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Travel Forum / Travel Types / RV Travel / July 2008Americans are traveling millions less miles less each day..
Yup.. must be true.. I just heard it on TV from Charlie Gibson... ..wonder what some of the trickle downs on the economy will be??  SignatureOl' Gar and Mahoney... Workin' on the Hot-Rod Bus.. under the bridge.. down by the river.. http://coltonmotorexpress.blogspot.com/ >Yup.. must be true.. I just heard it on TV from Charlie Gibson... > >..wonder what some of the trickle downs on the economy will be?? The workers at rest stops will have to go back to Mexico for work? :) > Yup.. must be true.. I just heard it on TV from Charlie Gibson... > > ...wonder what some of the trickle downs on the economy will be?? Took our usual Sunday drive yesterday. Freeway was jammed like always on Sunday. Back roads were nearly deserted. Very peaceful driving. Lowest gas we saw was $3.65. So now that people are driving less, we'll have to jack up gas taxes to make up the shortfall. Of course this will cause people to drive even less and we end up still having a shortfall and a lighter wallet. But Al Gore is having orgasms of delight. LZ >> Yup.. must be true.. I just heard it on TV from Charlie Gibson... >> [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > But Al Gore is having orgasms of delight. > LZ Doesn't seem like your driving any less. >>> Yup.. must be true.. I just heard it on TV from Charlie Gibson... >>> [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Doesn't seem like your driving any less. I don't have my golf cart here. In SV we scrubbed most of our Sunday drives in favor of daily golf cart drives. Not my fault they won't let me drive my golf cart on the roads here. In SV I can even sip a rum gimlet and no one gets excited..... LZ > Yup.. �must be true.. �I just heard it on TV from Charlie Gibson... > > ..wonder what some of the trickle downs on the economy will be?? > > -- > Ol' Gar and Mahoney... � ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I think it's true that we are all traveling less and doing it smarter. Gas prices are down some here in the west. Over the weekend we traveled through Oregon. Trying to buy as cheap as possible so as to encourage downward trends I went to www.gasbuddy.com In Portland I went to Bob's Auto & Gas on SE 82nd off the 205 near Johnson Creek Blvd. On Saturday I filled up at $3.899. I notice today that the price there is $3.87. Another station is $3.95 and another is $3.97. Then 11 more stations in Portland are at $3.99. This is no big deal in other parts of the country. But on the west coast it's been a long while since we saw gas under 4 buck$. Gar, I see that something called Atlantis at Hilltop Dr and Mistletoe Ln in Redding checked in at $3.98 for RUL tonight. Jan >> Yup.. �must be true.. �I just heard it on TV from Charlie Gibson... >> [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > > Jan I use gas Buddy also.. I guess regular reporters of prices earn gas coupons.. [think I'll stick to ebaying..:) ] Usually the ARCO on I-5 at Pine Grove??? is among the cheapest.. nice for travelers.. SignatureOl' Gar and Mahoney... Workin' on the Hot-Rod Bus.. under the bridge.. down by the river.. "Life may not be the party we had hoped for, but as long as we are here we might as well dance" [sign on I-35 in South Dakota?] http://coltonmotorexpress.blogspot.com/ >>> Yup.. ?must be true.. ?I just heard it on TV from Charlie Gibson... >>> [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > Usually the ARCO on I-5 at Pine Grove??? is among the cheapest.. nice for > travelers.. I use http://autos.msn.com/everyday/GasStations.aspx?m=1&l=1&zip=60118&x=20&y=13 SignatureOwen McKenzie God does not play dice with the universe; He plays an ineffable game of his own devising, which might be compared, from the perspective of any of the other players, to being involved in an obscure and complex version of poker in a pitch dark room, with blank cards, for infinite stakes, with a dealer who won't tell you the rules, and who smiles all the time. Terry Pratchett > Yup.. must be true.. I just heard it on TV from Charlie Gibson... > > ..wonder what some of the trickle downs on the economy will be?? I had a news reporter interview me yesterday as I was pumping diesel into my rig. She asked if I had heard the report you mentioned. I told her I had. She asked if my driving habits had changed and I told her they had not. She acted surprised. She said "Even in this behemoth?" I told her I had to get wherever I am going and the cost of diesel is not stopping me from living. She