Is any one here actually participating in the Gas-Out today?

[royalfan5]

I'm not buying gas today but that is because my tank is still fairly full, not because I'm gullible and lack a basic understanding of economics.

[OUDoc]

Filled mine 2 days ago. Bastards. :mad:

[Boomer.....]

I don't need gas, so I guess I am.

[Hamhock]

i've been driving around town starting gas pumps, locking the trigger, laying the nozzle on the ground and driving off.

that'll show 'em....

[OKLA21FAN]

isn't that all an urban legend or something?

especially the 'gas shortage' part :pop:

[sanantoniosooner]

I've been passing it all morning.

Does that make me unAmerican?

[yermom]

i'm not buying any today

that'll show 'em

[Dio]

I filled up yesterday so I wouldn't have to today.




;)

[TopDaugIn2000]

I filled up over the weekend. that'll do me a couple of weeks.

[StuIsTheMan]

I filled up yesterday so I wouldn't have to today.;)

Ditto:D

[Osce0la]

I never even thought about it, got a few gallons this morning (I was on empty and today was pay day)...Wouldn't have participated anyway had I thought about it. Actually, my wife's car needs gas as well - we'll probably fill hers up today...

[TheHumanAlphabet]

Hadn't heard anything about it or I would have waited to fill up today instead of yesterday...

[Osce0la]

Hadn't heard anything about it or I would have waited to fill up today instead of yesterday...
:D

[soonersweetie]

I didn't even know it was today, oh well

[picasso]

stupid.


oh let's not buy today so we'll all have to buy tomorrow. yeah, man.


let's get China and India involved too!

[TUSooner]

IN!
oh wait. Is this thread NOT about flatulence?

[sanantoniosooner]

IN!
oh wait. Is this thread NOT about flatulence?
I tried to quit once, for about a year, but I gained a lot of weight.

[Jimminy Crimson]

I fill up when I need to due to my cars thirst for gas, but unless I do a lot of driving this evening, I'll be fine until Thursday or Friday.

[soonerhubs]

Anyone heard the "other solution" of boycotting One exclusive company? I swear... folks will believe anything these days. ;)

[LoyalFan]

Well, since I had no important missions to accomplish...Bass Pro, fishing, Fox and Hound...I'm participating fully.
'Sides, I gots me plenty o' gas, thanks to Taco Cabana leftovers (See: 2 Bean and Cheese, 2 Beef fajidder with wackymole', and 3 Carne Quisada, plus one burrito, all since Ten AM...groan, and they burn too!)

LF

[soonerboomer93]

I just passed one so bad my co-worker left my office

does that count?

[sanantoniosooner]

I just passed one so bad my co-worker left my office

does that count?
Was there a tear in his eye?

[LoyalFan]

Was there a tear in his eye?

The real question is; Is there a tear (see: rip) in SB93's trousers and/or sphincter? Burns count too.

LF

[LilSooner]

I filled up. It was either that or walk my happy *** back from Tulsa.

[olevetonahill]

Damit I didnt plan right
I gotta fill up tonight , Or like Lil said walk My fat drunk *** home:eek:

[BigRedJed]

I filled up. It was either that or walk my happy *** back from Tulsa.
Don't worry. Fill up, don't fill up, it doesn't matter. The "Gas-Out" is a total farce. Unless you reduce your mileage, the oil companies make precisely the same regardless of which day you fuel.

If you want to make an impact, reduce the number of miles you drive. Plan errands/trips better. Take advantage of transit opportunities. Move closer to your job. Change cars. Buy a fuel efficient motorcycle, scooter or a bicycle and ride that when you can. Participate in the Bicycle to Work month or day.

Changing the day you get gas instead of the way you use it is laughable. Literally no impact whatsoever.

BTW, I'm not suggesting anyone reduce demand to "punish" oil companies, who I for one don't believe are evil, or greedy, any more than any other publicly held companies are "greedy" when they respond to market forces. I think we should reduce consumption simply because it's the economical, smart, right thing to do, and because it places our national security less at risk.

[SleestakSooner]

As I was putting $68.01 worth of fuel into my tank this morning a woman drove by the pump and yelled out her car window, "You know this is National Don't Buy Gas Day"

As I thought you are a little late lady I said, "well I gotta go to work so... (shrug)"

[BajaOklahoma]

I think I received 10 emails about it this week. It seems like this story has been around for 20+ years - and people still fall for it.

[LilSooner]

Don't worry. Fill up, don't fill up, it doesn't matter. The "Gas-Out" is a total farce. Unless you reduce your mileage, the oil companies make precisely the same regardless of which day you fuel.

