Print Story No, no sir, I'm afraid they don't make em like that anymore
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By Bob Abooey (Thu Jun 26, 2008 at 12:06:35 PM EST) (all tags)
The B.A.D.tm

Boiling water since 1978...



If you name your son “Ivan the Terrible” you probably shouldn’t be too surprised when he turns out to be a ruthless nazi concentration camp guard, no? Of course that’s neither here nor there but it’s something to think about for you young perspective parents out there. Not that I’m suggesting that any of you should be spawning anytime soon, after all, who wants to bring someone into a world that will be Mad Max-ian in a matter of 20 or 30 years. I’m being proactive and looking into purchasing land in Montana along with large underground storage tanks and you should be doing the same if you plan on living for a couple decades. That said it’s wise not to share that information with perspective employers, they can’t handle the truth.

”Where do you see yourself in 10 years, Mr. Abooey?”
“Frankly I see myself living on a hemp commune in Montana, Mr. Prospective Employer."
"Uh, thanks for coming in today, we'll be in touch."

Of course my current gas situation isn’t dire just yet, as I’ve figured out a way to scam the system. See, when you purchase a new car they give it to you with a full tank of gas. As such the plan is now to simply trade my car in every couple of weeks when it’s almost out of fuel! Simple, eh? It’s a darn shame the rest of the planet isn’t as intellectually evolved as I am. Especially those dopey Republicans. I find it hard to believe anyone would fall for the whole Drill Now, Drill here, Pay less tripe they’re trotting out. Uh, HELLO!!! An extra couple million barrels a day, TEN YEARS FROM NOW, isn’t going to lower your gas prices so just cut it out. Just stop it already. Retards. Ah well, the end is nigh for those dopey GOP'rs and when the dopey Dems take over you can bet they'll fix everything up poste haste.

I’ve been giving some consideration as of late to canceling my long distance carrier and one of my phone lines and just going with a cell phone. It will save me a few rupees which is needed as all the income generated from selling my plasma is now going to pay for the 1997 Chevy Nova. I’m watering down my plasma to make it go farther and to cop a few extra bucks but still, you can only generate so much of that stuff over a period of 24 hours. The 97 Nova is working out great thus far. I’ve been doing some reading on how to properly break in a new engine and the general consensus is you’re supposed to run them wide open all the time in order to get the rings to set right, so that’s what I’ve been doing. She’s smoking a bit, well, okay, a lot, but I hear tell that will go away after the rings finish setting.

Ah well, time to get moving. I've got to drop a suit off at the creaners, grab some lunch (a bowl of government cheese), then head to the park to eat and meditate with the old folk and whatnot. Seems like all I do these days is drop stuff off and pick stuff up from the creaners. That's the thing about wearing a suit, the whole "dry creaning" scam, which, much like Fermat’s second-to-last theorem, is generally not talked about a whole lot. Why is it a scam? Because the garment industry is certainly in cahoots with those heinous Chinese scalawags no doubt, as it would certainly be easy enough to make a "machine washable permanent press" suit that doesn't look like ass but they refuse to pony up and do it. Bah.

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I 'm training my spawn for the future by georgeha (2.00 / 0) #1 Thu Jun 26, 2008 at 12:12:42 PM EST
we worked on bicycle riding last night, later this summer we can try Mass Transit, and in the fall we'll work on keeping warm by burning stuff in a barrel.




stuff by spacejack (2.00 / 0) #6 Thu Jun 26, 2008 at 01:19:36 PM EST
It's the fuel of the future, I hear.

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Good thing, we have a house full of stuff by georgeha (2.00 / 0) #7 Thu Jun 26, 2008 at 01:21:37 PM EST



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Well by ucblockhead (2.00 / 0) #2 Thu Jun 26, 2008 at 12:16:19 PM EST
You could always name your kid Max...
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Where do you see yourself in 10 year by wiredog (2.00 / 0) #3 Thu Jun 26, 2008 at 12:41:34 PM EST
Oooh! It's annual performance review time here at Wyle. Gotta remember that response!

Living in a cabin, in the mountains, with a cat that doesn't like me.

Earth First!
(We can strip mine the rest later.)



Just for arguments sake by jayhawk88 (2.00 / 0) #4 Thu Jun 26, 2008 at 12:41:47 PM EST
Way back in '00 or around there when gas prices were flirting with the unheard of price of $1.50 a gallon, and some were screaming for an oil derrick in every back yard to solve the problem, I can remember hearing this "It wouldn't affect prices for 10 years" argument. Well here we are ~10 years later...

