Earle’s Notes

Gas: went from 2.89 to 2.99 last night/this morning.
Got a good inch of snow and sub-zero temps last night. Most of the snow blew away in the wind.

November 27th, 2007 | Category: Gas, Weather | Leave a comment

Great Weekend. Put a new battery in Cricky on T-Day, plus had lots of good food. Worked some on Friday, had a problem PC in the ER at work and there was no-one else around, so I took care of it. Got all the parts ripped of the parts van on Saturday [...]

November 26th, 2007 | Category: Auto Tech, Computer Tech | Leave a comment

Gas 2.89 now. Drove to Bemidji on T-Day. Feels like Winter is coming, low was about 10F last night and high yesterday about 25F. Today a bit warmer (28F) but windier.

November 23rd, 2007 | Category: Gas, Weather | Leave a comment

Drove to Bemidji Monday. I find it very interesting that all the stations in GR are between 2.94 and 2.96, with one at 2.94 and one at 2.96 and the rest at 2.95, but the stations in Bemidji are between 3.01 and 2.96 and two stations next to each other will have different prices. [...]

November 20th, 2007 | Category: Gas | Leave a comment

Drove to Minnetonka and back Tuesday, Averaged 12mpg with headwinds both directions. Thank God for the new headlight setup and windshield, since most of the trip was made before sunup and after sunset.
Gas prices are still at 3.09 in GR, with a couple of stations at 3.08. I used to stop at [...]

November 14th, 2007 | Category: Gas | Leave a comment

My how time flies!
Gas: by Saturday evening all were at 3.09, managed to fill both van’s at 3.05 before all the stations were at the new price.
Got a new, larger propane tank to match the new propane furnace, filled it Thursday 262.6 gallons at $2 per gallon. We’ll see how it goes.
Bought another car [...]

November 11th, 2007 | Category: Auto Tech, Weather | Leave a comment

Snowing off and on today, too warm for it to stick, although I hear rumors that some places in the area had as much as 2 inches at one time.
As I was running errands at 5PM I noticed that some gas stations were dropping prices from 2.96 to 2.91; by 5:30 all but one station [...]

November 5th, 2007 | Category: Auto Tech, Computer Tech, Gas | Leave a comment

Snow is in tonight’s forecast! Only half an inch. Time to put the snow tires on the Gladiator. Matt and I got the headlights aligned last night, discovered that there is a big flat, level slab in Warba, made a target, and did it. Worked great.
Bought a new dimmer switch for [...]

November 4th, 2007 | Category: Auto Tech, Weather | Leave a comment