| [guidogodoy] Monday, January 21, 2013 8:06:41 PM | |
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Ummm....you want a copy of Heavy Metal Parking Lot too? Perhaps a rock from the Mayan caves in Belize? Another picture of a sea turtle?
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Vaillant 3.0 from Monday, January 21, 2013 8:02:54 PM)| |  | Vaillant 3.0 wrote: | | Yaaaaaaayyyy! 
Do I get a prize? 
| | | guidogodoy wrote: | | Hey, someone who didn't fall for the red herring (no pun intended)! You found me! 
| | | Vaillant 3.0 wrote: | | Mmkay, wheeeeere's Guido...
Ooo! I see you! You're in the background wearing the red and green shirt.
Nice pics! The one showing the school of tarpon is especially cool-looking.
| | | guidogodoy wrote: | | Just starting to go through pictures but I already have the perfect one for a postcard from Belize:
COME TO BELIZE! NO, WE ARE NOT AN ISLAND!
(giving a "cheers" to Priest/Cross. Flag of Belize to the left of the picture. See if you can figure out which one is me. AKA "Where's Waldo" for Bwian! LOL!)
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| [Vaillant 3.0] Monday, January 21, 2013 8:02:54 PM | |
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Yaaaaaaayyyy!
Do I get a prize?
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by guidogodoy from Monday, January 21, 2013 7:58:18 PM)| | | guidogodoy wrote: | | Hey, someone who didn't fall for the red herring (no pun intended)! You found me!
| | | Vaillant 3.0 wrote: | | Mmkay, wheeeeere's Guido...
Ooo! I see you! You're in the background wearing the red and green shirt.
Nice pics! The one showing the school of tarpon is especially cool-looking.
| | | guidogodoy wrote: | | Just starting to go through pictures but I already have the perfect one for a postcard from Belize:
COME TO BELIZE! NO, WE ARE NOT AN ISLAND!
(giving a "cheers" to Priest/Cross. Flag of Belize to the left of the picture. See if you can figure out which one is me. AKA "Where's Waldo" for Bwian! LOL!)
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| [guidogodoy] Monday, January 21, 2013 7:58:18 PM | |
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Hey, someone who didn't fall for the red herring (no pun intended)! You found me!
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Vaillant 3.0 from Monday, January 21, 2013 7:35:57 PM)| | | Vaillant 3.0 wrote: | | Mmkay, wheeeeere's Guido...
Ooo! I see you! You're in the background wearing the red and green shirt.
Nice pics! The one showing the school of tarpon is especially cool-looking.
| | | guidogodoy wrote: | | Just starting to go through pictures but I already have the perfect one for a postcard from Belize:
COME TO BELIZE! NO, WE ARE NOT AN ISLAND!
(giving a "cheers" to Priest/Cross. Flag of Belize to the left of the picture. See if you can figure out which one is me. AKA "Where's Waldo" for Bwian! LOL!)
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| [Vaillant 3.0] Monday, January 21, 2013 7:35:57 PM | |
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Mmkay, wheeeeere's Guido...
Ooo! I see you! You're in the background wearing the red and green shirt.
Nice pics! The one showing the school of tarpon is especially cool-looking.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by guidogodoy from Monday, January 21, 2013 12:23:32 PM)| | | guidogodoy wrote: | | Just starting to go through pictures but I already have the perfect one for a postcard from Belize:
COME TO BELIZE! NO, WE ARE NOT AN ISLAND!
(giving a "cheers" to Priest/Cross. Flag of Belize to the left of the picture. See if you can figure out which one is me. AKA "Where's Waldo" for Bwian! LOL!)
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| [guidogodoy] Monday, January 21, 2013 2:39:38 PM | |
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Ok, just a couple.
MASSIVE tarpon at a reef in Roatán, Honduras. I am at depth and water maginfies. They are still pretty far from me.
School of squid in Cozumel. Many out of picture but there are 14 in total.
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| [guidogodoy] Monday, January 21, 2013 12:23:32 PM | |
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Just starting to go through pictures but I already have the perfect one for a postcard from Belize:
COME TO BELIZE! NO, WE ARE NOT AN ISLAND!
(giving a "cheers" to Priest/Cross. Flag of Belize to the left of the picture. See if you can figure out which one is me. AKA "Where's Waldo" for Bwian! LOL!)
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| [Vaillant 3.0] Wednesday, October 24, 2012 9:52:38 PM | |
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Nice!!! Good to hear you had a great time! 
