# Thanks for Nothin'! November Mini-Rants

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [November 1, 2023, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-for-nothin-november-mini-rants/992417 "2023-11-01T13:42:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2023, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-for-nothin-november-mini-rants/992417/599 "2023-11-30T13:57:39Z")

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I put this in another thread, but it fits here too:

> [@Paying cash instead of CC-is it spreading?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paying-cash-instead-of-cc-is-it-spreading/993862/32):
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> This. The other similar trick is to have the GIANT LIGHTED NUMBERS be for regular gas. I can recall premium being 10 cents more per gallon when gasoline first spiked to about $2 (OMG11!!!1!) when I was in driver’s ed in high school. Talk about timing. Before I was driving and gasoline as 25 cents per gallon, the increment for premium was usually 2 cents. Right now, with regular gasoline around here maybe $3.50 to $4.00 depending on brand and neighborhood, the premium increment is pretty re…

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