LanguageMan1
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Message Posted: Jun 20, 2008 11:15:17 PM
I can't blame you one bit, orangecrush35. They're higher than most around here, along with Shell, Exxon and Mobil. Even Chevron and Texaco are usually higher. BP, Hess, Race Trac, Rally and even Sunoco are lower. Matter of fact, in a couple of areas here, there sales are down a bit on gas and instore products and they're having a sort of gas war. Gas dropped at some stations by 6 to 9 cents during the past few days and the rest remain the same or are higher at some.
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orangecrush35
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Message Posted: Jun 20, 2008 11:34:56 AM
i quit buying gas from citgo and hugo chavez and the big oil and gas chains because in texas that,s where the big oil refineries are mostly in houston and beaumont and sometimes dallas.
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LanguageMan1
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Message Posted: Jun 19, 2008 3:44:31 AM
OldschoolTX, I wouldn't go to work for Exxon, even if they gave me a $1 billion dollar salary; not the way they're doing things. They'd have to change and look to and work toward the future better with more development of alternative energy as quite a few other oil companies are already doing so. They want to be independent from everyone else and so do a few others. They just don't see the future as it will unfold. Many do though. Many saw what's happening today even 30, 40 and 50 years ago. No one listened to them. Some are just now listening, and others are taking action. And even 10 years ago I noticed that Exxon was supplying some non Exxon stations. If they're entirely wholesale, which they're moving toward it more, that means that's all they have to do to make a profit. They're better off that way as well, but, they're also better off getting more involved in alternative energy themselves as well as the rest of them. The more we do with it now the better off we all are.
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oldschoolTX
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Message Posted: Jun 18, 2008 5:21:03 PM
Sneakers55 I have seen those trucks in Houston to. Up here the trucks that deliver to the Exxon have the same comany name that delivers to the other stations. I even just happened to notice that a truck driver that deliverd to an Exxon a couple of days before was unloading at a Texico yesterday.
[Edited by: oldschoolTX at 6/18/2008 5:22:28 PM EST]
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theTower
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Message Posted: Jun 18, 2008 4:46:37 PM
"If so, why do you post from Indiana when the CEO's office is in Ohio?"
I was born here
[Edited by: theTower at 6/18/2008 4:46:46 PM EST]
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Sneakers55
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Message Posted: Jun 18, 2008 4:37:09 PM
theTower wrote:
>I am the CEO of Crisco a.k.a. The J.M. Smucker Company.
If so, why do you post from Indiana when the CEO's office is in Ohio?
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Sneakers55
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Message Posted: Jun 18, 2008 4:35:24 PM
oldschoolTX wrote:
>I don’t remember where I say that you said this but I thought you
>said you make sure that you don’t go to a station that uses Exxon
>gas. How do you know which station is using Exxon gas or not.
At least in Houston, Exxon has a fleet of trucks with the "put a tiger in your tank" motif. I've never seen them anywhere but on the road or at an Exxon station.
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theTower
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Message Posted: Jun 18, 2008 4:13:19 PM
I am the CEO of Crisco a.k.a. The J.M. Smucker Company.
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Sneakers55
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Message Posted: Jun 18, 2008 4:01:38 PM
I don't work for an oil company or Exxon.
And I don't think "GM" works for General Motors. It's probably his initials and he didn't recognize the double meaning.
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oldschoolTX
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Message Posted: Jun 18, 2008 11:45:12 AM
LanguageMan1 I have to give you one thing you are good at getting people stirred up and mad at you. Actually if I was an oil and gas company executive I would have you on the pay role. The way I look at it you are pushing for a boycott of my company here in America where I sell gas at 4 dollars a gallon. If you are successful and your boycott works I will have extra capacity to sell to other gas company’s whole sale at a larger margin than my retail sales that or I can ship the gas to places where I can sell it for 10 dollars a gallon.
I don’t remember where I say that you said this but I thought you said you make sure that you don’t go to a station that uses Exxon gas. How do you know which station is using Exxon gas or not.
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orangecrush35
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Message Posted: Jun 18, 2008 10:20:19 AM
i like gas boycotts they really work for the good of all of us.
if we keep paying $4 to$5 bucks for gas then we will be in a gas price mess
plus the price of oil has rose somewhat to $140 for oil.
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LanguageMan1
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Message Posted: Jun 18, 2008 12:35:59 AM
Rumbleseat and CaptSquid, say what you want, it's true nonetheless. Some work for them, some are invested with them. I might invest in them from time to time as well; but I don't agree with them that more oil is the only solution.
Airduct, I doubt that will happen. Would be nice to get an additional check though.
Joe322, don't believe everything you see or hear in the media. They might have picked Tampa or the Tampa Bay area as the #1 place in the nation for retirees, but there's many who've left or are in the process of leaving. I'm probably going to do that myself. Not really where I want to be any longer, and no family or ties here. Thinking of going back to the cold and snow. Maybe the midwest, maybe the Carolina's, maybe somewhere else. I'll take a trip first, donate some time to charity along the way, etc., and check out the area I'll be in to see whether it's what I want or not. $600 for some of the cheaper aparments here, and wages around here don't cover everything fully. True about the no consumption on the beach. My energies are directed to spreading the word about saving money, saving fuel, etc., which is part of the boycott I'm with. I'm not for that one day garbage. We as a nation need to change, and so does Exxon. One day, oil will run out, they need to branch out to other areas beside oil and derivatives and do more with alternative energy as other oil companies are doing so.
