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How are you coping with FALLING gas prices?
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| I am driving more miles more often |
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| I purchased/am purchasing a vehicle that uses more fuel to the gallon |
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| I moved or am moving further away from work |
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| I am spending more on other items so I can spend less on gas |
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| I am getting another job that pays less |
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| I am reducing my supplementary income |
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| My wages are falling as gas prices fall, so it's not an issue for me |
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| I have had to add more money to my savings account |
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| I am not using credit to purchase gas |
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| I don't drive so it doesn't affect me |
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RE: How are you coping with rising gas prices? - 9/29/2008 12:08:31 PM
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kernsfamily
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Gas around here, over the weekend, dropped from around $3.49ish (which was the "consensus" all over on Friday).....to around $3.42 on my commute this morning......my wife says she even saw a few at at 3.39....
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RE: How are you coping with rising gas prices? - 9/29/2008 12:46:24 PM
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stamper_ben
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From a high of $3.69 post Ike to the standard of $3.39 now. I have seen a few at $3.27 also. Some shortages in the mid-grade and premium blends though.
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RE: How are you coping with rising gas prices? - 10/3/2008 10:07:20 AM
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zoebob
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Our grocery store has been offering lots of specials to earn extra gas points. I just filled up my van (which was empty: I put in $2 to get to work this AM before going shopping) for $2.09 a gallon for less than $37
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RE: How are you coping with rising gas prices? - 10/3/2008 11:49:04 AM
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reach
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Well we are at 3.51! Wow! I did not think it would get under 3.50 again, and it looks like it will.
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RE: How are you coping with rising gas prices? - 10/3/2008 12:24:55 PM
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Miss Giggles
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We are around 3.38 for the lowest price! Wish it was permanent.
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RE: How are you coping with rising gas prices? - 10/3/2008 2:20:04 PM
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zoebob
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I went out a couple hours after I filled up and the regular price is down from 3.39 to 3.35
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RE: How are you coping with rising gas prices? - 10/3/2008 2:22:31 PM
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stamper_ben
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$3.29 is average, $3.19 is available.
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RE: How are you coping with rising gas prices? - 10/3/2008 2:58:11 PM
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meg4
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It is still $3.99 a gallon for the cheapest here, and a lot of stations are out of gas.
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RE: How are you coping with rising gas prices? - 10/3/2008 3:00:13 PM
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reach
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I have to say that when I was looking at a new position, I looked on line to find a person to commute with. This will be come a regular part of my life until I find something really close to home.
We did not cut out spending, but now that the economy has gone crazy, we have decided to cut back, and not make some purchases until we know that things are a little more secure. Only buy what we need, not the wants.
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RE: How are you coping with rising gas prices? - 10/3/2008 4:14:22 PM
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kernsfamily
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Gas around here, over the weekend, dropped from around $3.49ish (which was the "consensus" all over on Friday).....to around $3.42 on my commute this morning......my wife says she even saw a few at at 3.39....
I posted the above on MONDAY.
Now, it's friday, and this morning on my way to work, I saw a few 3.19...most were closer to 3.25ish....
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RE: How are you coping with rising gas prices? - 10/3/2008 4:26:14 PM
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kernsfamily
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I have to say that when I was looking at a new position, I looked on line to find a person to commute with. This will be come a regular part of my life until I find something really close to home.
We did not cut out spending, but now that the economy has gone crazy, we have decided to cut back, and not make some purchases until we know that things are a little more secure. Only buy what we need, not the wants.
As one president, OH SO LONG AGO said quite often, "I feel your pain"....
I commute 45 minutes, 35 miles each way. would love to have the option of mass transit, or someone who lives near me to car pool with. But, I live in Dallas, my job is in Fort Worth. Most everyone here at the office lives on "this side of the world"....
Plus, "carpooling" with someone wouldn't be easy for me.....some days I get up, and can be here for 7am...other days, I have an errand, and don't get here until 9 or later.
Same with leaving. My brain just doesn't "turn off" at 5 pm. Some days the "creative juices" are flowing, and I don't find a good "stopping point" until 6:00pm....sometimes, I just pack up and leave at 4:30pm, if I have done what I wanted to get done for the day, and I came to a good "stopping point".....
and, then, somedays, if i have a project "on press" with a printer, I may drive out there and do a "press check"....sometimes it's around lunchtime....other times it's around 3pm, and I am there until after 7.
very erratic "schedule"....can't be easily "contained" to fit into someone else's "schedule....
