[vreihen16]

Originally Posted by cmyx6go

You're looking at it all wrong. You need to convert the $15 per gallon to cost per mile of smiles. That would be about $1 per mile to smile for me.

Back in 2000, it cost me $15.39 per MINUTE to run my car in competition...NOT including car/insurance payments! The smiles per minute (SPM) were worth it at the time driving a nationally-competitive car at major events, but as I approach old age I wish that younger me would have invested all of that money into a retirement account and not blown it on rubber and trophy futures.....

[GenXer]

Originally Posted by vreihen16

Speaking of first-world, I was outside yesterday to start up my diesel pickup, aka: The Mighty Dodge. I actually had to put a key in the ignition...and turn it...twice! It hasn't been run in a month, and needed a second cycle of the grid heater before it would fire up.....

You had to turn a physical key in an actual ignition tumbler?

I think that counts as exercise!

[GenXer]

Originally Posted by Our03z4

I had a hard time deciding what to have on my pizza last night. Eh settled on pepperoni and sausage. As I sit here eating it again I'm realizing I should have gone Hawaiian.

I'm from the school that thinks fruit does not belong on a pizza.

[vreihen16]

Originally Posted by GenXer

I'm from the school that thinks fruit does not belong on a pizza.

As I say, that's not food. That's what food EATS.....

[NorCalAthlete]

Originally Posted by GenXer

I'm from the school that thinks fruit does not belong on a pizza.

I'm from the school that loves pineapple, particularly a grilled pineapple slice + avacado on a BBQ bacon cheeseburger, so I think it's perfectly fine and tasty to have on pizza.

If there's a Round Table near you, try the Maui Zaui. Add sausage / pepperoni if you must, but it's pretty fuckin bomb imo.

[GenXer]

Originally Posted by flybigjet

Damn cats wake me up every morning I'm home because they don't want to wait for their automatic, wifi-enabled feeders to drop their premium Uber-expensive veterinarian and super-model approved yummies for breakfast.

And if their automatic, wifi-enabled Litter Robots filled with premium litter from some exotic location aren't sparkly clean? It's carnage in the household.

And if I forget to clean the carbon-filtered water bubbler or I forget to refill only with pure spring water carried down from the mountains of South America on llama's, or worst case- extremely well-filtered from the fridge? I get kitty death glares and my wife gets mad at me.

..... and here, I have to settle for timed feeder and proximity sensor little box. I don't think my router could handle any more load.
Don't get me started on the double filtered water bubbler. The cat is getting filtered water from the faucet and getting filtered again by the bubbler. Sometimes I believe my cat's drinking water is cleaner than what most people drink.

[MKSixer]

Originally Posted by vreihen16

Back in 2000, it cost me $15.39 per MINUTE to run my car in competition...NOT including car/insurance payments! The smiles per minute (SPM) were worth it at the time driving a nationally-competitive car at major events, but as I approach old age I wish that younger me would have invested all of that money into a retirement account and not blown it on rubber and trophy futures.....

I feel your pain. My 2014 was over $20K in tires and consumables. If I remember correctly, 2017 was over $36K in car repairs, consumables and maintenance.

Now, get off your lawn!!!

[dinonz]

Originally Posted by GenXer

I'm from the school that thinks fruit does not belong on a pizza.

So no tomato on your pizza then?

[UncleWede]

Does 93 come from the sky, like rain??? We don't have nothing like that in the Golden State of California. It seems this is like snipes, and steelhead.

There used to be a station that had "race gas 104" for about $15/gallon. I filled up my motorcycle a few times, but the mechanic told me I wasn't jetted for that kind of heat as he was trying to put things back together (not literally)

[NorCalAthlete]

Originally Posted by UncleWede

Does 93 come from the sky, like rain??? We don't have nothing like that in the Golden State of California. It seems this is like snipes, and steelhead.

There used to be a station that had "race gas 104" for about $15/gallon. I filled up my motorcycle a few times, but the mechanic told me I wasn't jetted for that kind of heat as he was trying to put things back together (not literally)

It's much cheaper if you buy it at the track, relatively speaking. Definitely wasn't $15 / gallon last time I was at Thunderhill. I think it was like $5.50 or so (when "normal" premium was like $3.80).

Edit - hey, there's another huge first-first world problem. California gas prices. I've seen it hit $5.30 / gallon for 87 unleaded regular here in the bay area. Currently it's like $3.65 for 87 octane.

Edit #2 : Also, high as fuck taxes. First, they tax your income. Then they add tax to your registration - and sales tax for buying the car to begin with. Then there's a gas tax. And you pay for the gas and registration with your post-tax income to begin with. Talk about triple-dipping. Get your fucking greasy fingers out of my paycheck.

[GenXer]

Originally Posted by dinonz

So no tomato on your pizza then?

NOPE! Just the tomato puree, salt and spice

I realize that tomato is a "fruit" but I don't see many people making peanut butter and ketchup sandwich.

[RickFLM4]

Originally Posted by GenXer

NOPE! Just the tomato puree, salt and spice

And cheese!

[GenXer]

Originally Posted by RickFLM4

And cheese!

and dough too!

This topic derailed quicker than I anticipated.

[UncleWede]

Originally Posted by NorCalAthlete

It's much cheaper if you buy it at the track, relatively speaking. Definitely wasn't $15 / gallon last time I was at Thunderhill. I think it was like $5.50 or so (when "normal" premium was like $3.80).

Edit - hey, there's another huge first-first world problem. California gas prices. I've seen it hit $5.30 / gallon for 87 unleaded regular here in the bay area. Currently it's like $3.65 for 87 octane.

Edit #2 : Also, high as fuck taxes. First, they tax your income. Then they add tax to your registration - and sales tax for buying the car to begin with. Then there's a gas tax. And you pay for the gas and registration with your post-tax income to begin with. Talk about triple-dipping. Get your fucking greasy fingers out of my paycheck.

You know that gas tax is added BEFORE the sales tax is applied, right????

[Gray_Panther]

Salt on the roads not encouraging me to drive the 128i year round.

Going on almost nine years with my little bimmer and would like to keep it rust free until gas runs out ha!

[NorCalAthlete]

Originally Posted by UncleWede

You know that gas tax is added BEFORE the sales tax is applied, right????

Sales tax for the car + gas tax at the pump is what I meant.

Gas tax results in higher price at the pump. Sales tax for purchasing the car is separate.

[wdb]

Originally Posted by Gray_Panther

Salt on the roads not encouraging me to drive the 128i year round.

Going on almost nine years with my little bimmer and would like to keep it rust free until gas runs out ha!

Let me see if I can translate that into your first world problem: having to put up with the winter beater so that the other cars in the stable remain pristine. I have a solution: get a nice car that you don't care about! You're welcome.

[Gray_Panther]

Originally Posted by wdb

Let me see if I can translate that into your first world problem: having to put with the winter beater so that the other cars in the stable remain pristine. I have a solution: get a nice car that you don't care about! You're welcome.

Mk7 GTI is the winter beater

[NorCalAthlete]

Or you could just move somewhere that doesn't snow. Like the bay area.

[UncleWede]

Originally Posted by NorCalAthlete

Or you could just move somewhere that doesn't snow. Like the bay area.

First snow/salt then rain. Can you take me steelhead fishing on the bay too?

[JustinHEMI]

My caviar ran out.

[longm1985]

I FOUND 93! But it isn't at a Shell where I get my discount weekly from T Mobile. Boo.