Yeah, that was quite a gas war between WM & Murphy, while it lasted (1.389 now).
I didn't know there was another flying brick so close! My K75S sits 4.5 miles north of Nac WM, so 18.5 miles from your brick. There is another '88 K75S identical to mine; well same make/model/year, cosmetically not quite the same. So that makes three bricks that I know of in Nacogdoches county.
Jeff & I will have to work hard on talking you into joining the ETBMW+MC.
A few of us Nac-area riders meet at the Peking on North Street at noon on Tuesdays. You are welcome to join us if you are in town on a Tuesday (I have no idea where you work).
Interesting re WM & Murphy since I thought WM owned Murphy (or at least had a big stake in it/them), but now I'm not sure why I thought that.
Edit b/4 posting: Googled it and we were/are both right! I wondered why WM was putting in pumps a block away from Murphy and now I know.
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It's just my opinion, but there are FAR too many gas stations in Nac and some consolidation would be good for the owners. Funny thing: gas has
always been ~$0.10-$0.15/gal cheaper in J'ville than in Nac - pretty much impossible without collusion between the stations in each town - but not recently with the "gas war" between WM & Murphy, other way 'round.
Aside, when I was just starting driving/riding (mid-late 50's), gas was $0.149 (with a 3-cent/gal discount for a fill-up!) and the stations would "put it on a ticket" to be settled up at the first of the month. There were seven stations (IIRC, maybe more, nfewer) in a straight 2-mile stretch in a town of ~2500, but US80 ran right thru the middle and that was the main (/only reliable?) way 'cross country in Winter. Nobody starved but no station owners got rich, either.
(Best Maynard G. Krebs voice here) WORK? WORK!
What is this work of which you speak? Been retired since 25Jun93 (3rd & final time) and haven't lifted a hand for pay since delivering Census forms for abt 3wks in 2000.
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I'm not much for joining anything anymore, especially anything with regularly scheduled "meetings." Ask anyone who knows me, I'm pretty much constitutionally incapable of getting anywhere "on time" because I don't have to.
Next Tuesday happens to be when The Eagle poops in my bank account and, as of now, there's a blank square on my calendar and I've never been to Peking so lunch might be doable
. . . . but no promises!
Who knows, I might go get the Airhead inspected so I can register it and ride it in. {LIGHTBULB!} Or maybe I'll combine all three in one ride to town and save gas . . . that sorta sounds like a plan.
First two pics are from the Exxon station kitty-cornered from WM when I loaded up to F-5 Dakar 2011. Didja know those OEM panniers/s-bags will hold a 30-pack each? That's important info!
The next two are from the night I got muh Brick abt a month before, taken at the motel in Fatevul, Arkysaw, after I picked 'er up in Bentonville. If I make it to lunch Toozday, I'll bring the best Service Records, evah. One look and S O L D!!!
Last pic is just, well, because PHUN (and the RS's been faster, more than once).
And if youse guyz are into Dakar, I have the complete Eurosport TeeBee coverage of 2016 on DVDs and a Flash Drive, plus the same thing for 2013 on a stick, and the same thing for 2010 (+ some other Euro bikey stuff) on DVDs, Plus (I think, if I can find it) a buncha IoM coverage if we get a "real" EasTX Winter wknd and need a bike fix, as in over 24hrs worth. Yes, I have a couple of generators for power outages (like the ice storm in Nov '98!!!) and the stove's Propane fueled so DiGiorno pizza would be on the menu - heck, anything could be on the menu and I'm an Honorary RCA so Cajun & Creole are easy and can be done on the 3-burner "Outside Stove" anytime.
Rofl Rofl
This has been a FUN post so I'm now planning to "do Chinese" Tuesday. See y'all then.