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OT - Propane suppliers quietly reduce size of refills
On Sat, 23 May 2009 19:11:16 -0700, the infamous Gunner Asch
scrawled the following: (snip of TooManyTwinkies post/reply) Anyone who uses Blue Rino or similar..prefilled tank exchanges..is a moron to begin with. Agreed. They're certainly not cost-effective. Find a filling station with the propane bulk tank and simply get the ****ers filled. The new bottles (tri-sided valve top) takes 4.5 gallons to fill. Blink blink..its hardly rocket science. Ayup. I looked at the price of an empty tank and a fill, then at the Blue Rhino tanks and immediately bought the empty and had it filled. It cost an extra buck to purge it. No brainer. Im paying $3.25 gal for propane at my usual spot. Which is $14.25 for a fill up. NOT the $25 Blue Rino wants for an exchange. I haven't refilled since the price went up, so I'll likely pay more than $8.25 the next time, huh? ;( -- "The latest documents released this week showed that priests with drug, alcohol and sexual abuse problems continued in the ministry as recently as two years ago. That doesn't sound like a church, it sounds like Congress with holy water." -Jay Leno |
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OT - Propane suppliers quietly reduce size of refills
On Sat, 23 May 2009 21:14:02 -0700, Larry Jaques
wrote: On Sat, 23 May 2009 19:11:16 -0700, the infamous Gunner Asch scrawled the following: (snip of TooManyTwinkies post/reply) Anyone who uses Blue Rino or similar..prefilled tank exchanges..is a moron to begin with. Agreed. They're certainly not cost-effective. Find a filling station with the propane bulk tank and simply get the ****ers filled. The new bottles (tri-sided valve top) takes 4.5 gallons to fill. Blink blink..its hardly rocket science. Ayup. I looked at the price of an empty tank and a fill, then at the Blue Rhino tanks and immediately bought the empty and had it filled. It cost an extra buck to purge it. No brainer. Im paying $3.25 gal for propane at my usual spot. Which is $14.25 for a fill up. NOT the $25 Blue Rino wants for an exchange. I haven't refilled since the price went up, so I'll likely pay more than $8.25 the next time, huh? ;( Shrug..Ive seen propane everywhere from .99 to $5 per gallon in the last 4 months. The two places I purchase propane from average about $3 a gallon...but Ive not bothered to check deeper. Gunner "Lenin called them "useful idiots," those people living in liberal democracies who by giving moral and material support to a totalitarian ideology in effect were braiding the rope that would hang them. Why people who enjoyed freedom and prosperity worked passionately to destroy both is a fascinating question, one still with us today. Now the useful idiots can be found in the chorus of appeasement, reflexive anti-Americanism, and sentimental idealism trying to inhibit the necessary responses to another freedom-hating ideology, radical Islam" Bruce C. Thornton, a professor of Classics at American University of Cal State Fresno |
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OT - Propane suppliers quietly reduce size of refills
"Larry Jaques" wrote in message ... On Sat, 23 May 2009 19:11:16 -0700, the infamous Gunner Asch scrawled the following: (snip of TooManyTwinkies post/reply) Anyone who uses Blue Rino or similar..prefilled tank exchanges..is a moron to begin with. Agreed. They're certainly not cost-effective. Find a filling station with the propane bulk tank and simply get the ****ers filled. The new bottles (tri-sided valve top) takes 4.5 gallons to fill. Blink blink..its hardly rocket science. Ayup. I looked at the price of an empty tank and a fill, then at the Blue Rhino tanks and immediately bought the empty and had it filled. It cost an extra buck to purge it. No brainer. Im paying $3.25 gal for propane at my usual spot. Which is $14.25 for a fill up. NOT the $25 Blue Rino wants for an exchange. I haven't refilled since the price went up, so I'll likely pay more than $8.25 the next time, huh? ;( -- "The latest documents released this week showed that priests with drug, alcohol and sexual abuse problems continued in the ministry as recently as two years ago. That doesn't sound like a church, it sounds like Congress with holy water." -Jay Leno Last time I got a fill at United Rentals, they said if you buy the tank from them, they give you the first fill included. United is nation wide I think. |
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OT - Propane suppliers quietly reduce size of refills
Last time I got a fill at United Rentals, they said if you buy the tank from them, they give you the first fill included. *United is nation wide I think. United used to be! They closed all the Central Oregon sites several months ago. Paul |
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OT - Propane suppliers quietly reduce size of refills
"Gunner Asch" wrote in message ... On Sat, 23 May 2009 21:14:02 -0700, Larry Jaques wrote: On Sat, 23 May 2009 19:11:16 -0700, the infamous Gunner Asch scrawled the following: (snip of TooManyTwinkies post/reply) Anyone who uses Blue Rino or similar..prefilled tank exchanges..is a moron to begin with. Agreed. They're certainly not cost-effective. Find a filling station with the propane bulk tank and simply get the ****ers filled. The new bottles (tri-sided valve top) takes 4.5 gallons to fill. Blink blink..its hardly rocket science. Ayup. I looked at the price of an empty tank and a fill, then at the Blue Rhino tanks and immediately bought the empty and had it filled. It cost an extra buck to purge it. No brainer. Im paying $3.25 gal for propane at my usual spot. Which is $14.25 for a fill up. NOT the $25 Blue Rino wants for an exchange. I haven't refilled since the price went up, so I'll likely pay more than $8.25 the next time, huh? ;( Shrug..Ive seen propane everywhere from .99 to $5 per gallon in the last 4 months. The two places I purchase propane from average about $3 a gallon...but Ive not bothered to check deeper. Gunner I pay $2.69 a gallon. I have 2 tanks and I fill the empty one while using the full one. That way I always have a spare. I use mine to heat the house with. Richard W. |
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OT - Propane suppliers quietly reduce size of refills
On Sat, 23 May 2009 21:14:02 -0700, Larry Jaques
wrote: On Sat, 23 May 2009 19:11:16 -0700, the infamous Gunner Asch scrawled the following: (snip of TooManyTwinkies post/reply) Anyone who uses Blue Rino or similar..prefilled tank exchanges..is a moron to begin with. Agreed. They're certainly not cost-effective. Find a filling station with the propane bulk tank and simply get the ****ers filled. The new bottles (tri-sided valve top) takes 4.5 gallons to fill. Blink blink..its hardly rocket science. Ayup. I looked at the price of an empty tank and a fill, then at the Blue Rhino tanks and immediately bought the empty and had it filled. It cost an extra buck to purge it. No brainer. Im paying $3.25 gal for propane at my usual spot. Which is $14.25 for a fill up. NOT the $25 Blue Rino wants for an exchange. I haven't refilled since the price went up, so I'll likely pay more than $8.25 the next time, huh? ;( $14.95 last November, $9.99 a week ago, twenty pounds both times. Gerry :-)} London, Canada |
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