The Chatter Box (Rolla, Republic, Meta: party, students, surgery)

[STLCardsBlues1989]

Originally Posted by Inoxkeeper

Piedmont MO? How did you find that hole in the wall?

Cost with fuel as it is today, an arm and a leg. If your looking to have a car brought to you I have a friend that sells muscle cars. I am sure he knows a local carrier since he ships cars across the country all the time. Let me know...we are in Fe*ton, MO, Piedmont is about 1.5 hours South.

Hey! My ancestors founded that hole in the wall!

But I see your point. It's kind of a small town to drive that far to deliver to.

[Inoxkeeper]

Originally Posted by STLCardsBlues1989

Hey! My ancestors founded that hole in the wall!

But I see your point. It's kind of a small town to drive that far to deliver to.

My ancestors must of known your ancestors. I am from Fred*ricktown...another, slightly larger, hole in the wall...


Good Luck Bentaxle, that's a heck of a Sunday drive!

[mrsgenealogy]

Hiya, Crew! Hello, all!

This is my first time in this thread. Can you believe it? I just popped my head in and decided that I have to jump in and offer my 2 cents worth.

Check out this link to see if you can do the calculation: fuelcostcalculator.com

Before you do that, you may want to check out RandMcNally.com to see how far it is from one town to the next.

[bentaxlecrew]

Thanks you y'all! I found out it was about 1745 miles away from us. Whew! Im going to check out the website you gave me mrs G also. I didnt know that one was out there. We were estimating about $800. I just assume figure something else out but my little bro wants to take the road trip. Little bro better find a bigger job

[MoNative34]

Originally Posted by northbayeric

I'll try to bat out an estimate....let's see, from Fontana to Piedmont, MO is about 2,000 miles roughly...the pickup will probably get 13 miles per gallon pulling the Chevy Lumina, and gas will average $3.10 per gallon for the whole trip. So dividing 2000 miles by 13 MPG, that's about 154 gallons of gas, then you multiply that by $3.10 and you're cha-CHING! $477.40 in the hole--and that's one way. Maybe $450 or a little less if you're easy on the throttle and gas isn't quite that high-priced.

I can't resist taking a swipe at the California Air Resources Board, which will probably try to lay a guilt trip on you for leaving too big a carbon footprint doing this!

Wait a minute, Eric. You didn't figure in the prevailing winds the blow west to east and the resulting effects on fuel economy. You need to remember who you may be dealing with here. Nuthin' gits past me.

"California Air Resources Board"??? I'll have to ask them what the "carbon footprint" is with my 55 gallon barrel out back I burn my trash in.... That'll drive 'em nuts....

Thank you very much ladies and gentalmen and please be careful on your way home... good night.

[Cali BassMan]

Originally Posted by MoNative34

"California Air Resources Board"??? I'll have to ask them what the "carbon footprint" is with my 55 gallon barrel out back I burn my trash in.... That'll drive 'em nuts....

They would have a cow...... These Eco-Nazi are now telling me I can't have a fire in my fireplace...... Shhhh Don't tell em I have every night for a week now..

[northbayeric]

Originally Posted by Cali BassMan

They would have a cow...... These Eco-Nazi are now telling me I can't have a fire in my fireplace...... Shhhh Don't tell em I have every night for a week now..

Yes, but the cow would contribute to global warming with its methane gas emissions, thereby making the California Air Resources Board even more responsible than you for befouling our planet!! Well, that's how I got it figgered...

[bentaxlecrew]

Originally Posted by Cali BassMan

They would have a cow...... These Eco-Nazi are now telling me I can't have a fire in my fireplace...... Shhhh Don't tell em I have every night for a week now..

I heard about that. Were not supposed to burn wood right? Because that would cost us nothing and they wouldnt make any money that way. shssss we set mom up with one every night also!

[DocGSD]

Originally Posted by Cali BassMan

They would have a cow...... These Eco-Nazi are now telling me I can't have a fire in my fireplace...... Shhhh Don't tell em I have every night for a week now..

or just tell them your gunna bend over and they can pucker up.

[Ozark-Baby]

OK, I went to Bass pro today and bought some fishing supplies, a nice rod and a Shimono that actually has two reels with it. I am ready for warmer weather and some fishing now. Anyone in here ever fish at Fellows Lake? How was it if you did?