Could you deal with gas at 6.00 a gallon?
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<font color="blue">Could you deal with gas at 6.00 a gallon? </font>
Could each of us? I dunno... /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
WOULD each of us? No question about that. We would have no choice, just as we now have no choice at $3 per gallon... /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
Like it or lump it...we WILL deal with it, regardless of what the price is. We have no other choice...unless we are willing to make a significant life style change... /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
Could each of us? I dunno... /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
WOULD each of us? No question about that. We would have no choice, just as we now have no choice at $3 per gallon... /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
Like it or lump it...we WILL deal with it, regardless of what the price is. We have no other choice...unless we are willing to make a significant life style change... /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
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<font color="blue">Could you deal with gas at 6.00 a gallon? </font>
Could each of us? I dunno... /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
WOULD each of us? No question about that. We would have no choice, just as we now have no choice at $3 per gallon... /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
Like it or lump it...we WILL deal with it, regardless of what the price is. We have no other choice...unless we are willing to make a significant life style change... /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
Could each of us? I dunno... /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
WOULD each of us? No question about that. We would have no choice, just as we now have no choice at $3 per gallon... /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
Like it or lump it...we WILL deal with it, regardless of what the price is. We have no other choice...unless we are willing to make a significant life style change... /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
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Anybody remember the gas wars? When I was a kid in the late 50's, a gallon of gas was the same as a pack of smokes....22¢ each.
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Anybody remember the gas wars? When I was a kid in the late 50's, a gallon of gas was the same as a pack of smokes....22¢ each.
</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Anybody remember the gas wars? When I was a kid in the late 50's, a gallon of gas was the same as a pack of smokes....22¢ each. )</font>
And I don't smoke, but it looks like cigs are the same price as a gallon of gas? Water is more and milk is more.
Bob
And I don't smoke, but it looks like cigs are the same price as a gallon of gas? Water is more and milk is more.
Bob
</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Anybody remember the gas wars? When I was a kid in the late 50's, a gallon of gas was the same as a pack of smokes....22¢ each. )</font>
And I don't smoke, but it looks like cigs are the same price as a gallon of gas? Water is more and milk is more.
Bob
And I don't smoke, but it looks like cigs are the same price as a gallon of gas? Water is more and milk is more.
Bob
First off, Henro I am not picking on you, I just used your post for a reply (your prize for being last in line at the time /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif).
I went back and re-read the original post and even managed to wade through the referenced article.
Now, according to the article, after discounts for necessaries, hardships and the like, there would probably be about 3 people actually paying the higher price (and you can bet it WOULDN'T be any of our gov't officials).
And, as everyone has pretty much stated, it is not a question of being able to deal w/ the price, but HAVING to deal w/ the price. Am I going to change my lifestyle when fuel goes up, a little, maybe. But I had a conversation a while back w/ an older friend of mine. I asked "why are some Americans so wasteful?" The answer: Because they can be. And I think that is what it boils down to and what the original poster was getting at. It is going to take a pretty major upset to shift the American psyche as a whole. I mean, if it weren't on the news nearly every day, would most folks realize we have troops fighting on several different fronts right now? What have we had to give up in return? Not much. My fuel tanks are filled whenever they need it, and my fridge also. No shortages of panyhose or anything like that here at home.
Sorry to ramble, but I think I see the intent of the original post, but it will be a while before we are all forced to buy scooters or use rickshaws. Longer for some of us (me included, ugh the thought of it /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif)
I went back and re-read the original post and even managed to wade through the referenced article.
Now, according to the article, after discounts for necessaries, hardships and the like, there would probably be about 3 people actually paying the higher price (and you can bet it WOULDN'T be any of our gov't officials).
And, as everyone has pretty much stated, it is not a question of being able to deal w/ the price, but HAVING to deal w/ the price. Am I going to change my lifestyle when fuel goes up, a little, maybe. But I had a conversation a while back w/ an older friend of mine. I asked "why are some Americans so wasteful?" The answer: Because they can be. And I think that is what it boils down to and what the original poster was getting at. It is going to take a pretty major upset to shift the American psyche as a whole. I mean, if it weren't on the news nearly every day, would most folks realize we have troops fighting on several different fronts right now? What have we had to give up in return? Not much. My fuel tanks are filled whenever they need it, and my fridge also. No shortages of panyhose or anything like that here at home.
Sorry to ramble, but I think I see the intent of the original post, but it will be a while before we are all forced to buy scooters or use rickshaws. Longer for some of us (me included, ugh the thought of it /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif)
First off, Henro I am not picking on you, I just used your post for a reply (your prize for being last in line at the time /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif).
I went back and re-read the original post and even managed to wade through the referenced article.
Now, according to the article, after discounts for necessaries, hardships and the like, there would probably be about 3 people actually paying the higher price (and you can bet it WOULDN'T be any of our gov't officials).
And, as everyone has pretty much stated, it is not a question of being able to deal w/ the price, but HAVING to deal w/ the price. Am I going to change my lifestyle when fuel goes up, a little, maybe. But I had a conversation a while back w/ an older friend of mine. I asked "why are some Americans so wasteful?" The answer: Because they can be. And I think that is what it boils down to and what the original poster was getting at. It is going to take a pretty major upset to shift the American psyche as a whole. I mean, if it weren't on the news nearly every day, would most folks realize we have troops fighting on several different fronts right now? What have we had to give up in return? Not much. My fuel tanks are filled whenever they need it, and my fridge also. No shortages of panyhose or anything like that here at home.
Sorry to ramble, but I think I see the intent of the original post, but it will be a while before we are all forced to buy scooters or use rickshaws. Longer for some of us (me included, ugh the thought of it /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif)
I went back and re-read the original post and even managed to wade through the referenced article.
Now, according to the article, after discounts for necessaries, hardships and the like, there would probably be about 3 people actually paying the higher price (and you can bet it WOULDN'T be any of our gov't officials).
And, as everyone has pretty much stated, it is not a question of being able to deal w/ the price, but HAVING to deal w/ the price. Am I going to change my lifestyle when fuel goes up, a little, maybe. But I had a conversation a while back w/ an older friend of mine. I asked "why are some Americans so wasteful?" The answer: Because they can be. And I think that is what it boils down to and what the original poster was getting at. It is going to take a pretty major upset to shift the American psyche as a whole. I mean, if it weren't on the news nearly every day, would most folks realize we have troops fighting on several different fronts right now? What have we had to give up in return? Not much. My fuel tanks are filled whenever they need it, and my fridge also. No shortages of panyhose or anything like that here at home.
Sorry to ramble, but I think I see the intent of the original post, but it will be a while before we are all forced to buy scooters or use rickshaws. Longer for some of us (me included, ugh the thought of it /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif)