Fuel Prices Again

[luvrbus]

You guys aren't quite as discouraging as you are trying to be. I'll just keep on building today and we'll worry about tomorrow when it comes. If it turns out that I can only make a couple trips a year, well that's still enough to go south for the winter. And if that gets to be too much the bus can be my home away from home up in West Virginia. Can't hardly build a house for what I have invested so the payoff is still there regardless. I could even rent it out if it came to that

Lot of owners have started to just making 1 trip a year.RV parks are full of owners hunkered down thinking this crap would pass.Fuel prices are taking a toll on Quartzsite,now is the time to buy a bus prices are dropping on all RV's not just buses, It is sad you see so many gutted buses for sale people are selling at a loss. Me I need something smaller to drive 250 miles,Sonja is going to Texas for a few weeks a round trip ticket from Vegas to Austin cost me $38.00 lol it will cost me more than that to drive her to Vegas.If I drove her in RV like she wanted it would cost between 3 to 4 thousand dollars  2 years back I could do that trip for less than a $1000.00 stopping at parks along the route for the night 
     


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[tr206]

The older generation on a fixed income are really taking up the poop shoot.

[dtcerrato]

The older generation on a fixed income are really taking up the poop shoot.

I as many others can relate to that! Oh but we got an 8.5% COLA - big deal, that takes care of the eggs!, what about the rest of it. 

[tr206]

I as many others can relate to that! Oh but we got an 8.5% COLA - big deal, that takes care of the eggs!, what about the rest of it. 

I know some have had to go back to work to survive but what if you can't? I haven't lived paycheck to paycheck for years but I'm back there damn scary.

[luvrbus]

I know some have had to go back to work to survive but what if you can't? I haven't lived paycheck to paycheck for years but I'm back there damn scary.

With careful planning and pricey advice, I got out when I was 60 years old and was told I had nothing to worry about damn now I starting to worry if I am going to outlive my money. 0% interest on your life savings for 12 years didn't help any.Land has been ok but commercial land is a nightmare you are married to the stuff, or they tax you to death when you sell it and you don't reinvest. Stocks you can do ok sometimes but here comes the tax man, we been sitting on Ford stock for years if the stuff ever get close to what we paid it's gone ,your home if  you sell it you can walk away with cash but then people usually replace it at a higher price lol it is losing deal anyway you look at it now and it is to going to get worse living in a broke country now printing worthless paper   

[tr206]

Enjoy. The reason we are where we are.

https://www.fox.com/watch/807a912b570ddc06e098595cb5abd0da/

[chessie4905]

On the bright side, minimum wage is much higher.lol

[tr206]

On the bright side, minimum wage is much higher.lol

Yeah if we made a $100.00 bucks a hour but a loaf of bread is $50.00 bucks what good is it. Not the answer.

[luvrbus]

Min wages are $7.25 per hour lol they used CV-19 to raise the wages without the American people never knowing.or paying attention. Makes no difference with the giveaway programs now people don't need to work .Welfare programs will buy your gasoline and do the maintenace on your car even buy the tires.It sucks to me   

[bobofthenorth]

  we been sitting on Ford stock for years if the stuff ever get close to what we paid it's gone

I call BS on that claim. 

As a fellow F holder you know damn well you didn't sell when it got over $20. We both thought it was going higher.  Serves us right.

[luvrbus]

I call BS on that claim. 

As a fellow F holder you know damn well you didn't sell when it got over $20. We both thought it was going higher.  Serves us right.

LOL you are right BoB ,Ford being the #2 in car sales I don't get why the stock stays so low, maybe they should have taken the Governmet bail out,Fridays closing @ $12.40 still leaves me below what I paid though.

[Van]

Chin up you guys Ford has a better idea! Probably be the first to come out with the flying cars,   your stocks will soar then.

[luvrbus]

Chin up you guys Ford has a better idea! Probably be the first to come out with the flying cars,   your stocks will soar then.

Lol I never owned many Fords in my life the Mercury Marquis was a nice car I have owned 2 of those back in the 70" but you won't cut a diamond in one as the commercials showed they weren't that smooth. The 460 engine was not that great on fuel economy   

[Tedsoldbus]

I shouldn't bitch because I just got a raise to my military pension and my Soc Sec...

BUT

With the "raise" they notified me they are taking yet more from my Soc Sec to pay for my Medicare?
(page 1021 of the affordable health care act.).

I guess they think I can affordable it...

Not a political statement. Just an observation.

That aside, it feels like they are taking from an entitlement to pay for the other one? Both of which I am pretty certain I earned??

"Give me your wallet so I can give you the ten bucks I owe you.....". LOL

I try to remember what my dad told me when I first bitched about taxes early in life.
"Welcome to the club Ted. Just try to remember, they can't keep all of it.". Not sure that made me feel much better at the time, but life goes on.

[chessie4905]

They're  paying from 14 to 16 bucks an hour and everyone still advertising for help around here.