Wednesday, August 09, 2006
A Sad First
I paid over $3 a gallon for gasoline for the first time yesterday. The two competing stations near the office that are generally almost as low as you can get in the region finally gave up holding the line at $2.99 the end of last week and went up to $3.01.
It’s possible I could still get gas for just under three if I drove to the right place, but it wouldn’t be worth the drive. Plus it’s still better than the stations near home, ranging from $3.05 to $3.12. I’ve seen it as high as $3.17, but $3.05 to $3.10 seems to be the norm.
(And as I type the end of this post, here comes the train exhaust, not “right on schedule,” but actually a little later than normal. If they start later I think they sit idle for a shorter duration before leaving.)