Have gas prices affected you?

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Originally Posted by sycamore

...but we're still not paying as much as we were in 1983.

You beat me to it, syc. People who obsess over gas prices drive me nuts. I have a friend who will drive five miles out of her way to save $0.15 a gallon. Even if she weren't driving any further for that gas, she's only saving $4.50 per fill-up, or $27 a month if she fills up every 5 days. That's less than one meal at a restaurant, or one-fifth of their monthly cable bill.

Gas prices are the epitome of "penny-wise, pound-foolish" to me. I don't even pay attention to the price, ever. It is what it is. McDonald's costs more now than it did a year ago too; it's called inflation. If you need to save money, most people have plenty of other places they could cut back on.

(And not to turn this into a political argument, but "Gas prices are too high!" and "No blood for oil!" are mutually exclusive. You can't bitch about both.)[/threadjack]