Stitchit123

I shop twice a month now when I pick up scripts and I am more diligent on remembering to take my lists and now I have to cancel my Dr. appt. because I can"t afford gas for the 200mile round trip this will be the 1st time since my transplant that I"ve had to cancel and my car gets 30mpg gas, here out side of toledo,ohio is 3.79 up from 2.79 16 days ago

JuBee

I've had to change the way I live due to the always rising prices on everything. Instead of just going shopping and buying what ever I want, I now check prices and often decide I do not need a certain item. Perhaps this is not all bad. We have been a throw-away country, but lately I have heard more and more people say they are doing more with less and reusing things they used to throw away.
Judy

mrsk

Here! Here!

Aussie Quilter

We are paying $1.40 per litre for petrol. With 5 litres to the gallon (8 pints), we are paying $7.00 per gallon! Now they are talking of taxing petrol - and the family home!!!

No public transport of any form out here, so I'll be doing even more on-line shopping. The big retailers are complaining about losing business to on-line shopping, but their prices are NOT competitive.

I'm almost a hermit as it is, only taking the car out once a fortnight to do the grocery shopping, and once a month to a quilt group.

ontheriver

Some one emailed this to me, don't know if it will work, but maybe..........

This was sent by a retired Coca Cola executive. It came from one of his engineer buddies who retired from Halliburton. If you are tired of the gas prices going up AND they will continue to rise this summer, take time to read this please.

Phillip Hollsworth offered this good idea.

This makes MUCH MORE SENSE than the "don't buy gas on a certain day" campaign that was going around last April or May!
It's worth your consideration. Join the resistance!!!!

I hear we are going to hit close to $ 4.00 a gallon by next summer and it might go higher!! Want gasoline prices to come down?

We need to take some intelligent, united action.
The oil companies just laughed at that because they knew we wouldn't continue to "hurt" ourselves by refusing to buy gas .

It was more of an inconvenience to us than it was a problem for them.
BUT, whoever thought of this idea, has come up with a plan that can Really work. Please read on and join with us!

By now you're probably thinking gasoline priced at about $2.00 is super cheap. Me too! It is currently $3.08 at Arco and Costco for regular unleaded in Salem, Oregon and climbing every week.

Now that the oil companies and the OPEC nations have conditioned us to think that the cost of a gallon of gas is CHEAP at $1.50 - $1.75, we need to take aggressive action to teach them that BUYERS control the marketplace..not sellers.

With the price of gasoline going up more each day, we consumers need to take action.

The only way we are going to see the price of gas come down is if we hit someone in the pocketbook by not purchasing their gas! And, we can do that WITHOUT hurting ourselves.

How? Since we all rely on our cars, we can't just stop buying gas.

But we CAN have an impact on gas prices if we all act together to force a price war.

Here's the idea: For the rest of this year, DON'T purchase ANY gasoline from the two biggest companies (which now are one), EXXON and MOBIL.

If they are not selling any gas, they will be inclined to reduce their prices. If they reduce their prices, the other companies will have to follow suit.

But to have an impact, we need to reach literally millions of Exxon and Mobil gas buyers. It's really simple to do! Now, don't wimp out on me at this point...keep reading and I'll explain how simple it is to reach millions of people!!

I am sending this note to 30 people. If each of us send it to at least ten more (30 x 10 = 300) ... and those 300 send it to at least ten more (300 x 10 = 3,000)... and so on, by the time the message reaches the sixth group of people, we will have reached over THREE MILLION consumers .
If those three million get excited and pass this on to ten friends each, then 30 million people will have been contacted! (of course here more than 10 will hopefully see this)

If it goes one level further, you guessed it..... THREE HUNDRED MILLION PEOPLE!!!

Again, all you have to do is send this to 10 people. That's all!

(If you don't understand how we can reach 300 million and all you have to do is send this to 10 people.... Well, let's face it, you just aren't a mathematician. But I am . so trust me on this one.

How long would all that take? If each of us sends this e-mail out to ten more people within one day of receipt, all 300 MILLION people could conceivably be contacted within the next 8 days!

I'll bet you didn't think you and I had that much potential, did you! Acting together we can make a difference.


You have only the rights you are willing to fight for!

franie

I noticed today that diesel is $4.14 here. Reg. gas is almost to $4. And we sit on one of the biggest oil reserves there is. A windmill can't power a car or plane. We pay more because of our distance from Lower 48 and our remoteness.

Ramona Byrd

[quote=lyndad]This morning regular gas was $3.06 a gal.
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I just filled up today, it was $3.59 per gallon. Luckily I have a very small Saturn that gets good gas milage, even in town.
And even then I write down my wants, and do the rounds with no back tracking. Spend less that way too.

fabric whisperer

aw, hon, if you are a transplant recipient (no matter what type!), its important to keep your appointments ~ i hope there is someone, family or friend or neighbor who can help you get to that appointment? If I lived near Toledo, I'd offer to drive you... but I'm all the way on the other side of Ohio! Please do see if you can keep your appointment!

fratcat

My husband is planning to travel to Georgia next month for his grandson's birthday and he usually takes about 2 weeks and golfs at many different courses over several days beucase he's pga golf pro and doesn't have to pay to play golf, however, this year he says he will limit some of his out of the way driving to different courses because the prices for gas are going sky high. I also try to make my Petsmart run, hancock Fabric run, and Walmart run allthe same time becuase they are close to each other. I don't want to have to go on separate days, just more gas usage. I think further down the road, with gas prices changing, there will be more budget tightening here at home. My adult tricycle is getting more and more attractive to me.

Stitchit123

Thank you for your concern I am still trying to crunch the#s but if I have to cancel it would only be a 4 wk delay so I can set some money aside--I really hate being forced into retirement -the pay s--ks But I thank God that my health is good now and I:m here to see each new day with a smile and things always seem to work out :D :D :D Dawn