Speaking of high fuel prices,
I heard rumor (I can't confirm, nor deny) that gas is going to hit $4.
bucks per gal. by august.Not only will that hurt (as in stab) the economy, but my boating will
be pretty well done. for a while...... CRAP! |
tschnautz
Jul 15
2006
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| Just bought a 3 gallon tank to replace the defective 6.5 gallon tank for my
outboard. Should save/help in two ways...I always had a 1/2 a tank left at
the end of the season with the 6.5 gal tank and if I should run out while on
the water, using the oars should help reduce this expanding middle that
advanced age has brought on. Plus I'm finding it more and more difficult to
carry 6.5 gallons of gas down the hill to the boat dock. Tom G. |
Tom
Jul 16
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| If you row in the same fashion as competitive rowers, it'll do good things
for your back muscles, and you might be able to lift a bigger gas tank
easily. :-) |
JoeSpareBedroom
Jul 16
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| Is it on your mind when you run the lawn mower, or weed wacker too? |
Mr
Jul 16
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| Right...I'll keep that in mind. :-) Tom G |
Tom
Jul 16
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| Too cryptic for me. I don't understand. You're expecting too much of my
intellectual abilities. |
Bryan
Jul 17
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| I'm with you on that, Jim. I was trying to express the idea that it's not
just the cost of boating that will cause some people to feel the negative
pressures of rising fuel prices on their luxury hobby, small boat or large.
The bottom line is that the overall cost of living will cause financial
stress of varying magnitudes for each of us and for some it will affect
their boating. |
Bryan
Jul 17
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| I push my lawn mower. I pull my weed by hand. |
Bryan
Jul 17
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| Your silver lining will save your back, reduce your middle, and ... |
Bryan
Jul 17
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| Actually Chuck, there's more to the story, I'm looking at the whole
picture. The wife and I have a lot of stuff going on financially, we're
doing fine, but we're also socking a bunch away, and budgeting stuff.
She drives a 2000 chrysler Town 'n Country van wich gets pretty good
economy. I drive a 96 plymouth Voyager with a 4 banging work beater. My
"tow vehicle" is a 88 Mercury Grand Marq which actually should have
been thrown away about 4 years ago, but I still license and insure it
just to go with the boat. I need to ditch the Mercury, and get
something else. I don't have any need for a pick up, but it's hard to
find anything with decent rear wheel drive with good pulling power, or
at least what I'm comfortable with. The wife and I both make more than
a modest commute to our work places, and burn about $200. a week in gas
at the present prices, that also includes the 'round towning' too. And
this is using resonable economy vehicles. So what I suppose I'm saying is with paying for a decent tow vehicle
(license, ins. etc) especially for a vehicle thats mainly going to sit.
, plus the added fuel costs, and what ever other expendetures are
needed. It's getting a bit tougher to justify for myself. I LOVE
boating, and my little Chris Craft sips fuel. I dont' know about the
GPH, but we've always had a fun day on the lake for less than 10 gal in
the boat. I suppose I'm really making a much a do about nothing. Boating isn't
going to break us, but then again, it's getting more expensive for us
all the time. |
tschnautz
Jul 16
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| So here's an interesting thought. Try to figure out what |
Mr
Jul 16
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| That would suck, but the upshot is that we can all drop
the pretzels (just not the peanuts). Hooties go up, and
we're all fucked. |
Mr
Jul 16
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| As it is for us all. IMO, it's a matter of discretionary dollars and priorities. Nobody
should ever consider taking up boating if it means that the kids won't
get a college education or that there won't be money to take care of
aging parents or provide for personal retirement. Again IMO, once the "must do's" are handled and the money left over
gets apportioned to
"want to do's", some people will spend a very high percentage on
boating while others may spend only a few of the discretionary dollars
on boating while prioritizing golf, international travel, or collecting
things like antique cars instead. |
Chuck
Jul 16
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| You know how to fix the problem. Right? |
JoeSpareBedroom
Jul 16
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| concerning boating, yeah, convert to steam. or a sail. concerning the
economy? buy oil co. stock.... |
tschnautz
Jul 15
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| Ah yeah, give Israel tthe wink and let em go nuts
and put the smack-down on Syria and Iran ? If
thats all causing bad oil prices, let em get it all out
of their system. Seriously, most of us are driving 4, and 6 cylinder
3, and 4L engines, and not doing it everyday, so
its _not_ really hurting us like you may think it is. |
Mr
Jul 15
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| Was at a boat dealer/marina in Beloit, WI., yesterday and the handwritten
sign on the counter said "gasoline, $4.00 per gallon". |
Tom
Jul 16
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| Seriously, most of us are driving 4, and 6 cylinder
3, and 4L engines, and not doing it everyday, so
its _not_ really hurting us like you may think it is.
