I'm Such an Idiot!! (Pointless thread) [Archive]

PaRaGoNViCtiM

Aug 14, 2005, 05:47 PM

Lacero

Aug 14, 2005, 05:49 PM

37 miles is pretty far. With gas prices the way they are now, I'd rather walk 37 miles than drive. (Ok I'm such an idiot for saying that.)

PaRaGoNViCtiM

Aug 14, 2005, 05:52 PM

Very true, thank god gas is cheaper in Jersey (that's where the store is)!

Mr. Anderson

Aug 14, 2005, 05:58 PM

Very true, thank god gas is cheaper in Jersey (that's where the store is)!

Not only that - in New Jersey, they pump the gas for you - always liked that :D

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PaRaGoNViCtiM

Aug 14, 2005, 05:59 PM

Not only that - in New Jersey, they pump the gas for you - always liked that :D

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Yes, that's definitely a PLUS!!!

Sun Baked

Aug 14, 2005, 06:02 PM

Not only that - in New Jersey, they pump the gas for you - always liked that :D

DThat's because they figure people are too inept to do it themselves. :p

But do we still need this type of job protection for people?

Why not some trained expert to walk the dogs for us...

njmac

Aug 14, 2005, 06:27 PM

You guys have to pump your own gas? Doesn't that make your hands smell like gasoline? My local gas station is $2.30 a gallon, they pump it, and they wash the windshield.

Phat_Pat

Aug 14, 2005, 06:31 PM

You guys have to pump your own gas? Doesn't that make your hands smell like gasoline? My local gas station is $2.30 a gallon, they pump it, and they wash the windshield.
where do you live.... the cheapest gas here is $2.55 and we have to do everything ourselves with no helpful service at all

it also doesn't help i drive an explorer..... :rolleyes:

almost cheaper to buy an electric car then it is to pay for gas.

PaRaGoNViCtiM

Aug 14, 2005, 07:24 PM

Gas where I live is $2.57 right now. Utter and total BS!

Mitthrawnuruodo

Aug 14, 2005, 07:32 PM

$2.50 for a gallon of petrol, and you complaint...? :rolleyes:

Here in Norway the petrol is about $6.50 pr gallon (NOK 11 pr liter) at the moment.

$2.50, give me a break... :rolleyes: ;)

PaRaGoNViCtiM

Aug 14, 2005, 07:34 PM

devilot

Aug 14, 2005, 07:44 PM

$2.50 for a gallon of petrol, and you complaint...? :rolleyes:

Here in Norway the petrol is about $6.50 pr gallon (NOK 11 pr liter) at the moment.
Yes, but I'm willing to bet that the public transportation is much much more accessible than over here. Around my neighborhood there is only one bus line (that's the only public transportation) and that one bus comes around once every 40 mins. :rolleyes:

EJBasile

Aug 14, 2005, 07:54 PM

Last time I went to the pump:

Premium (2 cars)- $2.70ish a gallon (two suvs get 13-14mpg average)

Diesel (1 car)- $2.60ish a gallon
^^^BUT I do get 37mpg Highway! Yea, thats up with you corolla drivers except my car is significantly bigger (I know, the corolla's look really small but are pretty big on the inside).

And I get no windshield wiping or filling of the gas tank. I do know of a gas station in RI that will fill your tank for you.

KALIF

Aug 14, 2005, 07:57 PM

$5.88/gallon here ;P

Lacero

Aug 14, 2005, 08:01 PM

Wow. How did this thread go from being about the locations of hidden Apple stores to being about gas prices? ;)

runninmac

Aug 14, 2005, 08:12 PM

Wow. How did this thread go from being about the locations of hidden Apple stores to being about gas prices? ;)

Thats what I was wondering too.

But on to the new subject of the thread (which some mod should change the name to)... Yesterday I was travilin to the middle of no where and it was 2.67! (but now im just completley shocked its 6 bucks someplace. :eek: ) :eek:

bousozoku

Aug 14, 2005, 08:42 PM

It's been extremely expensive outside the U.S.A. for quite a long time. This country has pretty much been shielded from price increases and the taxes other countries levy since they import almost all of their oil.

Getting back to the topic of this pointless thread, there are quite a few Apple stores in New Jersey. A couple weeks ago, I was in a motel that was about 5 minutes from Bridgewater Commons and about 30 minutes from Menlo Park. Short Hills and the store in Marlton were a world away as far as I was concerned but nothing is really too far in NJ. :)

skubish

Aug 14, 2005, 08:44 PM

I have to admit we have amazingly cheap gas prices compared to the rest of the world.

