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Are higher gas prices cutting into your SL discretionary spending? |
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blaze Spinnaker
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Join date: 12 Aug 2004
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08-16-2005 18:25
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Ardith Mifflin
Mecha Fiend
Join date: 5 Jun 2004
Posts: 1,416
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08-16-2005 18:27
poll You need to pick up the pace! I always get to post before your poll is finally up! As for my answer: I use public transportation. No. |
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Hiro Queso
503less
Join date: 23 Feb 2005
Posts: 2,753
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08-16-2005 18:28
I walk from my bed to the pc
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Seth Kanahoe
political fugue artist
Join date: 30 Jan 2005
Posts: 1,220
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08-16-2005 18:33
No. This summer higher fuel prices meant that I relied a little more on online environments for recreation than I normally do - since I didn't travel as much.
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Roberta Dalek
Probably trouble
Join date: 21 Oct 2004
Posts: 1,174
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08-16-2005 18:36
You mean the petrol prices that are about 1/3 of the price we pay in the UK?
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blaze Spinnaker
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Join date: 12 Aug 2004
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08-16-2005 18:45
No. This summer higher fuel prices meant that I relied a little more on online environments for recreation than I normally do - since I didn't travel as much. Yeah, that's an interesting impact. A very interesting impact. _____________________
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"User-created content takes the idea of leveraging player opinions a step further by allowing them to effectively prototype new ideas and features. Developers can then measure which new concepts most improve the products and incorporate them into the game in future patches." |
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Malachi Petunia
Gentle Miscreant
Join date: 21 Sep 2003
Posts: 3,414
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08-16-2005 18:48
The increased price of heroin is cutting into my enjoyment of polls.
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Enabran Templar
Capitalist Pig
Join date: 26 Aug 2004
Posts: 4,506
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08-16-2005 19:19
Yeah. 'Cause I drive my Buick all the way to Bonifacio.
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Verkin Raven
Registered User
Join date: 5 Jan 2005
Posts: 243
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08-16-2005 20:02
Gas prices don't effect me much, because I don't drive a towering wastemobile for no apparent reason like many idiots in this country feel the "need" to.
If this country had a water shortage, people would install below ground swimming pools and probably take longer showers. It's the same logic. |
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Lance Mirabeau
Pees in the shower
Join date: 23 Jul 2005
Posts: 108
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08-16-2005 20:25
You mean the petrol prices that are about 1/3 of the price we pay in the UK? That's why I never bitch about it. _____________________
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Burke Prefect
Cafe Owner, Superhero
Join date: 29 Oct 2004
Posts: 2,785
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08-16-2005 20:32
I'm waiting for the Oil market to crash, or for the first stages of the fall of Democracy to start. From the way things are looking we're only a decade away from Snow Crash.
I'd better break out the ol' redneck katana and start practicing. |
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Aliasi Stonebender
Return of Catbread
Join date: 30 Jan 2005
Posts: 1,858
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08-16-2005 20:34
You mean the petrol prices that are about 1/3 of the price we pay in the UK? It's only fair. Total area of US: 9,631,418 sq km Total area of UK: 244,820 sq km (And if anyone thinks I'm seriously proposing that as an argument as opposed to being a silly remark, this is  SMILEY CAPTIONED )_____________________
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Siggy Romulus
DILLIGAF
Join date: 22 Sep 2003
Posts: 5,711
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08-17-2005 01:51
Nope, but then again I drive a crappy 1990 Honda Civic that only needs 20 bucks every 2 weeks.
And when necessities need taking care of, entertainment is the first thing thats axed. _____________________
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Selador Cellardoor
Registered User
Join date: 16 Nov 2003
Posts: 3,082
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08-17-2005 02:24
Well, I have gas-fired central heating, and I haven't noticed a recent increase in price. I also occasionally suffer from intestinal gas, but that has always been free, so far as I know. As far as hydrogen or helium or other gases, any increase in price would certainly affect airship travel, but I can't see it making much of a difference to second life.
