| So, how old are we? |
[Jan. 10th, 2006|11:52 am] |
The other day, Kristin and I had some friends over to drink a few beers. Of course when I say a few, I usually mean twenty…at least for me. Dave, Buck, Deuce and I were on the back porch burnin’ a smoke and chewin’ some fat. Eric told us a story of his ex-girlfriend and her friend that literally made me extinguish my cigarette from fluids being extracted from my nose. What could cause such a reaction you ask? Well, I shall share this story with you…
One night, Eric, his ex-girlfriend, and her friend were sitting’ around watching Saturday Night Live. And let me go ahead and add that his ex and her friend are a few years younger…Anyway, a musical skit came on with a rap about going to see ‘The Chronicles of Narnia.” Freakin’ hilarious by the way. During the middle of the song, there is a line that goes, “We was droppin’ Hamilton’s’ just like Aaron Burr.” Eric busts out laughin’, while the others sat there confused. “Why is that so funny?” one asked. “Don’t you know the story of the duel between Burr and Hamilton?” Eric responded. “No.”, they replied….Then, and there is no exaggerating here; they both looked at one another and said, “It must be an age thing.” What the fuck!! Are you kidding’ me? I know we’re older, but damn if I remember rollin’ in my car with Aaron Burr wanting to “pop a cap” in Hamilton’s ass.
Needless to say, we carried it on much further… |
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| Pre-paid Gas Pumps: Convenience, or Satan’s Spawn? |
[Dec. 26th, 2005|07:07 pm] |
So, the other day we were coming home from my parent’s house and I had to stop off to get some gas. No big deal, right? Wrong. As I screwed off the cap to the gas tank and proceeded to place the contents of gas equaling $10 into the car, I noticed something I had not noticed before, at least not in the magnitude as I was about to witness. You see, when the price of the gas reached the $9.50 range, the flow of gas came to an almost stand still. I stood there, waiting and waiting, and waiting, waiting, and waiting…until, finally, $10.00 in gas was placed into my car. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not one who is in a constant hurry, nor do I feel that everything must be made available to me immediately, but my problem is this.
Now, I know gas stations usually have a process in which the flow of gas becomes slower when the price gradually becomes closer to the 10 cent range of the final purchase price, but this was ridiculous. “Are you fucking kidding me?” I thought. Is this a constant reminder of how fucked in the head oil companies are, or is there an actual reason as to why this happens? I could understand a decrease in the rate when you are getting close to the actual purchase to ensure that, God forbid, I don’t get an extra drop of gas. However, within 50 cents of the purchase price, give me a fuckin’ break. |
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