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angrychair

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8. It might be

Reply to hunter (Reply #4)

Sat May 16, 2026, 01:47 PM

May 16

But remember it's a internationally traded commodity so as the availability decreases, it's availability in the market drops as bigger players buy more to hedge for worsening conditions and as the supplies become ever tighter, the price increases so only the largest of players in the market are willing to pay those prices or even have it available to buy at all

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We're running low on lube. 😳 [View all] underpants May 16 OP

That would seem to be a true statement about life in the USA in general. Ocelot II May 16 #1

Yeah, I thought the OP was going in a different direction entirely. RandomNumbers May 16 #2

What?....me??? underpants May 16 #5

Works on 2 levels lame54 May 16 #7

This is what MAGAts voted for. Never let them forget. RockRaven May 16 #3

Non-voters need to know that a non-vote is indeed a vote. Beartracks May 16 #18

Wait... what? I thought that was all made in Pennsylvania. hunter May 16 #4

It might be angrychair May 16 #8

So should regular folks put motor oil aside for their vehicles? efhmc May 16 #15

Might not be a bad idea. Uncle_Remus May 16 #20

Thank for the info. efhmc Sunday #34

I haven't felt like angrychair May 16 #6

Very funny!!! I used to have a colleague in the toxic mileau that is American corporate culture, and PatrickforB May 16 #16

Oh no! Here comes that screamin' sound again! JoseBalow May 16 #9

Uh oh BaronChocula May 16 #10

Spit on it. twodogsbarking May 16 #11

What's that epigram Nasruddin May 16 #12

"The dildo of consequences seldom arrives with lube." Ocelot II May 16 #30

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With that, and the price of gas It's gotta be tough for those pickup truck owners with the Trump flags. Fil1957 May 16 #13

Yes, especially those poor, gentle souls rolling coal who like to belch out black exhaust near No Kings PatrickforB May 16 #19

I heard a radio segment on that NJCher May 16 #23

I dislike big pickup trucks, however I understand some people need them for work and hauling horses. I'm sorry those Fil1957 May 16 #29

Khrushchev's plan is coming to fruition thanks to Krasnov LiberalArkie May 16 #14

Too many dildos of consequences GenThePerservering May 16 #17

I expected a very different kind of thread when I clicked on this IronLionZion May 16 #21

🤪 underpants May 16 #28

Full synthetic is the most vulnerable. Uncle_Remus May 16 #22

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Gorka! Kid Berwyn May 16 #25

Such a good place for some artwork. Not the idiot trying to find his trump quarters. erronis May 16 #32

Did someone say, "Budacoin"? Kid Berwyn May 16 #33

No mention of KY. Sneederbunk May 16 #26

I found a tube of that Kentucky Jelly beside my hospital bed EYESORE 9001 May 16 #27