Not saying the solution is to lay pipe into every hole we can find (heh), but at the same time, I don't think you can dismiss tapping certain resources just because it won't drop the price tomorrow.

Also, I see the Royals are now percentage points ahead of the Tribe in the AL Central, I'd be very curious as to your take on this shocking turn of events.



ANWR would drop gas prices a nickel per gallon by georgeha (4.00 / 1) #5 Thu Jun 26, 2008 at 12:51:04 PM EST
optimistically.

Run the numbers, ANWR at the optimistic level would bring in about a million barrels a day, one tenth of what we would import, and 1 % of the world's supply (which is growing 1-2% every year).

$3 of the price a $4 gallon is for oil, increasing the supply 1% might drop prices 1%, or 3 cents per gallon.

I haven't found anyone who can backup the Republican stance that ANWR and offshore drilling would drop the price of gas in half.



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Exactly by Bob Abooey (2.00 / 0) #14 Thu Jun 26, 2008 at 03:41:27 PM EST
Besides, supply isn't really the problem (yet) - demand is the problem.

Warmest regards,
--Your best pal Bob

How's my blogging: Call me at 209.867.5309 to complain.
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Oh, Bob Bob Bob Bob Bob Bob. by Bevets Makes Baby Jesus Cry (2.00 / 0) #31 Wed Jul 02, 2008 at 04:31:54 PM EST

Supply. Demand. They are in truth but two sides of the same coin!

Frickin' coins.

That's the problem.



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Looking up at the Royales... by Bob Abooey (2.00 / 0) #15 Thu Jun 26, 2008 at 03:43:39 PM EST
Truthfully I've never worn a skirt in my life but I suspect this is how one feels whilst wearing one...

Warmest regards,
--Your best pal Bob

How's my blogging: Call me at 209.867.5309 to complain.
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Don't sweat it by jayhawk88 (2.00 / 0) #16 Thu Jun 26, 2008 at 04:58:34 PM EST
Interleague will be over after this weekend, and the Royals will fall back to earth.

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never worn a skirt ? by sasquatchan (2.00 / 0) #27 Fri Jun 27, 2008 at 11:55:54 AM EST
I think you mean, there aren't pictures of me ever wearing a skirt..

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A enforced speed limit of 55mpg by lm (4.00 / 1) #17 Thu Jun 26, 2008 at 05:01:17 PM EST
Not only would a renewed federal speed limit of 55mph bring Sammy Hagar back from the living dead, it would do more to drop the price of gas than any amount of new drilling.

First, I believe that refinery capacity of the US is a more pressing current problem. Even if we had more oil, it could only be made into gas at the rate we do now which is a big part of the problem with regards to the price at the pump.

Second, oil is a commodity. Opening up all of available spots in the US would do relatively little with regards to global supply. Consequently, it would have very little net effect on prices.

Third, the money invested in new oil wells would probably be better spent, with regards to the long term interests of the US, by being invested in getting us off of our dependence on oil.


There is no more degenerate kind of state than that in which the richest are supposed to be the best.
Cicero, The Republic
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I'd have to say that by wumpus (2.00 / 0) #18 Thu Jun 26, 2008 at 07:44:53 PM EST
the refinery issues is being solved by the price of oil. I also have a great deal of trouble understanding how Americans think we still drive the price of oil. If we don't use it, I'm assuming that the tax structure of Europe makes this a tiny bump, they won't notice it. The Chinese will keep ramping out there consumption until they hit a much bigger limit, and the rest of the world is likely to want gas even more than we do.

Wumpus

I'd really have to wonder what the UK brigade thinks of some of the things said here with a straight face.

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The US is still #1 for oil consumption by lm (2.00 / 0) #19 Thu Jun 26, 2008 at 11:45:59 PM EST
By an order of magnitude, even. In fact, we're only 5 billion barrels per day shy of consuming more oil per day than the other 9 countries in the top 10 combined. About 1/4 of world wide oil consumption is from the US. Consequently, I think it fair to say that we could alter the price by decreasing demand.

On the supply side, however, I'm not certain how the US could get even get up to a 1 billion barrel per day increase in production.


There is no more degenerate kind of state than that in which the richest are supposed to be the best.
Cicero, The Republic
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5 billion bpd? by ambrosen (2.00 / 0) #20 Fri Jun 27, 2008 at 06:17:03 AM EST
That's 6 bpd per capita. I think that's quite a way short, isn't it? My economic impact's a little way short of $840 a day, even if other people's isn't.

