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Originally Posted by sycamore
...but we're still not paying as much as we were in 1983.
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You beat me to it, syc. People who obsess over gas prices drive me nuts. I have a friend who will drive five miles out of her way to save $0.15 a gallon. Even if she
weren't driving any further for that gas, she's only saving $4.50 per fill-up, or $27 a month if she fills up every 5 days. That's less than one meal at a restaurant, or one-fifth of their monthly cable bill.
Gas prices are the epitome of "penny-wise, pound-foolish" to me. I don't even pay attention to the price, ever. It is what it is. McDonald's costs more now than it did a year ago too; it's called inflation. If you need to save money, most people have plenty of other places they could cut back on.
(And not to turn this into a political argument, but "Gas prices are too high!" and "No blood for oil!" are mutually exclusive. You can't bitch about both.)[/threadjack]