October 28, 2008. Oil has dropped to $63 per barrel as opposed to $140 just a short while ago. With the economy getting worse and the stock market collapsing, this will probably continue to drop.
Hopefully, all the gas stations will be selling their gas under $3.00 per gallon and hopefully we can get it down to $2.25. There are numerous websites out there that list the lowest prices and I have found an excellent one. Today (Sep 29) it shows COSTCO as being the lowest at $2.74 per gallon, a far cry from the $4.59/gal that we were paying just a short while ago.
UPDATE: COSTCO gas now at $2.55 gallon (Oct 29)
To see gas prices in the San Leandro area try this website:
http://www.oaklandgasprices.com/San_Leandro/index.aspx
For the Los Angeles area:
http://www.losangelesgasprices.com/
Those are samples of what they show. To find prices in your area, visit http://www.gasbuddy.com/ and enter the city or zip code and it will show you the cheapest in the area. There are other websites out there that provide similar information, but I like this one the best.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
GAS PRICES GOING LOWER
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Betty Boop T-shirts
Terrific Burritos
We did a craft show in this mall about 10 years ago and our booth was located directly in front of this Mexican Restaurant. It was raining and we didn't to go far for food. So, we tried a couple of their Super Burritos and they were indeed SUPER. Best burritos I have ever had.
Read the reviews on Yelp about this place: http://www.yelp.com/biz/mar-y-tierra-taqueria-redwood-city
We have been stopping by there many times over the years. Around lunchtime and dinnertime, this place is totally packed. Matter of fact, I went in there two weeks ago and every chair and table was taken. I passed by the Chinese Food Restaurant next door to it and there was absolutely nobody in side there. They had opened quite recently.
Showers coming!!!!
Just checked the weather reports for this weekend.... San Jose (DeAnza where we will be in S-23) SHOWERS; Cambria (where we will not be) SHOWERS, SHOWERS, SHOWERS, TEMP 61; Orinda (Holiday Bazaar-where we definitely will not be) SHOWERS, SHOWERS, SHOWERS. TEMP 65. Last year we had great weather there and nobody buying, people definitely not coming. This is what happened last year. Orinda Holiday Bazaar 2007
A number of years ago we did a Rock and Mineral Show in Vallejo during the month of March. The first time we did it the weather was very poor with showers, showers, showers and unbelievingly, we did good because the ugliness outside drove people indoors. When we did it the following year, we had high hopes and brought even more things to sell. However, the weather was absolutely beautiful with temps in the 70's and we did very poor...we had an $8 day on Saturday and everybody else did quite bad too. People just went elsewhere because the weather was great. With ugly rainy, windy weather, the people were more or less, grounded and did not venture out very far and went to events indoors.
I've made some entries in the website. Check out NEWS
Wall Streeters Can Still Expect Big Bonuses
When the government agreed to bail out Wall Street, the goal was to provide funds to shore up banks' capital bases so they would start lending again. It wasn't to help them fund the bonus pool. But estimates run that as much as $70 billion will get paid out in bonuses to Wall Streeters this year. That amount equals 10% of the $700 billion bailout.
ISN'T THAT DISGUSTING!!!!
Monday, October 27, 2008
E-mail scam
Just received this one today:
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I get quite a bit of spam and I never ever respond to any offer. Take a look at the email address. this comes from a gmail account and not from a website. STRIKE ONE!!
He says: he can "increase the traffic to your site at a fifth of what you are paying right now." One fifth? I'm not paying thousands to promote my website, so this one/fifth figure is absurd. STRIKE TWO.
I did a search on his mailing address...uh uh uh. The address is a UPS Store. He oviously rents a mail box there. Matter of fact, this guy is running quite a bit of scams out of this location. STEEEERIKE THREE.
DeAnza College Flea Market in Cupertino
On Saturday, November 1, we shall be at the DeAnza College Flea Market in Space S-23 in Cupertino on Steven's Creek Blvd.. Come on down and visit us. We are selling our shoulder-sling bags, fannypacks, backpacks, shell and semi-precious necklaces and a whole lot more.
Great time to do your Christmas Shopping. We will probably be there in December, but don't count on it. You can also find us at the Antioch Holiday Craft Faire on the following weekend.
