Thank God for High Gas Prices

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ilmostro99

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Living on the beautiful Oregon Coast definitely has it pluses but, the bad part is that every summer, the roads are clogged with 100,000 RV'ers doing 12.5 mph. Makes it almost impossible to get anywhere. Hopefully with the gas prices so high this year we may get a break from the "road slugs".

Tongue planted firmly in cheek. The tourists are our biggest industry, and it is going to hurt.
Erik
 
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thefairlaneman

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Re: Thank God for High Gas Prices

Well look at this way,If not for the visitors spending money the local economy might dry up from a lose of money and then the taxes would go up . Or more people could decide to relocate there .
 
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It wont keep me from my family reunion in Medford next month. ;)
 
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Re: Thank God for High Gas Prices

Well Mom and Dad and 2 of 3 my sisters take long summer camping trips (I am the boater of the family):D,this year I heard the trip was going to be the Grand Canyon but they had the big meeting about the rising fuel cost and decided comming up to visit us would be better:eek: Mrs Eagle and the Eaglettes and myself are looking foward to it (we are going to let them camp at the lake house):cool: even if I call their form of camping HOWING(hotel on wheels):D
 
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What's really great about the high gas prices is how quickly you can put gas into your car. Used to take me 5 or 10 minutes to get $20 worth. Now it takes about 30 seconds! I feel like I'm an Indy 500 pit crew or something .................:):):)
 
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Yep, those 12 1/2 mile an hour RVers go whizzin past me all the time. I'm glad they have to pay more for their fuel.;) Whippersnappers!:mad:
 
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Erik,
My parents just dragged the fifth wheel down and back up the 101... and... 12.5 mph would be fast for them. :p
 
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Re: Thank God for High Gas Prices

Now I lay down to sleep. I pray that Oregon is the best pleace to be
 
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Re: Thank God for High Gas Prices

I used to drive the roads crossing from I-5 to the Oregon coast all the time. I figured the logging trucks would push all the slow pokes along!

In the good old days, unless you were Jimmy Clark at the wheel of a new Ferrari, you couldn't keep out of their way!
 
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Vlad D Impeller said:
Did'nt know that you and Roscoe were kin, perhaps some of the membership may want to send their prayers in that direction. :p:p :D:D
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Getting ready to retire better be nice to me or I’ll buy a geezer mobile, get on the Sawgrass at Corral Springs, in the hammer lane, just to annoy you. :D
 
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treedancer said:
Getting ready to retire better be nice to me or I?ll buy a geezer mobile, get on the Sawgrass at Corral Springs, in the hammer lane, just to annoy you. :D
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I won't be here to see you do that, moving to the carribean soon.;)
 
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PW2 said:
I used to drive the roads crossing from I-5 to the Oregon coast all the time. I figured the logging trucks would push all the slow pokes along!

In the good old days, unless you were Jimmy Clark at the wheel of a new Ferrari, you couldn't keep out of their way!
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....and that is the absolute truth. I remember driving up thru the NW in the late '50's thru mid '60's. There was no interstate then. Those logging trucks would get on your tail and push you to your limits. Mind you, these were often roads that were only one lane each way and they were thru the mountains.

In retrospect, it kind of reminds me of the Dennis Weaver movie, Duel.
 
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ilmostro99

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Re: Thank God for High Gas Prices

Yeah, the logging trucks around here amaze me. I've seen them take corners faster than I would take on my Ducati. Got me thinking that if I wanted a really good handling vehicle, I'd sell the Ducati and get me a big ole' 18 wheeler with about 200,000 lbs. of logs on the back:) .
Erik
 
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