I ranted two weeks ago about the gas shortage in Georgia and what I perceived as price gauging- being charged $5.19 per gallon for premium grade. My karma comes quickly, so I guess I shouldn't have complained. Here's some more gas ranting.

Not only do we still have a shortage, now the queues are longer because there is a $50.00 maximum. Here's the kicker we do not have premium grade gas. Oh, I've looked, spent two hours on the phone Saturday morning calling gas stations within twenty miles of my home. I've taken to shamelessly asking everyone that I overhear mention gas which grade of fuel their vehicle takes, what gas station did they queue at.

How bad is it? Sad enough to drive around with a phone book. I've considered waiting for the owner of parked vehicles that I know only run on premium so I could interrogate the owner. I shamelessly sent out an S.O.S email at work, to which I received responses that went something like this: Will trade info for a $2.00 gas card (yes two), Will trade info for a vacation day, Will trade info for a bag of orange M & M's.

I get in my truck and have technicolor delusions of the gas tank falling off in protest of having to run on Regular, or stalling out on a hill, at a traffic light, or not starting when I am running late for work.

I don't know what the long term effects of running on Regular will be... is there truly a consequence?  Thanks, this fiasco has given the Virgo in me one more thing to worry about.