For Americans: Are Gas Prices Beginning to Impact Your Activities?

Tombstone · Post by **Tombstone** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 9:12 am

Prices are soaring - and we have started to feel the pinch in our family. With active kids and a fair amount of activities, we have to put a lot of miles on our cars.

How about you? Will these prices impact your activities?

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A Chevron service station on Van Ness Avenue displays gas prices above $3 a gallon in San Francisco, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2005. For the West, the average price of unleaded hit $2.62 a gallon, at least 20 cents higher than any other region in the country. Maintenance problems at U.S. and foreign refineries and the repeated threat of hurricanes along the oil-producing Gulf Coast helped push prices higher. Crude oil reached a record high price of $65 a barrel Wednesday. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

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minks · Post by **minks** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 9:15 am

Tombstone wrote: Prices are soaring - and we have started to feel the pinch in our family. With active kids and a fair amount of activities, we have to put a lot of miles on our cars.

How about you? Will these prices impact your activities?

Photo caption:

A Chevron service station on Van Ness Avenue displays gas prices above $3 a gallon in San Francisco, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2005. For the West, the average price of unleaded hit $2.62 a gallon, at least 20 cents higher than any other region in the country. Maintenance problems at U.S. and foreign refineries and the repeated threat of hurricanes along the oil-producing Gulf Coast helped push prices higher. Crude oil reached a record high price of $65 a barrel Wednesday. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Yes they do, I am not driving long distance anywhere this year just for a visit. Nor flying for now and at work my shipping costs are taking a beating thanks to fuel surcharges. Bah insanity.

Jives · Post by **Jives** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 9:21 am

Nope. I'm one of the lucky ones. I have no relatives living in far away places. I live just two blocks from where I work, and the local Walmart is another two blocks in the opposite direction. My total commute to work lasts about two minutes, just long enough to listen to one song on the CD player. I drive a 6-cylinder small pickup that weighs almost nothing and gets about 30 MPG in city driving.

My idea of a long drive is to drive to the pool, 2 miles away.

A full tank of gas lasts me for about two months.

I figure I can stand up to about $6.00 gallon before it starts to impact my life. Then I'll just get out my bicycle and ride everywhere, New Mexico gets an average of 285 days of sunshine a year, and it's always mild here at 5500 ft. elevation.

Jives · Post by **Jives** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 9:22 am

You know, this may actually be the answer to American obseity. If gas gets high enough, everyone will start riding bikes and walking everywhere just like in China.

minks · Post by **minks** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 9:45 am

Jives wrote: You know, this may actually be the answer to American obseity. If gas gets high enough, everyone will start riding bikes and walking everywhere just like in China.

you are so practical BAH!!!

Jives · Post by **Jives** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 9:49 am

Personally, I blame the Republican party. Every time they're in power the economy takes a nose dive. When Clinton and the Democrats were in power the economy was in great shape. I sure hope we get rid of the Republicans in the next election, before our country goes bankrupt.

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 10:07 am

Gas prices impact the pocketbook, but if mass transportation is not available to take you to your destination, what are you going to do? The kids are goingto carpool to college, and that will help some with them driving only 1-2 times a week. But I have to drive to work, no otherway to get there, thankfully I use less then a tank a week.

I'm ready for the first day of school...................

abbey · Post by **abbey** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 10:14 am

$3 Per gallon? us Brits should be so lucky, we pay around $8 Per gallon & rising!:mad:

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 11:12 am

*laughing*

I always thought the principal should get one at my school, speed it down the hallway in pursuit of those gum chewing kids!

kmhowe72 · Post by **kmhowe72** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 4:00 pm

Believe me I am feeling the PITCH . Can they duplicate the formula of gas. Wouldn't that be something.

nvalleyvee · Post by **nvalleyvee** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 4:14 pm

We are drilling 2 new oil wells this week and I never complain about the price of oil unless some dumb Democratic president lets it slip to $7.00 a barrel and almost puts me out of business. I do agree that $65.00 a barrel is way too much and unfortunately I'm crying all the way to the bank.