But Semi Trucks don't and they struggle to get better than 6 mpg. Not
counting all the fiberglass, plastic, and that you wouldn't imagine
being made out of petroleum. it all leads to prices going up in every comodity. |
tschnautz
Jul 15
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| " Huh " ?
....The guy was talking about "what to do about his boating"... |
Mr
Jul 16
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| Look for a dramatic moderation in prices immediately after Labor Day.
Then expect further notable decreases through the first Tuesday in
November. After that, hang on Matilda- I think she's a gonna blow. $5
by next Memorial Day, or $6 a the fuel dock. Just my pessimistic
opinion- I could be wrong and I sincerely hope that I am. Can you slow down or stay a bit closer to home port to save the fuel
you feel you'll need to save to keep on boating? |
Chuck
Jul 16
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| In the news, when you hear that a barrel of oil's gone up in price, they
always follow that statement with a reason. Do you remember what that reason
is? To keep this thread less cluttered, the reason is not supply & demand. |
JoeSpareBedroom
Jul 16
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| Supply and demand.
Investment speculation that oil will be scarce in the near future due to
destabilization of the Middle East. |
Bryan
Jul 16
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| The price of gas is on my mind every time I fill my car or my boat these
days. The more I have to tighten my belt due to the rising cost of goods
and services due to the rising cost of fuel, the more I consider the
affordability of taking my boat out for a spin. Each of us has our own
breaking point. |
Bryan
Jul 16
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| Not me. There is nothing you can do about it. I burn around 2.5 |
Jul 16
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| Your first idea, supply & demand, will *always* be a factor. Your second
reason is the one you could've done something about, and may still be able
to. |
JoeSpareBedroom
Jul 16
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| So, you're intimately familiar with Bryan's budget, and you think he's silly
to imagine that the price increases impact him in any way. |
JoeSpareBedroom
Jul 16
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| Do you get some sort of pleasure arguing with folks here everyday? Did you take your boat out this weekend Doug? What kind of boat do you
have? |
JimH
Jul 16
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| I enjoy slicing you into pieces when you fail to listen. You said "start
looking at it in real numbers". Bryan has already done that. He said "Each
of us has our breaking point", a statement which is inarguably true, but you
pretended it was not. > Did you take your boat out this weekend Doug? What kind of boat do you
> have? I have a 14' Lund. It's been out twice since Thursday. We will leave the
house again today around 5:00 to get in some fishing as the temperatures
cool down. |
JoeSpareBedroom
Jul 16
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| Only in your mind Doug. Enjoy your day and cheer up. ;-) |
JimH
Jul 16
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| I'm in a great mood, Jimmy, except when I see people like you who cannot
connect the price of gas to anything you've personally done to create the
problem. |
JoeSpareBedroom
Jul 16
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| Not me. Beer's still relatively cheap. Eisboch "Soul Source" the dock queen. |
Eisboch
Jul 16
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| Yeah, but the price of pretzels and peanuts is about to double. ;-) |
Jul 16
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