PA already has the highest fuel prices and it is going even higher by .08 (Pittsburgh: 2013, crime)

[BPP1999]

Originally Posted by erieguy

I don't think anyone is complaining about the cost of gas. The complaint is about PA gas tax vs Ohio.

Fair point. The recent increase in NJ's gas tax essentially made the big price differential between the two states vanish overnight. Here's hoping OH raises its gas tax.

I have listened to PennDot Secretary Leslie Richards tell a group of 200 business and academic leaders that since the passage of the gas tax, her cohorts in other states are jealous, and say, "How did you get that passed in PA?"

Infrastructure in this country is grossly underfunded and I am glad that for once, we did something positive before everyone else. My biggest fear with Wolf potentially being a one-termer is that whatever anti-tax crusader that replaces him rolls back the tax with support of politicians like Darth Metcalfe and Brad Roae.

[erieguy]

Originally Posted by Copanut

Good time to buy a Tessla.

Tesla Model 3 parked on city streets wouldn't be bad but beyond that it would be interesting with parking chair season approaching.

[Copanut]

Originally Posted by erieguy

Tesla Model 3 parked on city streets wouldn't be bad but beyond that it would be interesting with parking chair season approaching.

If you have the money for a Tessla, chances are you own a garage.

[erieguy]

Originally Posted by Copanut

If you have the money for a Tessla, chances are you own a garage.

Good call. I'm used to 2-4 car garages muphere.

[WhoIsStanwix?]

Originally Posted by erieguy

Good call. I'm used to 2-4 car garages muphere.

I have been trying to figure out for months how to pronounce "muphere" but can't figure it out for the life of me. Is it mup-here, like the muppets? Or is it moof-air, with the ph sounding like f? Is it supposed to mean "up here"? As in north? lol inquiring minds need to know.

[shadowfax]

Originally Posted by Copanut

If you have the money for a Tessla, chances are you own a garage.

An you probably wouldn't care about an eight cent gas price increase either.

Any rate the money is going to something that is badly needed. Ohip doesn't have our topography, our bridges and tunnels and hills. Maintaining their roads may not be quite as difficult.

[erieguy]

Originally Posted by WhoIsStanwix?

I have been trying to figure out for months how to pronounce "muphere" but can't figure it out for the life of me. Is it mup-here, like the muppets? Or is it moof-air, with the ph sounding like f? Is it supposed to mean "up here"? As in north? lol inquiring minds need to know.

It's what many say(not limited to city folk)when one travels most anywhere north of da 'burgh.

Northern person: Hi, where are you from?

Pittsburgher: I'm muphere(Im-mup-here)from Pittsburgh.

It works for traveling south also: I'm dahnhere from Pittsburgh.

[jay5835]

Originally Posted by WhoIsStanwix?

I have been trying to figure out for months how to pronounce "muphere" but can't figure it out for the life of me. Is it mup-here, like the muppets? Or is it moof-air, with the ph sounding like f? Is it supposed to mean "up here"? As in north? lol inquiring minds need to know.

The only person I know who uses it is SCR, and he is given to British spellings and punctuation, so I thought it might be a Britishism. I thought it was pronounced MOO-fear, and meant something like "beyond the stratosphere."

[erieguy]

Originally Posted by BPP1999

Fair point. The recent increase in NJ's gas tax essentially made the big price differential between the two states vanish overnight. Here's hoping OH raises its gas tax.

I have listened to PennDot Secretary Leslie Richards tell a group of 200 business and academic leaders that since the passage of the gas tax, her cohorts in other states are jealous, and say, "How did you get that passed in PA?"

Infrastructure in this country is grossly underfunded and I am glad that for once, we did something positive before everyone else. My biggest fear with Wolf potentially being a one-termer is that whatever anti-tax crusader that replaces him rolls back the tax with support of politicians like Darth Metcalfe and Darth Roae.

I don't think anyone has issue with it as long as it's truly put to good use. It's pretty short-sided to ASSUME it's going to be put to good use, however.

[erieguy]

Originally Posted by jay5835

The only person I know who uses it is SCR, and he is given to British spellings and punctuation, so I thought it might be a Britishism. I thought it was pronounced MOO-fear, and meant something like "beyond the stratosphere."

The term has been used and laughed about for decades. Unless one travels out of the area or it's brought to their attention if they do, most don't realize they even say it.