kmhowe72 · Post by **kmhowe72** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 5:14 pm

That must make you for wonderful. that your finachial happiness relays on othere peoples miserory. Good for you.

nvalleyvee · Post by **nvalleyvee** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 5:19 pm

Don't get mad at me because of how I make my money. I said I thought it was out of control on the prices and I am not the person who sets that price.

kmhowe72 · Post by **kmhowe72** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 5:34 pm

I don't care how you make your money. I am not mad about it either. But you know what, why don't you give person some free gas. and show your human side. all that money your making give some to charity. Then maybe people wouldn't come down on you and think your GREEDY

nvalleyvee · Post by **nvalleyvee** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 5:43 pm

You have a lot of nerve attacking me when you know nothing about the kind person that I am.

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 6:00 pm

No personal innuendos, keep to the topic. I know NV is a lovely person, get to know her better.

BTS · Post by **BTS** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 6:12 pm

Jives wrote: Personally, I blame the Republican party. Every time they're in power the economy takes a nose dive. When Clinton and the Democrats were in power the economy was in great shape. I sure hope we get rid of the Republicans in the next election, before our country goes bankrupt.

Weird that President Bush turned it around with all that happened to us (you) since he took office + inherting a Clinton recession.........

Please show me the dive you refer to other than our deficit growing during this war on terror?

Is not this OLD banter from the last election? Unemployment rates high, and the sky is falling?

Hope you use the same tactics in the next election so you will STILL be on the outside lookin in AGAIN!

So just what was our unemployment rate last month?

"

August 05, 2005

U.S. Unemployment Rate

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that nonfarm employment increased by 207,000 in July, 2005. Job growth was most notable in service-providing industries. The July unemployment rate was 5.0 percent, unchanged from June. Up until July, the unemployment rate trended downward beginning in February, when it was 5.4 percent."

Economy Continued Steady Growth in June

Employers Added Workers as Unemployment Hit Lowest Rate Since September 2001

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Quarterly data: Real GDP increased at an annual rate of 3.4 percent in Q2 2005, according to advance estimates.

Gross Domestic Product

Personal Income Monthly data: In June 2005, real disposable personal income increased 0.5 percent.

State Per Capita Personal Income Annual data: All states except South Dakota, Nebraska, and Michigan enjoyed faster per capita personal income growth in 2004.

Local Area Personal Income, 2001-2003 Annual data: Personal income increased in all but two of the nation's metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) from 2002 to 2003.

A few articles for ya jives:

BUSINESS OUTLOOK

U.S.: An Economy This Warm Won't Cool On Its Own

PS: jives you are still welcome to come on up our way sept. 4th for our Progressive Block Party........ Hope you do cuzz we don't talk about politics ...

kmhowe72 · Post by **kmhowe72** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 6:22 pm

My husband says that to me all the time. I wasn't attacking you. Gee someone is a lttle bit senastive. What you cannot take critizism. When you come out with a statement about being greedy, and that's what it sounds like what do you expect. I am not going to spare with you. So everytime I get a reply I am just going to delete it.

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 6:30 pm

Very nice graph BTS, it would be interesting to see a state to state comparrison.

BTS · Post by **BTS** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 6:36 pm

kmhowe72 wrote: I don't care how you make your money. I am not mad about it either. But you know what, why don't you give person some free gas. and show your human side. all that money your making give some to charity. Then maybe people wouldn't come down on you and think your GREEDY

kmhowe72 wrote: "When you come out with a statement about being greedy, and that's what it sounds like what do you expect."

Huh.............. Who used the GREEDY statement first? You or NV?

Is not greed stated in your statement?

"why don't you give person some free gas. and show your human side.'

What does that have to do with the price of crude (DOOD)

Plus I had had to see your grammar once more for I chuccckled......

SORRY could not refuse