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I filled up the car this afternoon. Gas was $2.99 at a Shell. I had to double check to make sure what year it was. Almost made me wish I had a big huge SUV or a lifted truck to fill up. I went in and bought a lotto ticket a pepperoni stick and some beer with my extra $15. So I guess I really didn't save any money then.

picardfail
 Quoting: deanoZXT


Yep $3.34 here down from $5.15 Thank God! Let it keep falling
 Quoting: AKObserver


Regular unleaded is $2.99 here too I think. I drive a diesel so not sure. I can tell you that diesel hasn't dropped hardly at all. I think maybe 15 or 20 cents. Very irritating if you ask me! Diesel is a by-product of gasoline production! Why wouldn't diesel go down the same as gas? That's a rhetorical question. I know it's because of all the big rigs running diesel and that the demand is always there regardless of prices so the oil companies won't lower the price as much due to that.
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It was -2* on my way to work this morning. 9* when I drove home. -4* right now with wind chill pushing it to -16*. This is about a month early...

Supposed to get even colder tonight and we are not forecast to go above freezing until next Tuesday (high of 35).

Oh well, not anything I can do about it other than bundle up and make sure I warm my vehicle up before I leave. Thank you remote start!
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You need an upgrade my friend?? I've got one stored in the savings bank. wink
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I would be very grateful if you did. hf
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Incoming : )
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Thank you very much!
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I filled up the car this afternoon. Gas was $2.99 at a Shell. I had to double check to make sure what year it was. Almost made me wish I had a big huge SUV or a lifted truck to fill up. I went in and bought a lotto ticket a pepperoni stick and some beer with my extra $15. So I guess I really didn't save any money then.

picardfail
 Quoting: deanoZXT


Yep $3.34 here down from $5.15 Thank God! Let it keep falling
 Quoting: AKObserver


$5.15?!?!

wth
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You need an upgrade my friend?? I've got one stored in the savings bank. wink
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I would be very grateful if you did. hf
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Incoming : )
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Thank you very much!
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You are very welcome!!

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The Groans of Missouri, a wretched epic poem written by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft.

IMAGE ( [link to i.imgur.com] )



*Source of all the above information is from the book, The New Madrid Earthquakes: Revised Edition by James Lal Penick, Jr.
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The Groans of Missouri, a wretched epic poem written by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft.

IMAGE ( [link to i.imgur.com] )



*Source of all the above information is from the book, The New Madrid Earthquakes: Revised Edition by James Lal Penick, Jr.
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Thank you Warrior. : )

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I filled up the car this afternoon. Gas was $2.99 at a Shell. I had to double check to make sure what year it was. Almost made me wish I had a big huge SUV or a lifted truck to fill up. I went in and bought a lotto ticket a pepperoni stick and some beer with my extra $15. So I guess I really didn't save any money then.

:picardfail:
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Yep $3.34 here down from $5.15 Thank God! Let it keep falling
 Quoting: AKObserver


$5.15?!?!

:wth:
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We are at $2.68 here. Another .18 and I can drive my old Wagoneer to work again !

885
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I filled up the car this afternoon. Gas was $2.99 at a Shell. I had to double check to make sure what year it was. Almost made me wish I had a big huge SUV or a lifted truck to fill up. I went in and bought a lotto ticket a pepperoni stick and some beer with my extra $15. So I guess I really didn't save any money then.

picardfail
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Yep $3.34 here down from $5.15 Thank God! Let it keep falling
 Quoting: AKObserver


$5.15?!?!

wth
 Quoting: Simple27


Yep... here's a list for current prices locally bush prices $10 / gallon and up blink

[link to www.alaskagasprices.com]
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I filled up the car this afternoon. Gas was $2.99 at a Shell. I had to double check to make sure what year it was. Almost made me wish I had a big huge SUV or a lifted truck to fill up. I went in and bought a lotto ticket a pepperoni stick and some beer with my extra $15. So I guess I really didn't save any money then.

picardfail
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Yep $3.34 here down from $5.15 Thank God! Let it keep falling
 Quoting: AKObserver


$5.15?!?!

wth
 Quoting: Simple27


We are at $2.68 here. Another .18 and I can drive my old Wagoneer to work again !

885
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We've recently come down to $2.85 here, but we were never up to $5.15. Ouch!
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I filled up the car this afternoon. Gas was $2.99 at a Shell. I had to double check to make sure what year it was. Almost made me wish I had a big huge SUV or a lifted truck to fill up. I went in and bought a lotto ticket a pepperoni stick and some beer with my extra $15. So I guess I really didn't save any money then.

picardfail
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Yep $3.34 here down from $5.15 Thank God! Let it keep falling
 Quoting: AKObserver


$5.15?!?!

wth
 Quoting: Simple27


Yep... here's a list for current prices locally bush prices $10 / gallon and up blink

[link to www.alaskagasprices.com]
 Quoting: AKObserver


Ewwww!!!!
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Thread: Obama wants #NAFTA-style #TPP to be fast-tracked through Congress before public know details...WILL KILL THE INTERNET
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The Groans of Missouri, a wretched epic poem written by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft.

