Record Lows...

Zero in western Pa today. It was -7 yesterday morning.

Freddy wrote:It's gettin' to be a cold winter!

I should be burning coal, not oil!!!

sterling_40man wrote:I should be burning coal, not oil!!!

Did I miss something?..Why aren't you burning coal?

Edit: Sorry...just read your info. Still hasn't arrived yet?

[quote="Devil505"]

Did I miss something?..

Where do we begin with such an enlightening statement?

PC 12-47E wrote:Where do we begin with such an enlightening statement?

Devil505 wrote:Still hasn't arrived yet?

Not yet Dick. It's been almost 8 months. When I ordered, Keystoker told me 12 weeks. At this rate it looks like I'll be burning oil the rest of the winter.

sterling_40man wrote:Not yet Dick. It's been almost 8 months. When I ordered, Keystoker told me 12 weeks. At this rate it looks like I'll be burning oil the rest of the winter.

sterling_40man wrote:At this rate it looks like I'll be burning oil the rest of the winter.

Look at it this way, oil is 50 cents a gallon cheaper right now then it was last year at this time. Thats in the Lehigh Valley area.

Razzler wrote:

sterling_40man wrote:At this rate it looks like I'll be burning oil the rest of the winter.

Look at it this way, oil is 50 cents a gallon cheaper right now then it was last year at this time. Thats in the Lehigh Valley area.

Around Gettysburg, oil is less than half what it was a year ago. Last winter oil topped out at almost $6/gal. I just topped off the tank a couple weeks ago at $1.59/gal.

Razzler wrote:oil is 50 cents a gallon cheaper right now then it was last year at this time.

But...but... right now is the price is more than I prepaid last year. The reason I turned to coal was that the price I paid last year was way too much!

Getting back to the topic, I had -15 this morning and it is supposedto be colder tonight. Oh, I am in the same boat with the coal. Lots of coal and no stove.

OldAA130 wrote:oil is less than half what it was a year ago. Last winter oil topped out at almost $6/gal.

i payed $2.49 a gal in 10/07 it was the last time i got oil for the 07/08 heating season.

Looks like the Axeman will get no rest tonight....it's already 5 below.

Already just 10* here right now too.

I do feel for you all. 26 feels like a heat wave.

My logic for the coal was based on last year's prices and what I was being told about the pre-buy programs in this area for winter 08-09. Our normal supplier was selling pre-buy at $5/gal even for this winter. The fee was somewhere around $185. I opted out because I was in the process of ordering coal. It's funny though... I never thought we'd see oil and gasoline this low again.