Last night’s weather made it an easy decision to not hash. I wouldn’t be surprised if people ran a trail because that’s the hashing mentality for you. Instead I popped onto my trainer for 45 minutes and got my exercise in that form.
Last night I attempted inventing the biscuit burger, okay, I know that I wouldn’t really be inventing this… The heavy rain also convinced me not to go to Kroger after work, so for the Beyond burger patty that I had identified as “dinner†I attempted to make a biscuit bun using Bisquick. Had I not been so foolish as to bak the biscuit dough on aluminum foil, to which it stuck mightily, this experiment would have been declared a success.
Have I mentioned how much of a rip off I believe Kroger gas is? Even with my $0.20/gallon discount I paid $2.56/gallon, which I believe is pricier than most gas stations’ normal prices. I know I am comparing apples to oranges here, but at a QT in South Carolina last week I paid only $1.99/gallon! Discuss. 😉
Yeah, I noticed that about Kroger. They used to undercut the market a little, apparently to lure people in, now the gloves are off. It looks like you signed up for their Fuel VIP program? I apparently don’t drive enough for the $40 up front to make sense. Especially now that they’re abandoning the concept of price competition.
I didn’t join the VIP. I had $0.20/gallon credit since I didn’t use my January points because I gassed up to and from Raleigh. Thankfully, while I still work in Midtown I don’t drive much.
20 cents off means you spent $200 at Kroger.
We have no Kroger gas station near us, so I go to Shell & get 10 cents off. It’s better than nothing.
Sadly it’s not hard to spend $200 on groceries now. I also think that Kroger doesn’t give fuel points for alcohol purchases.
I filled up Friday and got 50 cents off. I’m glad to get the discount but also I cringe at the amount spent at Kroger. However, I received 200 bonus gas points recently so that helped. I also usually fill out the surveys which earn you extra points as well.
Currently, gas is running about 2.18-2.25 around me. Remember, you are paying the “downtown” surcharge. That still seems a bit of a rip. As far as SC, you can thank the state of Georgia for finally raising the gas tax a few years ago.
A good workout followed by some Westminster Dog Show. Debbie wants all the dogs!
-FP
I know gas ITP is higher priced, but the Kroger gas with the discount was almost as expensive as the gas at Piedmont and Ponce!
Georgia used to have “cheap gas†because of the ad valorem taxes we used to pay annually. However, you now pay a lump sum at purchase, so I am angered that we get screwed on all sides now.
Did you buy gas at my Kroger? Come on, GWP folks can’t be seen filling up their Range Rovers and BMWs with cheap gas! 😂
Yep. You couldn’t hear my audible gasp at the price this morning? 😂
GWP??
That’s the fancy-pants way of referring to Glenwood Park, her neighborhood. 😎
Steve, for the record, I am not fancy pants… my 20-year-old Cavalier with major peeling paint and 19-year-old Accord aren’t impressing the neighbors… 😂
Only a fancy-pants person would deny being fancy pants. 😛😂
Not true. I didn’t want any of the toy dogs or the non-sporting fou fou dogs. I wanted ALL the hounds. Especially the fuzzy ones!
Gas is a racquet. There was a .30 variation in prices that I noticed driving over to see my mom yesterday.
Greetings from Indialantic, FL.
It’s blue sky & 73 degrees.
I’m sitting outside by the pool in short sleeves.
We are at Hoosier & Mullet’s place, and other hasher friends from Hedon days are joining us later today. Party Hats & Nabob are just up in Cocoa Beach. And Cheese Spread is road tripping from St Pete. It’s a dinner & a party on a Tuesday night. Not sure who else was invited.
Blue sky and 73°F is only a few color shades and 6°F higher than Atlanta. 😂
Data point: $2.06/gal on 78, between Decatur and Athens.
Low(er) fuel prices are (supposedly) the result of decreased demand from “Asia”.
Pundits are predicting sub-$2.00 gas, near term.
See also pundits predicted Clinton to (overwhelmingly) win 2016 presidential election.
In other news, Atlanta Fire captain suspended for 48 hours, without pay, for “rushing into a burning building (without waiting for backup) to save an elderly woman (who later died)…”
I might have guessed a fire captain has sufficient experience to make that call, spur of the moment. I’m sure there’s more to the story…..
As yet another shooting at Lenox Square Mall. Food court rendezvous, transition to the parking lot, blah, blah, blah.
I wonder, at what point, overall mall revenue is impacted enough to justify paying an APD officer or two (or three) to permanently (and visibly) patrol the parking lot(s) adjacent to the mall food court?
If we had “more common-sense gun laws” then armed crime occurring (apparently) routinely at Lenox Square Mall could be stopped. Stopped, I tell ‘ya.
Related: Big, big gun show this weekend, Atlanta Expo Center.
73 de JG/HamWithCam
Allan is trying to get the real story, but figure he was told by “command†to not go, and the guy did anyway. He wanted to possibly save a life. He’d possibly have done the same thing.
No doubt…
Speaking of constantly feeling screwed… I received an email telling me about a concert I might want to attend in May at Drunken Unicorn. Tickets are $18 (fair), with a $5 fee (ridiculously high!). I used to think just Ticketmaster was evil, now I think that it’s all ticket brokers.
Can you stop by the venue & buy a ticket without the fee?
I don’t think Drunken Unicorn sells tickets directly until day of show. The price for day of show tickets are $20 with a $5 fee. 🤦ðŸ»â€â™‚ï¸
I guess my options are pay the fee, or skip the show.