IMAGE ( [link to i.imgur.com] )



*Source of all the above information is from the book, The New Madrid Earthquakes: Revised Edition by James Lal Penick, Jr.
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Thank you Warrior. : )

:s27flowheart:
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You're Welcome Simple. :)
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Oh I sooooo want to engage in that thread, but I can't stay up too late tonight and I am sure some dip shits would attack me for my comments.

That tard of a president we have wants to start charging us to use the internet as if it's a utility bill. He just sucks. All in all. I have so many opinions and thoughts about this clown it isn't even funny. I don't share them around here for obvious reasons, but I put nothing past this scum bag!
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Magnitude 4.6
Region PHILIPPINE ISLANDS REGION
Date time 2014-11-13 03:14:56.4 UTC
Location 9.01 N ; 127.12 E
Depth 46 km
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Trouble maker tounge
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truestory
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Magnitude 3.2
Region NEVADA
Date time 2014-11-13 03:25:41.7 UTC
Location 41.88 N ; 119.63 W
Depth 1 km
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Magnitude 3.2
Region NEVADA
Date time 2014-11-13 03:25:41.7 UTC
Location 41.88 N ; 119.63 W
Depth 1 km
[link to m.emsc.eu]
 Quoting: Simple27


Magnitude 2.6
Region NEVADA
Date time 2014-11-13 03:03:25.2 UTC
Location 41.89 N ; 119.64 W
Depth 1 km
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verycold CoLd!
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fireplace

Some warmth for you. : )

hf
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I thought this was something interesting to post here given the present moment...

IMAGE ( [link to i.imgur.com] )


IMAGE ( [link to i.imgur.com] )


IMAGE ( [link to i.imgur.com] )


The Groans of Missouri, a wretched epic poem written by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft.

IMAGE ( [link to i.imgur.com] )



*Source of all the above information is from the book, The New Madrid Earthquakes: Revised Edition by James Lal Penick, Jr.
 Quoting: Spirit Warrior 30


Thank you Warrior. : )

s27flowheart
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You're Welcome Simple. :)
:big_hug-3:
 Quoting: Spirit Warrior 30


Those are awesome there are a lot of stories

here [link to www.new-madrid.mo.us]



The First Steamboat on the Western Waters Survived the Earthquakes

The first steamboat travel on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers took place during the New Madrid earthquakes. The New Orleans set out from Pittsburgh on October 20, 1811, bound for New Orleans. Captain Nicholas Roosevelt had brought along his young wife, their two year old daughter, and a Labrador dog. Ten days after leaving Pittsburgh, his wife Lydia gave birth to a son in Louisville, Kentucky. They waited a while for her to recover, and for the water to rise prior to crossing the dangerous waters and coral reef at the Falls of the Ohio. On the night before the day of the earthquake, December 16, the steamboat was anchored near Owensboro, Kentucky, about 200 miles east of New Madrid, Missouri. Their dog, Tiger, insisted on staying in the cabin with them instead of sleeping on the deck.

Without realizing it, they were heading straight towards the epicenter of the greatest earthquake in American history. Their steamboat, intended to be an advertisement for steam travel, was thought instead to be the cause of the earthquake by many who saw it. At Henderson, Kentucky, where no chimneys were left standing, they stopped to visit their friends, the painter John James Audubon and his wife Lucy. Floating in the middle of the Ohio River they were protected from the earthquake tremors shaking the land, but not from the hazards of falling trees, disappearing islands, and collapsing river banks. After entering Indian Territory on December 18th, they were chased by Indians who figured the “fire canoe” had caused the earthquake, but they managed to escape capture by outrunning them. They even had a small cabin fire that night which they managed to put out.

Thousands of trees were floating on the waters of the Mississippi as they approached New Madrid on December 19th, three days after the earthquake. They found that the town of New Madrid had been destroyed. They didn’t dare to stop and pick up a few survivors, for fear of being overrun, and they were without supplies. Most alarming was the fact that they had not seen a boat ascending the river in three days. They saw wrecked and abandoned boats. It was undoubtedly a miracle that they survived and kept on going. They tied up at one island, and the island sank during the night. Their dog, Tiger, alerted them to oncoming tremors. On December 22, they encountered the British naturalist John Bradbury on a boat at the mouth of the St. Francis River, who told them the town of Big Prairie was gone.

