05-24-2008, 07:29 AM
I spoke with my brother-in-law in Oklahoma yesterday since he was laid up from a major horse crash... He was working 1,300 head of cattle in stock pins when he spun his mare around quickly and she did not raise her head and struck a steel pipe, which caused her to throw him off and then she proceeded step on his chest.. He was in the ER in Miami, Ok and then was helicoptered to Tulsa... all seems to be fine now... He's now laughing about it... It seems when he was stripped of his clothes and was in ER for several hours.. the nurses were looking his back and sides over for other injuries... and the nurses found something they were concerned about and brought the doctor over... after further discussion they weren't sure what the skin disorder was... My brother-in-law told them it was cow shit! :laugh2:
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Fuel price discussion... While talking with my brother-in-law.. He works for a major Canadian pipe line company.. (He did work for Shell Pipeline for 20yrs but like most Corporations they sold the pipeline business) where he responsible for several pump stations between Tulsa, Ok and Joplin, MO.. He told me that his company thinks the recent price increases are primarly due to speculation buyers.. He says his pump stations are currently running at 75% rate ... and have been running at these rates for weeks... He says the tanks are full... He did say 3-6 months ago.. they were running at 90% capacity .. (100% is 10,500 barrels per hour) In addition, his company is planning to build more tanks... because the "speculation buyers" are willing to pay significant storage fees in hopes that oil prices will continue to go up... and in turn they can sell the oil for a profit!!!
As Paul Harvey would say.. here's the rest of the story.. 1 hour before I spoke with him I was watching CSPAN .. where congress was questioning our Energy Secretary.. (who spent the majority of his life in finance for the banking/investment sector)...No offense to finance people... but what could he truly understand about energy.. is this the best we can do!! The question was asked "if he thought the recent fuel pump price increases were associated with speculation buyers?" ... He said "absolutely not".... Go figure.. would you not expect any other answer from a finance person... Hell.. he probably has personal investments.... in that game...
Okay.. I'm done.. .I feel better...:banghead:
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Fuel price discussion... While talking with my brother-in-law.. He works for a major Canadian pipe line company.. (He did work for Shell Pipeline for 20yrs but like most Corporations they sold the pipeline business) where he responsible for several pump stations between Tulsa, Ok and Joplin, MO.. He told me that his company thinks the recent price increases are primarly due to speculation buyers.. He says his pump stations are currently running at 75% rate ... and have been running at these rates for weeks... He says the tanks are full... He did say 3-6 months ago.. they were running at 90% capacity .. (100% is 10,500 barrels per hour) In addition, his company is planning to build more tanks... because the "speculation buyers" are willing to pay significant storage fees in hopes that oil prices will continue to go up... and in turn they can sell the oil for a profit!!!
As Paul Harvey would say.. here's the rest of the story.. 1 hour before I spoke with him I was watching CSPAN .. where congress was questioning our Energy Secretary.. (who spent the majority of his life in finance for the banking/investment sector)...No offense to finance people... but what could he truly understand about energy.. is this the best we can do!! The question was asked "if he thought the recent fuel pump price increases were associated with speculation buyers?" ... He said "absolutely not".... Go figure.. would you not expect any other answer from a finance person... Hell.. he probably has personal investments.... in that game...
Okay.. I'm done.. .I feel better...:banghead:
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