As a self employed owner/operator, I get to compile all my business expenses every year around this time. I didn't spend very much on parts this year, so I had a little more profit than the last few years, but the fuel cost is really hard to swallow, given the oil companies are posting record profits. $32,464 in fuel alone for 11 months..:mad:
That's 1/3 of my entire gross for the year and more than my profit margin....:sad:

Here's 2 fingers waaaaaaaaay up for the oil companies....:yes:

Its funny oil is ony at $59 a barrel, yet gas is still over $2.50 a gallon here. The price of crude came down, but gas didnt. We will see over $3.00 this summer.

Its funny oil is ony at $59 a barrel, yet gas is still over $2.50 a gallon here. The price of crude came down, but gas didnt. We will see over $3.00 this summer.


Blame your State government for those prices, not the oil companies. Our gas here has been around 2.00 for about the last 4 months or so. Surely we will see 3.00 per in the near future, but yours will be nearly 4.00 by that time.

yes,
calif is totally F*&$K'D.

you see cali has there own special blend of fuel so the supply/ demand is very tight!!!!!

oh yeah blow some more smoke up my A$$!!!

$3 by summer? It's 2.87 across from my office. That's up from 2.81 yesterday. BTW that's for the "cheap" stuff. 3.07 for the 91 octane.

Hey if I can buy gas here for $2.28 a gallon and sell it on ebay for maybe $2.32 how much would ups get to ship to California ?
I bet I could sell a ton !

Hey if I can buy gas here for $2.28 a gallon and sell it on ebay for maybe $2.32 how much would ups get to ship to California ?
I bet I could sell a ton !

At 8 lbs ger gallon of FLAMMABLE liquid, shipping would be more than your meager 4 cent markup...:noway: Our gas is around $2.10/gallon, but the diesel fuel stays at $2.45 or above. At 5.5 mpg I can burn thru 70 gallons a day...:eek: When the price was over $3.00/gallon, I was spending over $200/day....:sad:

No wonder you truckers have a chain on your wallet.
btw I'm not selling gas on ebay to make money but to help out the California guys. Poor devils have to cruise 12 months a year.

I do my own taxes. What a pain. I need to finish getting all the paperwork in order so I can do mine. There's still a 2" pile of farm receipts that I've got to go through. At least there is light at the end of the tunnel!:hurray:

In Australia we have to do a BAS (Business Activity Statment) every month. It's my second favorite thing, right after the old rectal labotomy :)

In Australia we have to do a BAS (Business Activity Statment) every month. It's my second favorite thing, right after the old rectal labotomy :)

I don't even want to know what a rectal labotomy is!! Sound painful!!