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RobbyRacoon Olmstead
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04-05-2007 08:11
Aw hell no I won't cut back on Second Life, it pays my gas bill
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RobbyRacoon Olmstead
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04-05-2007 08:12
No impact. My SL time pays for itself, with profits from my in-world businesses covering all my expenses for being here. Higher priced gas just means I'm less likely to be driving somewhere and more likely to stay at home and play SL, or to work on making more stuff to sell in SL, so I can pay for my RL gas with the profits! Heh. I replied before I read Ceera's response, and I think she put it much better than I did. _____________________
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Raymond Figtree
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04-05-2007 08:17
Glad to see no one responding here will be leaving SL or cutting back. But I just realized the folks that surf this forum are already firmly entrenched in SL and there is not much that would get them to quit. It's all the thousands we never talk to or hear from that will be going bye bye and never upgrading to premium.
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Sexy Partridge
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04-05-2007 08:40
I will play more Sl, since I won't have any money to go anywhere, so travel through SL instead of RL.
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Brenda Connolly
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04-05-2007 08:41
If you have a gas guzzler, why not switch to an economical diesel engined car and halve your fuel bill (at least). Diesel is just as expensive as regular gas here, sometimes a bit more. Besides I like my gas guzzler.... ![]() _____________________
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Brenda Connolly
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04-05-2007 08:45
Glad to see no one responding here will be leaving SL or cutting back. But I just realized the folks that surf this forum are already firmly entrenched in SL and there is not much that would get them to quit. It's all the thousands we never talk to or hear from that will be going bye bye and never upgrading to premium. Actually there are probably a whole bunch of things that would make me quit...just not the one you mentioned. ![]() _____________________
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Robin Ivory
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04-05-2007 08:46
I hope it hits $5 per gallon. We are spoiled little babies in this country and need to wake up to the rest of the world.
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Brenda Connolly
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04-05-2007 08:55
I hope it hits $5 per gallon. We are spoiled little babies in this country and need to wake up to the rest of the world. No, the oil companies need to wake up and stop being the greedy, price gouging, so and so's that they are. There is no real reason for gas to be that expensive in this country. But the oilmen, in conjucntion with our honorable public servants, make sure we are dependent on high risk foreign sources of oil, and have purposely not increased refinery capacity in the last 20 years to keep prices up. In my opinion.... But I do agree we are a spoiled lot here in Disneyland. _____________________
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Kathryn Mahoney
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04-05-2007 09:00
We have already cut back driving to the bare minimum, but we are stuck with a minivan to transport my electric wheelchair. So when we do go somewhere, it costs.
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Raymond Figtree
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04-05-2007 10:24
I hope it hits $5 per gallon. We are spoiled little babies in this country and need to wake up to the rest of the world. Robin, is this you in real life? ![]() http://www.1115.org/archives/exxonraymond.jpg _____________________
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Tygarys Soyinka
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04-05-2007 10:29
If you have a gas guzzler, why not switch to an economical diesel engined car and halve your fuel bill (at least). Because the auto makers here in the US (the Americans and Japanese) will not make them. Only VW makes a diesel car priced low enough for the average American. The rest are in high-end cars, or big heavy duty pickups. Jeep did have a diesel version of their small suv, but they killed that model. _____________________
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candi Tal
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04-05-2007 10:44
Well...considering the car i drive gets a whopping 8 miles a gallon, will it effect me...no, I already have accepted that it costs alot to drive my car. But I don't have far to drive each day to work so it's all good.
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Verkin Raven
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04-05-2007 10:46
If you have a gas guzzler, why not switch to an economical diesel engined car and halve your fuel bill (at least). Because my emotional security depends on driving a larger and more wasteful vehicle than anybody else. |
Brenda Connolly
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04-05-2007 10:54
Because my emotional security depends on driving a larger and more wasteful vehicle than anybody else. I love my SUV! ![]() _____________________
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candi Tal
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04-05-2007 10:57
Because my emotional security depends on driving a larger and more wasteful vehicle than anybody else. I just like one that even if I'm only going 20 miles an hour it looks n sounds like I'm doing 50..... |
Kepster Cure
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04-05-2007 11:45
Why would I need gas? I will just teleport to work. lmaorof...totally! |
Kepster Cure
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04-05-2007 11:48
Robin, is this you in real life? ![]() I understand where he's coming from though, US dependancy is way outta control, some feel a reality check is in order, of course no one really hopes for it. |
Jopsy Pendragon
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04-05-2007 12:46
It's cheaper to stay home and be in SL than it is to go out and drive around.
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