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goatgal
True Blue Farmgirl
84 Posts
Chasity
Catron
MO
USA
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 Posted - May 06 2006 : 1:12:00 PM
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| Right now I am just wishing the end of school would get here. I drive my daughter to school each day so she can go to a better one and is costing me between 50 and 60 dollars a week. It is really putting a strain on us. |
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator
3579 Posts
Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
3579 Posts |
Posted - May 06 2006 : 1:45:13 PM
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My husband has started to ride his bicycle to and from work each day - 9 miles each way. It's a haul for sure, but with gas prices as they are, AND the fact that he says he feels so much better with the exercise, I think it's a good thing.
I always worry about bicycle safety on larger roads, but I guess I'll just have to know that he wears his helmet, and that I can't worry about everything.
Gas is now $2.78 here - that is low compared to what I'm seeing from some of you, but for us, it's still pretty steep...
XOXO, Libbie
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therusticcottage
True Blue Farmgirl
4439 Posts
Kay
Vancouver
WA
USA
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Posted - May 06 2006 : 9:28:56 PM
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My hubby is going to purchase a used economy car. It's a Mitsubishi and gets 40 miles per gallon. We're going to sell my van (boo hoo) and I'll be driving his Grand Am which gets better mileage. I hate to sell my van because I use it to haul stuff but saving money on gas is more important. Plus it has 182,000 miles on it so the mileage is not great!
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Judes
True Blue Farmgirl
156 Posts
Jude
OH
USA
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Posted - May 06 2006 : 11:16:02 PM
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My husband & I have purchased new bikes & are now riding to work as often as the weather permits. We were already sharing one car! We can afford to pay the gas prices, but we don't want to, so we're using it as a segway into the healthier simpler life we were already working on. Also, our trip out west had to be postponed. Airfare was too expensive (probably due to fuel prices) and of course, driving wouldn't be much better. We are going to Canada instead. In the grand scheme of things, I know we are lucky to even be able to go on a vacation & relax. It would be nice though, to be able to escape a little farther away. It has also affected how often we see friends & family. Instead of either party jumping in the car to visit one another, there is the hesiation now while tallying the gas costs.
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greyghost
True Blue Farmgirl
650 Posts
Lynn
Summerville
Georgia
USA
650 Posts |
Posted - May 10 2006 : 11:14:24 AM
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I'm looking for a junk bike - everything I need is pretty much here in town, even my p/t job is only 2 miles away so it'll be good. I'm wanting one that I can put 2 baskets on the back, and I want it to be a "junk" bike so I don't worry about it getting stolen while I'm at the grocery store. My hubby's school job ends soon, so that will take $250 off our gas bill every month. My car's gas bill is $40/month, I only have to fill up once provided I don't go to the next town more than twice. :)
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KarenP
True Blue Farmgirl
666 Posts
Karen
Chippewa Falls
Wisconsin
USA
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Posted - May 10 2006 : 4:23:06 PM
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Lynn
Me too, but the junk bike I'm looking for is to leave at work to go between the buildings that are about 2 blocks apart.
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - May 16 2006 : 9:23:20 PM
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gurlz .. i'm sure not loving the price of gasoline .. but it sure hasn't stopped me from GOING whenever and wherever i want to go. travelling is just a very, very important part of our lives in this 'chapter' .. soooo .. we 'just do it'. don't like the high price of cereal either .. but i still eat it .. and that list goes on and on and on. i have defintely seen how it has curtailed spending on some 'wants' rather than 'needs' (such as antiques) (sales at our antiques mall have been down the last few months) .. and i know it has curtailed vacations to far-away places for many families .. but i'm hoping that the good part of this is that families will become more creative in visiting areas closer to home that they might get to see that sometimes the best things are right in our own back yards.
other than gasoline (and cereal!!!) what other things do you find 'hatefully high' these days? xo, frannie
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cathy needle
Farmgirl at Heart
7 Posts
Cathy
Newnan
GA
USA
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Posted - May 17 2006 : 08:15:56 AM
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Frannie, fresh tomatoes! I am so ready for summer tomatoes that I can grow and get from my garden buddies!
When you have reached your own room, be kind to those who have chosen different doors and to those who are still in the hall. If they are wrong they need your prayers all the more; and if they are your enemies, then you are under orders to pray for them. That is one of the rules common to the whole house. C.S. Lewis |
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - May 17 2006 : 10:50:10 AM
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oh miz cathy .. fresh oozing tomatoes dripping down my arms and chin .. i can hardly wait .. the ones i have been buying over the winter have been hard as rocks .. been putting them in a brown bag and leaving them out of the frige t'il they soften up .. but that summertime taste jus' isn't there!
p.s. i adore your c.s. lewis quote! oh so true! hugs! xo
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twigs
True Blue Farmgirl
52 Posts
tiffany
lacie
ky
USA
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Posted - May 18 2006 : 8:18:26 PM
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Meadowlark,
this is a very good question. i believe its terrible that we are paying such high prices for gas. I remember when dh retired from the marine Corps and we moved back to the hills of ky we were paying .87 cents per gallon....and what the heck happened in a short span is beyond me.
We just bought a new SUV. living in the hills of ky, you have to have something wtih a good transmission. been through too many transmissions in our old van i cant count......we are a big family of 6, so we have to have something to accomidate us in one vehicle....we have had luck with the SUV but gosh they take alot of gas. we only get 16 miles per gallon. we had a 42 gallon tank.....with this gas spike it cost me 125.00 to fill up......OUCHERS.....
i dont understand why we cant buy oil from Iraq now that we have taken over their country....and we have helped out kuwait and they should give us a deal for saving their oil adn country......not to mention half of mexico is in our country living on our taxes.....we should get a deal on oil i think........but i dont see that happening.....
i will say, i tend to try to watch how many trips i take to town in the week, but heck if i want to go, i just go......
i think mary jane should really market her gas plan.....farmers everywhere in america could be making us gas..........
twigs
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