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Pam
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Age : 42
Joined : 02 Feb 2008
Posts : 1213
Location : Nova Scotia, Canada
 |  Subject: Re: Life in the fast lane  Sat May 24, 2008 3:21 am | |
| It continues to rise here too Gordon...mostly I am trying to organize my life to take fewer trips out. And I count my blessings that the things that I absolutely need are close by.
Cheer up my friend, it could be worse. Or it can be okay, or freakin' mahvellous. It's all in how we look at it. I wouldn't want to be JoElle filling that truck of hers, but then again, I did buy a wheel barrow last weekend, so I can move big stuff around with that if I need to.
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P. Gordon Kennedy
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Age : 20
Joined : 13 Jan 2008
Posts : 473
Location : Crystal Falls, Michigan
| | Subject: Re: Life in the fast lane Sat May 24, 2008 5:11 am | |
| | Pam wrote: | It continues to rise here too Gordon...mostly I am trying to organize my life to take fewer trips out. And I count my blessings that the things that I absolutely need are close by.
Cheer up my friend, it could be worse. Or it can be okay, or freakin' mahvellous. It's all in how we look at it. I wouldn't want to be JoElle filling that truck of hers, but then again, I did buy a wheel barrow last weekend, so I can move big stuff around with that if I need to.
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If we'd have to resort using wheel barrows, you'd be better off than me. Mine's about twenty years older than me!  |
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rainbow689
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Age : 57
Joined : 15 Apr 2008
Posts : 403
Location : Laredo TX
| | Subject: Re: Life in the fast lane Sat May 24, 2008 6:33 am | |
| | lin wrote: | The US should have done what I advocated thirty years ago,
tax gasoline up to $6 a gallon and use the money to build tranportation
infrastucture like other countries have instead of shopping malls with
bedrooms around them.
I go years without owning a car even in
the states and spend most of my life in the third world where one thing
I enjoy is not needed a car.
What's happening now is that as reserves decrease the demand is actually skyrocketing.
It'll end in tears, mark my words. Next time they'll listen to me. |
Your words are marked, I'll listen to you:lol!:
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zadaconnaway
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Age : 60
Joined : 16 Jan 2008
Posts : 1656
Location : Washington, USA
| | Subject: Re: Life in the fast lane Sun May 25, 2008 3:39 pm | |
| Yes, we are now past the $4.00 per gallon here as well. I daw a comparison of the newer 'gas efficient' vehicles, and the ones they said were good got no more mileage than my old van!! When will they learn? The really gas efficient ones are like little tin cans! I wonder if there is enough room in one of them to haul groceries home? Of course, as far out as I live, a trip to the store is a once or twice a month ordeal, and I REALLY stock up!  Almost need a pick up truck! (and there goes the gas miileage.)
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rainbow689
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Age : 57
Joined : 15 Apr 2008
Posts : 403
Location : Laredo TX
| | Subject: Re: Life in the fast lane Mon May 26, 2008 12:42 pm | |
| | zadaconnaway wrote: | Yes, we are now past the $4.00 per gallon here as
well. I daw a comparison of the newer 'gas efficient' vehicles, and the
ones they said were good got no more mileage than my old van!! When
will they learn? The really gas efficient ones are like little tin
cans! I wonder if there is enough room in one of them to haul groceries
home? Of course, as far out as I live, a trip to the store is a once or
twice a month ordeal, and I REALLY stock up! Almost need a pick up truck! (and there goes the gas miileage.) |
Welcome to typo heaven I dought I daw a puddycat sorry couldn't resist .....don't hurt me  
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zadaconnaway
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Age : 60
Joined : 16 Jan 2008
Posts : 1656
Location : Washington, USA
| | Subject: Re: Life in the fast lane Mon May 26, 2008 1:31 pm | |
| It's my darn fat fingers and the slightly smaller keyboard. (plus, my proof reader took a holiday!) 
At least, it shows you read my reply and were awake when you did it! 
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Abe F. March
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Age : 69
Joined : 26 Jan 2008
Posts : 1055
Location : Germany
| | Subject: Re: Life in the fast lane Mon May 26, 2008 1:47 pm | |
| Zada,
next time, use a teaching instructor's trick. I would purposely mispell a word just to see if the class read what I wrote. That came in handy when I actually did mispell a word. Then I could say, "just checking to see if you're alert."
