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Old 04-19-2008, 04:36 PM   #1
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I do 100+ miles a day 6 days a week commuting to my job.I have a 1998 dodge pickup 5.9 liter (gas hog) that i only use for fishing now as i cannot afford to feed it for work.I use a 2006 honda civic gets about 40-42 mpg hwy in summer 36-38 mpg in winter so its not too bad but the way the price is going up on gas who knows if i won't be carpooling soon.
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Old 04-19-2008, 05:27 PM   #2
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Round trip to the Cape on weekends is 280miles and work is 2 miles even from the house. I'm spending 60-65 bucks a week now, but expect 100 per week once I get the sand stickah.

He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
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Old 04-19-2008, 05:49 PM   #3
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just came from the gas station

and the guy see's me putting in my stuff....while getting fuel

anyway's we get to talkin

and then the subject switches over to
home heating oil...and then outdoor furnaces... and how you can burn anything in them.........

so then he tells me

that all his friends have them because he lives way out in the boonies and there's no one around
...totally isolated and all that
...of course this is in Connecticut back country...ok

he then tells me his friends are burning friggan tires
in them along with the wood....

man oh man does that totally piss.....me...........off
talk about terrorists in America

that is certainly a bio terrorist act against the environment
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Old 04-19-2008, 06:16 PM   #4
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I'm sure there's plenty of PT in there as well.

And they probably wonder why everyone in the neighborhood has cancer

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Old 04-19-2008, 08:45 PM   #5
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Less for me starting next week.
The 4 cyl , 5 speed stick 2 wheel drive Ford Ranger I just picked up, should do 30 + mpg. on the high way back & forth down rt 95 to my boat !!!
Much better than my f350 superduty !!!
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Old 04-19-2008, 09:10 PM   #6
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need to find something better myself, this $80 a week is too much, no money for running a boat this summer
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Old 04-19-2008, 10:10 PM   #7
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ABout $30 a week for now . Starting in may its gonna be a lot less though ! My commute will only be 9 miles roundtrip to the new job !!
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