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[sprinklethief]

so i just read this and of course it's disconcerting to say the least.

joey tried to work out how much he spends in gasoline a month, based on driving (to work, driving to see his son, driving to the skate park and driving out to his mom's/grandma's once a month. over $300 dollars. no shit. luckily i have an incredibly gas efficient vehicle and only drive maybe 2 miles a day (which will change once i can breathe normally again and can ride a bike), but still man. when i first got my car it took about $13-$18 to fill the tank. i filled the tank the other day, and it was about $38. seriously man, this has got to stop.

there's a lady that works at a CVS in streetsboro who is trying to transfer to our CVS since its right next to her house because her husband just lost his job and she can no longer afford to commute to a CVS that is 10 miles away. wtf man, that's just ridiculous. god, i wonder how much i'd be out if i still worked in cleveland, or lived in cleveland and went to school here.

this is just silliness, total silliness.

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[anmorata.livejournal.com]

When I started driving, and for a number of years after that, I'd budget $20 for a tank of gas. Anything left over was just spending cash that I kept in my wallet.

I have a 16 gallon tank (that holds a little closer to 17 gallons). It costs $50-$60 to fill my tank (depending on how far down I let the tank go), and I was refilling my tank every 4th-5th day when I commuted down there. I've been trying to find work that's no more than 10-20 miles away, because I'm not sure I can afford more than that. :/

I'm not even going to think about how much it's going to cost me in driving for the next few days (Dayton on Tuesday for court, Chicago that night and through Thursday for a job interview, back home Thursday morning). Gah.

[paroxysm-cycle.livejournal.com]

when i lived here and worked in cleveland i would spend probably about $20 a week in my cavalier, and that was a v6. god knows what i'd be paying now.

hopefully you don't have to take out a loan for your trip! gah!

[lucidrebellion.livejournal.com]

i agree. utter bullshit.

but its worse for junior sailors (and other military members). For the most part, a lot of the clincs are spread out on this base (and at lejeune), and not really in riding distance. I mean, i -could- get a bike, but the time i leave for wortk (5:15am) and the random cold weather (and winters) bake bike-riding difficult. But for those that do not get the extra pay for food, or housing allowances are really hurt. If they have a car payment and a bill or two, then their 500 paycheck is gone. gone.

the DoD pushed a 'survey' a few weeks back to "ask on the effects of the rising fuel costs and how it 'may or may not' be hurting the finances of the sailor population.


HAH!

[paroxysm-cycle.livejournal.com]

that's just ridiculous that they wouldn't give money for food and housing. and a $500 paycheck?!? is that bi-weekly? for military?!?!?

this country makes me sick. i'm about to go bunk with shelly in switzerland.

[limbik.livejournal.com]

Wish the US had better public transport. :/

[paroxysm-cycle.livejournal.com]

especially if they're going to keep raising the cost of fuel. we need electric monorails!