Re: stay home guys

Posted by A Reality Check on September 02, 2005 at 03:36:05 from (131.107.0.89):

In Reply to: Re: stay home guys posted by Hugh MacKay on September 01, 2005 at 20:44:01:

Wow, it sounds like you could use a reality check to me Hugh. I'm surprised, your posts are normally quite good.

"Without using the publics oxygen"??? If that is the best rationale you can find to justify not using gasoline, then you might as well save your breath. I must confess I spend precious little time worrying about whether I have exceeded my "fair share" of oxygen use each week--but I comfort myself knowing the government is working hard on finding a way to check up on each of us and distribute it more equitably.

I'm not in the habit of wasting money, be it through the purchase of fuel or otherwise. Most people aren't. Advice to "just stay home" or combine errands might pass for wisdom to some but I'd hazard a guess that most people try to do that the price of gas not with standing.

As to asking the retailer how far items have been shipped....come on Hugh. I'm sure that's just what we'll all start doing.

The fact is that average citizens are harried enough with regard to trying to juggle family, time, work, and other responsibilities. Simply put, I know I have bigger fish to fry then agonizing over a gallon of gas that isn't going to make a dimes difference to the economy or the people of New Orleans. If something has to be done or purchased than I get it done as expediently as possible. For those who don't, I guess they are welcome to sit at home and try and come up with a schedule to use their trips at peak efficiency. They must have more time than they know what to do with. It's a wonder that some of these same people find their way home each night.

With a family and the jillion activities and errands that come with it, time is perhaps one of the most pressing concerns. Not following through on essentially anything that requires the frequent trips we have to take just isn't in the cards. Though I envy those who have the luxury of time who have not had children as well as the wisdom of those who raised theirs in a different time as being quite knowledgeable on what it takes to operate in the current society.

Some people might be able to kid themselves for a week or so that they are doing somebody some good if they sit at home and let bigger issues stack up, I'm afraid I can't. Likewise, I guess it gives some people a warm feeling to not buy gasoline on September 1st. It might even last long enough to still be a memory as they are filling up their tanks on September 2nd. But it's effectiveness is better compared to trying to bail the ocean with a sieve.

Follow Ups:

• Re: stay home guys Hugh MacKay 13:03:05 09/02/05 (0)
• Re: stay home guys NDS 05:45:38 09/02/05 (3)
  • Re: stay home guys Paul in Mich 08:10:40 09/02/05 (2)
    • Re: stay home guys NDS 08:40:39 09/02/05 (1)
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