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AverageOldGuy

(3,835 posts)
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 02:58 PM 5 hrs ago

$4.09/gal for regular gas is one thing . . .

. . . however, today after filling up I did grocery shopping.

Once a week I buy three 750ml bottles of the cheapest white wine I can find -- Pinot Grigio, Chardonay, whatever -- usually pay $10.99 a bottle.

Today every bottle of my usual was $14.65 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

$4.09/gal for regular gas is one thing but wine is something else entirely!!! I'm ready to take to the streets -- the National Mall in DC sounds like a good place --I'll go unarmed this time -- who's with me? Look for the old, white-haired almost-bald guy on the Mall across from the White House, sipping cheap wine. (NO BOONE'S FARM -- I do have a little pride,)

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$4.09/gal for regular gas is one thing . . . (Original Post) AverageOldGuy 5 hrs ago OP
May I suggest Ripple...or Mad Dog 20/20? sop 5 hrs ago #1
Same here, we're getting fucked all over FoxNewsSucks 5 hrs ago #2
Dang! snowybirdie 5 hrs ago #3
Try Fred Sanford's Champipple. Norrrm 4 hrs ago #4
google 2 buck Chuck mercuryblues 4 hrs ago #5
Cheapest gas here is Costco for $4.59 Hassler 4 hrs ago #6
I'd plotz if regular was 4.10 maxsolomon 4 hrs ago #7
Not Seeing That Here ProfessorGAC 4 hrs ago #8

FoxNewsSucks

(11,704 posts)
2. Same here, we're getting fucked all over
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 03:13 PM
5 hrs ago

I travel a lot for work so I'm fucked by gas.

I love wine, fresh fruit/veg and coffee.

Between tariffs, ICE deporting workers, and corporate greed, they fuck me all day every day.

I couldn't hate him, his corrupt family, his greedy backers and every fucker who still voted for him more.

Norrrm

(5,059 posts)
4. Try Fred Sanford's Champipple.
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 04:06 PM
4 hrs ago

Jeanine Pirro, nicknamed Judge Box of Wine, probably knows where to buy it cheap, in bulk.

Hassler

(4,924 posts)
6. Cheapest gas here is Costco for $4.59
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 04:38 PM
4 hrs ago

But cheap wine can be found for less than that. TJ's and a few others like Gallo...you can't spell gallon without Gallo.

maxsolomon

(38,729 posts)
7. I'd plotz if regular was 4.10
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 04:44 PM
4 hrs ago

I paid 5.70 for premium at Costco yesterday.

Sorry about the vin de table. If you're paying $14/bottle, go to Costco or Total Wine and get something good at the same price.

ProfessorGAC

(76,706 posts)
8. Not Seeing That Here
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 04:47 PM
4 hrs ago

I buy wine for cooking.
I'd estimate 35 or 40 cents more for the size bottles I get.
You're seeing 30 percent, while we're seeing 35 cents!
We're not in wine country so I should be seeing what you are.
I wonder why not.

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