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anotheranonStrategy, footwork, coordination - this is the order of my capacity loss as I burn up breakfast on the strip on Sunday mornings. On good (? active, anyway) mornings I start losing speech a little bit before I decide to pack it in. I don't push myself that hard all the time, but I admit a little "macho" thrill when I can still manage to hit my opponent after running myself that ragged :P
In other fuel news, I've held off complaining about the rising gas prices - Europe has always paid this much at the pump, higher gas prices = greater incentive to improve public transportation/cut the American reliance on foreign oil/come up with alternatives to the environmentally destructive car-centered lifestyle, etc. ad nauseum.
But....
Even though from a dispassionate "historic overview" perspective watching the slow changes in commuter habits, telecommuting etc. due to the cost is interesting, from the selfish day-to-day perspective it's getting inconvenient. I second guess every trip I have to make that's over an hour away and am consciously having to set aside $ for gas, when before it was such a small amount of my income that I didn't think on it much - silly me.
I'm not feeling the bite in terms of food prices yet, but it is affecting electricity here. And I know I've got it easy compared to some.
We're even postponing getting the Florence tickets in the hopes that gas prices (and hence, airfare) will go down between now and later, but I'm skeptical. I rather suspect these prices are here to stay.
In other fuel news, I've held off complaining about the rising gas prices - Europe has always paid this much at the pump, higher gas prices = greater incentive to improve public transportation/cut the American reliance on foreign oil/come up with alternatives to the environmentally destructive car-centered lifestyle, etc. ad nauseum.
But....
Even though from a dispassionate "historic overview" perspective watching the slow changes in commuter habits, telecommuting etc. due to the cost is interesting, from the selfish day-to-day perspective it's getting inconvenient. I second guess every trip I have to make that's over an hour away and am consciously having to set aside $ for gas, when before it was such a small amount of my income that I didn't think on it much - silly me.
I'm not feeling the bite in terms of food prices yet, but it is affecting electricity here. And I know I've got it easy compared to some.
We're even postponing getting the Florence tickets in the hopes that gas prices (and hence, airfare) will go down between now and later, but I'm skeptical. I rather suspect these prices are here to stay.
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Date: 2008-07-28 02:56 am (UTC)Sign up for something like AOL travel, Travelocity, or Orbitz, and watch their sales. I managed to get a round trip for Kalamazoo for $60 off the regular fare on Continental, and I bagged a $700 fare to Florence because I was willing to change planes twice. Saved me a bunch of money, and I booked my K'zoo tickets about the time that gas prices started to skyrocket.
Also, when you get to Florence, do not be alarmed by the sight of the carabinere with drug-sniffing dogs at the baggage claim. This is evidently standard, believe it or not.