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re: Tire guys, I need your help

Posted by fightin tigers on 1/7/26 at 11:00 am to
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Anyone use Costco? How do they stack up price-wise?


Never found more than $20/tire variation from shopping around multiple reputable shops.

They all buy from the same warehouse(s).
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there are no roads connecting North and South America


You can thank the Van Allen Belt for that
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Wtf happened to all of the money that came in from the Super Bowl?


A lot went to sate taxes and fq fees (hotel fees, convention center fees, etc...) that fund the state budget.

Shocking, but the boom you hear about going into the economy isn't exactly going to locals. Big time spenders and execs bring in national caterers and companies to do a lot of the events.
Ah, my fault. I thought it was clear that the reason I called it crap crude was because of the quality.
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Why are they police given bonuses on top of their lavish pensions?


Retention bonuses. They were given a bonus in 2022 and then one now if they stay around.

Seems to have stopped the hemorrhage but not boosted the ranks at this point.
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Is the city saying we owe 800-1,200 of these bonuses for officers employed 10/31/22 through 10/31/25?



910 commissioned officers. The ranks promised bonuses may be outside of commissioned officers.

No official number exists on what is owed.
Being able to process high sulfur and high residual doesn't mean the crude is better quality.

It's crap and priced accordingly. Your low value product content is much higher.
I can't wait for Season 1 of Agente de Tierras with Benicio del Toro playing the liquored up narco king turned legitimate oil man.
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In short anyone who says its bad crude oil doesn't know anything about refining and refined products


If it isn't shite crude why don't they charge a lot more for it? Does Venezuela just like giving away high quality crude for the cheapest price possible?
Probably worth more as scrap and a terminal than what they Motiva was allegedly going to pay. If there was even an offer.

The Saudis toured and put offers on every refinery if you ask the right people.
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Lyondell’s Houston Refinery they just decommissioned for no good reason.


There was good reason. Place couldn't make money.
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Can refineries handle both the heavy crude and light crude or is it one or the other?


Some can. It's all about what they are designed for and what crude they want to position for.

It isn't exactly what type (heavy/light) but how much of each.
Stays heated. Getting it liquid once solidified is tough but does happen.
No real OT'er will admit to making below the cutoff to be included.
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that's where the Venezuelan crude used to go (right off their shore) but now it was mostly shut down and not operating


I may be mistaken but there was a recent push to bring that back online. The feedback from someone doing work was that it was a shitshow and not likely to ever happen.
Lots of refineries can.

Gulf Coast, east coast; west coast....