I'd don't believe that for one second 91Firebird.
By the way, today was a decent day for day trading with Exxon. Went up a bit if you had enough to buy some shares and make the profit.
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91Firebird
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Message Posted: Jun 17, 2008 10:10:06 PM
I'm the CEO of ExxonMobile.
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Joe322
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Message Posted: Jun 17, 2008 7:33:29 PM
LanguageMan,
Yes things have gone up! But...im getting bye still doing a 100mpg on I95 in my 3.9liter G6 GTP! I've noticed that when I do 62mpg I get about 31mpg but...when I do 100mpg I only get 16mpg! I tried so hard to take it easy on the highway but it only takes one A$$h0l3 to piss me off then im off like a fart in the wind! I only have a 1 mile commute to work! It takes me about....5 minutes only 3 red lights! The company I work for is doing quite well so...I got a great raise last year about 9%! So...the gas prices aren't really affecting me! Since your living in Tampa AKA #1 retirement community in America according to some website I don't think your doing that bad either! So whats my point? #1 stop itching about something you can't change! #2 Please pretty please back up your posts with some facts. You claim the boycott is working and I really want to believe you but ... if it is then why is everything going up???(including my energy funds) I don't think you are a loser but I do think you need to redirect energy! I know if I lived in Tampa I would be on the Beach with a beer in one hand and a Ashton VSG in the other. The best part about that is you will consume no gas on the beach!
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airduct
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Message Posted: Jun 17, 2008 7:28:37 PM
>>>I'm beginning to wonder myself if the Veteran authors work for the oil companies or even for Exxon.<<<
Yes, once you have been here for 6 months you to will start receiving your check. The only hitch, the Moderators will take their cut. If they don't get paid they get surly and will close/lock more and more of the topics that you are interested in, like it or not. Someone must have forgotten to pay them this past week...... After the six months period of time all your rambling posts will be moot and you will fall into the same humdrum rut that the rest of us are in.
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CaptSquid
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Message Posted: Jun 17, 2008 6:31:21 PM
orangecrush35, is it possible for you to use your SHIFT key and to check the spelling on your posts?
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orangecrush35
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Message Posted: Jun 17, 2008 5:27:57 PM
joe322 your comments about my friend language man1 are pithy your against boycotts of gas i for one am for the gas boycotts and this is the boycott of gas forum . when we pay over 4.04 for bj,s gas like i did today and shell is chargeing 4.05 and mobil is chargeing $4.10 then yes we need a gas boycott.
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CaptSquid
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Message Posted: Jun 17, 2008 8:15:10 AM
You will notice, rumbleseat, that he launched into another lengthy diatribe, attempting to justify his position.
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rumbleseat
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Message Posted: Jun 17, 2008 1:01:43 AM
Ah, yes, if we don't prostrate ourselves at your feet and fall all over ourselves to line up with you we must work for the oil companies. You have lost a lot of credibility with that preposterous statement.
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LanguageMan1
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Message Posted: Jun 17, 2008 12:52:30 AM
I do like it here! Good to stir you people up too! You've stirred me up in the past, so why not return the favor! lol!
HeavyDuty_cache, I do like it here as a matter of fact!
NovemberMagic, not paranoia, it's true. Some even admit it here among postings on the forums. You should read them yourselves. Or, even the ones who don't work for big oil, own the stock in Exxon or other companies. Can't blame them though, good companies to invest in to make a buck. I will to in the near term. Why not make a few bucks? I can help out more people then.
91Firebird, you can poke fun all you want, along with the others that do so. It's your right. But, to inform you, it is and has been working. Exxon is attempting to immunize themselves from a good organized boycott. They'd have to get rid of all their stations today; hasn't happened though it will eventually. I still won't buy from an Exxon station when they are sold or a station that uses Exxon as a supplier. Nor will many others. I just found out today why traffic is down at their stations, there's more people than I even thought that were boycotting them already. I have no clue how many though. Just talked with a couple earlier when I went out grocery shopping and even they've heard about it. Which surprises me a little.
Yes, CaptSquid, I already no about the topics. And a boycott will work an IS working, just takes time to have it's affects. But, you're right, one station or company at a time WILL NOT WORK! That's why I and hundreds of thousands, perhaps into the millions are already boycotting for the long term. However, they need to realize that this will only lead to a TEMPORARY reduction of prices. One day, in two to four years, the prices will be worse than ever. But every reduction that we get now is beneficial for all of us, not only at the pumps, but for the businesses we work for, the food we buy and the farmers who grow it, the single parent who have to choose between rent or a house paymnt and eating and fuel, etc. And NO, I NEVER advocate boycotting for one day, and others have seen that finally. Even before I decided to join them this time. I always told them a week or longer or long term but that I'd join them. I've just done it until Exxon changes, if they ever do. And yes, you're right, it's a long list of companies; others know that too! And they're promoting it more than I am elsewhere. By the way, I'm not on a high horse and this is the boycott forum. It's not spam here!
