Originally Posted by
David Bierbaum
$3.12
9 per gallon for Regular. I smile as I ride by the gas station.
Unrelated rant. WHY do gas stations use that extra decimal point anyway? They claim it's for finer control of pricing, but has anyone ANYWHERE EVER used a number other than "9" for that last decimal point? Anyone???? Just call it $3.13, fer cryin' out loud!
About $3.50 out here. $325/mo for a monthly rail pass is about what I would spend on gas to make the drive. $300 to $500 is the car payment I
don't have to make if I'm not putting 200k miles on the damn thing over the life of the loan.
I think the penny, and possibly even the nickel are a waste of money to mint. When I was a kid, a nickel would buy a pack of Juicy Fruit. A dime would get a kid in to the Saturday Matinee to see The Absent Minded Professor. Adults were a quarter. I don't know what it is now, but there ain't much a nickel will get you, except holes in your pockets. I like the idea of a dollar coin too.