I am surprised it is so high in Norway. I thought Norway had an abundance of offshore oil wells. Is a lot of that $6.50 taxes?

Abstract

Aug 14, 2005, 08:51 PM

For once, a thread title delivers exactly what it says......this thread really IS pointless. :p

njmac

Aug 14, 2005, 09:35 PM

where do you live.... the cheapest gas here is $2.55 and we have to do everything ourselves with no helpful service at all

it also doesn't help i drive an explorer..... :rolleyes:

almost cheaper to buy an electric car then it is to pay for gas.

I live in northern NJ and the gas station I go to is a no brand name station. They are always the cheapest around by about 10 cents. So I would say the prices today in northern NJ were about 2.40 to 2.50 .

Mitthrawnuruodo

Aug 15, 2005, 04:03 AM

Yes, but I'm willing to bet that the public transportation is much much more accessible than over here. Around my neighborhood there is only one bus line (that's the only public transportation) and that one bus comes around once every 40 mins. :rolleyes:Not that good, but ok. In the morning and afternoon the interval of buses from where I live (a typical residential area about 5 miles from downtown) is about 15 minutes, but during the day and evening they just go every 30 minutes to an hour.

And they are rather expensive. A single ticket downtown (or back) will cost me almost $5 (NOK 31), and a bus pass for a month will cost me about $140. (I've not actually taken the bus for quite a while as I prefer to walk or ride my bike, so the prices are a guesstimate ;)).

Mitthrawnuruodo

Aug 15, 2005, 04:03 AM

Wow. How did this thread go from being about the locations of hidden Apple stores to being about gas prices? ;)As the nearest Apple Store is in London, it's quite a long drive... made even worse by high gas prices... :p ;)

There's nothing like a good free-ranging thread... :D

Mitthrawnuruodo

Aug 15, 2005, 04:11 AM

I am surprised it is so high in Norway. I thought Norway had an abundance of offshore oil wells. Is a lot of that $6.50 taxes?Oh yes. I don't remember the exact percentage, but I'm guessing about 80% of the price are taxes.

Which are just fine by me. I'm actually a rare breed who wants gas prices to increase. NOK 20 pr liter (~$10 pr gallon) would be an excellent gas price (if all other car related taxes were to be removed, and we have a lot of them in Norway :o). That would mean that all car taxation would be directly linked to the use of the car, the part that pollutes and wears down the roads, so that those using the car the most are the ones paying the most tax.

But then it really would be expensive to drive to the nearest Apple Store in London and much cheaper to tale the bus to one of the two Apple Centers in Bergen (even if one is just 30 minutes walk away, the other just over an hour).

Se I managed to get it back on topic... ;)

GroundLoop

Aug 15, 2005, 05:16 AM

I just discovered that there is an Apple Store exactly 37 Miles from me. I always went to an Apple Store that was like 70 miles away. I'm so excited.
Sorry, I know this is a pointless thread, I'm just so excited!

I suppose that you are talking about the Apple Store in Sagemore (Marlton, NJ) right? That store popped up out of nowhere a few years back. I used to go to the King of Prussia store but now I have a store about 10 miles from work.

Man, is it nice to have a very local Apple Store.

Hickman

mpw

Aug 15, 2005, 05:27 AM

Very true, thank god gas is cheaper in Jersey (that's where the store is)!

I'm in Jersey and pay $6.16/gallon (£3.40) :eek:

skubish

Aug 15, 2005, 06:34 PM

unfortunately at least is the US, gas prices are directly tied to the economy. Low prices and tourism, car sales, spending in general increase. High gas prices and tourism drops, car sales stall, etc.

CanadaRAM

Aug 15, 2005, 06:57 PM

Hoo boy. Gas is CAN$1.09 per litre here or CAN$4.13 per USGal.

The nearest Apple Store in Canada is (let's see, counts on fingers) 4355 km away, or about 2,721 miles, so a visit would take about 47 hours of straight driving and cost (counts on toes as well) about $625 in gas.

Hey 'nucks, see you at the Yorkville store around opening time Thursday?

iBlue

Aug 15, 2005, 07:01 PM

$2.50 for a gallon of petrol, and you complaint...? :rolleyes:

Here in Norway the petrol is about $6.50 pr gallon (NOK 11 pr liter) at the moment.

