...We Don't Get Fueled Again!

Sep 17, 2008 14:10

My parents noticed a problem with the water line coming into Rather Manor, so they called the Utilities Co-Op to explain the problem and ask for help...and after they hung up our phone lines lost the dial tone. So as I couldn't access the 'Net here I decided I had to go to the Dandridge library and use their computers. And as Moonshine's tank was depleted from Saturday's Asheville trip and Monday's Gatlinburg trip, a refuel at the Dandridge BP was necessary too.

So I put $40 worth in Moonshine, scoot a dozen blocks away to the library, and check my e-mail and do a couple more things. And find that the library computers have Youtube locked out for DHS reasons, and refuse to get the latest Adobe Flash/Shockwave so logging on to Meez is impossible as well.

Once my 'Net business is done, I get back towards Rather Manor, drive past the Dandridge BP--and see that they've dropped their gas prices THIRTY CENTS per gallon! If I had waited just 30 minutes, I could have paid the cheaper price and put perhaps another two-thirds of a gallon into Moonshine.

ME: I'm torqued!

MOONSHINE: How do you think I feel?

So when I get back to the house, the Co-Op boys have already finished their repairs, the phone lines are back working and I'm wondering whether my trip was really necessary. Phooey.

books, money, travel, oil, telephones, gasoline, water, mom, youtube, driving, dad, meez, toyota, computer, prizm, petroleum, chevy, dandridge

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