If you want to make an impact, reduce the number of miles you drive. Plan errands/trips better. Take advantage of transit opportunities. Move closer to your job. Change cars. Buy a fuel efficient motorcycle, scooter or a bicycle and ride that when you can. Participate in the Bicycle to Work month or day.

Changing the day you get gas instead of the way you use it is laughable. Literally no impact whatsoever.

BTW, I'm not suggesting anyone reduce demand to "punish" oil companies, who I for one don't believe are evil, or greedy, any more than any other publicly held companies are "greedy" when they respond to market forces. I think we should reduce consumption simply because it's the economical, smart, right thing to do, and because it places our national security less at risk.


Until the day that A they make it a ok to transport medical samples in a open air truck, or b make an SUV that gets 50 miles to a gallon, or c give me a smaller damn territory. I can't change ****. My happy butt will be on the road visiting my little hospitals being a little ray of sun shine to the basement people that I visit everyday.

[GottaHavePride]

Rhino should totally change his handle to "Mr. LilSooner"

[sanantoniosooner]

Rhino should totally change his handle to "Mr. LilSooner"
yeah, but you have so many allergies you should change your name to GottaHaveMedication.;)

[GottaHavePride]

Speaking of, I think I have discovered a new allergy: I think I'm allergic to Texas.

[LilSooner]

Rhino should totally change his handle to "Mr. LilSooner"


I told Rhino this, and he said, "NO."

He such a bastard like that.

[Jerk]

Yeah, I filled up today...150 Gallons

I didn't pay for it, tho' so does that count?

[yermom]

i didn't fill up

but i drove ~6 miles today

[Cam]

Until the day that A they make it a ok to transport medical samples in a open air truck, or b make an SUV that gets 50 miles to a gallon, or c give me a smaller damn territory. I can't change ****. My happy butt will be on the road visiting my little hospitals being a little ray of sun shine to the basement people that I visit everyday.
Now that you're officially off the market, it's ok to get that mini-van you've been secretly coveting. ;)

[BajaOklahoma]

Speaking of, I think I have discovered a new allergy: I think I'm allergic to Texas.

Too late. I discovered that in '89. It hits me about Marietta - the stuffy head, etc. I'm fine north of Marietta though.

[GottaHavePride]

Ah. See, I was in Fort Worth yesterday and today and I itched like crazy while I was there. Now that I'm back in Norman, I'm doing much better.

[Soonerus]

Sheeit, I bought gas today, didn't have any idea....

[olevetonahill]

Sheeit, I bought gas today, didn't have any idea....
Go figure !

[LilSooner]

Now that you're officially off the market, it's ok to get that mini-van you've been secretly coveting. ;)


I will never be a soccer mom, never I say. A, because I hate soccer, and B, I hate, HATE mom jeans.


http://www.oklahomarock.com/Misc/nomomjeans.jpg

[LilSooner]

Or Mushy Barton. I hate her too. No talent *** clown.

[yermom]

those aren't as much mom jeans as they are like 70's jeans

still, bleh

[sanantoniosooner]

some of the hip huggers I've seen haven't been very flattering.

[yermom]

oh yeah, this needs a link :D

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/55414/mom_jeans/

[Sooner98]

Whoops, I unknowingly filled up my tank today. Oh well, I'll just not get any more gas for the next week or so. That'll hit 'em where it hurts!

[Cam]

She hates soccer. :(:(:(:(:(

I will never be a soccer mom, never I say. A, because I hate soccer, and B, I hate, HATE mom jeans.


http://www.oklahomarock.com/Misc/nomomjeans.jpg

[olevetonahill]

She hates soccer. :(:(:(:(:(
Which idjits are lookin at the jeans ?
I be looking at that Arch .:D

[Jerk]

I hate to tell you guys this, but I had to get another 80 gallons today.

Damned evil big oil co's :mad:

[I_Live_In_OK]

It would take tremendous discipline and extensive uniformity on a massive level to organize an effective national gasoline boycott. Of course, a real one would have to last several weeks; an even better one would last months. Such actions in theory seems difficult, in practice, nearly impossible.

[TheHumanAlphabet]

I think I received 10 emails about it this week. It seems like this story has been around for 20+ years - and people still fall for it.

Only except the MSM picked it up and was running it to punish Big Oil. Even made it on NPR...

[TheHumanAlphabet]

Yeah, I filled up today...150 Gallons

I didn't pay for it, tho' so does that count?

You go Jerk...I helping out on the projects for your 150 gallons of diesel...

[Fraggle145]

http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/nogas.asp