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James Hupy
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Wow! Kinda like a great Christmas present. What a deal. Kinda make me
wonder what them A- -rabs are up to now. (Grin Maybe we ought to buy all
that oil we can and pump it into all the old oil wells we can find.
Jim Hupy
Salem, Or
78 GMC ROYALE 403
On Dec 26, 2014 10:18 AM, "Carl Stouffer" wrote:
> James Hupy wrote on Fri, 26 December 2014 10:54
>> Carl, are you sure your fuel costs $1.21? Shouldn't it be more like
> $2.21?
>> Jim Hupy
>> Salem, Or
>> 78 GMC ROYALE 403
>> On Dec 26, 2014 9:49 AM, "Carl Stouffer" wrote:
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>>> For me, Boxing Day is a good day to work on the GMC. Business is
> slow any
>>> way, so we took the day off. My wife had to work, so that leaves me
> with a
>>> day to get some GMC stuff done. So far I have driven to Chevron and
> put
>>> in 25 gallons of gas (with my Safeway discount it only cost
> 1.21/gallon),
>>> checked the transmission fluid (added about 12 oz.), adjusted and
>>> lubricated the choke linkage, emptied and flushed the holding tank
> (didn't
>>> get it
>>> quite empty after our last trip a few weeks ago), filled the water
> tank
>>> for our next trip, and checked the water level in the house batteries
> (each
>>> cell took about 6 oz.). Next on the agenda is to do some polishing.
>>>
>>> The low temp is supposed to be in the 20s here tonight, so I will
> plug the
>>> coach in and turn on my little Pelonis electric heater for the
> night. That
>>> should take care of any potential freezing issue we might have (it has
>>> always worked in years past).
>>>
>>> Next Saturday we are heading to Joshua Tree NNP and then an FMCA
> rally in
>>> Indio, CA. Looking forward to it. This will be my "birthday trip"
> (59) for
>>> this year.
>>> --
>>> Carl Stouffer
>>> '75 ex Palm Beach
>>> Tucson, AZ.
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> You read that right. $1.21.9 per gallon. :d The normal price IS $2.21,
> but I had a one dollar per gallon discount racked up on my Safeway card.
> They will only let you get 25 gallons at that price, but I take full
> advantage of that program, even taking gas cans with me when I don't have
> that
> much capacity left. I estimate that the program has saved me at least
> $300.00 over the past year alone.
> --
> Carl Stouffer
> '75 ex Palm Beach
> Tucson, AZ.
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