Check out our website www.dandlcreations,com or you may also visit www.StarvingVendors.com to get the 'low down' on our shows, etc.
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Vacaville Harvest Days
Would like to hear from any vendors that did this show this past weekend. We did two weeks there last year and ...... well, you know. Did anybody do the Los Osos Oktoberfest today? We did it two years ago and perhaps did that show 4-5 times over the past several years. Mostly a festival where people can walk their dogs and let them meet others and sniff their butts.
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Police fear riots if Obama loses US election
Washington, October 24: : Amid rumours that Democratic supporters might indulge in civil disobedience and protests in case their party candidate Barack Obama is defeated in the Nov 4 presidential polls, the Police here fear riots and are preparing to control the same.
“We always try to prepare for the worst,” said Oakland Police Separtment spokesman Jeff Thomason.
“This election is going to mark in history a change in the presidency: you''re going to have a woman in the presidency or an African American as president. I think everybody around here is voting for Obama, so if he gets in the White House everybody''s going to be happy. But, we’ll have our SWAT teams on standby and traffic teams here, so if something goes off we''ll organise and take care of the problem,” the 'Telegraph' quoted him as saying.
According to the paper, there have also been Internet rumours about plans for protests or civil disobedience by supporters of Democratic candidate Barack Obama if he was beaten by Republican rival John McCain in the forthcoming presidential poll.
Thomason said Oakland was prepared to deal with unrest as Oakland Raiders fans rioted in 2003 following their Super Bowl loss. Other cities that have experienced unrest include Detroit, Chicago and Philadelphia and are also planning to deploy extra officers on election day.
James Carville, a strategist for former President Bill Clinton and advisor to his wife Hillary''s 2008 presidential campaign, hinted Democrat supporters could be angry if Obama lost, given his lead in the polls.
“If Obama goes in and he has a consistent five-point lead and loses the election, it would be very, very, very dramatic out there,” Carville was quoted as saying
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Junk Mail
I think that a lot of people probably do this. All of us still get quite a bit of junk mail and just toss it in the trash. As for myself, I open it up, remove any part that has my name on it and stuff the remainder inside their post-paid envelope, which will go back to them. Of course, they have to pay the postage on them.
Just finished doing about 15 of these and wll toss these in the mail box today. Been doing this for a couple years. With mail volumes dropping, the postal service needs more business anyway.
If you have any of those small red bricks or pieces of wood you want to get rid of, just tape one of these postage-paid envelopes on top of them and bring them down to your post office. I do believe that they will take it. However, since you are going to the window, they might ask you to put your return address on the mail. I think that if anything is over 1 pound, you have to go to the window. Otherwise, just drop it inside a mailbox.
McCain Closing in
There are reports that the two candidates are running neck and neck (44 pct/43 pct) in one of the major polls. Other polls have bombar leading by 3 to 14 points, It appears as though McCain was look upon favorably in this last poll and people might be realizing what a farce the other candidate is
Pzlin is right. When the other candidate travels around the country, he continually changes his viewpoints to satisfy the wishes of the people he is speaking to. For example, while he was in Philadelphia, he favored the Phillies; when he was in Tampa Bay, he favored the Rays.
I guess that he's picking up strength from the older whites. College and younger 'adults' favor Obama. Asians and other minorities are siding with Obama also. In many of these polls, whites, etc., say that the are for Obama because they don't want to be called 'racist' and that is exactly what happens. They make racial issues out of this stuff. I am sure that you can account for a swing of 2-5 percent difference this will actually make come election time.
I really try not to delve into political issues, but I will not lie. I am for the Republicans and McCain. You had better take a close look at what Obama is proposing and just don't vote because you want changes. The changes that you will see, you will not like.
This blog is about shows, festivals, etc., and I try to sway from things that are inappropriate for this blog. However, this is MY blog and I am entitled to put in anything I so desire. Thank you very much and let's have a fair election. Damm..... if McCain wins, don't you think that the Obama crowd is going to accuse everybody of racism and claim that the election was fixed. Isn't it a shame that people act that way? We have all seen this behavior in the past.
