ï»¿Serious discussion........ok more like me ranting

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ï»¿Serious discussion........ok more like me ranting - Bill - 04-05-2005

What the hell is up with the goddamn gas prices? Last night I went home and it was 2.09 this morning itâs 2.22? Iâm about 28 cents away from having to ride my horse to work. I donât get âcost of livingâ pay increases, and Iâm pretty good at saving money but this is really starting to hurt the piggy bank. 8 years ago I was about 2 pennies away from being homeless so I donât spend when I donât have to, except I do dolt on my kids. But thatâs not the point. Point is the oil cartel has us by the short hair and nobody seems to give a shit. Iâm waiting for the cost of other things to really take off. - for those of you who donât know better, Places like Walmart, your local grocery store, etc. just pass on the extra cost of shipping goods right on to their customers, by increasing prices. So at what point is this shit gonna stop? News man this morning says weâll be paying in excess of 2:30 a gallon by Memorial day! When I started working here 7 years ago, it cost me 15-16 bucks a week to get back and forth to work. Now itâs costing me 30-32 bucks a week.

Am I the only person who cares?

ï»¿Serious discussion........ok more like me ranting - Michman - 04-05-2005

Gas here in Michigan this morning $2.43 for the cheap stuff......My bike rides to work will be starting Monday.

ï»¿Serious discussion........ok more like me ranting - Bill - 04-05-2005

Michman Wrote:Gas here in Michigan this morning $2.43 for the cheap stuff......My bike rides to work will be starting Monday.

:eek:

I work 25 miles away from home, one way, it'll take me most of the day to bike home and back.

ï»¿Serious discussion........ok more like me ranting - Fairiedust - 04-05-2005

get a smaller car?? thinking of taking the truck off the road and buying a small beater car for the summer, or until the prices get back to reasonable. We both travel too many miles for work to do the bike thing..plus the little one wouldn't sit too well with it either.

ï»¿Serious discussion........ok more like me ranting - Bill - 04-05-2005

Fairiedust Wrote:get a smaller car?? thinking of taking the truck off the road and buying a small beater car for the summer, or until the prices get back to reasonable. We both travel too many miles for work to do the bike thing..plus the little one wouldn't sit too well with it either.

I drive a fucking Isuzu as it is damnit!

ï»¿Serious discussion........ok more like me ranting - Michman - 04-05-2005

I've got a Ford F150 but luckly I live 4 miles from work. My spouser drives a Honda so thats not too bad.....My stupid ass neighbor just bought a Yukon yesterday....

ï»¿Serious discussion........ok more like me ranting - Fairiedust - 04-05-2005

Bill Wrote:I drive a fucking Isuzu as it is damnit!

motorcycle??

ï»¿Serious discussion........ok more like me ranting - Odysseus - 04-05-2005

buy a motorcycle. and yes the prices are pissing me off too. i paid 2.19 yesterday.

ï»¿Serious discussion........ok more like me ranting - Bill - 04-05-2005

Fairiedust Wrote:motorcycle??

I don't think the 2 kids I take to the sitters every morning will like that much. but it's looking like a strong possiblity....seriously thinking about riding the horse to work.

ï»¿Serious discussion........ok more like me ranting - Odysseus - 04-05-2005

beat me to it fairie

ï»¿Serious discussion........ok more like me ranting - Bill - 04-05-2005

Michman Wrote:I've got a Ford F150 but luckly I live 4 miles from work. My spouser drives a Honda so thats not too bad.....My stupid ass neighbor just bought a Yukon yesterday....

they are making a hybrid Yukon but not due out untill 2007...that would be nice.

ï»¿Serious discussion........ok more like me ranting - Michman - 04-05-2005

Bill Wrote:they are making a hybrid Yukon but not due out untill 2007...that would be nice.

I was talking to the spouser about a hybrid last night...I'm thinking the extra 3K for the hybrid might be worth it. My neighbor said it cost her 60.00 to fill it up.

ï»¿Serious discussion........ok more like me ranting - Dr. Lecter - 04-05-2005

The irony is we still enjoy some of the lowest fuel prices in the world.
My work involves plastics, and because benzene is involved, the prices for our products have increased by nearly 30% in the past year. THankfully, it's an industrywide thing vis a vis competition, but it's tough to explain a huge price hike in an otherwise 'commodity' industry.
One of my cars is a Civic. Great mileage, thankfully. I told the wife that our V-12 Jag will stay in the driveway, even when I get it running, because of the fuel prices.

ï»¿Serious discussion........ok more like me ranting - Bill - 04-05-2005

Michman Wrote:I was talking to the spouser about a hybrid last night...I'm thinking the extra 3K for the hybrid might be worth it. My neighbor said it cost her 60.00 to fill it up.

I'm all for hybrids, they just gotta make something I can use. And currently the excape hybrid is the only thing out there.

here's some interesting facts:

Increasing the efficiency of cars and trucks can play a significant role in reducing Americaâs dependency on foreign oil.

If we raise fuel efficiency standards in American cars by one mile per gallon, in one year, we would save twice the amount of oil that could be obtained from the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Raising it by 2.7 mpg would save enough to eliminate all the oil imports from Iraq and Kuwait combined
Raising it by 7.6 mpg would save enough to eliminate 100% of our gulf oil imports into this country

Driving a hybrid car is one way to take a real step toward reducing our dangerous addiction to oil.

http://www.hybridcars.com

ï»¿Serious discussion........ok more like me ranting - snarg - 04-06-2005

damn, price here went up 20 cents a gal since i filled up, it sucks
when i started drivin' gas was less than 25 cents a gallon, it's true
luckily i live next door to where i work
but the diesel for the trucks costs more than premium, which is a joke

ï»¿Serious discussion........ok more like me ranting - asshat - 04-06-2005

I buy about $30,000 worth of gas and diesel fuel every month. Every month!

That same monthly expense was running about $20,000 a few years ago. In the construction business you can't ask for more money once you have a job on the books. My backlog runs about 12 to 14 months ahead. So, when you get large swings in short time frames it hurts the bottom line pretty bad.

Oh well, three cheers in a bucket and mother fucket. Let's have a beer.

ï»¿Serious discussion........ok more like me ranting - snarg - 04-06-2005

hope that the added expense is not cutting into the entertainment budget
ya might have to cut out the wife's tennis lessons with the phag

ï»¿Serious discussion........ok more like me ranting - asshat - 04-06-2005

snarg Wrote:hope that the added expense is not cutting into the entertainment budget
ya might have to cut out the wife's tennis lessons with the phag

not yet, but i have put my foot down with the supposed phag tennis coach. she is not to be touching him and bringing home his phag germs.

ï»¿Serious discussion........ok more like me ranting - snarg - 04-06-2005

glad to hear it, phobe
:loool:

ï»¿Serious discussion........ok more like me ranting - Anhil8tor - 04-06-2005

hey .... high gas prices fuel the economy