# This is surreal **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 27, 2001, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-surreal/89916 "2001-10-27T03:09:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MagicalSilverKey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@MagicalSilverKey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicalSilverKey)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-surreal/89916/1 "2001-10-27T03:09:34Z")
Gasoline in my town (Mishawaka, Indiana) is averaging 96 cents a gallon. I don’t know how long it will stay at this price, but I feel like filling up about two steel 55 gal. drums full of the stuff, while the price is so low. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-surreal/89916/2 "2001-10-27T04:09:52Z")
It is $1.01 here in Boardman, Ohio. It hasn’t been this low is several years. ---
**Author:** ![pesch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pesch/32/4925_2.png) [@pesch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pesch)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-surreal/89916/3 "2001-10-27T04:12:19Z")
Still 1.25 or so in PA ---
**Author:** ![TheNewbie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/db5fbb/32.png) [@TheNewbie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheNewbie)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-surreal/89916/4 "2001-10-27T04:36:36Z")
Averaging 1.09 in Mid-Michigan ---
**Author:** ![Mauvaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mauvaise/32/11084_2.png) [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-surreal/89916/5 "2001-10-27T04:43:50Z")
The cheap Arco station here in Phoenix is down to $1.13. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-surreal/89916/6 "2001-10-27T06:18:57Z")
About $1.47 here in Los Angeles :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-surreal/89916/7 "2001-10-27T06:26:34Z")
65.9 up here in Sask. ---
**Author:** ![IGJoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/igjoe/32/5420_2.png) [@IGJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IGJoe)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-surreal/89916/8 "2001-10-27T06:45:33Z")
52.5 in Edmonton today. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-surreal/89916/9 "2001-10-27T06:48:40Z")
$1.11 here in Minnesota. (are those Canadian prices per _liter?_) ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-surreal/89916/10 "2001-10-27T06:51:59Z")
Our Canadian friends… Shouldn’t you clarify your prices…that is per **liter** right? ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-surreal/89916/11 "2001-10-27T07:27:17Z")
FUEL BANKS, PEOPLE! ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-surreal/89916/12 "2001-10-27T08:04:21Z")
When I got gas the other day, it was $1.64/gallon for regular. Pretty low! A few months ago we were up to almost $2/gallon for regular. ---
**Author:** ![honkytonkwillie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@honkytonkwillie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/honkytonkwillie)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-surreal/89916/13 "2001-10-27T08:23:32Z")
$1.59 here. ---
**Author:** ![tapioca\_tundra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@tapioca\_tundra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapioca_tundra)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-surreal/89916/14 "2001-10-27T13:22:13Z")
~$1.19 ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-surreal/89916/15 "2001-10-27T14:18:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Reeder \* > \*\*Our Canadian friends… > > Shouldn’t you clarify your prices…that is per **liter** right? \*\* From my trips to Canada, the gas prices are always given per liter. Canadian dollars and cents, of course. The cash-only self serve place in our town (eastern Mass) was at $1.21/gallon a day or two ago. It might be even lower now. That’s the lowest its been since I don’t know when. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-surreal/89916/16 "2001-10-27T14:24:18Z")
> [@](#): > > About $1.47 here in Los Angeles > > :mad: And $1.279 where I refuel in Orange County, about 40 miles from here. Go figure. ---
**Author:** ![mancunian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mancunian/32/12244_2.png) [@mancunian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mancunian)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-surreal/89916/17 "2001-10-27T15:30:41Z")
Oh, my heart bleeds. Petrol prices here in the UK are equivalent to about US$4.36/gallon ☹ ---
**Author:** ![pesch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pesch/32/4925_2.png) [@pesch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pesch)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-surreal/89916/18 "2001-10-27T18:07:07Z")
Hey, this **is** about us after all 🙂 (Actually, I do feel for y’all in Europe. Those are incredible prices!) Passed a gas station last night, it’s fallen to $1.15 in eastern PA. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-surreal/89916/19 "2001-10-27T18:19:49Z")
> [@](#): > > Petrol prices here in the UK are equivalent to about US$4.36/gallon ☹ Actually, I think this thread is an appreciation of how cheap gasoline is. At least the UK and Europe have public transportation. We have some in L.A. too. (I just rode a bus back from the motorcycle shop, where I dropped my bike off for repairs) The trouble is that busses are nasty, and the Metrorail doesn’t cover a wide enough area. L.A. County has about nine or ten million inhabitants, and we’re well spread out. > [@](#): > > 52.5 in Edmonton today. That’s about US$1.40/gallon. Not too bad. Certainly better than $2.20+ we had down here a few months ago. ---
**Author:** ![MrPeabody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@MrPeabody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrPeabody)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-surreal/89916/20 "2001-10-27T18:21:14Z")
94 cents here in Oklahoma. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-surreal/89916.md?page=2)