Jim Smith
Jim Smith
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We want them to be ready for whatever they might have to deal with on that first flight; to understand what to do if some of the systems don't do what they're supposed to.
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We have significant problems on the horizon. It's $15 worth of fear and $15 worth of speculation. The only part of the marketplace that's shrinking, profit-wise, is retail.
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(Major) Oil companies want to move out mom and pop type businesses and control the entire marketplace. (Oil companies) want to act like they care about the consumer, but that's just a crock.
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It hasn't changed driving habits. There's been no decrease at all.
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You're looking at removing... hours of deliveries. So people are going to see locations with no unleaded gas and without anything.
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I think the drive-to travel market is still up in the air, and we won't know until Thanksgiving, ... That's the next big travel holiday in the petroleum industry. But, generally, I think the rapid escalation in the price of gasoline has slowed down demand.
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I think it's wonderful to still see people do that. It gives you a real good feeling about people, that they still care and they want to help their fellow man and that they appreciate good service.
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I think we were the fresher team at the end.
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I've watched the run-up in wholesale price ? 22 cents in two days ? and there's nothing to prevent it from continuing to go up. I think we're going to continue seeing an up-tick in pump prices.
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He considered himself an anarchist, and his core beliefs were developing and supporting people's right to freedom.
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It's a predatory action. They (refiner-owned stations) would eliminate us and sell (gasoline) at whatever price they want.
players
Reece is one of those players that when he's on the floor, something's going to happen. It may be good, it may be bad. But it's going to happen.
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He was not a lone wolf. He worked together with others seeking to free themselves from imposing social, political and economic forces.
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The minute a politician tells people to conserve, it creates a panic. It is a self-fulfilling prophecy.