Sheldon wrote:
> Gregory Morrow wrote:
> > > Yup, the majority of NYC residents do not own a car... first they'd
> > > have nowhere to put it (they'd put it in their bedroom, but how, cars
> > > don't fit well in elevators), and second if everyone who resides in
NYC
> > > had a car there'd be nowhere for all the people. There are a lot of
> > > folks who live in major US cities who don't own a car.

Nowadays, Sheldon, there isn't enough room in the average NYC bedroom for
even the smallest car (Been there lately?)


Gregory continues:
> > Yup, myself and many of my friends in Chicawgo don't have cars, some of
us
> > don't even have drivers licenses anymore. When the evacuation of New
> > Orleans was announced, I wondered, "What would many of us here do in
such a
> > situation?". I guess we'd pray there was evacuation by bus or
something...
> >
> > Plus which with the cost of insurance, parking, gas, etc.the monthly
cost of
> > having a car in Chicago, etc. can be about as much one's rent or
mortgage...
>
> If not for the very few times I need a car (no mass transit here, not
> even taxis) I'd give up maintaining an automobile... I drove slightly
> less than 1,000 miles (maybe 25 hours) since last Sept.... I've far
> more hours behind the wheel of my tractor (220 hours).

I have a very good job, a wonderful job. Every day, I drive 40 miles round
trip to work at my really great job. Last week, the price of gas reached the
point where I nearly couldn't afford to work there anymore.

This morning, the price of gas here went through the roof. It's official
now: I can't afford to drive back and forth to work.

Is this really what "W" had in mind when he and his oily cronies invented
this "Katrina-caused" oil emergency? What a crock of shit!

In one breath they tell us that gas is so high because the bulk of our oil
comes from overseas. In the next breath, they tell us that the price will
skyrocket because the storm in the Gulf has halted the production of the
bulk of our oil. How stupid do they think we are? Worse, how stupid are we
actually?