Toda/Shukria/Hvala/Thank you orangecrush35
You're wrong Joe322, maybe you'll see that in a year or less. And no, I don't have a problem with the GM, I do have a problem with a few here to a degree that think they're everything and that I and others are losers or whatever they call us; and I do have a problem with those who don't care, but it'll come back upon them all one day soon. Even more than they ever will realize. And actually I'm thinking of starting a website, long before you mentioned it or finishing my book. Might stay away from here one day for quite a while as I finish working on it; if I live long enough. And, as I've already said previously, it is working, and I hope that you and others will open up your eyes and join us and work with us as well. I want what's good for everyone, and $4 and $5 a gallon and more is not. Eggs just went up again. I've warned people about that here and elsewhere for a long time, well over five years now. I saw it coming even if you people don't. Even foresaw being here again and now I am. Take my advice, it will get worse before it gets better. And then we'll have some good economic growth again for a while, then it's really going to hit everyone hard; especially when gas is $8 or $10 a gallon and bread is $5 a loaf or more and eggs are $5 a dozen. I told others it would hit $3 for a loaf of bread and that eggs would be $4 or $5 a dozen before, and it's already past $3 for a dozen eggs at certain stores.
Will your wages keep rising with the increasiong costs people? I don't think so. Better take this advice too, all of you reading this whether you like me or what I say or not, save what you can, you're going to need it. Invest it wisely and make it grow a bit while you can. Even keep extra food on hand and grow your own if you have room for a garden now. One day, there might even be food riots in your area. But that's a little while down the road.
By the way, if Exxon was smart, they too would work on developing alternatve energy technologies further. Why not make a few extra bucks themselves!
[Edited by: LanguageMan1 at 6/17/2008 12:58:25 AM EST]
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Joe322
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Message Posted: Jun 16, 2008 7:40:09 PM
LanguageMan,
I'm beginning to think you work for ExXon! You always get off topic.. and push your distorted views on the rest of us. I like others on this website would follow your lead if...............IT WORKED!!! But it hasn't!!!!!!!!!!!!! and it won't WORK!!!!
Has anyone seen a drop in oil prices? I sure haven't! The only thing I see is the same bs posts from a few newbie's with the same old spam email. Oh...and I also see the same bs posts from LanguageMan!
LanguageMan if you have a problem with the GM maybe you should start your own website and have your own gasout forum! Or Maybe you should post on craigslist where all the other bs posts are, in the erotic services section!!!!
[Edited by: Joe322 at 6/16/2008 7:41:52 PM EST]
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orangecrush35
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Message Posted: Jun 16, 2008 7:20:41 PM
i like to mention that boycotting oil would be helpful to all of us considering the fact that we all spend too much money at the gaspump when we fill are gastanks and that we sometimes fumble with our gastanks decideing when it,s the right time to buy gas and when not to.
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CaptSquid
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Message Posted: Jun 16, 2008 7:20:22 PM
Those four topics were locked because someone resurrected otherwise dead topics.
We are not adamant about boycotting Big Oil. But your suggestions simply WILL NOT WORK. You advocate boycotting one company at a time. But you're not hurting the industry, you're only hurting one company, and not measurably at that. Automotive fuel is but a drop in the petroleum bucket.
You advocate boycotting for one day. Big hairy deal. You buy before that day or after that day. No money is lost. I buy gas only one day a month. Does that mean I'm boycotting the rest of the month? No. I simply do not need to buy gas on those days.
The ONLY way you are going to get big oil's attention is to boycott any company that uses petroleum -- plastics, pharmaceuticals, tires, ROADS (where do you think asphalt comes from?), electronics, synthetics.... how long is the list?
Get off your high horse, LanguageMan1. Quit spamming the forums with your nonsense and links to your "petitions."
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91Firebird
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Message Posted: Jun 16, 2008 7:05:42 PM
I'm not against boycotting, you can waste your time if you want. I just enjoy coming to this part of the site to poke fun at the "THIS COULD REALLY WORK!!!" types.
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NovemberMagic
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Message Posted: Jun 16, 2008 4:07:32 PM
Can we say Paranoia? Good grief people this is a sounding board and an avenue to vent. Some peoples kids I tell you.
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HeavyDuty_cache
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Message Posted: Jun 16, 2008 3:52:43 PM
Don't like it here go someplace else and post your muck.
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LanguageMan1
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Message Posted: Jun 16, 2008 3:41:39 PM
True about the GM, but still I and others wonder about the people who are so adamant against any boycott of big oil. I'm just glad that the number of people who are boycotting are growing in number along with others.
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LanguageMan1
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Message Posted: Jun 16, 2008 3:28:26 PM
I see that the GM can lock or remove a topic at his will. What's happened to freedom?
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