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2008-07-22 Home Front Economy

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Posted by Bobby 2008-07-22 07:05|| || Front Page|| [11127 views ] Top

#1 I overlooked even more crying, but this was pretty good:

Aly Massey, 18, of McLean, a college-bound student whose parents pay for her gas, has been inspired to cut back more by environmental concern than financial necessity. I used to like to drive around and think and listen to music, but I dont do that anymore, she said.

McLean, by the way, is NOT the 'poor side of town!

Posted by Bobby 2008-07-22 07:24|| 2008-07-22 07:24|| Front Page Top

#2 O.K., just one more. Potomac is not known as a shantytown, either:

Jessica Fainberg, 18, of Potomac, a recent graduate of Winston Churchill High School, splits her gas costs with her parents, funding her share mostly with her two-days-a-week babysitting job in Germantown. But as prices rose, she has come up short. Half the time, I cant afford to even fill up my gas tank halfway, she said.

She said part of the problem is the vehicle she fell in love with: a Nissan Xterra. The first day I filled up, it was like $65, and I was like, Oh, man. But relief has come from friends who pitch in when she gives them a ride. And from holding back on her driving.

Posted by Bobby 2008-07-22 07:27|| 2008-07-22 07:27|| Front Page Top

#3 A wise man once told me, and I passed it on to my duaghter:

If you can only afford half a tank of gas - make it the top half.................

Posted by mailbu_shrade 2008-07-22 08:10|| 2008-07-22 08:10|| Front Page Top

#4 Hey, I think we found a way to solve the kid obesity problem! Take the keys and make the little snots walk to the mall!

Posted by Swamp Blondie in the Cornfields 2008-07-22 08:12|| 2008-07-22 08:12|| Front Page Top

#5 Geez. Poor teens, can't have everything. It's so not fair!:( (I remember collecting quarters from everyone for gas back in the day. Gas was only 33 cents a gallon but quarters were scarce!)

Posted by Spot">Spot 2008-07-22 08:29|| 2008-07-22 08:29|| Front Page Top

#6 This bodes ill. The alternative to driving is parking. And that leads to all sorts of other problems.

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-07-22 10:42|| 2008-07-22 10:42|| Front Page Top

#7 The kids where I live are really out of luck. You can't make them walk 6 miles to town on the shoulder of the highway. There isn't a movie theater or anything else for 20 miles in any direction. Sucks to be them, now they know how I felt growing up. Most jobs in the little town that is 6 miles from me are min. wage convenience store jobs that get taken up by 40 year old divorcees, so they literally have no job prospects or chance of a part time or summer job at all.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-07-22 12:23|| 2008-07-22 12:23|| Front Page Top

#8 my son's working a new job for $8/hr while he's attending college. $4+ gas is a hardship, and to kids, it's even harder. He's not whining, it's just a fact

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-07-22 12:34|| 2008-07-22 12:34|| Front Page Top

#9 Electric Bikes are the answer. These teens need electric bikes.

Posted by penguin 2008-07-22 15:50|| 2008-07-22 15:50|| Front Page Top

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