Gas

#1 09-01-2005, 11:12 PM

Will the price of gas stop you from going to A B&M and play on-line

Ratman138 · #2 09-01-2005, 11:22 PM

yes, it stopped me today. surprisingly airfare to vegas is still cheap and i booked a flight. will arrive on tuesday. i guess there is always a silver lining.

#3 09-01-2005, 11:23 PM

i hope you make it

Bremen · #4 09-02-2005, 12:31 AM

The price of fuel to get there (2 hour drive) did factor in a little. But to be honest the fact I can make more playing online was the deciding factor. Also not spending 4 hours in a car was a plus.

MicroBob · #5 09-02-2005, 01:07 AM

Not exactly.

but it did occur to me how much better off I am as a professional online-player these days.

My old job had about a 40-minute commute and the price of gas even then (over a year ago) was definitely something I felt.
Today I have no commute at all since I work from home (or at the internet coffee-place down the street if I feel like it).
And I'm sure glad that I don't really have to worry about the rising prices of gas like I would have pre-poker.

On another note - Heading out to a suburb today I passed a spot where there were gas-stations across the street from each other that had a $0.50 difference in the price ($3.39 on one side, $2.89 at their competitors).

The line at the cheaper station was pretty darn incredible.

Bremen · #6 09-02-2005, 01:13 AM

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I pulled into a wawa (convenience store) the other night to get a sub while heading home and you could not even get to the pumps. There was a guy there filling up a huge mobile camper!!! Wish I had a tank that big to store fuel...

MicroBob · #7 09-02-2005, 01:15 AM

a WAWA??

Where the hell do they have convenience stores called WAWA's??
I want to know!!!

Bremen · #8 09-02-2005, 01:17 AM

Eastern PA. Not sure how large an area the chain covers though...

jason_t · #9 09-02-2005, 01:32 AM

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Central NJ too.

JoeC · #10 09-02-2005, 02:36 AM

Bob, you really are missing out on one of the finer things in life in Wawa. It is simply a hell of a convenience store.

It is a distant second to Sheetz, but those two are so far out in front of the rest of conveniencestoredom that it hardly even matters.