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bye summertime! and in other news....we got double trouble brewing
Published Aug. 30, 2008
This has been a very good summer for me! I hope everyone else can say the same. In about three weeks the thermometer is gonna start dropping and dropping and dropping...to the point of having to fire up that ole oil-thristy furance. If not oil, then whatever it feeds off of. May be gas or electricity. For me though, I have my very first wood fireplace. And you can bet that I will be cranking up that little hole in the wall in order to save money.
NOW...speaking of the heating bills, and add the gasoline prices as the main topic... If you need to fill up your oil or propane tanks for the winter's coming coldness, then NOW is the time to order it. ASAP! We have two storms brewing, and both (one for certain) are heading towards the Gulf Of Mexico where oil rigs await their arrival. In the next very few days, expect a major hike in the cost of these two resources...all the way down to the gas pumps for your vehicle.
Looking ahead...I foresee a major increase in fuel costs. Yeap, these hurricanes are gonna stir up the prices we pay for heating and gasoline. NOW is the time to fill them tanks up to the brim. Otherwise, when it comes time you have to fill them up, you will be paying dearly for it.
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August 30, 2008 11:31 a.m.
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August 30, 2008 11:08 a.m.
But I don't want you to be shocked when you find out the cost of wood, how fast it burns and what a mess it is.
Did you make sure your chimney is clean and good to go?
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August 30, 2008 10:31 a.m.
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August 30, 2008 10:28 a.m.
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August 30, 2008 10:26 a.m.
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August 30, 2008 10:20 a.m.
Cottontownrambler...I agree with you. ANYTHING that oil companies can use as a way to charge us more, they will. Even if it's bogus reasoning. Very much like the stock market.
TruBlue....Gosh I hope that doesn't happen. But you might be right...one way or another. If not us pumping up the oil out of the Artic ground, it will be the Russians...just a little futher north. They have already claimed it part of their contiental shelf.
Braintreebrat...You might be right on the money. When Reagan went in back in the 80's, oil shot up immediately after the elections and has been going up ever since.
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August 30, 2008 9:22 a.m.
Do you have any wood stocked up yet?
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August 30, 2008 9:07 a.m.
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August 30, 2008 9:03 a.m.
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August 30, 2008 8:58 a.m.
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