They arrived at Natchez, Mississippi on December 30 and celebrated the first marriage aboard a steamboat on December 31st, when the steamboat engineer married Lydia’s maid. They arrived at New Orleans on January 10, 1812, safe and sound, after traveling 1,900 miles from Pittsburgh on the first steamboat to travel the western waters.
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I thought this was something interesting to post here given the present moment...

IMAGE ( [link to i.imgur.com] )


IMAGE ( [link to i.imgur.com] )


IMAGE ( [link to i.imgur.com] )


The Groans of Missouri, a wretched epic poem written by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft.

IMAGE ( [link to i.imgur.com] )



*Source of all the above information is from the book, The New Madrid Earthquakes: Revised Edition by James Lal Penick, Jr.
 Quoting: Spirit Warrior 30


Thank you Warrior. : )

s27flowheart
 Quoting: Simple27


You're Welcome Simple. :)
:big_hug-3:
 Quoting: Spirit Warrior 30


Those are awesome there are a lot of stories

here [link to www.new-madrid.mo.us]



The First Steamboat on the Western Waters Survived the Earthquakes

The first steamboat travel on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers took place during the New Madrid earthquakes. The New Orleans set out from Pittsburgh on October 20, 1811, bound for New Orleans. Captain Nicholas Roosevelt had brought along his young wife, their two year old daughter, and a Labrador dog. Ten days after leaving Pittsburgh, his wife Lydia gave birth to a son in Louisville, Kentucky. They waited a while for her to recover, and for the water to rise prior to crossing the dangerous waters and coral reef at the Falls of the Ohio. On the night before the day of the earthquake, December 16, the steamboat was anchored near Owensboro, Kentucky, about 200 miles east of New Madrid, Missouri. Their dog, Tiger, insisted on staying in the cabin with them instead of sleeping on the deck.

Without realizing it, they were heading straight towards the epicenter of the greatest earthquake in American history. Their steamboat, intended to be an advertisement for steam travel, was thought instead to be the cause of the earthquake by many who saw it. At Henderson, Kentucky, where no chimneys were left standing, they stopped to visit their friends, the painter John James Audubon and his wife Lucy. Floating in the middle of the Ohio River they were protected from the earthquake tremors shaking the land, but not from the hazards of falling trees, disappearing islands, and collapsing river banks. After entering Indian Territory on December 18th, they were chased by Indians who figured the “fire canoe” had caused the earthquake, but they managed to escape capture by outrunning them. They even had a small cabin fire that night which they managed to put out.

Thousands of trees were floating on the waters of the Mississippi as they approached New Madrid on December 19th, three days after the earthquake. They found that the town of New Madrid had been destroyed. They didn’t dare to stop and pick up a few survivors, for fear of being overrun, and they were without supplies. Most alarming was the fact that they had not seen a boat ascending the river in three days. They saw wrecked and abandoned boats. It was undoubtedly a miracle that they survived and kept on going. They tied up at one island, and the island sank during the night. Their dog, Tiger, alerted them to oncoming tremors. On December 22, they encountered the British naturalist John Bradbury on a boat at the mouth of the St. Francis River, who told them the town of Big Prairie was gone.

They arrived at Natchez, Mississippi on December 30 and celebrated the first marriage aboard a steamboat on December 31st, when the steamboat engineer married Lydia’s maid. They arrived at New Orleans on January 10, 1812, safe and sound, after traveling 1,900 miles from Pittsburgh on the first steamboat to travel the western waters.
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Quite a story! Minus 16 here right now! yoda
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Thank you Warrior. : )

s27flowheart
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You're Welcome Simple. :)
:big_hug-3:
 Quoting: Spirit Warrior 30


Those are awesome there are a lot of stories

here [link to www.new-madrid.mo.us]



The First Steamboat on the Western Waters Survived the Earthquakes

The first steamboat travel on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers took place during the New Madrid earthquakes. The New Orleans set out from Pittsburgh on October 20, 1811, bound for New Orleans. Captain Nicholas Roosevelt had brought along his young wife, their two year old daughter, and a Labrador dog. Ten days after leaving Pittsburgh, his wife Lydia gave birth to a son in Louisville, Kentucky. They waited a while for her to recover, and for the water to rise prior to crossing the dangerous waters and coral reef at the Falls of the Ohio. On the night before the day of the earthquake, December 16, the steamboat was anchored near Owensboro, Kentucky, about 200 miles east of New Madrid, Missouri. Their dog, Tiger, insisted on staying in the cabin with them instead of sleeping on the deck.

