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How are you coping with rising gas prices?
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| I am cutting down on my driving |
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| I purchaed/am purchasing a vehicle that gets better gas mileage |
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| I moved or am moving closer to work |
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| I am spending less on other items so I can spend more on gas |
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| I am getting another job that pays more |
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| I am supplementing my existing income |
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| My wages are rising as gas prices rise, so it's not an issue for me |
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| I have had to dip into savings to pay for gas |
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| I am using credit to purchase gas |
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| I don't drive so it doesn't affect me |
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(last vote on : 10/9/2008 9:49:32 PM)
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RE: How are you coping with rising gas prices? - 7/7/2008 6:45:01 PM
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GroupW
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I'm trying to find the car I saw, but this is amazing! HERE is the smallest car in the world. It gets 100 mpg!
My favorite TV show - TopGear! Absolutely hilarious.
If what you saw was relatively new, I'm guessing it was the SmartCar. They're starting to pop up here and there. If it was older, the original Cooper Mini wasn't very big.
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RE: How are you coping with rising gas prices? - 7/7/2008 7:29:18 PM
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garsyt
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We are also not taking a vacation out of town. My husband will take some days off this year, but we won't travel. He only took about three days off last year, so he needs to take time off even if we just stay around here. I'll admit that can be difficult to truly take off while staying in town when you're a pastor, but we're going to swing it somehow.
How about a camping trip to some nearby campground? That way you are still away - but not all that far.
We are actually planning on going to Minnesota for a week, BUT if for some reason that doesn't happen we are going to go to a nearby state park and do a long weekend of camping.
If that doesn't work - Turn off the phone, lock the doors and just hang out!
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RE: How are you coping with rising gas prices? - 7/9/2008 7:31:45 PM
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well i drive 12 miles round trip on my 4 days i work part time . i drive a scooter motorbike it can go 80 but i only go what every one elses doses. i get good gas. 3.00 fills it up and its the 93 octain.actually only kind my bike can use.i have a lil basket on the back.i can fit quite a bit of groc. bages in there.i use a helmit. and a rain jacket when it rains. i live in fl. so its a must...
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RE: How are you coping with rising gas prices? - 7/9/2008 8:46:24 PM
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We are also not taking a vacation out of town. My husband will take some days off this year, but we won't travel. He only took about three days off last year, so he needs to take time off even if we just stay around here. I'll admit that can be difficult to truly take off while staying in town when you're a pastor, but we're going to swing it somehow.
How about a camping trip to some nearby campground? That way you are still away - but not all that far.
We are actually planning on going to Minnesota for a week, BUT if for some reason that doesn't happen we are going to go to a nearby state park and do a long weekend of camping.
If that doesn't work - Turn off the phone, lock the doors and just hang out!
Blessings,
Garsy
That's a good suggestion. We're going to try to do something. There are so many pretty places nearby, that we can probably think of something. Personally, I'd love to just stay home, but that's hard to pull off.
Hope yous trip works out.
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RE: How are you coping with rising gas prices? - 7/9/2008 10:13:23 PM
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How am I dealing with high gas prices? One of the airlines sent me an email that a few airlines are a part of to send a message to your local congressmen to repeal futures buying of oil.
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RE: How are you coping with rising gas prices? - 7/9/2008 10:49:15 PM
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There are a couple smart cars on the road here. They aren't that big.
The car in the video is hilarious. It would never get on the road here though. The gov adds on several hundred pounds of mandatory safety equipment 
I think I"d be too scared to take that tiny car out on the road!
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RE: How are you coping with rising gas prices? - 7/9/2008 11:05:22 PM
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I heard that a lot of people are starting to invest in motor scooters now.
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RE: How are you coping with rising gas prices? - 7/9/2008 11:07:50 PM
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And motorcycles and regular bikes. But scooters only work for a commute if you don't go on the freeway. But some states you need a motorcycle license to ride one anyway.
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RE: How are you coping with rising gas prices? - 7/9/2008 11:09:07 PM
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True, I do not like motercycles at all, just way to noisy! 
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RE: How are you coping with rising gas prices? - 7/9/2008 11:34:38 PM
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I wish public transportation was more reliable and convenient around here.
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RE: How are you coping with rising gas prices? - 7/10/2008 7:59:20 AM
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Miss Giggles
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Me too. I mean if you could get to work quicker or the same amount of time.
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RE: How are you coping with rising gas prices? - 7/10/2008 10:20:08 PM
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Me too. I mean if you could get to work quicker or the same amount of time.
For us, it's faster to walk many places and there are some places that the buses don't even go. However, with the heat lately, I'm not up to walking or waiting for a bus.
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RE: How are you coping with rising gas prices? - 7/10/2008 10:32:16 PM
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My 74 year old Father in law just bought a 49cc scooter.
I took it for a spin, fastest I could go was 45 mph.
But I'm not a small person, a little over 6ft and a little over 200 lb's.
He road it last week to the drug store about a 15 mile round trip...
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RE: How are you coping with rising gas prices? - 7/10/2008 10:38:58 PM
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A scooter would be great, IF I didn't have to haul around CHILDREN! Not ONE child but several children. Oh that and if I didn't HAVE to take the freeway to get to practically anywhere I need to go. Help those of us that have FAMILIES find was to cope!
I'm sorry if I sound a bit irritated - but smaller cars and scooters aren't really a viable solution or even a temporary fix for a lot of us.
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RE: How are you coping with rising gas prices? - 7/11/2008 5:40:38 PM
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Sounds like staying at home is the best for some.
Make a list of what is needed at the house, let the one working pick it up on the way home from work.
Let the kids ride the bus to school...
Get by with one car-van-bus, whatever.
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RE: How are you coping with rising gas prices? - 7/11/2008 10:21:47 PM
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Let the kids ride the bus to school...
Here you have to live at least 5 miles from the school for the children to be able to ride the bus.
I live in the house that I lived in growing up. We walked to school. My friends and I didn't know that it wasn't safe for us to walk three miles to get to junior high.
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RE: How are you coping with rising gas prices? - 7/11/2008 10:47:46 PM
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garsyt
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Have you ever stayed confined to home for weeks on end with children???? It's summer baby! No school!
Unfortunately many school districts are also suffering budget cuts and one to the things on the chopping block could be transportation. We live 9 miles from the elementary my younger 3 attend, and 14 miles from the highschool where my eldest is a freshmen. So far we still bus transportation, Thanks be to God! But that could change.
But anyway. I chose to have my kids - so I guess I have to deal right?
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RE: How are you coping with rising gas prices? - 7/12/2008 5:32:52 PM
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Has anyone thought of converting to some other form of energy? Like gas or wine or some other source of power.
I think this is an initiative companies should be taking up (If they haven't already. It's all about being responsible and dealing ethically). They should be offering opportunities for change and get rid of the oil and the mess it creates.
In the mean time I am quite happy on my new push bike. It goes like a dream and saves money and does not create pollution. If I can walk or hike it I will. I want to get one of those little bikes that you can attach to the back of yours so I can get the kids to ride with me. It is also good for the health. I wear a mask when I ride. My daughter tells me I am funny. That's ok though. It's ok to be funny even when you don't mean to.
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