03-18-2020, 06:42 PM
Last week, I filled the gas tanks of our four vehicles and gave instructions "when you get down to 3/4ths of a tank, fill er up". I need 20 gallons of Premium gas to store for my bike so, I'll need to go to Harbor Freight and buy a couple of their big gas cans. When Katrina happened, word was "the pipeline that supplies the East coast is gonna be down for three months", that was the MSM. Everyone panicked and I was stuck with less than a quarter tank so I drove until I was almost empty and bought gas at$4.259/gallon. Within three days the pipeline was up and running and gas prices dropped. I cussed myself into that 3/4 tank fill up rule that I maintained until sometime in 2012. The lesson is pay attention, err on the side of caution, stay prepared and try to get ahead of the curve. And, I just went through my cliche quota for the year.