Gas prices going up....
 

I just heard on the news down here that gas prices are going to be over $5/gallon within two weeks. What the H????????

Yep what he said! Everyone complaining, but I have cars passing me on the highway like I am standing still, and thats at 70 mph !

Its going to go $5 but by next week I don't think so??

Yeah lets just stop using gas, and stop fishing, and stop boating, and stop driving, and stop hunting, and stop working...hey, wait this just might work out. We could even put sails on our V20s. HMMMM...

I'm going to buy a conversion kit to run my outboard on water,
then I have all the fuel I need right under the hull.

Now that's what I'm talkin about!

HE.ll yeah!!! I figure when it gets to the point where I'm working to pay for the gas to get to work, I'm just gonna give up, steal a nice big sailboat and become a pirate. I'll take what I need when I need it, just go up and down the oceans of the world wanting for nothing.

what would you suggest randle.


i have it easy. i'm 2 blocks from the train station and dont even burn 2 gallons a week commuting.
my wife is about 2.5 miles from work and doesnt work in the summer.
the beach is 100 yards from my house and thats where she and the kids spend most of their summer.
the boat is (will be) docked about 2 miles from my house.
my parents are about 2 miles from me.

AND. . . . . i'm still struggling financially.

we spend about $500. a week or more in groceries and these kids are getting hungrier every day.
not to mention these new york taxes.

but i hafta fish and boat and beach and cruise.

so there is no easy answer.

Yes there is. Did you not read parishht's input? lol

As promised, I spent Saturday at the dock on maintenance and repairs, and listening to all the boats running up and down the ICW. I swear, one would never know that fuel prices were up from this time last year, judging by the number of boats out. I told my wife when I got home that I thought I was listening to the Indy 500 on radio!

Sunday and Monday were our days to spend on the water. Off we went, around the point of our little neighbor island and up into a nearby creek, away from the main channel and its compliment of cruisers, skiers, PWCs and assorted idiots. Dropped the hook, opened the cooler, went for a swim, and while the wife read I fished a bit. Blue skies, nice breeze. Not much biting, so I nodded off . . .
Oh, yeah. Time to pull the anchor and head in. Tied up, checked the log: 5 miles round-trip.

Monday we shoved off, wifey asks, "How's our fuel?" I replied, "Same as yesterday!" and off we went on the same 5-mile tour.

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