then asked if anything in my life had changed and I told her my savings account is being funded less, but still religiously funded. The only part that made it to the airwaves was me saying "I have to get where I'm going and it's going to cost me one way or the other." Nice spin. Nothing about me not changing my travel plans. Nothing about the 400 mile trip I took over the past weekend. All that was cut. Freakin Media! Nate >> Yup.. must be true.. I just heard it on TV from Charlie Gibson... >> [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > >Nate But just think. For about 20 seconds there, you was a STAR! >>I had a news reporter interview me yesterday as I was pumping diesel into >>my [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > But just think. For about 20 seconds there, you was a STAR! Oh, man...and I looked good too! Had my sporty dark shades on...my tie was lined up perfectly with my P line. Hair was appropriately gelled, but not overly done. And not one young lady called asking for a date. I just don't get it! The wife did get a little excited though. She's a sucker for movie stars. I took advantage of the situation. Nate <smirk> On Jul 29, 9:57�am, "Nate" <nsaptaemcscpn...@nsvpbaemlslp.anmet> wrote: funded. > The only part that made it to the airwaves was me saying "I have to get > where I'm going and it's going to cost me one way or the other." �Nice spin. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Nate ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ They will spin it to their own agenda every time, Nate. And regardless of what they say otherwise, they all have an agenda. Jan >On Jul 29, 9:57?am, "Nate" <nsaptaemcscpn...@nsvpbaemlslp.anmet> >wrote: [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > >Jan Their agenda is to edit for drama. That's what sells commercials. > I had a news reporter interview me yesterday as I was pumping diesel > into my rig. She asked if I had heard the report you mentioned. I told [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Nate It's not newsworthy unless you're whining. The media won't print stories of those with a stiff upper lip who just adapt and keep on coping. LZ >I had a news reporter interview me yesterday as I was pumping diesel into my >rig. She asked if I had heard the report you mentioned. I told her I had. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > >Freakin Media! Getting to see first-hand how news is fabricated is certainly eye-opening, isn't it? My first really big exposure was at Three Mile Island. I'd go home every night, flip on the toob and not be able to recognize the plant that I'd just left. That's why I stopped doing news. I get to listen to MUCH better fiction with my audio books. Dumping the toob and news altogether was probably the single best thing that I've ever done to improve my quality of life. I had a couple of weeks of withdrawal but then it was and continues to be WONDERFUL. I have a neighbor who keeps me up to date on any malfeasance that the local government may be up to, stuff that might affect me directly. Property tax increases, things like that. Otherwise I'm blissfully ignorant of the media-manufactured world at large. So nice. John -- John De Armond See my website for my current email address http://www.neon-john.com http://www.johndearmond.com <-- best little blog on the net! Tellico Plains, Occupied TN *fas-cism* (fash'iz'em) n. A system of government that exercises a dictatorship of the extreme right, typically through the merging of state and business leadership, together with belligerent nationalism. -- The American Heritage Dictionary, 1983 > I had a news reporter interview me yesterday as I was pumping diesel > into my rig. She asked if I had heard the report you mentioned. I told [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Nate Not all of them. When our rolling rally to Gillette passed through Blue Earth, MN, a guy from the local radio station stopped in to talk to us for their weekly travel show. Since I put the rally together, they sent him to me. The interview went about 20 minutes. Afterward, I asked if I could get a copy of the show. No problem. It made it's way to me within 10 days, and they didn't cut or edit anything. The listeners got to hear what I had to say, the way I actually said it. When asked a similar question, my response (paraphrased) was that some people may not get into RVing that otherwise would have, and a few may hang up their keys, but most serious RVers are going to find a way to keep doing what we do, no matter what it costs. Lon |
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