Greybeards Gripes

“Don’t leave home unarmed”

Ditto,  Mr. Lawdog 

“And I hope the lot of them rot in hell for it”

This is a note directed at people like,  Motley Fool,  and other web oriented business’s that send me email’s that look more like a short book,  (usually with no useable information in them). 

I don’t have time to read these massive texts nor do I have an interest in reading them.  If you can’t get what you want to say,  or are trying to sell me,  on one page of an email,  your chances of getting your point across,  are PRETTY DARN SLIM. 

~~>GB

“While we do not expect the Supreme Court to strike down every gun law and regulation on the books,” Gottlieb said, “we anticipate that the court will rule once and for all that the right to keep and bear arms is a fundamental individual civil right, and that gun bans, even on specific types of commonly-owned firearms, do not stand up under even modest scrutiny. “

If Gottlieb is right,,,   It’s party time!!  

Unfortunately,  Logic, Reason, An understanding of the Constitution and Right Thoughts,  aren’t always enough in this day and time. 

We made a stop an Walmart today.  They had just revamped their fishing area for spring.  Here’s what I saw:

Reef Runners:  $6.44

Storm Lures:  $4.54 to $5.99

Rapala’s:  $5.99 to $9.99

As a reference, (though not available at Walmart)

JLV Lures:  $1.99 to $3.07

And the nod for quality goes to JLV.

http://JLVLURES.COM

On the trip to East Tawas,  we saw that except for the shoreline and Tawas Bay,  Lake Huron is clear of ice.   Northern Saginaw Bay on the other hand,  looks like solid ice,  as far south and east as one can see.  I hear there’s open water far to the south,  but you sure can’t tell it from here.

This email,  came in this afternoon, Interesting:

“”TIPS ON PUMPING GAS

I don’t know what you guys are paying for gasoline…. but here in California  we are also paying higher, up to $3.50 per gallon. But my line of work is  in petroleum for about 31 years now, so here are some tricks to get more of  your money’s worth for every gallon..  

Here at the Kinder Morgan Pipeline where I work in San Jose, CA we deliver about 4 million gallons in a 24-hour period thru the pipeline. One day is  diesel the next day is jet fuel, and gasoline, regular and premium grades.  We have 34-storage tanks here with a total capacity of 16,800,000 gallons.  

Only buy or fill up your car or truck in the early morning when the ground temperature is still co ld. Remember that all service stations have their  storage tanks buried below ground. The colder the ground  the more dense the gasoline, when it gets warmer gasoline expands, so buying in the afternoon or in the evening….your gallon is not exactly a gallon. In the petroleum business, the specific gravity and the temperature of the gasoline, diesel and jet fuel , ethanol and other petroleum products plays an important role.

A 1-degree rise in temperature is a big deal for this business. But the service stations do not have temperature compensation at the pumps.
 
When you’re filling up do not squeeze the trigger of the nozzle to a fast mode. If you look you will see that the trigger has three (3)stages: low, middle, and high. In slow mode you should be pumping on low speed, thereby minimizing the vapors that are creat ed while you are pumping. All hoses at the pump have a vapor return. If you are  pumping on the fast rate, some other liquid that goes to your t ank becomes vapor. Those vapors are being sucked up and back into the underground storage tank so you’re getting less   worth for your money.  

One of the most important tips is to fill up when your gas tank is HALF FULL or HALF EMPTY. The reason for this is, the more gas you have in your tank the less air occupying its empty space. Gasoline evaporates faster than you can imagine. Gasoline storage tanks have an internal floating roof. This roof serves as zero clearance between the gas and the atmosphere, so it minimizes the evaporation. Unlike service stations, here where I work, every truck that we load is temperature compensated so that every gallon is actually the exact amount.  

Another reminder, if there is a gasoline truck pumping into the storage tanks when you stop to buy gas, DO NOT fill up–most likely the gasoline is being stirred up as the gas is being delivered, and you might pick up some of the dirt that normally settles on the bottom.  Hope this will help you get the most value for your money.

DO SHARE THESE TIPS WITH OTHERS!

WHERE TO BUY USA GAS, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW. READ ON

Gas rationing in the 80’s worked even though we grumbled about it. It might even be good for us! The Saudis are boycotting American goods. We should return the favor.

An interesting thought is to boycott their GAS.

Every time you fill up the car, you can avoid putting more money into the coffers of Saudi Arabia.  Just buy from gas companies that don’t im port their oil from the Saudis.

Nothing is more frustrating than the feeling that every time I fill-up the tank, I am sending my money to people who are trying to kill me, my family, and my friends.

I thought it might be interesting for you to know which oil companies are the best to buy gas from and which major companies import Middle Eastern oil.

These companies import Middle Eastern oil:

Shell……………………… 205,742,000 barrels

Che vron/Texaco……… 144,332,000 barrels

Exxon/Mobil…………… 130,082,000 barrels

Marathon/Speedway… 117,740,000 barrels
Amoco……………………….62,231,000 barrels

Citgo gas is from South America, from a Dictator who hates Americans. If you do the math at $30/barrel, these imports amount to over $18 BILLION! (oil is now $90 - $100 a barrel

Here are some large companies that do not import Middle Eastern oil:

Sunoco.. …………….0 barrels

Conoco…………….. .0 barrels

Sinclair………………0 barrels

BP/Phillips………….0 barrels

Hess………………….0 barrels

ARC0…………………0 barrels

If you go to Sunoco.com <http://sunoco.com/>; , you will get a list of the station locations near you.

All of this information is available from the Department of Energy and each is required to state where they get their oil and how much they are importing.

But to have an impact, we need to reach literally millions of gas buyers. It’s really simple to do.

Now, don’t wimp out at this point…. keep reading and I’ll explain how simple it is to reach millions of people!!

I’m sending this note to about thirty people.  If each of you send it  to at least ten more (30 x 10 = 300)…and those 300 send it to at least ten more (300 x 10 = 3,000) .. and so on, by the time the message reaches the sixth generation of people, we will have reached over THREE MILLION consumers !!!!!!!  If those three million get excited and pass this on to ten friends  each, then 30 million people will have been contacted!

If it goes one level further, you guessed it ….. THREE HUND RED MILLION PEOPLE!!!

Again, all you have to do is send this to 10 people. How long would all that take?”"

Things are kind of slow around here right now.   Gas prices are to high to go anywhere,  the ice is getting punky,  and it’s still wet and cold outside.  Gasoline and Heating fuel prices are another story altogether.  It’s a travesty that our government has let it come to this,  while the oil companies are making piles of money high enough to suffocate in.

~~>GB