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madhatter
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Joined : 13 Feb 2008
Posts : 212
Location : Tallahassee, FL
| | Subject: Re: Life in the fast lane Mon May 26, 2008 1:58 pm | |
| Here's where being a writer comes in handy. Instead of jumping in the car and driving for no apparent reason, I sit my butt at home and write. Saves gas. Feeds the muses.
I am happy that I have a small vehicle with good gas mileage, though. Plus, it's paid off. Another plus. It looks better and better to me every day.
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Pam
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Age : 42
Joined : 02 Feb 2008
Posts : 1213
Location : Nova Scotia, Canada
| | Subject: Re: Life in the fast lane Mon May 26, 2008 2:05 pm | |
| Rhett I can relate. Whenever I get tired of my car, I give it a good wash and polish, and try to remove all the dog hair from the back. Then it looks like new and I can fall in love with it all over again.
Abe I like that trick and have used it too. It's always good to see if people are alert. The world could use more lerts. 
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Abe F. March
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Age : 69
Joined : 26 Jan 2008
Posts : 1055
Location : Germany
| | Subject: Re: Life in the fast lane Mon May 26, 2008 2:18 pm | |
| With the high cost of gas and the need to reduce pollution, it seems to me that more people should be working from home rather than traveling to an office everyday.
We know that is the wave of the future, but the future is now. Why wait? A progressive company could equip employees with video conferencing and enable them to communicate without the need to physically sit in an office on a daily basis. A visit to the office once or even twice a week would certainly
reduce traffic, pollution, gas and save time.
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zadaconnaway
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Age : 60
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Posts : 1656
Location : Washington, USA
| | Subject: Re: Life in the fast lane Mon May 26, 2008 2:27 pm | |
| Since I no longer go to a job everyday, I am probably saving hundreds of dollars a month! ( job was 27 miles each way) My van gets about 22-24 mpg, and will hold a lot when I do get to town, once or twice a month.
I hit a deer a couple of years ago; the deer lived, but there was extensive damage to my van. Thank goodness, I was only doing about 30 mph due to the fog, or it could have been worse. Things like that make me not want a little bitty car!
I think more and more, people are working from home out here, Abe. I know it is fairly common in some of the bigger cities. Not only would it save money, gas and pollution, it would also relieve stress and get rid of 'road rage'. It is definitely becoming commonplace.
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rainbow689
Four Star Member
Age : 57
Joined : 15 Apr 2008
Posts : 403
Location : Laredo TX
| | Subject: Re: Life in the fast lane Mon May 26, 2008 11:40 pm | |
| | Abe F. March wrote: | With the high cost of gas and the need to reduce
pollution, it seems to me that more people should be working from home
rather than traveling to an office everyday.
We know that is
the wave of the future, but the future is now. Why wait? A progressive
company could equip employees with video conferencing and enable them
to communicate without the need to physically sit in an office on a
daily basis. A visit to the office once or even twice a week would
certainly
reduce traffic, pollution, gas and save time. |
It's tad difficult for an over the road mother trucker to work at home
even though the truck is his/her home on the road and if we did stay at
home no one would get any deliveries of anything and then where would
you all be?
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Pam
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Age : 42
Joined : 02 Feb 2008
Posts : 1213
Location : Nova Scotia, Canada
| | Subject: Re: Life in the fast lane Tue May 27, 2008 2:25 am | |
| Me, I work from home for the technical writing that I do and I love it. Our meetings are often in coffee shops at a central spot rather than anyone having to drive an hour and a half to the office, which is in a small rural town, so we chat over the phone and email. The added bonus that I never expected?
When it's really chilly outside I can rest my feet on the dog, and he is completely unfazed over it. :pirat:
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zadaconnaway
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Age : 60
Joined : 16 Jan 2008
Posts : 1656
Location : Washington, USA
| | Subject: Re: Life in the fast lane Tue May 27, 2008 5:20 pm | |
| Rainbow, wouldn't it be nice though, if everyone else stayed off the road, clearing the way for smooth sailing on your part?
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Zada Connaway
Mother's Journals: parts 1, 2 and 3 ISBN # 1-4241-6969-0
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Abe F. March
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Age : 69
Joined : 26 Jan 2008
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Location : Germany
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