[BravestDog]

I just noticed a Shell gas station in Oakland, CA, near San Francisco, that was selling diesel gas at over $5 per gallon.

Are any of the members here making money off these high prices? Anyone own stock in the big oil companies...???

I remember the good old days of cheap gas and muscle cars. I reckon those good ol' days of cheap gas are over for good.

This reminds me of the Merle Haggard song titled "Are the good times really over for good?" The lyrics are interesting. At the end he says:
"The best of the free life is still yet to come, The good times ain't over for good."

This sounds more optimistic than: "Is the best of the free life behind us now? Are the good times really over for good?"

Here are the lyrics:

Are the good times really over for good? Merle Haggard.

I wish a buck was still silver.
It was back when the country was strong.
Back before Elvis; before the Vietnam war came along.
Before The Beatles and "Yesterday",
When a man could still work, and still would.
Is the best of the free life behind us now?
Are the good times really over for good?

Are we rolling down hill like a snowball headed for hell?
With no kind of chance for the Flag or the Liberty bell.
Wish a Ford and a Chevy,
Could still last ten years, like they should.
Is the best of the free life behind us now?
Are the good times really over for good?

I wish coke was still cola,
And a joint was a bad place to be.
And it was back before Nixon lied to us all on TV.
Before microwave ovens,
When a girl could still cook and still would.
Is the best of the free life behind us now?
Are the good times really over for good?

Are we rolling down hill like a snowball headed for hell?
With no kind of chance for the Flag or the Liberty bell.
Wish a Ford and a Chevy,
Could still last ten years, like they should.
Is the best of the free life behind us now?
Are the good times really over for good?

Stop rolling down hill like a snowball headed for hell.
Stand up for the Flag and let's all ring the Liberty bell.
Let's make a Ford and a Chevy,
Still last ten years, like they should.
The best of the free life is still yet to come,
The good times ain't over for good.