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by METALMANJP from Wednesday, October 24, 2012 4:14:29 PM)| | | METALMANJP wrote: | | Just got back yesterday from Disney World, I think I need another vacation. The 3d movies were awesome, and the rock n roll roller coaster was super fast . Had a great time and can't wait to go back.
| | | Vaillant 3.0 wrote: | | Nice!!! You guys going to Disneyland or Disney World?
Either way, have fun!!!
| | | METALMANJP wrote: | | | Getting ready to take the kids to Disney for a week. I think I am more excited about it than they are. I'll talk to y'all later. |
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| [METALMANJP] Wednesday, October 24, 2012 4:14:29 PM | |
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Just got back yesterday from Disney World, I think I need another vacation. The 3d movies were awesome, and the rock n roll roller coaster was super fast . Had a great time and can't wait to go back.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Vaillant 3.0 from Tuesday, October 16, 2012 12:36:17 AM)| | | Vaillant 3.0 wrote: | | Nice!!! You guys going to Disneyland or Disney World?
Either way, have fun!!!
| | | METALMANJP wrote: | | | Getting ready to take the kids to Disney for a week. I think I am more excited about it than they are. I'll talk to y'all later. |
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| [Vaillant 3.0] Tuesday, October 16, 2012 12:36:17 AM | |
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Nice!!! You guys going to Disneyland or Disney World?
Either way, have fun!!!
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by METALMANJP from Monday, October 15, 2012 3:14:12 PM)| | | METALMANJP wrote: | | | Getting ready to take the kids to Disney for a week. I think I am more excited about it than they are. I'll talk to y'all later. |
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| [METALMANJP] Monday, October 15, 2012 3:14:12 PM | |
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| Getting ready to take the kids to Disney for a week. I think I am more excited about it than they are. I'll talk to y'all later. |
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| [Becks] Sunday, August 26, 2012 8:17:03 PM | |
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I know who I'd vote for but I don't count LOL!!!
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by spapad from Sunday, August 26, 2012 4:46:45 PM)| | | spapad wrote: | | At least you have an advantage over the U.S. citizens in so far as news goes. We don't hear about ANYTHING going on around the world unless it's major. I have to read internet newspapers just to keep up with anything outside the U.S. and 90% of America never does that.
As for unemployment. It would be way higher if they counted the people who really are not disabled but claim to be. The the election coming up? We have dumb and dumber to choose from. I'm throwing my vote away with a write in Vote for Slick Willy. lol We are going to hell in a handbasket.
| | | Becks wrote: | | LOLZ I doubt NZ could liberate any country bigger than say, Fiji. And even then we kinda sit in our corner of the world watching everyone else most of the time hehe.
I've heard unemployment is really bad in the US, sounds like it is out of control (for lack of a better term) where you are. But as you say, everyone is focussed on election stuff over there - we get a lot of your political stuff on the news here, and to be honest it scares me sometimes LOL.
| | | guidogodoy wrote: | | I hear ya. Perhaps you could push the NZ government to invade some oil-rich country to "liberate" them! heh
While we suffer those same inexplicable spikes in gas prices, what compounds the damage is that our economy is absolutely in the shitter. In my immediate area, every other house seems like it is up for sale with nobody buying. We are currently tied for second highest unemployment rate in the state (17+%) and we are one of the poorest states in the nation.
Sad when people can't afford to drive themselves out to find better jobs but, hey, election year! One of the two rich guys running for Pres will fix everything for sure! 
Ah, prolly a better topic for the Blah. After all, that is my general opinion of politicians (aka. big business). BLAH!
| | | Becks wrote: | | I remember when it cost less than $1 per litre lol, ahh those were the days. The thing that gets me is the stupid reasons fuel companies use for the increases, with the latest increases earlier this week they quoted every reason under the sun, the exchange rates, instability in the middle east, blah blah blah.
| | | spapad wrote: | | Becks, I feel for you and europe and the outlaying islands and territories. We in the US are spoiled. We always have the best gas prices and we are really not happy when they get as high as they are now.
What really sucks, is in 2001 I could fill up my Toyota for $11.00 and I thought that was outrageous. I wish OPEC would have a gas war again. In 1984 I paid $0.57 per gallon. Please let that happen again. lol
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| [spapad] Sunday, August 26, 2012 4:46:45 PM | |
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At least you have an advantage over the U.S. citizens in so far as news goes. We don't hear about ANYTHING going on around the world unless it's major. I have to read internet newspapers just to keep up with anything outside the U.S. and 90% of America never does that.
