+TEAM 360 Posted August 19, 2003 Share Posted August 19, 2003 Don't know about the rest of the country, but here in Phoenix, we can't get any gasoline. About 3/4 of the stations are totally out, and the ones that do have it are swamped with lines around the block. How have the gas prices or lack of availability affected your caching lately? Quote Link to comment
+sept1c_tank Posted August 19, 2003 Share Posted August 19, 2003 Hasn't affected my habits. I ride a bicycle! ==============="If it feels good...do it"================ **(the other 9 out of 10 voices in my head say: "Don't do it.")** . Quote Link to comment
+sawdust Posted August 19, 2003 Share Posted August 19, 2003 Gas prices here in central Texas have been pretty steady. Caches, Let me at em! Quote Link to comment
vagabond Posted August 19, 2003 Share Posted August 19, 2003 yeah they're sending gas from so cal to you zonies, now we're looking at $2.00 a gal for reg. All who look are not lost Quote Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted August 19, 2003 Share Posted August 19, 2003 Not really. The rest of my life slowed me down. Unemployment also slowed me down as it hurt to fill the tank at all. Quote Link to comment
+Lone Duck Posted August 19, 2003 Share Posted August 19, 2003 I use a Class B RV most of the time when I'm out caching. Gets slighly better milage than the largest SUVs out there. I haven't cut back on my driving one bit. That Quack Cacher: Lone Duck When you don't know where you're going, every road will take you there. Quote Link to comment
+quills Posted August 19, 2003 Share Posted August 19, 2003 i'll be honest i payed off my truck right before i satrted this so i don't know that it would have changed my habits but i always went hunting and fishing before i started this and i never worried about putting gas in my truck i just used a little more when i was doing that. i can say it's nice not having a payment and having a reliable late model vehicle. good hunting to all. "If you mess with a Porcupine you might just get the quills. LOL I just had to say that" Quote Link to comment
+hbrx Posted August 20, 2003 Share Posted August 20, 2003 Had to chose the last one. It dosent bother me. I dont have a car, i use my bicycle. Anyway, dont whine...here in Norway the Gas goes for $1.25. But thats per Liter. hbrx. Quote Link to comment
+15Tango Posted August 20, 2003 Share Posted August 20, 2003 I already drive 20 miles to and from work, and here in the Twin Cities, gas prices can jump up and down 15 cents or more from one day to the next. If I happen to have to gas up on an up day (like today, 1.75 a gallon compared to 1.60 yesterday), I just know that some of my overtime isn't going to be used as effing around money. But give up caching just because of gas prices? It would take more than that to peel my GPS out of my hand. "Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles. What do we live for if not to make the world less difficult for each other?"--George Eliot Quote Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted August 21, 2003 Share Posted August 21, 2003 Gas is up to $1.48 here, I'll have to stop caching when it hits $1.50 Took sun from sky, left world in eternal darkness Quote Link to comment
Dinoprophet Posted August 21, 2003 Share Posted August 21, 2003 I don't think SE Michiganders ever change their driving habits due to gas prices. Right now gas can be had for between $1.50 and $1.80. It got jacked up during the blackout and, amazingly, doesn't seem to be coming back down. Before, it hovered around $1.50 just about everywhere. Well the mountain was so beautiful that this guy built a mall and a pizza shack Yeah he built an ugly city because he wanted the mountain to love him back -- Dar Williams Quote Link to comment
+Divine Posted August 21, 2003 Share Posted August 21, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Team GPSaxophone:Gas is up to $1.48 here, I'll have to stop caching when it hits $1.50 It's up to $4.88 here. I'll have to stop caching when it hits, say, uh, err, $8? - I just got lost in thought. It was unfamiliar territory. - Quote Link to comment
SLCDave Posted August 21, 2003 Share Posted August 21, 2003 we're around $1.65 - $1.80/gallon here, not too much change, except more complaining about gas prices! "I'm 35 Years old, I am divorced, and I live in van down by the river!" - Matt Foley Quote Link to comment
The Gingerbread Man Posted August 21, 2003 Share Posted August 21, 2003 Me ship runs on air and oar power. Quote Link to comment
+lostinjersey Posted August 21, 2003 Share Posted August 21, 2003 If Stayfloops hasnt changed his find frequency then none of us have any excuse. He has to get an oil change once a month he recently admitted, so anyone who said yes needs to be quiet.... william Quote Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted August 21, 2003 Share Posted August 21, 2003 360, I saw a picture of Phoenix gas prices in the paper today. $3.57 for Unleaded! Yikes! I will NOT be driving out there for this weekend's event! Sorry, maybe in October when it gets below $2 again. Took sun from sky, left world in eternal darkness Quote Link to comment
+Brian - Team A.I. Posted August 21, 2003 Share Posted August 21, 2003 Oh, fine! Use THAT as your excuse not to come out here to get a find on It...Has You. That price is at one of the stations the lynch mob hasn't gotten to with their 'special' brand of justice yet. Most stations have it around $1.99-2.09/gal right now. Brian Team A.I. Quote Link to comment
+lostinjersey Posted August 21, 2003 Share Posted August 21, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Team GPSaxophone:I saw a picture of Phoenix gas prices in the paper today. $3.57 for Unleaded! ok, THAT's a legit reason, however thats a temporary situation due to the rupture of a gas delivery pipeline and things should be normal in a few weeks. william Quote Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted August 21, 2003 Share Posted August 21, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Brian - Team A.I.: Most stations have it around $1.99-2.09/gal right now. When you're used to $1.48 being high, $1.99-2.09/gal is *way* expensive Took sun from sky, left world in eternal darkness Quote Link to comment
+Ed & Julie Posted August 23, 2003 Share Posted August 23, 2003 Gas is $2.17 and rising in Chico, California (where I work) Quote Link to comment
+TEAM 360 Posted August 23, 2003 Author Share Posted August 23, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Team GPSaxophone:360, I saw a picture of Phoenix gas prices in the paper today. $3.57 for Unleaded! Yikes! I will NOT be driving out there for this weekend's event! Sorry, maybe in October when it gets below $2 again. Took sun from sky, left world in eternal darkness http://mywebpages.comcast.net/ihazeltine/bandbass.gif Aww, come on out anyhow and drive that big ol' honkin Suburban of yours...you can fillup for cheap, about $75 a tankfull, just for you... Quote Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted August 23, 2003 Share Posted August 23, 2003 The big ol' honking 4x4 Suburban will be out of the shop on Tuesday. I'll have to field test it and see how I like adding posi-traction to the rebuilt rear-end. Took sun from sky, left world in eternal darkness Quote Link to comment
SombreHippie Posted August 24, 2003 Share Posted August 24, 2003 We're up to 89.9/L CDN here lately... Which, with my calculations, is equivalent to $2.34/Gallon USD. Ugh. This new 12 cent/L gas tax for the 2010 Olympics bites. One more reason to leave Vancouver. A great serial killer once said, "Beauty is only skin deep. Trust me, I've looked..." Quote Link to comment
+Newenglandah Posted August 24, 2003 Share Posted August 24, 2003 It's my job and the pay I recieve not the gas prices that hurt me.... I 've been super busy with over time and dumb summer parties.... NOSEEUMS--High Protein Low Calorie unpacked trail snacks!!!! See You In the Woods!!! Natureboy1376 Quote Link to comment
+Brian - Team A.I. Posted August 24, 2003 Share Posted August 24, 2003 I may be making a fair amount more money in the coming weeks if I go to a new agency, and my caching will thankfully not be affected as much then. I may also spring for a motorcycle to dramatically reduce my weekly gas expenses. Brian Team A.I. Quote Link to comment
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