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Jeffrey Gomez
Cubed™
Join date: 11 Jun 2004
Posts: 3,522
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08-17-2005 06:04
Are higher gas prices cutting into your SL discretionary spending? My advice: Wait a few years before seriously using this argument. A buck extra per gallon is not going to kill anyone. Yet, if we force ourselves into a shortage or a political corner over sources of oil (as I expect we will at this rate), it might become a real problem. _____________________
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Richie Waves
Predictable
Join date: 29 Jun 2005
Posts: 1,424
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08-17-2005 06:20
LOL have to laugh at americans when they give out about the price of Petrol the stuff is next to free compared to what we have to pay for it €1.05 a litre over here!
Do what we do...drive cars with resonable engines and you'll save money!! _____________________
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Jeffrey Gomez
Cubed™
Join date: 11 Jun 2004
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08-17-2005 06:30
Do what we do...drive cars with resonable engines and you'll save money!! Amen, reverend. They're working on the problem, though I'm told these engines are still annoying to maintain: http://www.suntimes.com/output/business/cst-fin-hybrid14.html And remind me to roll my eyes on the "fighting terrorism" portion of that article.  _____________________
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Mina Welesa
Semi-retired
Join date: 19 Dec 2004
Posts: 228
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08-17-2005 06:40
As for my answer: I use public transportation. No. I do, too. |
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Richie Waves
Predictable
Join date: 29 Jun 2005
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08-17-2005 07:11
And remind me to roll my eyes on the "fighting terrorism" portion of that article. Roll your eyes at the "fighting terrorism" portion!!  _____________________
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Newfie Pendragon
Crusty and proud of it
Join date: 19 Dec 2003
Posts: 1,025
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08-17-2005 07:33
I dont use many petroleum powered vehicles in SL, so....nope, hasn't affected my L$ one bit.
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Seth Kanahoe
political fugue artist
Join date: 30 Jan 2005
Posts: 1,220
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08-19-2005 05:23
You mean the petrol prices that are about 1/3 of the price we pay in the UK? Absolutely. Personally, I think petrol prices in Britain ought to be quadrupled so that we large, rapacious, voracious Americans can have our gasoline and diesel prices cut by half. Actually, I was referring to the implications of fuel costs in terms of international travel. But what-the-hey. Instead of camping out in Trafalgar Square and doing my annual Ben Nevis walk, I drove my redneck cadillac to Texas.  |
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Eboni Khan
Misanthrope
Join date: 17 Mar 2004
Posts: 2,133
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08-19-2005 05:28
No, I take the El, baby!
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Lecktor Hannibal
YOUR MOM
Join date: 1 Jul 2004
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08-19-2005 06:21
May I suggest two wheeled transportation ? Preferably in a v-twin 45 degree arrangement ? Of course the EPA has mandated that motorcycles are teh evol ozone hole causing contraptions as of 2006.
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Judah Jimador
Registered User
Join date: 13 Mar 2005
Posts: 230
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08-19-2005 06:37
My boss rides a motorcycle to work. He tells me that the big bike manufacturers are reporting a recent huge surge in sales in the Southwest USA...everything from scooters to top-of-the-line cruisers. No specific cause given, but he and I both guess it's because more and more people just can't afford to feed cars.
Me, I take the city bus and the company picks up 50% of my monthly bus pass. My employer's also actively looking into telecommuting, which has historically been a big no-no with us. Prices in Phoenix tend to be on the high end anyway, because we only have one major pipeline servicing the region. It's an increasingly frequent topic of overheard conversation here. I've lost all desire to ever own a car. I can't see spending that much money on fuel. I want one of these. -- jj |
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Huns Valen
Don't PM me here.
Join date: 3 May 2003
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08-19-2005 07:57
Hot cams, 24 valves, and 6,250RPM just sound way too good to me. I figure I might as well enjoy all of that now that I've got it. Gas would have to be much more expensive to convince me to stop.
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