As for unemployment. It would be way higher if they counted the people who really are not disabled but claim to be. The the election coming up? We have dumb and dumber to choose from. I'm throwing my vote away with a write in Vote for Slick Willy. lol We are going to hell in a handbasket.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Becks from Sunday, August 26, 2012 2:45:57 PM)| | | Becks wrote: | | LOLZ I doubt NZ could liberate any country bigger than say, Fiji. And even then we kinda sit in our corner of the world watching everyone else most of the time hehe.
I've heard unemployment is really bad in the US, sounds like it is out of control (for lack of a better term) where you are. But as you say, everyone is focussed on election stuff over there - we get a lot of your political stuff on the news here, and to be honest it scares me sometimes LOL.
| | | guidogodoy wrote: | | I hear ya. Perhaps you could push the NZ government to invade some oil-rich country to "liberate" them! heh
While we suffer those same inexplicable spikes in gas prices, what compounds the damage is that our economy is absolutely in the shitter. In my immediate area, every other house seems like it is up for sale with nobody buying. We are currently tied for second highest unemployment rate in the state (17+%) and we are one of the poorest states in the nation.
Sad when people can't afford to drive themselves out to find better jobs but, hey, election year! One of the two rich guys running for Pres will fix everything for sure!
Ah, prolly a better topic for the Blah. After all, that is my general opinion of politicians (aka. big business). BLAH!
| | | Becks wrote: | | I remember when it cost less than $1 per litre lol, ahh those were the days. The thing that gets me is the stupid reasons fuel companies use for the increases, with the latest increases earlier this week they quoted every reason under the sun, the exchange rates, instability in the middle east, blah blah blah.
| | | spapad wrote: | | Becks, I feel for you and europe and the outlaying islands and territories. We in the US are spoiled. We always have the best gas prices and we are really not happy when they get as high as they are now.
What really sucks, is in 2001 I could fill up my Toyota for $11.00 and I thought that was outrageous. I wish OPEC would have a gas war again. In 1984 I paid $0.57 per gallon. Please let that happen again. lol
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| [guidogodoy] Sunday, August 26, 2012 3:08:31 PM | |
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Scares me too!
(now let me know when I can join the NZ Fiji Liberation Front! NZFLF HAAA!)
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Becks from Sunday, August 26, 2012 2:45:57 PM)| | | Becks wrote: | | LOLZ I doubt NZ could liberate any country bigger than say, Fiji. And even then we kinda sit in our corner of the world watching everyone else most of the time hehe.
I've heard unemployment is really bad in the US, sounds like it is out of control (for lack of a better term) where you are. But as you say, everyone is focussed on election stuff over there - we get a lot of your political stuff on the news here, and to be honest it scares me sometimes LOL.
| | | guidogodoy wrote: | | I hear ya. Perhaps you could push the NZ government to invade some oil-rich country to "liberate" them! heh
While we suffer those same inexplicable spikes in gas prices, what compounds the damage is that our economy is absolutely in the shitter. In my immediate area, every other house seems like it is up for sale with nobody buying. We are currently tied for second highest unemployment rate in the state (17+%) and we are one of the poorest states in the nation.
Sad when people can't afford to drive themselves out to find better jobs but, hey, election year! One of the two rich guys running for Pres will fix everything for sure!
Ah, prolly a better topic for the Blah. After all, that is my general opinion of politicians (aka. big business). BLAH!
| | | Becks wrote: | | I remember when it cost less than $1 per litre lol, ahh those were the days. The thing that gets me is the stupid reasons fuel companies use for the increases, with the latest increases earlier this week they quoted every reason under the sun, the exchange rates, instability in the middle east, blah blah blah.
| | | spapad wrote: | | Becks, I feel for you and europe and the outlaying islands and territories. We in the US are spoiled. We always have the best gas prices and we are really not happy when they get as high as they are now.
What really sucks, is in 2001 I could fill up my Toyota for $11.00 and I thought that was outrageous. I wish OPEC would have a gas war again. In 1984 I paid $0.57 per gallon. Please let that happen again. lol
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| [Becks] Sunday, August 26, 2012 2:45:57 PM | |
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LOLZ I doubt NZ could liberate any country bigger than say, Fiji. And even then we kinda sit in our corner of the world watching everyone else most of the time hehe.
I've heard unemployment is really bad in the US, sounds like it is out of control (for lack of a better term) where you are. But as you say, everyone is focussed on election stuff over there - we get a lot of your political stuff on the news here, and to be honest it scares me sometimes LOL.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by guidogodoy from Sunday, August 26, 2012 3:11:34 AM)| | | guidogodoy wrote: | | I hear ya. Perhaps you could push the NZ government to invade some oil-rich country to "liberate" them! heh
While we suffer those same inexplicable spikes in gas prices, what compounds the damage is that our economy is absolutely in the shitter. In my immediate area, every other house seems like it is up for sale with nobody buying. We are currently tied for second highest unemployment rate in the state (17+%) and we are one of the poorest states in the nation.
