f@#$ing gas...~ - Page 2

Janet · #16 08-31-2005, 01:50 PM

Oh GAS is horrible.

Personally, I drive over a half an hour to work everyday. I get out after midnight. There are no trains or buses because sometimes I get stuck there hours later after we close.

BUT if it's $5, I will just *uck it and not close or something. I can't afford that, WHO CAN?

BTW, side note, know how hard it is to find delivery drivers right now? No one wants to deliver pizza.

HomerMcvie · #17 08-31-2005, 02:15 PM

I do sound, and play in a band. My truck (a retired U-haul) get 5.5 mpg! I don't know what I'm going to do. We always play within an hour of home, but it's going to get to where we'll not be able to take any work out of town. A 30 gallon tank is running $80 now.

At $5, or even $4 a gallon, I'm just going to have to cancel any out of town dates.

And the bar business is getting dismal around here, so getting the clubs to come off some more dough won't fly, either.

estranged4life · #18 08-31-2005, 02:27 PM

on TV advertising the following gas prices:

Unleaded (Showed an arm)
Higher grade (Showed a leg)
Premium ("Your firstborn")

Sounds bout accurate to me

Pisces Queen · #19 08-31-2005, 02:32 PM

Where I live in Arlington, TX there is no mass transit. I work about 45 minutes away from the house with no one to car pool with. It cost me 40 to fill up my little honda. If this keeps going, what will happen to inflation? Is it OK to say that I am scared ****less. I keep hearing Lindsay's voice singing in my head "what's the world coming too?" Sorry for being so dramatic but that's how I feel right now. Helpless.

Listing to Spaceneedle ~ Fear is nothing to me now ~ I no longer care.

WELSH WITCH · #20 08-31-2005, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Pisces Queen

I keep hearing Lindsay's voice singing in my head "what's the world coming too?" Sorry for being so dramatic but that's how I feel right now. Helpless.

I don't think you're dramatic, this is getting out of hand. So I agree:"What's the world coming too."

StevieNicksEO17 · #21 08-31-2005, 03:08 PM

This is effing insane. Thank god my mom works about 2 minutes away from home, and has a little car, but my dad has a truck and it takes him 45 minutes. My mom finally let me drive to school (take her to work and then I go) about 15 minutes away, but if gas gets to $5 a gallon, I'm back on the bus.

Jessica Leigh · #22 08-31-2005, 03:13 PM

this is serious. it costs me $8 round trip to work. if i want to run the a/c it's almost $10 and it's still over a hundred degrees here. same with school-

between work and school 7 days a week my gas is costing me between $240 and $300 a month is gas. that's more than my car payment and insurance COMBINED.

take a bus? no one wants to sit at bus stops in this heat. i'm going to have to find a new job closer to home. this sucks.

#23 08-31-2005, 03:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by estranged4life

I feel $5 a gallon is just a couple months away.

Welcome to my world. sighhh..BtW ..check your inbox Brian..

Merf · #24 08-31-2005, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Jessica Leigh

this is serious. it costs me $8 round trip to work. if i want to run the a/c it's almost $10 and it's still over a hundred degrees here. same with school-

between work and school 7 days a week my gas is costing me between $240 and $300 a month is gas. that's more than my car payment and insurance COMBINED.

take a bus? no one wants to sit at bus stops in this heat. i'm going to have to find a new job closer to home. this sucks.

Yeah, I'm with you-- I live nearly 30 miles from my school (one way) and I'm putting around 200-250 miles on my car a week just to go to school. My job is close by but it's not like I can drop out of school! Now they're talking about possibly rationing the gas here-- it's complete chaos. Everyone's freaking out. It's $2.99/gallon for regular, gas stations are running out of gas, and they're starting to ration it. This? is serious.

LiquidBlue5000 · #25 08-31-2005, 03:48 PM

last night it was $2.99 a gallon for premium here on long island.. i woke up today and it jumped to $3.69!!!!!

so i've decided i'm selling my car for a damn hybrid and a bicycle

ontheEdgeof17 · #26 08-31-2005, 03:50 PM

It's cheaper to fly. I should just get a job out west and fly home in the evenings.

estranged4life · #27 08-31-2005, 03:52 PM

(Before my illness that is) we were putting close to 100 miles on the car a day just for work (45+ miles one way), 500 miles a week.

Imagine if Deb had to take Radiation Therapy at this time of year compared to last year, That's a 200+ roundtrip excluding the trips to work...We were spending about $16 a day for gas for the 5 daily visits a week, for 4.5 weeks.

At least we kept our sense of humor about it, Should have had t-shirts made that said "2000+ miles in a month for Radiation treatment and all we got was a cure and Pepsi/Coca-Cola flavored Icee's everyday...Oh, And this dumb t-shirt"

estranged4life · #28 08-31-2005, 04:51 PM

the news just showed that gasoline at a station in Atlanta is $5.52 a gallon (Correction $5.87 a gallon...Holy f**k Batman), Definitely a price fix if there was ever to be one.