...We Don't Get Fueled Again!
Sep. 17th, 2008 02:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
frustratedpilotMy parents noticed a problem with the water line coming into Rather Manor, so they called the Utilities Co-Op to explain the problem and ask for help...and after they hung up our phone lines lost the dial tone. So as I couldn't access the 'Net here I decided I had to go to the Dandridge library and use their computers. And as Moonshine's tank was depleted from Saturday's Asheville trip and Monday's Gatlinburg trip, a refuel at the Dandridge BP was necessary too.
So I put $40 worth in Moonshine, scoot a dozen blocks away to the library, and check my e-mail and do a couple more things. And find that the library computers have Youtube locked out for DHS reasons, and refuse to get the latest Adobe Flash/Shockwave so logging on to Meez is impossible as well.
Once my 'Net business is done, I get back towards Rather Manor, drive past the Dandridge BP--and see that they've dropped their gas prices THIRTY CENTS per gallon! If I had waited just 30 minutes, I could have paid the cheaper price and put perhaps another two-thirds of a gallon into Moonshine.
ME: I'm torqued!
MOONSHINE: How do you think I feel?
So when I get back to the house, the Co-Op boys have already finished their repairs, the phone lines are back working and I'm wondering whether my trip was really necessary. Phooey.
So I put $40 worth in Moonshine, scoot a dozen blocks away to the library, and check my e-mail and do a couple more things. And find that the library computers have Youtube locked out for DHS reasons, and refuse to get the latest Adobe Flash/Shockwave so logging on to Meez is impossible as well.
Once my 'Net business is done, I get back towards Rather Manor, drive past the Dandridge BP--and see that they've dropped their gas prices THIRTY CENTS per gallon! If I had waited just 30 minutes, I could have paid the cheaper price and put perhaps another two-thirds of a gallon into Moonshine.
ME: I'm torqued!
MOONSHINE: How do you think I feel?
So when I get back to the house, the Co-Op boys have already finished their repairs, the phone lines are back working and I'm wondering whether my trip was really necessary. Phooey.