Sad when people can't afford to drive themselves out to find better jobs but, hey, election year! One of the two rich guys running for Pres will fix everything for sure!
Ah, prolly a better topic for the Blah. After all, that is my general opinion of politicians (aka. big business). BLAH!
| | | Becks wrote: | | I remember when it cost less than $1 per litre lol, ahh those were the days. The thing that gets me is the stupid reasons fuel companies use for the increases, with the latest increases earlier this week they quoted every reason under the sun, the exchange rates, instability in the middle east, blah blah blah.
| | | spapad wrote: | | Becks, I feel for you and europe and the outlaying islands and territories. We in the US are spoiled. We always have the best gas prices and we are really not happy when they get as high as they are now.
What really sucks, is in 2001 I could fill up my Toyota for $11.00 and I thought that was outrageous. I wish OPEC would have a gas war again. In 1984 I paid $0.57 per gallon. Please let that happen again. lol
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| [METALMANJP] Sunday, August 26, 2012 4:45:14 AM | |
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My wife has relatives there, I went in 2004 and in 2011. Nice place.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Vaillant 3.0 from Saturday, August 25, 2012 3:57:40 PM)| | | Vaillant 3.0 wrote: | | Sure did. The music seemed a bit out of place, though, IMO. My uncle bought a CD from that guy a couple of years ago and we were listening to it during the car ride back to Houston. Wish we could've stayed there a little bit longer. Maybe another time.
When did you go to San Antonio?
| | | METALMANJP wrote: | | Awesome, did you like the guy selling cd's of redone songs played with a flute of some kind. Really soothing, relaxing music.
| | | Vaillant 3.0 wrote: | | Funny you ask. Visiting the River Walk and taking the boat tour was the one thing my mom wanted to do before leaving Texas. And that was what we did. We also got into the mall right after, where we bought some souvenirs and looked like a bunch of tourists when we left for CA the next day.
Overall, very green and scenic, and very pretty.
| | | METALMANJP wrote: | | Did you get to the River Walk in San Antone? It's beautiful, also all the great mexican restaurants along the way. The river walk mall was cool too. Hope you had a good time.
| | | Vaillant 3.0 wrote: | | Spa, did you wish for my early death?!? Say it ain't so!!! HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well, just came back from Texas. Stayed in Houston and went to San Antonio, Galveston, and a town called Tyler. The trip was mainly for a family reunion of sorts, so I didn't get to do too many touristy things. Weather was humid, but pretty tolerable. Pics will have to wait, though, since I can't find the USB cord at the moment. Grrrrrrr...
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| [guidogodoy] Sunday, August 26, 2012 3:11:34 AM | |
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I hear ya. Perhaps you could push the NZ government to invade some oil-rich country to "liberate" them! heh
While we suffer those same inexplicable spikes in gas prices, what compounds the damage is that our economy is absolutely in the shitter. In my immediate area, every other house seems like it is up for sale with nobody buying. We are currently tied for second highest unemployment rate in the state (17+%) and we are one of the poorest states in the nation.
Sad when people can't afford to drive themselves out to find better jobs but, hey, election year! One of the two rich guys running for Pres will fix everything for sure!
Ah, prolly a better topic for the Blah. After all, that is my general opinion of politicians (aka. big business). BLAH!
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Becks from Sunday, August 26, 2012 1:24:19 AM)| | | Becks wrote: | | I remember when it cost less than $1 per litre lol, ahh those were the days. The thing that gets me is the stupid reasons fuel companies use for the increases, with the latest increases earlier this week they quoted every reason under the sun, the exchange rates, instability in the middle east, blah blah blah.
| | | spapad wrote: | | Becks, I feel for you and europe and the outlaying islands and territories. We in the US are spoiled. We always have the best gas prices and we are really not happy when they get as high as they are now.
What really sucks, is in 2001 I could fill up my Toyota for $11.00 and I thought that was outrageous. I wish OPEC would have a gas war again. In 1984 I paid $0.57 per gallon. Please let that happen again. lol
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| [Becks] Sunday, August 26, 2012 1:24:19 AM | |
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I remember when it cost less than $1 per litre lol, ahh those were the days. The thing that gets me is the stupid reasons fuel companies use for the increases, with the latest increases earlier this week they quoted every reason under the sun, the exchange rates, instability in the middle east, blah blah blah.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by spapad from Saturday, August 25, 2012 7:39:25 PM)| | | spapad wrote: | | Becks, I feel for you and europe and the outlaying islands and territories. We in the US are spoiled. We always have the best gas prices and we are really not happy when they get as high as they are now.
