As many of us here, I’m on a fixed income, and gas is a big thing. Actually, we’re luck in North Jersey, average is right now about $3.99/gal, and there are stations that charge less for cash - I filled up Monday for $3.82 cash!! Even at these “bargain” prices, a trip to my favorite LHS is about a half hour of 50-80mph driving, and a $3 trip to the LHS is now $8 - $5 less for the RR!! (Don’t tell me to slow down for better gas mileage - I don’t want to live forever) [:-,]
When this year’s election is over, we won’t be constantly bombarded with “bad economic news” around the clock. Trust me, there is plenty of good economic news that remains unreported or under-reported. This seems to occur every four years, regardless of which way the political monemtum is headed.
Once we stop hearing as much doom and gloom, we’ll all feel more optomistic, and we’ll begin to more forward again. As Marshall McCuhen sp? noted 45 or more years ago, “The media is the massage.”
chicochip
Yeah, but ground beef wasn’t $4/lb. then.[V]
Tatans-Amen to those words brother! I WISH I could even get $6/hour here! Unemployment’s over 9% here. And that’s what the county says it is. NOT what it REALLY is!
I’m glad I stocked up on some basic modeling supplies when I was working. I’ve got enough stuff to keep me busy for a while. I was drooling over an IHC Hudson at MB Klein last night. $59! Really hurts to not even be able to THINK about buying it! Even scratch building supplies are out of my price range because of the 100 mile round trip to get them.
Best advice anywhere.
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Deal with it. You will survive. Stuff happens.
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Best advice anywhere.
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Ditto. Enjoy the Hobby.
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I pay 9 dollars per gallon of gas and 5-6 dollars per LB of ground beef. Welcome to Sweden.
Magnus
Ditto, Ditto, Ditto. Suck it up, folks. Ride a bike to places. If the grocery store is within biking distance of your house, use your bike (gotta run that by my parents). Do your scenery the old way, get the natural materials. Hey, no matter what, you’ll normally be alive. So suck it up, and quit complaining. It’ll pass, just like the great depression. I get so tired of hearing crud like “global warming” or that “the economy is bad”. It’s doomsday crud. Forget about it. Oh, and the OPEC ain’t helpin nothing either.
Close. Actually McLuhan. And it’s “the medium is the message.” Although it sure feels like a massage at times. [;)]
I love it! Words of wisdom from a 15 year old! [banghead]
Go get a job, move out of your parents house,try and support yourself, then lose your job and all you’ve worked for and see if you whistle the same smug tune there junior![:(!]
Thanks, Margaritaman.
In all honesty, I’ve never had a need to spell the author’s name or the “punnish” words: media, medium, message, and massage because I’ve always mentioned this concept in an oral conversation - frequently with folks who have never read McLuhan or seen his short movie.
Frankly, I’m delighted that you took the time to read my post - and MORE delighted that you know of what I speak…but cannot spell!! Cool. Very, very cool!
I lift a Cuervo to you, sir.
chicochip
If you still have some years of working, think how much more stock you can buy because their prices are “so” low now and can reap the gains when the stockmarket eventually rebounds. People lose money when they buy “high” and sell “low.” If you believe stocks are low now, then it is a good time to buy. My recommendation is to buy stocks that have shown they can make a profit and pay a dividend, and are in a line of business that you believe will be viable in the future. (Pharmaceuticals meet the first two criteria but it is possible the government will regulate and tax that industry to collapse in the name of health care.) Food processing and alcoholic beverages will always be around.) Don’t buy commercial bonds because interest rates are bound to go up, reducing the value of the bonds in the future.
Mark.
I feel the crunch. I’m on retirement and SS, and I’ve frozen the income from my stocks (WHAT income right now?[banghead]). I’m probably better off than some because my house is paid for and living alone, I don’t have that many expenses. And I’m still in demand as an accompanist at various Parishes around the town, so any income I get from those jobs I can kind of relegate to the MR fund (though less than I used to). And if I can possibly get to those jobs on Public Transportation here in Sacramento, the car is relegated to the driveway.
Like some others, my parents came up during the Depression, so I learned the value of a dollar at an early age. But I’m also a Creature of Habit. Just saw an ad for the new Sunset Z-6 Challengers again in the latest issue of MRC. I need a Z-6 like a hole in the head, but for some obscure and esoteric reason, I’ve decided that I’m going to have a Z-6 before I die, so right now I’m looking into the accrued interest on my Insurance Policy which I have never touched in my life, and wondering–Hm, should I or not? But then, the locos aren’t going to be available until late '08. Hm, how many Masses can I play until then–can I dip into my son’s Inheritance–Hell, my son makes more than I DO!
And right now I’m b###hing that I spent $14 on some Hydrocal that I can’t use, because it sets up too darned fast in this hot, dry, California summer weather.
Wow[:I] And reading some of the posts, I’M complaining? Somebody shoot me.
Tom [:-^]
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I love it! Words of wisdom from a 15 year old! [banghead]
Go get a job, move out of your parents house,try and support yourself, then lose your job and all you’ve worked for and see if you whistle the same smug tune there junior![
Packers, with all due respect, you don’t have any clue what you’re talking about.You live under Mommy and Daddy’s roof where you get a warm bed and three squares a day.
For my spouse and I to make a living and sustain ourselves, we both have to work copius amounts of overtime just to have a little extra to make ends meet. Each night, I report for work at 8 PM (oops, thats in 35 minutes!) and most nights work a full twelve hours before the taxi arrives to deadhead back to the home terminal. That’s about fourteen hours of work, each day. Now do that six days a week. Repeat fifty two times per year. I have 8-10 hours of "home life and a good majority of that is spent sleeping (albeit on the couch) while my spouse is at work. I see her for about three hours in the evening before I have to go to work.
Riding a bicycle to the gorcery store is not a viable option for us. We do our shopping once every two weeks and carrying 12-15 bags of groceries on a bicycle is only going to leave you with an absolute mess if you can make it home.
I drive a gas guzzling SUV. I’m paying $4.12 a gallon for gasoline right now. Yeah, it hurts the wallet but there are other solutions to reduce gas use. We plan our meals (and our shopping) and do everything in one big trip. This reduces those every other night trips t
Thanks for the laugh…
I bet he still reads “Goodnight Moon” [:-^]
Stayin out of this, gotta just stay out of this. BTW, have fun with all your worries. Least I ain’t got that yet. Ha.
And I can’t wait till you do![:-,]
Yep, and then most of you guys will be retired (I know some of you guys won’t 'cause you won’t be that old).
While my income is 50 percent of what it was 6 years ago (mostly because of retirement), I feel relatively better off because I’ve paid off my home’s mortgage loan and my two son’s college educations have been completed and paid for. It helps to be “house rich”, meaning I have less house (half compared to the average in the area) than I could have afforded in my higher-income years. Of course, the layout room is a lot smaller than I want.
Mark