to get much lower than that.

As I was filling up my boat, some soccer mom in her, I swear to you,
Excursion pulled in and started telling me that she thought I was
being totally selfish in filling up the Ranger in this time of
gasoline shortage as she started filling her vehicle.

I ignored her, but as I was paying at the counter, she was at the next
register to me with paying a $140 bill chatting with the counter girl
that she needed to get to her summer house on the Cape because all her
relatives were going to be there for the weekend.

I was especially amused as there was a left over Kerry/Edwards and
Sullivan sticker on the bumper of her Excursion.

True story.

Shortwave, please leave the politics out of this post (I know it's your
post). The story was excellent until the bumper sticker comment. My best
friends are a soccer mom (actually little league) family of four with both
cars being Yukons. Oh, and they are hard core republicans. I love your
story cause it hits close to home. Should I go boating this weekend or
stay
home? What will people be thinking about me while I fill up my truck and
boat for the weekend. Should I buy a couple of gas cans and fill 'em up?
What will people think?

If you're making your decision based on what people think, you should
probably
just stay home.

On the other hand, if you're basing your decision on conservation of
gasoline or
money, you should probably stay home.

But, if you're basing your decision on what really matters, you should do
what
your wife says!
--

lol

I was really bored with your answer, but continued to read out politeness.
Then you hit me with the last line! Thanks for the laugh (and no worries,
I'm doing what I think I should do, not what others think I should do).


What about SWMBO?
--
John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

In article ,
says...
On Fri, 02 Sep 2005 11:07:27 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote:

I was amused to learn that President Idiot flew AF1 down to Louisiana
today, burning a kazillion gallons of jet fuel, and isn't even planning
to tour NO.

Vice President Albert Gore's plane, a Boeing 707, will consume 65,600
gallons of jet fuel at a cost of $131,000 for the Vice President's
brief, 24-hour trip to Kyoto.

You would have preferred that he didn't go.

He was doing our country's business. Bush makes these trips for photo
ops.

jps

In article , Use-Author-
] says...
On Sat, 03 Sep 2005, WaIIy wrote:
On Fri, 02 Sep 2005 11:07:27 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote:

I was amused to learn that President Idiot flew AF1 down to Louisiana
today, burning a kazillion gallons of jet fuel, and isn't even planning
to tour NO.

Vice President Albert Gore's plane, a Boeing 707, will consume 65,600
gallons of jet fuel at a cost of $131,000 for the Vice President's
brief, 24-hour trip to Kyoto.

VP Gore Heh heh. Typical!

"Do as I say, not as I do".

Oh yeah, that only happens with Democrats.

Sheesh.

jps

"Bryan" wrote in message
. ..

"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
...
"Bryan" wrote in message
.. .

My best friends are a soccer mom (actually little league) family of
four with both cars being Yukons.

There's a difference between having kids who play sports, and buying what
everyone else has because you're a dumb twit who can't make an
intelligent buying decision.


Well, the Yukons have nothing to do with sports and I'm not sure what
their argument for buying them was. I guess they just wanted them.


Bingo! They must be one of the crowd that says "We have a god-given right to
own anything we want, no matter what effect its use has on society at
large".