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RE: How are you coping with rising gas prices? - 10/3/2008 4:46:29 PM
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Consecrated2God
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The cheapest we've found it is $3.41, which we're pretty excited about, but I'm jealous of you all who are buying it for $3.19!
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RE: How are you coping with rising gas prices? - 10/3/2008 5:01:07 PM
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reach
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I felt the same way. That is why I usually only carpool about 3 days a week. That gives me other days to do things my way, and on my carpool days I just go home and finish at home, if need be.
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RE: How are you coping with rising gas prices? - 10/3/2008 7:15:09 PM
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zoebob
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I'm not in TX but south central PA. I'm not quite as low as TX but at 3.35 we are one of the lowest here I think.
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RE: How are you coping with rising gas prices? - 10/3/2008 8:18:04 PM
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Pennsylvania, Oklahoma and a couple of others are typically lower than the national average.
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RE: How are you coping with rising gas prices? - 10/3/2008 11:40:30 PM
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Roberta_
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$3.53 here.
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RE: How are you coping with rising gas prices? - 10/4/2008 1:46:36 PM
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GregandJenny
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I saw gas for 3.59 this morning. There is still hope!!
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RE: How are you coping with rising gas prices? - 10/5/2008 10:12:33 PM
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crownlaurel
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Not only is gas still not dropping in price here, but many of our rural and smaller stations STILL don't have gas. So in smaller towns it's still over $4 per gallon.
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RE: How are you coping with rising gas prices? - 10/5/2008 10:40:38 PM
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$3.44 here in Indiana today, although at the stations nearer the freeway it was between $3.48 and $3.53! Hubby told me tho, that he heard today while he and youngest ds were out selling boy scout popcorn, that prices in places in Minnesota were closer to the $3.00 mark!!!
Hopefully this means the natural gas prices will stay lower this winter too!
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RE: How are you coping with rising gas prices? - 10/6/2008 2:35:43 AM
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reach
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I am in CA, the bay area, and it got below 3.50 today. So we are officially 3.49. Yeah! Let's keep going down!
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RE: How are you coping with rising gas prices? - 10/6/2008 10:31:08 AM
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stamper_ben
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and, then, somedays, if i have a project "on press" with a printer, I may drive out there and do a "press check"....sometimes it's around lunchtime....other times it's around 3pm, and I am there until after 7.
Wow... A four to seven hour color check?  Either you are too picky a designer or the printers you use are really bad. No way I'd have a customer stick around for four hours unless they were from out of town and had a short run with multiple forms that they needed to see each one. Even at that when it got to be past their bedtime they would give me the go ahead to match the proofs while they hit the hay.
But on the coping with gas prices, I paid $3.18 Friday and the norm is now down to that price. Think it'll hit below $3.00?
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RE: How are you coping with rising gas prices? - 10/6/2008 11:25:26 AM
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kernsfamily
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and, then, somedays, if i have a project "on press" with a printer, I may drive out there and do a "press check"....sometimes it's around lunchtime....other times it's around 3pm, and I am there until after 7.
Wow... A four to seven hour color check? Either you are too picky a designer or the printers you use are really bad. No way I'd have a customer stick around for four hours unless they were from out of town and had a short run with multiple forms that they needed to see each one. Even at that when it got to be past their bedtime they would give me the go ahead to match the proofs while they hit the hay.
But on the coping with gas prices, I paid $3.18 Friday and the norm is now down to that price. Think it'll hit below $3.00?
looks like we'll be seeing below $3.00 VERY soon....the price of oil is dropping, along with everything else...(those gas stations that had $3.19 on Friday morning, were down to $3.13 on Friday evening on the way home)...
press checks???hmmm....it depends on the nature of the job. I usually run sheet-fed, so, its' an hour or so (depending on the size of the job) in between checks...
Actually, the printer I work with are really good....very rarely do I have to make them adjust anything....(and, I don't typically bother with press checks, except for a few projects that I just need to make sure are PERFECT)....
I get plenty of work done in between checks, anyway....it's MY choice that I stick around...just so I can sleep at night KNOWING that the color and everything else came out perfect...
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But hey, I'm walking more and riding a bike more. I've actually lost a few pounds. Much as I would like to think I would be doing that to the degree I am now, I know I wouldn't if the gas were cheaper. So for me there is a silver lining. 