As I mentioned earlier, after the remnants of Hurricane Ike blew through town the price of gas rose to the highest I've ever seen, $4.15 a gallon. On the day that I was running on empty and couldn't find an open gas station, I was happy to pay that, too.For the last six weeks, though, the price of gas seems to be dropping almost daily. The last I saw it was $2.19 a gallon, which is just a little more than half of what I gladly paid six weeks ago!
It's gotten so low, in fact, that the last three times I've driven past the BP just down the street from my office, I've thought to myself, "Holy Cow! That's low! I ought to pull in there and fill 'er up while I can."
I think that DESPITE the fact that 1) I just filled my tank up two days ago, 2) The gas gauge is still above the "F" for "full," and 3) I've already considered both 1 and 2 the last two times I went by the gas station.
I guess I have developed a sort of hoarder's mentality about gasoline: Get it before it's gone!
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