Gas Prices & the BS

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11 hours ago, 953 nut said:

Well I didn't think AI would have much to say about that, but they surprised me. They overlooked the on my wife falls for quite often, Store Loyalty Gas Discounts. A local grocery chain has gas discounts, a nickel per gallon for every $ 100.00 you spend at the store. Quit often the pump price at the grocery store is 10 to 20 cents more than the price at the local cut-rate gas station, but she hates to see those loyalty points expire so she gets a nickel or a dime off of gas the was priced twenty cents higher.     

 

"Girl math" is a viral social media trend featuring humorous, often ironic mental gymnastics used to justify spending habits and make purchases feel financially sensible. It operates on the logic that time, convenience, and perceived discounts are interchangeable currencies that effectively make expenses "free." [1, 2, 3, 4]

 

The Core Rules of Girl Math

While the scenarios are almost entirely tongue-in-cheek, they follow a few universally understood "theorems": [1, 2]

• The Cash Rule: If you pay for something with cash or a pre-loaded gift card, it is practically free because the money isn't actively leaving your checking account. [1]
• The "Cost-Per-Wear" Investment: A $300 item that you wear 100 times actually costs only $3 per wear. Therefore, you are practically saving money by buying it. [1, 2, 3]
• Pre-Paid Accounts = No Cost: If you load a Starbucks app with $25 ahead of time, your coffee is completely free when you pick it up next week. [1]
• The Cancellation Profit: If a friend cancels dinner plans, you instantly have "free" money in your budget that was already earmarked for that meal. [1, 2]
• Discount Logic: If you don't buy an item that is usually $100 but on sale for $50, you didn't save $50—you essentially made $50, which is then free to spend on something else. [1, 2]
• Event Pre-Payment: Concert or flight tickets bought months in advance are free because you will have forgotten about the initial charge by the time the event actually happens. [1]

 

 

 

I told my wife about this once and she thought it all sounded very correct. Then she punched me in the arm for disagreeing with her.

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  All in I’m usually just under 800 miles after driving to the show and back/forth to the hotel and then back home on Saturday. 
  My V8 Toyota will probably settle at 12-13 mpg depending how loaded it is on the way home. 
  At 800 miles at 12mpg I’m looking at 66.666 gallons and at $4.30 (maybe?) per gallon average I’m spending $287 on 87 octane fuel. 
  Split that in half with my son and it’s $144 apiece. 
  Not so bad.,

 Hotel is around $300 for two nights (also splitting that cost for $150 each). Add in meals of course.  
  Probably around $370 for me to spend 2.5 awesome days at my happy place!!

  I don’t know how expensive it needs to get before I back out and stay home (being miserable ) but it’s hasn’t gotten there yet. 

   That’s it…just bored sitting in the couch messing with my calculator. 
  See ya’ll in 19 days 

 

  

[squonk 46,711]

Just under 700 miles normally for the entire trip.

 

When Waldo and I searched for that BBQ joint, it seemed like it added another 50! 

[953 nut 66,375]

6 minutes ago, squonk said:

When Waldo and I searched for that BBQ joint, it seemed like it added another 50! 

It was right near THE Dollar General Store, can't miss it.                  If you find the correct Dollar General.           

[squonk 46,711]

2 hours ago, 953 nut said:

It was right near THE Dollar General Store, can't miss it.                  If you find the correct Dollar General.           

There are close to 30 Dollar Generals on our way to PA. Randy and I counted them a few years back. 

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3 minutes ago, squonk said:

There are close to 30 Dollar Generals on our way to PA. Randy and I counted them a few years back. 

AI Overview

 

 

As of 2026, there are approximately 20,900 Dollar General stores operating in the United States

[953 nut 66,375]

2 hours ago, cafoose said:

AI Overview

 

 

As of 2026, there are approximately 20,900 Dollar General stores operating in the United States

But only one of them was near the BBQ place.                   Too bad it close down during Coved, had great smoked pulled pork.

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20 minutes ago, 953 nut said:

But only one of them was near the BBQ place.                   Too bad it close down during Coved, had great smoked pulled pork.

And the girl who worked there couldn't tell me where they were!

 

Probably my favorite memory of Waldo.

Edited 16 minutes ago by squonk