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Unimatic1140

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Today I was thinking about cancelling my washer hunting trip tomorrow as gas prices hit $3.00 a gallon here in the Twin Cities this afternoon, but I decided to go anyway. When I first planned this trip gas prices were under $2.00 a gallon. I'm certainly not complaining, considering what those poor people in New Orleans are going through. I'm lucky just to be able to go on a trip.

I'll keep in touch on the road whether I find anything cool or not. Tomorrow I'm going up to Fargo to hit all the appliance places I can find there. Ya just never know.
 
Go, and may you find something nice!

Come on Robert, "fill her up" give up the $$$ for Dick and George! (:
 
I'm glad I won't have to fill up for another week, but I better have one of the paramedics go with me (well, I'd love to have a few of them go with me anywhere anyway) woof!!
 
I went through a similar thought process when I agreed to go to Portland and get that counter-mount pink fridge on Saturday, but then I realized that it will be (at the very most) two tanks of gas, which is (at the most) an extra 24 dollars. So why not?

I should say that I don't like to take "frivolous" car trips, what with the war and all (I have three cousins over in Iraq - two of which are older and fatter than I am, and have no business being there), so I am going to give an acquaintance a ride down to Portland as well.

If it weren't for the fridge - which actually is the only reason I'm going - I'd take the train, but Amtrak frowns on trying to bring a fridge, no matter how fabulous, with you. ;-)
 
I have been going to a lot of vintage car show this summer,and attendance has seems to be lighter than usual. The Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival is this weekend in Auburn Indiana. I am going with a couple of friends. The weather report looks good,so we shall see. I usually make a couple trips up there,however we may just do one day this year.
 
BTW.... Gasoline is $3.45 per gallon here for premium. $3.19 for regular. All my cars run on premium,but I don't mind.... Whatever I pay for premium grade this week, will be the same price as next weeks regular grade. (:
 
Hey Robert.......

Go get 'em pal! May the appliance gods shine down upon you and shower you with vintage washing machine abunance. Take care and be safe.
 
Yesterday I passed an elderly man who appeared to me to be in his nineties----putting along on a Suzuki motor-scooter. He is ahead of his time ----but not by much! Here is your golden opportunity-----"Vespa" dealerships are springing up in all the major cities------if you have the money to invest-----this will be a "gold mine" in the future! (And don't forget bicycle shops!)

It appears that the "Golden Age" of the automobile in this country is over. We now have to share the world's supply of fuel with China----a huge and growing market. (China has become GM's largest mini-van market-----where GM manufacutres models that get close to 50 MPG! Hello!) I think America will eventually become like most of the other nations in the world and we will start to work and shop in a very close radius to home, because of the fuel costs.

For the first time in my life I stop and concider what errands I can combine in one run to conserve fuel----no more just jumping in and running 10 miles this way and 30 miles that way----an easy thing to do in metro Atlanta. My big, comfortable, Dodge pick-up truck (extended cab and bed) is fast becomming a dinosaur! It has Chrysler's smallest V-8, a 318cu engine. It gets great mileage---18-20 mpg, or at least I thought so before fuel went over $2.00 a gallon.

Oh well, pretty soon I'll be seen driving down Peachtree Road on my Vespa with a washing machine tied on the back--------what a sight THAT will be-----talk about "run-flat" tires!
 
I used to drive a Citroen GS1220. It was sort of hatchback shaped but actally wasn't a hatch - the boot (trunk) was a neat rectangle which could JUST hold a Hoover front loader, lying down on its back. That was without folding the seat down.The opening was barely big enough to squeeze the machine in.

My current car is a 93 Mitsubishi Magna (Diamante) wagon, it takes two front loaders easily and three at a severe squeeze, fortunately it is converted to LPG which is 40 to 45 cents per litre.

I love that photo Louis, it's a bit too hilly around here for that to work for me.

Chris.
 
The picture is a bit small but you get the idea!

LOL! I should of done that when I found the washer in back of the value village
 
Gilligan's island no longer looks far-fetched, this was how they powered their washer.

$3.25 per gallon here, for regular gasoline
$.05 EXTRA for credit + 18% annual rate is you have a balance due!!!!!!!

Here comes rapid inflation ----again-----------
 
Best of luck with your appliance hunt, Robert! When I lived in Fargo there was an appliance store on....I believe it's Main Avenue (a curvy, Nicollet Mall-style street) downtown. They had new/used appliances. I bought a used DW and microwave there.
 
I was going to get a bicycle for excercise.
(Yup a Target special!)

Now I will get one with a basket for groceries, as well as helmet and a chain to lock it up and use it for PRACTICAL purposes, ASAP.

YAY to the death of the SUVs!
 
I gassed up for $3.09/gal midgrade late last night. There is no regular in my area. At work, we just revamped our telecommuting schedule so that we can work at home 3 days a week.
 
putting around on a scooter......

It started as me joking at work a week or so ago. I am now considering this to get to work and back. The morning commute would not be bad, there is NO traffic at 5 am. The afternoon Commute at 2:30 would be a little hairier. <p> With my savings to and from work at 100 MPG I would not be as flinching to go on a road trip in the SUV. I was going to go to Dallas this weekend and visit some friends. Decided that I had much I needed to get done at the house. I'll go to Dallas when the weather is cooler and the gas prices have cooled off a bit to ...... hopefully !
 
I thought we had it bad...

Of course we expect everything to be higher over here. Our regular gasoline jumped from 3.14 to 3.24 just the other day. My jaw hit the ground as I saw the station attendants change the sign. I have an account with Maui Oil Co., so my last fill was at 3.03. Thank heaven for Maui Oil and their discounted fuel!

I have always been surprised that so few people ride bicycles here, what with our nearly perfect weather. Oahu has an excellant mass transit system, but formerly rural Maui needs to catch up with her more populated sister.

Hawai'i just put a Gas-Cap law into effect. This was SUPPOSED to lower our prices, but word on the street is that our prices will go up 27 cents by next week. Lotta good that did!
 
With all the odds against going on trips this holiday weekend, might Robert's perserverance put him on a path to the hallowed Apex?
 
Possible Good News In Fargo

I stopped at quite a few places, with a few more to go. One of the older places said he has a "warehouse" full of parts and a couple of rubber tub Bendix washers about 15 miles out of Fargo. He said he is leaving for the holiday weekend early today. But he promised he would call me and set up a time I could come back and go through the stuff as he said he would have no problem selling it. YAY. Now back to more hunting.

Here is a picture of Broadway in Downtown Fargo, a beautiful little city (it's the largest in the entire state). I post more later...
 
Fargo beautiful? They must have done something in the last two years because I thought it was a somewhat shabby looking place which was surprising because Bismarck and Minot were both extremely well kept towns. Maybe I was tainted by what Fargo did to the interior of their nice old train station.
But if you say it's beautiful I"ll stop again on my next drive by.
 
Hi Pete, I always thought this was a pretty nice town. I love all the elms in the residential neighboorhods...

Oh well, off to Canada
 
Gas Prices

Gas is running $3.19 here. I have a 40 mile commute to work, and I am also the kids driver. I fill up my 2004 Chevy Malibu twice a week. It is getting painful. Our Dodge Grand Caravan is parked and it is only being taken out when my wife needs something and I am out in the Malibu.

If we had reliable public trans here, I doubt I would own a car.
 
I meant BROADWAY, not MAIN in my prior post. Middle-age memory glitch. Hope you find a gem or two on your travels, Uni!

And I'm paying $3.20 for gas in rural SW Minnesota. Thank god I have a small car that gets @ 40 mpg on the highway. I'm off to Minneapolis for the long weekend, kids!
 

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