$2.50, give me a break... :rolleyes: ;)

i will never complain to a person in europe about fuel prices :eek:

but this explains why the cars are small enough to fit in the back of most american pick up trucks :p they look like cute little toys but dang, with fuel prices like that i totally take that back. wow!

RJP31484

Aug 15, 2005, 07:08 PM

PaRaGoNViCtiM

Aug 15, 2005, 10:22 PM

WAIT A MINUTE.. just to get this back on track... I see the OP is from easton! WOW thats close... I am actually at my parents house right now in Nazareth.. about an INCH away... I always go to the KOP store.. WHERE is the strore in Jersey exactly!??!?! and why have I never heard of it?!
WOW, Nazareth is like 3 mins from me! I just got very confused about this whole Apple Store thing. It's in Bridgewater NJ. I always assumed that Bridgewater was like 2 hours from me, but when I looked it up on Mapquest it said it was 37mins?! I always went KOP too. I think I'm gonna take a trip down there some time this week and check it out!

bousozoku

Aug 15, 2005, 11:45 PM

WOW, Nazareth is like 3 mins from me! I just got very confused about this whole Apple Store thing. It's in Bridgewater NJ. I always assumed that Bridgewater was like 2 hours from me, but when I looked it up on Mapquest it said it was 37mins?! I always went KOP too. I think I'm gonna take a trip down there some time this week and check it out!

The store isn't that hard to find. The Raritan exit on the NJ Turnpike, I-287 North to U.S. 22 West (202, 206)(left lane), 206 North. Menlo Park is even closer to I-287, being just off U.S. 1 North.

PaRaGoNViCtiM

Aug 16, 2005, 01:45 PM

The store isn't that hard to find. The Raritan exit on the NJ Turnpike, I-287 North to U.S. 22 West (202, 206)(left lane), 206 North. Menlo Park is even closer to I-287, being just off U.S. 1 North.
I know where the store is. My point was that I'm retarded, because I always assumed Bridgewater was like 2-3 hours from where I live, when it's really only like a half hour.

MacRy

Aug 17, 2005, 08:37 AM

i will never complain to a person in europe about fuel prices :eek:

but this explains why the cars are small enough to fit in the back of most american pick up trucks :p they look like cute little toys but dang, with fuel prices like that i totally take that back. wow!

The highest fuel price in the UK at the moment is £4.95/gallon which is an incredible $8.95/gallon. We're lucky if we can afford to run scooters let alone SUV's.

bousozoku

Aug 17, 2005, 10:57 AM

I know where the store is. My point was that I'm retarded, because I always assumed Bridgewater was like 2-3 hours from where I live, when it's really only like a half hour.

U'r not retarded. I used to think that Trenton, NJ was so far from the hospital at Langhorne, PA where I worked. One day, I drove up U.S. 1 and 10 minutes later, I was in Trenton. :D

Calvinatir

Aug 17, 2005, 11:24 AM

a Picture from the gas station down the street from my house. Calabasas, CA 91302. This is from my cell, so it's pretty weak. What are they so proud of?

PaRaGoNViCtiM

Aug 17, 2005, 02:02 PM

U'r not retarded. I used to think that Trenton, NJ was so far from the hospital at Langhorne, PA where I worked. One day, I drove up U.S. 1 and 10 minutes later, I was in Trenton. :D
Isn't it great when that happens!

bousozoku

Aug 17, 2005, 02:11 PM

Isn't it great when that happens!

Yes. You can almost be sure that everything near Jersey is near you. Yes, some of it does take some time and others take some roundabout ways to get there, but it's all fairly close. You can't say that about PA but even then, Lebanon or Lancaster are still easy drives from Philly. Shopping is easy. :)

RJP31484

Aug 17, 2005, 04:03 PM

The store isn't that hard to find. The Raritan exit on the NJ Turnpike, I-287 North to U.S. 22 West (202, 206)(left lane), 206 North. Menlo Park is even closer to I-287, being just off U.S. 1 North.

SO, can I just take 22W to 206 N from Nazareth?

BTW, PaRaGoNViCtiM, where is the nearest apple reseller to you? The only place I know of in the area is "double click" at 191 and 22, they are REAL small, and dont offer the education discount, so I rarely buy anything there. I dont see how they are still in business as I NEVER see anyone else in the store.

bousozoku

Aug 17, 2005, 04:13 PM

SO, can I just take 22W to 206 N from Nazareth?
...

Looks to me like you need to take I-78 to U.S. 22 E although taking I-78 to I-287 S to I-22 W to 206 S might be faster because U.S. 22 is a smaller/local road.