Well I woke up this morning and saw a wintry mess out there – freezing rain, snow, nasty stuff. I sure was glad that I got around to putting my studded snow tires on my car Friday! I had heard that we were going to be getting some bad weather right off, and decided not to put it off any longer. There were several times last year that I slid off of the road because I didn’t have my studded tires put on the car. That’s one mistake that I don’t want to repeat! This area gets too icy for just plain old “all weather tires.”
I was really pushing my luck today. I just got a Shell gas credit card that gives me a 25 cent discount for every gallon of Shell gas that I buy for the first three months that I have the card. Some of the Shell gas stations are higher than the rest of the pack; some are running at a dead heat. Today I had to run some errands and I knew that I was going to need to buy gas. I also knew that I’d be driving past a Shell but not sure what their price was going to be like, compared to the rest. On my way into town I saw their price was pretty good, so I decided that I’d fill up on the way home unless I drove past a station with a better price. Well, there WERE some that were 4 cents cheaper, but I wouldn’t get that discount from the Shell gas card. So I just drove right past them. Well, let me tell you that by the time I reached that Shell on the return trip I only had one gallon of gas left in the tank! Now THAT is cutting it close!
It is always a guessing game when to comes to purchasing gasoline for our vehicles. There are 3 gas stations in town that have had a price war going on for several years, so they are always offering their gas at very competitive prices which is a plus to us all. We had heard that gas would be at $4 a gallon at this point when in reality the prices are dropping, not by much mind you, but just a bit. I just paid $2.83 and if I had not bought it there and waiting for a few more miles I would have paid $3.02. That is a big difference!
There are some TV Commercials that just really hit the spot. The first time I saw this one from Subaru it caught me off guard and I found myself getting some what emotional. I know, guys are not supposed to admit those type of feelings but hey I’m only human and I have my moments just like most of us do.
Anyway I just saw the commercial again while I was typing away on my laptop and I decided to see if I could find the commercial online. Just a few moments later – here it is.
Any father who has a daughter just has to think hard about this one.
Today was the perfect day for a motorcycle ride, so I made a few calls and rounded up a few friends that have some nice looking and nice sounding Harley’s. We spent the day getting some decent wind in our faces and then stopped for some spicy Mexican Food along with a few cold beers. Couldn’t have been a better day.