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The last time I rode my bike over the bridge over the Willamette, there was a deer (hard to judge the size. Fawn? Yearling?) down by the boat ramp at the mouth of the millrace.
It doesn't get more downtown than that (around here).
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05-11-2018, 02:04 PM
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Gasoline prices are nowhere near what they were back at the peak in 2007-8. The highest I paid was $4.18/gal.
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05-11-2018, 03:27 PM
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Has anyone else seen an animal that large in a neighborhood? It was next to the sidewalk when I passed, but I stopped and walked back to take the picture.
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Depends on your definition of "neighborhood". Don't think where I live would exactly qualify as a neighbood, but it's not uncommon to see wild horses grazing in the front yard. And when I first bought the place, before the previous owner had moved out, she called me up early one morning to tell me "There's a great big bear sitting on YOUR patio!". |
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05-11-2018, 03:53 PM
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Did you leave a picnic basket on your porch or just a pot of hunny?
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05-11-2018, 04:31 PM
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Gasoline prices are nowhere near what they were back at the peak in 2007-8. The highest I paid was $4.18/gal.
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I paid $4.44 for 93 octane back in 2012... oh how I wish I had discovered EcoModder back then lol... I got 19-22mpg in my truck lol
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05-13-2018, 12:58 PM
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05-13-2018, 01:20 PM
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Buy yer moms a gallon of gas? Before it goes up more?
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05-13-2018, 01:24 PM
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bad "tips" joining the party
AAA shares some "gas-saving" tips in an article with some dubious mythbusting.
AAA of Arizona debunks gas-saving myths
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Claim #2: Turn off the AC to make your fuel last longer.
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Claim #3: “Pump” up your fuel economy by over-inflating tires
FICTION!
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Oh, to live in a black and white world.
AAA of Arizona debunks gas-saving myths - Arizona's Family |
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05-13-2018, 04:47 PM
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USA Today:
With gas prices going up, what's it cost to fill up your car?
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As gas prices continue their upward climb, erasing a portion of Americans' tax cut savings, fuel economy is suddenly important again.
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/money...car/597855002/
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05-13-2018, 05:53 PM
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Those Arizona AA's had a drink too many?
OTOH, if their readers mind the 'What does work' tips they'd potentially save a lot.
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