Without realizing it, they were heading straight towards the epicenter of the greatest earthquake in American history. Their steamboat, intended to be an advertisement for steam travel, was thought instead to be the cause of the earthquake by many who saw it. At Henderson, Kentucky, where no chimneys were left standing, they stopped to visit their friends, the painter John James Audubon and his wife Lucy. Floating in the middle of the Ohio River they were protected from the earthquake tremors shaking the land, but not from the hazards of falling trees, disappearing islands, and collapsing river banks. After entering Indian Territory on December 18th, they were chased by Indians who figured the “fire canoe” had caused the earthquake, but they managed to escape capture by outrunning them. They even had a small cabin fire that night which they managed to put out.

Thousands of trees were floating on the waters of the Mississippi as they approached New Madrid on December 19th, three days after the earthquake. They found that the town of New Madrid had been destroyed. They didn’t dare to stop and pick up a few survivors, for fear of being overrun, and they were without supplies. Most alarming was the fact that they had not seen a boat ascending the river in three days. They saw wrecked and abandoned boats. It was undoubtedly a miracle that they survived and kept on going. They tied up at one island, and the island sank during the night. Their dog, Tiger, alerted them to oncoming tremors. On December 22, they encountered the British naturalist John Bradbury on a boat at the mouth of the St. Francis River, who told them the town of Big Prairie was gone.

They arrived at Natchez, Mississippi on December 30 and celebrated the first marriage aboard a steamboat on December 31st, when the steamboat engineer married Lydia’s maid. They arrived at New Orleans on January 10, 1812, safe and sound, after traveling 1,900 miles from Pittsburgh on the first steamboat to travel the western waters.
 Quoting: AKObserver


Quite a story! Minus 16 here right now! yoda
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Earthquakes of 1811-1812
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45 here hi
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There are some truly ROTTEN people in this world. They are the very reason I want off this planet. The cruel and hurtful things some say to others just crushes me. Evil. To the core. So disappointed...
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You're Welcome Simple. :)
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 Quoting: Spirit Warrior 30


Those are awesome there are a lot of stories

here [link to www.new-madrid.mo.us]



The First Steamboat on the Western Waters Survived the Earthquakes

The first steamboat travel on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers took place during the New Madrid earthquakes. The New Orleans set out from Pittsburgh on October 20, 1811, bound for New Orleans. Captain Nicholas Roosevelt had brought along his young wife, their two year old daughter, and a Labrador dog. Ten days after leaving Pittsburgh, his wife Lydia gave birth to a son in Louisville, Kentucky. They waited a while for her to recover, and for the water to rise prior to crossing the dangerous waters and coral reef at the Falls of the Ohio. On the night before the day of the earthquake, December 16, the steamboat was anchored near Owensboro, Kentucky, about 200 miles east of New Madrid, Missouri. Their dog, Tiger, insisted on staying in the cabin with them instead of sleeping on the deck.

Without realizing it, they were heading straight towards the epicenter of the greatest earthquake in American history. Their steamboat, intended to be an advertisement for steam travel, was thought instead to be the cause of the earthquake by many who saw it. At Henderson, Kentucky, where no chimneys were left standing, they stopped to visit their friends, the painter John James Audubon and his wife Lucy. Floating in the middle of the Ohio River they were protected from the earthquake tremors shaking the land, but not from the hazards of falling trees, disappearing islands, and collapsing river banks. After entering Indian Territory on December 18th, they were chased by Indians who figured the “fire canoe” had caused the earthquake, but they managed to escape capture by outrunning them. They even had a small cabin fire that night which they managed to put out.

Thousands of trees were floating on the waters of the Mississippi as they approached New Madrid on December 19th, three days after the earthquake. They found that the town of New Madrid had been destroyed. They didn’t dare to stop and pick up a few survivors, for fear of being overrun, and they were without supplies. Most alarming was the fact that they had not seen a boat ascending the river in three days. They saw wrecked and abandoned boats. It was undoubtedly a miracle that they survived and kept on going. They tied up at one island, and the island sank during the night. Their dog, Tiger, alerted them to oncoming tremors. On December 22, they encountered the British naturalist John Bradbury on a boat at the mouth of the St. Francis River, who told them the town of Big Prairie was gone.

They arrived at Natchez, Mississippi on December 30 and celebrated the first marriage aboard a steamboat on December 31st, when the steamboat engineer married Lydia’s maid. They arrived at New Orleans on January 10, 1812, safe and sound, after traveling 1,900 miles from Pittsburgh on the first steamboat to travel the western waters.
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Quite a story! Minus 16 here right now! yoda
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Earthquakes of 1811-1812
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45 here hi
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That right there! It's not right! Something is wrong!!!ohno
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