Happy birthday Shades

[lucas]

Happy Birthday to Shades.....you don't tell your age so I can only assume that it was too many digits. :giggle

[Brandtrock]

:bigdance2:rockband:



:fireman::happybd:



Hope it's a great one!

[malik641]

Happy Birthday Shades!!!

:clap: Way to go! :beerchug:

[shades]

Thanks, guys. Let's just say that Truman was President and Eisenhoser a few years away. :)

Yes, it was good. I worked Friday, but I was able to work from home. At the price of gas, that is a welcome relief. Then I found out I could also get my birthday off (w/o vacation). So I took off Tuesday and had a four day weekend!!

[Bob Phillips]

Yes, it was good. I worked Friday, but I was able to work from home. At the price of gas, that is a welcome relief.
You people live in a dream world. We pay the equivalent of $7.50 for fuel here, and it is more expensive still in France, Germany and Italy. That's why the world is a mess (your cheap energy).

[Brandtrock]

You people live in a dream world. We pay the equivalent of $7.50 for fuel here, and it is more expensive still in France, Germany and Italy. That's why the world is a mess (your cheap energy).

Bob,

I find it almost comical that we (Americans) get all bent out of shape over a few cents difference in the price of fuel between stations, but will gladly go into the convenience store or gas station and use the ATM machine that charges us $1.00 to $3.00 to withdraw our money from the bank (especially since most are equipped to allow a debit transaction for the gas).

As far as the price of fuel goes, the gripe I have is that it goes from $3.33 per gallon down to almost $2.00 per gallon and then back again. If the fuel you are paying the equivalent of $7.50 for was only the equivalent of $4.50 six to eight months ago, you might have a different view on the price of fuel.

In any case, this was originally a thread to wish Shades a Happy Birthday, not debate the evils of capitalism, conservatism, and the geo-political ramifications of US fuel/energy consumption.

On that note, I'll reiterate my best wishes to Rich, who has been around nearly long enough to have witnessed the creation of the wheel. :bug::rotlaugh:

Kind regards,

[Bob Phillips]

I find it almost comical that we (Americans) get all bent out of shape over a few cents difference in the price of fuel between stations, but will gladly go into the convenience store or gas station and use the ATM machine that charges us $1.00 to $3.00 to withdraw our money from the bank (especially since most are equipped to allow a debit transaction for the gas).

Not to mention the $4.00 cup of coffee!
As far as the price of fuel goes, the gripe I have is that it goes from $3.33 per gallon down to almost $2.00 per gallon and then back again. If the fuel you are paying the equivalent of $7.50 for was only the equivalent of $4.50 six to eight months ago, you might have a different view on the price of fuel.

We haven't been that low for years, many years.
In any case, this was originally a thread to wish Shades a Happy Birthday, not debate the evils of capitalism, conservatism, and the geo-political ramifications of US fuel/energy consumption.

On that note, I'll reiterate my best wishes to Rich, who has been around nearly long enough to have witnessed the creation of the wheel.



Quite right, Rich has certainly had a life. Even if I don't subscribe to his beliefs, I wish him well, and another 70+.

[shades]

Since I never use ATMs, I don't drink coffee, and I have never paid a penny in credit card interest in 37 years, at least I have something in my favor. ;)