I guess you mean million.

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I meant billion by lm (2.00 / 0) #22 Fri Jun 27, 2008 at 09:40:57 AM EST
Given the numbers involved, I don't think it's quite a ways short. US oil consumption is > 20 billion barrels per day. The other 9 countries in the top ten combined consume about 25 billion barrels per day. That 5 billion barrels is only 25% of US consumption.

There is no more degenerate kind of state than that in which the richest are supposed to be the best.
Cicero, The Republic
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The government disagrees by georgeha (2.00 / 0) #23 Fri Jun 27, 2008 at 09:48:40 AM EST
oops, you and ambrosen are right by lm (2.00 / 0) #25 Fri Jun 27, 2008 at 10:13:03 AM EST
I'm acronym illiterate. I thought bbl was abbreviation for billion barrels but it's just for barrels.

There is no more degenerate kind of state than that in which the richest are supposed to be the best.
Cicero, The Republic
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I've been around and around on this by georgeha (2.00 / 0) #26 Fri Jun 27, 2008 at 10:27:31 AM EST
with people who sincerely think drilling offshore and at ANWR will drop the price of gas $2 a gallon.

I pull up numbers why I have my doubts, they never find numbers. Stupid fuzzy headed Republicans.


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The numbers are pretty wild by lm (2.00 / 0) #28 Fri Jun 27, 2008 at 12:14:36 PM EST
I still can't quite wrap my head around the US consuming a full quarter of world wide oil production. That's massive.

There is no more degenerate kind of state than that in which the richest are supposed to be the best.
Cicero, The Republic
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Yeah, we only need 7 Earths by georgeha (2.00 / 0) #29 Fri Jun 27, 2008 at 07:03:38 PM EST
for everyone on Earth to enjoy an American lifestyle.


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70 barrels per person per day? by ambrosen (2.00 / 0) #24 Fri Jun 27, 2008 at 10:05:00 AM EST
That's $10,000 per person in oil costs alone.

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Exactly by Bob Abooey (2.00 / 0) #21 Fri Jun 27, 2008 at 09:30:45 AM EST
I think this is the first lm post I can say I agree with 100%

If the Govt really wanted to impact gas prices they could offer some hefty tax incentives for people purchasing hybrid cars instead of giving us $600 to drop on crap at Walmart. They could give the auto companies some massive tax breaks to produce more hybrid cars. They could place a massive Gas Guzzler tax on cars that get less than 30 mpg etc etc. They could triple the fines for people caught speeding over a certain speed, say 65.

They could easily knock at least 20% off our demand in a couple years if they had the balls to actually force people to use less. The problem is they don't have the political will do do the right thing and the big money oil guys do their best to make sure they don't.

Warmest regards,
--Your best pal Bob

How's my blogging: Call me at 209.867.5309 to complain.
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maybe by LilFlightTest (2.00 / 0) #30 Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 12:21:37 AM EST
but get back to me in a couple years when they realize the environmental impact that making batteries for hybrids has.
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Remember bob, by sasquatchan (2.00 / 0) #8 Thu Jun 26, 2008 at 01:51:16 PM EST
red-line on the tach is only there to keep the gullible in line, and under the speed limit.

Burning oil is the symptom of a well running engine.



dude by StackyMcRacky (2.00 / 0) #9 Thu Jun 26, 2008 at 01:54:28 PM EST
get one of them thar home dry-cleaning kits.



psahaw by sasquatchan (2.00 / 0) #10 Thu Jun 26, 2008 at 02:02:15 PM EST
All you need is some kerosene or acetone, soak the garment to get the stains out, then toss it in the dryer.. Ethyl alcohol will also work in a pinch. Plus those chemicals are much nicer than the TCE/PERC used in dry cleaning.

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God, I hope you're trolling. by ammoniacal (2.00 / 0) #11 Thu Jun 26, 2008 at 02:13:03 PM EST
I want to see the results of that on YUO TUBE.

This coomenat has be n soidnsord by hurricanbe ice malt liqur
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Trolling? In an Abooey Diary? by wiredog (4.00 / 2) #12 Thu Jun 26, 2008 at 02:26:14 PM EST
Say it ain't so!

Earth First!
(We can strip mine the rest later.)

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/me sits by the pond watching the fishing... by reza (2.00 / 0) #13 Thu Jun 26, 2008 at 02:47:46 PM EST
No Trout


" Be who you are and say how you feel, because those who mind do not matter, and those who matter do not mind!" Dr. Seuss
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