GAS PRICES!!!!!

[rocket]

Come on $5.00 a gallon

Hush yo mouth

[dolphinatic]

Here goes with the gas price talk again Have we really come to a point where people really consider not fishing due to gas that is $1.50 per gallon more than it was a few years ago??? Truth is, too many people these days just dont want to live below their means. Bottom line. Got to have 3-4 credit cards, new vehicles every few years & new boats (financed of course), houses they can't afford because they want it right now (with interest only or 30-40 year ARM's) and iPods & cell phones for their teens. Then when gas prices soar because we are using so freakin much of the stuff, regardless of the price, people start to fuss. The more it costs, it seems the more we use I would like to hear where people have cut back in other areas instead of just wanting the things they want to stay cheap to remain that way. In this country, we have the choice to buy what we want and how much of it we want. We dont even have to have the money for it when we want it. It's called the joys of CAPITALISM. I dont care if an oil executive gets $400 million to retire or as a bonus or if the company has had record profits....good for them. I hope my customers keep making tons of money and calling me for work. God bless 'em. It keeps me going to the coast for work and fishing If oil and gas was our business, we would want the same profits I'm sure if our business was doing that well. Like the saying goes "You're worth what you can get." Just ask a pro athlete. Heck, why does it cost $30 plus to even go to an FSU game. Because people will pay it. The day may come where I have to go back to fishing in my granddads old fiberglass boat with a '62 Johnson 10 hp. I'm fine with that.....he did it for years and caught more trout than I may ever catch. Oh well, I better shut up before I upset more people than Chalk Gonna go put some of that $100 grouper on the grill from yesterday

You couldnt pay me $30 to go to an FSU game . Ya'll split the gas and thats cool. I think that was the method of fishing HNM was refering too. Would you have been as happy had you of had to pay the entire $100.00? Alot of what you said is true. But the major problem is no solution fits all. You can get by with smaller vehicles. I can not. You choose to drive cars with a little more experience, I have to have something with less miles because of service issues, OSHA, and reliability. Believe me , if it was cheaper in the long run to pay for one and run it til the wheels fell off I would be doing it. I have never financed a boat , dont have a home that I cant pay for or with an ARM. I do have an IPOD and a cell phone or three that I enjoy. All of this being said, I still really dont like paying over $4.00 for diesel fuel. I agree we dont like to live below our means, who the helk does?
Yes the USA thrives on Capitalism. But lets put it like this. What if I was the only retailer in the US you could buy a refrigerator from. A refrigerator basically costs the consumer around 400 bucks anyday of the week. Well, for no reason whatsoever and in a very short amount of time, I decide to jack up the price of that basic refigerator 400%. Would you go to using an ice chest? I dont need a refrigerator to run my business. I have to have diesel fuel. Therefore, you will pay more at my store and every other retailer for the BASIC things you and every other human must have. The fuel prices the American consumer has allowed itself to pay is a shame. Youre 100% right that if we didnt buy so much of the stuff, we wouldnt pay as much. Unfortunately , we've allowed this to happen as this is the only type of fuel source we have readily available. You think fuel is high now? wait til 2015 and the time when all vehicles must have at least a 31MPG rating and 35MPG by 2025. The manufacturers are upset about it. Imagine if the manufacturers actually had the insight to build a pick up with enough HP to pull a decent size load and it could get 35 MPG. Now youre talking about captialism. Think how many of the same trucks there would be on the road! Its not the fuel companies' fault that we've allowed them to become the wolves and us the lambs. Call me spoiled , whatever. Ive worked hard to be able to do the things I like to do and theres no apologies offered. I wish true Capitalism and ingenuity would take back over and solve this fuel cost crisis. Thats the only true solution for all. Build more efficient vehicles and loose our dependency on petroleum products. Just my .02 and then some. Oh and DT, " Nail on the Head"

I've paid the $100 myself and more on more than one occassion. However, I choose when I want to. If it's not in my budget to do so, I don't do it. If a few guys want to chip in and go, we go (offshore). I've never asked for anything to go inshore. Most of the guys I fish with have boats anyway and we tend to trade off. Fishing is what I like to do, so I do without some things in order to do other things I enjoy. Too bad we can't just buy gas every few years like a frig for a $1600 total cost over the years we use it. I get the analogy though Amen brother on the American consumer allowing these prices It is a shame. As for being spoiled, I wish I was more like you. My hat is off to you for having a succesful business and being able to enjoy the many fruits of your labor without going into debt. That's awesome!!!! One of these days you'll have to let me foot the bill for your gas so you can take my son out on BB. He likes that boat

[Jumptrout51]

I put $99.84 in my car yesterday.

[Redbelly]

Mah dodge pu needs filling up, and I am askeered! I have been parking it and driving my little 4.3 Blazer a lot more.

[jsuber]

"The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire."

[2true]

I'm going fishing this afternoon, and its free.

You get a rig like this too, Jeff?

I jumped off that bridge many a time in my youth!

That thing is pimp!

[Flint River Pirate]

$2.52 in Sylvester today. My boat was just about empty and I filled it up for $72.00, not bad for almost 30 gallons of gas!

[Tom Keels]

Yep. Filled the truck up for less than $70 for the first time in over a year. Felt pretty good. Now if we could get it back under $2.00, our economy wouldn't have any problems.

[dolphinatic]

Filled up the Geo today for $24.70 That'll get me another 320 miles At that rate, I can get a new tranny for my gas-guzzlin Chevy in about 6 months

[Redbelly]

From what I read this won't last, as the price is down due to hedge funds needing cash. They are selling the oil contracts lower to raise cash for the margin calls. Demand is down too, but overall world demand is still gonna put upward pressures on oil again.

It sure feels good not to be spending as much right now.

[MudDucker]

I just wish diesel would fall as much as gas.

[dolphinatic]

Just hold on....."HOPE is making a comeback"

$.75 per gallon will be here January 2009

[Chalk]

Just hold on....."HOPE is making a comeback"

$.75 per gallon will be here January 2009

Ha - I would bet good money that the prices will be back up after the election and if the election doesn't go the way "the man" wants it to - the gas will go even higher.

Political smoke and mirrors to me

[wevans]

Just hold on....."HOPE is making a comeback"

$7.50 per gallon will be here January 2009

I fixed it fer ya

[Flint River Pirate]

$1.55 in Albany and I just heard on NPR that it is .98 cents in Roanoke, VA. Giddy-Up!!