What really sucks, is in 2001 I could fill up my Toyota for $11.00 and I thought that was outrageous. I wish OPEC would have a gas war again. In 1984 I paid $0.57 per gallon. Please let that happen again. lol
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| [Head banger] Saturday, August 25, 2012 11:14:28 PM | |
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3.88 L per us gallon.
but once you convert to USD (.81 usd to the NZD) you come back to 7 USD a galon.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Becks from Saturday, August 25, 2012 5:05:35 PM)| | | Becks wrote: | | Wow that looks really pretty! Cool pics Vail.
And whoever mentioned a gas price spike, don't even go there LOL our prices just went up to about $2.23NZ a litre. There's 3 litres in a gallon approx. So we pay approx $7NZ a gallon. It's ridiculous.
| | | Vaillant 3.0 wrote: | | The riverwalk is part of the San Antonio river. The water comes from a group of underwater springs, if I remember correctly. Also it rains quite a bit overthere.
Sorry to hear about the drought in your area. Hopefully the rains will return to your part of the boonies. Here's some more green.
| | | guidogodoy wrote: | | Very purdy indeed. Where did they get that water? The few rivers and ponds we have (had!) around her have dried up!
Nice to see the green. Good contrast with the corn I can see out my window in a field across the street. All dried up and dead on the stalk. :(
| | | Vaillant 3.0 wrote: | | Funny you ask. Visiting the River Walk and taking the boat tour was the one thing my mom wanted to do before leaving Texas. And that was what we did. We also got into the mall right after, where we bought some souvenirs and looked like a bunch of tourists when we left for CA the next day.
Overall, very green and scenic, and very pretty.
| | | METALMANJP wrote: | | Did you get to the River Walk in San Antone? It's beautiful, also all the great mexican restaurants along the way. The river walk mall was cool too. Hope you had a good time.
| | | Vaillant 3.0 wrote: | | Spa, did you wish for my early death?!? Say it ain't so!!! HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well, just came back from Texas. Stayed in Houston and went to San Antonio, Galveston, and a town called Tyler. The trip was mainly for a family reunion of sorts, so I didn't get to do too many touristy things. Weather was humid, but pretty tolerable. Pics will have to wait, though, since I can't find the USB cord at the moment. Grrrrrrr...
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| [spapad] Saturday, August 25, 2012 7:39:25 PM | |
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Becks, I feel for you and europe and the outlaying islands and territories. We in the US are spoiled. We always have the best gas prices and we are really not happy when they get as high as they are now.
What really sucks, is in 2001 I could fill up my Toyota for $11.00 and I thought that was outrageous. I wish OPEC would have a gas war again. In 1984 I paid $0.57 per gallon. Please let that happen again. lol
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| [Vaillant 3.0] Saturday, August 25, 2012 5:13:16 PM | |
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$7 a gallon?!?!? Daaaamn! And I thought paying over $4 a gallon was bad. Still, though. Paying those $7 per gallon might become reality here soon.
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Wow that looks really pretty! Cool pics Vail.
And whoever mentioned a gas price spike, don't even go there LOL our prices just went up to about $2.23NZ a litre. There's 3 litres in a gallon approx. So we pay approx $7NZ a gallon. It's ridiculous.
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The riverwalk is part of the San Antonio river. The water comes from a group of underwater springs, if I remember correctly. Also it rains quite a bit overthere.
Sorry to hear about the drought in your area. Hopefully the rains will return to your part of the boonies. Here's some more green.
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Very purdy indeed. Where did they get that water? The few rivers and ponds we have (had!) around her have dried up!
Nice to see the green. Good contrast with the corn I can see out my window in a field across the street. All dried up and dead on the stalk. :(
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Funny you ask. Visiting the River Walk and taking the boat tour was the one thing my mom wanted to do before leaving Texas. And that was what we did. We also got into the mall right after, where we bought some souvenirs and looked like a bunch of tourists when we left for CA the next day.
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Did you get to the River Walk in San Antone? It's beautiful, also all the great mexican restaurants along the way. The river walk mall was cool too. Hope you had a good time.
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Spa, did you wish for my early death?!? Say it ain't so!!! HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well, just came back from Texas. Stayed in Houston and went to San Antonio, Galveston, and a town called Tyler. The trip was mainly for a family reunion of sorts, so I didn't get to do too many touristy things. Weather was humid, but pretty tolerable. Pics will have to wait, though, since I can't find the USB cord at the moment. Grrrrrrr...
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