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Have higher gas prices affected your recent travel plans?
Asked at Massachusetts Street on May 28, 2008
“A little. We just drove here from Lincoln, but we had to miss a bridal shower in Iowa because it would have cost us more than we had to spend on gas.”
“Yes. We were planning on taking a camping trip to Arkansas, but we decided to just go to the Lake of the Ozarks instead.”
“Kind of. I want to go see my sister in Portland. I was looking forward to a nice road trip, but now I’m thinking it’s going to be a lot cheaper for me to fly if I can get my tickets far enough in advance.”
“All I know is that you have to want to go places at least twice as much.”
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Comments
Sigmund 4 years, 12 months ago
The Lord himself walks the streets of Lawrence, saying thus "Let not the price of gasoline bind you. Verily I say, thou hath only to desire in ones heart at least twice as much. " OTS 1:1.
jonas 4 years, 12 months ago
Holy crap! Jesus lives!!
sunflower_sue 4 years, 12 months ago
travel plans? No. Day to day driving? Yes. If I want to go on vacation, I will. However, if I need something at the grocery store, and I'm not already driving by on some other important errand, I'll live without it.
geekin_topekan 4 years, 12 months ago
He IS a white guy after all!
jonas 4 years, 12 months ago
pssst. . . . I'm not a liberal!
jonas 4 years, 12 months ago
He's just happy that, after two thousand years, he finally got corrective lenses.
trinity 4 years, 12 months ago
yup gas prices have indeed affected my plans...wanted so badly to drive to northern illinois to visit family, but just can't see spending the $$ for it. they'll have to come see me, instead. ;)JC looks like such a happy fella! :)
jonas 4 years, 12 months ago
. . . and no, you're not on my recognizable list of those who attempt to force, which is perhaps why we can enjoy bantering with each other.
geekin_topekan 4 years, 12 months ago
Why the quotation marks?
Charlie Naramore 4 years, 12 months ago
At least two of us watches the Simpsons.
thetagger 4 years, 12 months ago
I don't know... he looks more like a Jebus that a Jesus.
cheeseburger 4 years, 12 months ago
For some reason, I enjoy banter with you, Jonas, despite our being about as dissimilar as possible - conservative/liberal, Christian/non-Christian. I'd love to meet you sometime, though our being half a world apart will pose some logistical problems!I hope you weren't referring to me when you made the comment about those who 'force their way of life' upon others. We'd love to have you 'in the flock,' but I only invite; I don't brow-beat!
ndmoderate 4 years, 12 months ago
"Amy Vignery, Johnson County Community College junior, Lawrence"Ummm.....how can community colleges have "Juniors" ???
fu7il3 4 years, 12 months ago
Not like Moses. Jesus walks on the water. Moses parts it, then walks on the riverbed.
jaycat 4 years, 12 months ago
JC doesn't drive; he walks. Just like Moses.
sgtwolverine 4 years, 12 months ago
Like sue said, not travel plans, but day-to-day stuff. For instance, while there are three soccer playoff games this week, they're all almost an hour away, so I decided to go to only one of them. Stuff like that.
cheeseburger 4 years, 12 months ago
jonas (Anonymous) says: Holy crap! Jesus lives!!__You're right, Jonas! Congrats! Sorry it took the photo of a look-a-like to convince you!! :-)"Whoever believeth in me, and is baptized, shall be saved." -Jesus"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life." John 3:16Given your thoughts on the subject, I just had to respond, since you kinda left the door open !!
jonas 4 years, 12 months ago
You're always free to share your way of thinking. I would suggest, however, that my thoughts on the subject are perhaps deeper than I have elaborated upon here. Certainly I find many of the teachings of Jesus to be highly valuable, and even if I have no desire to follow the specific path of Christianity, I have no issue with other people deciding to follow that path. (Thought I must admit that I do have an issue with those who feel the need to not only teach but also to force their way of life upon those who don't particularly want it)I'll remain, however, one of the lost lambs. >B^)>
Crossfire 4 years, 12 months ago
If Jesus was here would the miracle be to turn the water into petroleum,...or would we run him back to Mexico for being illegal?
fleeba 4 years, 12 months ago
autie, That already has became a problem.. Friends of ours have had that happen TWICE with their van. And this is in the nice area of town...I'm not going to be going very far for vacation this year, due to gas. We decided to spend the money on Rockfest tickets instead of gas.
jonas 4 years, 12 months ago
multiD: Blame the repeat question, not my tangential posting style.
mom_of_three 4 years, 12 months ago
Yes. We will be carpooling to basketball tournaments. I also try to pick up everything I need at one time, instead of little trips, like Sue. Hopefully, the hubby will pick up the habit. For our grad's party, he went to the store, and forgot ice, and had to go back. My dad has always driven a truck to work. He owns a diesel. But now, he is driving a buick to work for better gas mileage.
Sigmund 4 years, 12 months ago
spacehog (Anonymous) says: "Jesus wouldn't drive an SUV, F150, or a Hummer, as so many of us think we're entitled to. Why doesn't anyone know the difference between wants and needs anymore. Hell, I saw this coming in 1996 when gas was literally 96 cents a gallon and people were buying every SUV they could get their hands on. Our greed has caught up with us."How do you know what Jesus would do? He had 12 disciples following him so why wouldn't he buy a couple of SUV's? Why are SUV's "greedy" if you need one or want one and can pay for one??? I know the difference between needs and wants, they may not be your needs and wants, but then again you aren't me and it's my money so I get to make the choice, not you. This is your business exactly why? So you saw this coming in 1996, and for over a decade you did exactly what? And if gas goes down to $2.00 gallon will you feel disappointed?"Meanwhile, the world's leading producers say oil is too expensive and they plan to increase supplies. A source at OPEC said its 13 members were uncomfortable with the current price of crude, which last week hit a record $135 a barrel. Based on present supply and demand, he said it should be fetching $60-$70 a barrel. Saudi Arabia said it would increase production."http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,91211-1317363,00.html
RedwoodCoast 4 years, 12 months ago
Eric and I look somewhat similar. Weird. I'm always getting mistaken for someone else, and I'm beginning to see why. When I lived in California, people kept asking me if I was some guy named Shimshai. No fewer than six separate people asked me this over a period of a year and a half. The guy has a website and some videos on Youtube, and I can definitely see the resemblance. My family thinks the resemblance so close that it is creepy. Of course, save for my hair, I try to stay clean-cut and presentable.As for this stupid gas stuff. I am going to be doing a fair amount of driving this summer so that I can do archaeological fieldwork. After gas and food, my wages will probably allow me to just break even. Well, maybe not, but it will cut into the budget a little more than I wouldl like. I went on a 1600-mile roadtrip two weeks ago, and my gas expenses were somewhere in the $300-$400 range. I'm glad my car gets decent gas mileage.
RETICENT_IRREVERENT 4 years, 12 months ago
He would have traveled in a convoy of a thousand scream'in trucks.And 11 long haired friends of Jesus in a chartreuse microbus.
labmonkey 4 years, 12 months ago
Eric (AKA Jesus) can't even afford shampoo, how the hell can he afford gas?
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