Miracle on Gray Highway

[constance]

Last night while I was out, I paid $1.63 per gallon for gas. I'm going to repeat that, because it's so unexpectedly awesome that I can't quite wrap my head around it:

$1.63 per gallon

It was so awesome that I called my father to report it when I woke up this morning, and he launched into a rant that he's obviously been saving up for the right moment, about how They jack the prices up so that we saps on the frontlines can feel grateful when they drop to manageable levels again. I said, "Well, I'm living proof that that strategy totally works." I'm so freaking grateful I can hardly stand it. I'm so grateful I'm considering daytripping just because I can.

How much are you paying? If you don't mind my asking.

Comments

[kickthebeat.livejournal.com]

college town, north carolina: roughly 1.95$ a gallon. which, hey, is awesome, because i have NEVER paid less than 2.20$/gallon in the nc before now! it's also slightly maddening, because gas prices drop anywhere from 15-25 cents when you leave our county. it's all shitty in the sense that dropping gas prices could be indicative of a falling economy, and YES, ALL THE SUVS WILL BE COMING BACK OUT OF HIDING? but i drive an '89 chevy caprice (out of necessity, natch) with a sixteen gallon tank, and he drives better on unleaded plus than regular unleaded? and i filled his tank for 35$ the other day -- 20$ less than the last time i filled up completely, and that was regular unleaded.


sigh.

[tofty.livejournal.com]

You college-town and city folks have it rough, man. I guess there's a (literal) price to be paid for having, like, available culture and decent restaurants and shit like that. For once, I'm glad to be living in a poky little nowhere town.

I hope to God we're seeing the end of the SUV era. But we probably aren't. Americans -- especially Americans in the Deep South -- can be remarkably stupid.