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Old 03-09-2008, 06:49 PM
charmalu charmalu is offline
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Just yesterday Diesel went up to $4.13 from $3.99. it was $3.89 last week. another station I get fuel at was still $3.79.

Back about 1958 I was in the Sea Scouts, the unit I was in had an old Army Fire and Tug boat. It had 2 brand new Jimmy Diesels in. the boat held 1000 gallons of Diesel. we worked our butts off all year to maintain that darn thing.
Ea year we would go up to the Navy ship yard at Hunters Point and get fuel from the Navy for 0.9¢ a gallon. the old Chiefs like us, new recruits later on for the Navy, they would throw on a few barrels of fuel. I guess they would check it off as bad fuel.
Gas back then was maybe .30¢ and Diesel was maybe .15¢.

One day you can talk to your grand kids about the good old days when gas was only $3.00 a gallon .

Charlie
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there were three HP ratings on the OM616...

1) Not much power
2) Even less power
3) Not nearly enough power!! 240D w/auto

Anyone that thinks a 240D is slow drives too fast.

80 240D Naturally Exasperated, 4-Spd 388k DD 150mph spedo 3:58 Diff

We are advised to NOT judge ALL Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics, but we are encouraged to judge ALL gun owners by the actions of a few lunatics. Funny how that works

Last edited by charmalu; 03-09-2008 at 07:05 PM.
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